Honeyberry

Where’s the no stars option? I was so excited when this location opened because I live just over the hill and my only other eating experience w/​roti buns has been down in the South Bay. I’ve stopped by at least 3 times since they’ve opened and everytime I do, there is ZERO staff at the counter. My most recent visit was just after lunchtime on a weekday and I waited a while for someone to notice I was there, finally I stepped inside Ohgane and a waitress shouted across the room to ring the bell. I went back to look for the bell. it was nowhere obvious to be found so I just walked out. This place needs to change their set up: add a video monitor/​camera in the back so staff can see when there are customers waiting or just shut down altogether instead of advertising something you don’t have.

LATE POST: First time I had Honey berry was when we had dinner at OHGANE since they share the building. Honey Berry opens at 11:00am… I arrived at 11:20am, and there was nobody at the counter they said it will open at 11:30 because there’s no one here… It’s 11:36am and no one is here to take my order. Do they want my business??? At 11:45 someone comes and takes my order. I asked for roti bun and with a SMILE she said we don’t have that right now.
Update:
Went back to get roti buns. AGAIN… same situAtion. It’s 4:00pm I walk in no one is there! I pushed the button. A worker said there’s no one here, they’re on break for 1 hour. What kind of business is this??? Told the guy I just wanted roti buns. He checks the oven «the only have 6 plains and 2 yogurt» I wanted chocolate butter. I asked if they were gonna make more. He says I don’t know. This place shouldn’t be in business as all… CLOSE YOUR SHIT DOWN!!!

Total yummy! The place is really small, they have gelato and a couple desserts, Boba tea coffee: (they use Illi coffee ;) and smoothies.
The guy that was at the shop was really nice. He was attentive and I asked what he recommended and he told me original milk tea Boba. Super yummy I’m glad I stop by.

Wow…
Wow…
Worst … Honeyberry… Ever!!! And I love honeyberry!
We got in and the door doesn’t even open. We had to through some side door. Then there’s no one at the counter! We rang the bell like 10 times and no one came. Then my friend had to look for the manager from inside the restaurant who was on the phone and said they will be right there. A guy comes out like 5 min later and takes our order. This guy doesn’t even apologize! My friend orders gelato and gets this dinky ass gelato for over $ 3. Then I order my 3 roti buns from each flavor. After a while of waiting my roti buns are done. When I got them I was thinking maybe he got my order wrong because all of the 3 roti buns looked brown. I asked him if they were different and he said yea and bounced to the back. I started eating them and realized why they were all brown cuz they were ALL BURNT!!!
Argh the disappointment! Has ruined my perception of roti buns!!!
Horrible horrible experience.

Waited for over 5 minutes and rang the bell multiple times and nothing. Eventually let someone know we are waiting and still nothing. Finally as we start to leave someone comes over. Sorry but I was too upset to enjoy your dessert.
A simple hey be there in a moment or some acknowledgment of us waiting would have been more than enough. Instead they chose to ignore us and made me go on this tirade without any roti buns in my belly.

I would love to be able to review the food, but both times I’ve tried to get something here there was nobody there. There’s a sign up that says ‘please ring bell’ but either the bell system doesn’t work or there is no one on the other end. Today I walked to the back of the restaurant and asked what was going on, they said the person who works the café was out or doing something else (it wasn’t clear), and the person who I talked to said the only thing he could do was scoop ice cream. I wanted bubble tea, so maybe I’ll try giving them one more chance another day when I’ve got time to risk wasting…

I really wanted boba and roti buns. I was so excited!
To my disappointment, this place closed at 10:30pm, yet on Unilocal,it said 11pm.
There was no one in sight, so we had no choice but to go somewhere else for boba.
Roti buns are heavenly.

Yummy buns, love that it is connected to Korean spot, they serve you honey berry items at the table :)

I was glad to find out there was a Honeyberry here in Oakland. Although, this location was a disappointment. Not everything is available on the menu, only the pastries that are displayed on a stand. The service is extremely slow, anything that is ordered from the connecting restaurant is priority, and with only one person working you could be waiting a while.

Disappointing. Went in seeking a plain roti at 12:30 on a Sunday afternoon. «We don’t have any.» No offer to bake any fresh, no apology. There were some stale-​looking chocolate roti under glass but, um, no. Getting them fresh is a part of the appeal. Got a green milk tea instead and, meh, I’ve had better. Flavor was more sugar than tea.

BEWARE!!! I Iive around the neighborhood and decided to walk into HONEY BERRY to try it out. We got there and waited 20minutes with no help! Omg! What kind of business is this?!? Finally a guy came and we asked to order the famous ROTI BREAD but guess what? They don’t have any!!! How can you not have any bread when you have a sign that reads «FRESHLY BAKED EVERY 15 MINUTES»??? We asked the guy when will we have it and he said they are out until 5pm. For the record it was 1pm in the afternoon. I really want to support local business but we been here twice and they don’t ever have bread. Go at your risk but I must warn you if you want bread there is none!!! Not recommended!

so far so good ! there’s a honeyberry back in berkeley near the place i live however i decided to give this place a visit, their roti buns were as usual… GREAT ! if only the store showed more on the outside, i think more people would come by.

I’ve been to two Honeyberrys before this — one in Milpitas and one in San Mateo. Both of them are full fledged stores with way more room, but this place isn’t too shabby as a small Honeyberry outpost:
*I really, really love the décor (the lighting especially — see photos).
*My brothers, mom and I were the only folks there on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, and the one man behind the counter took care of everything pretty quickly and efficiently. He was also patient as my family debated over what to get (it was their first time).
*Drinks, froyo and roti buns were, overall, pretty good —
Plain roti buns — 1.50/each
— not too sweet
— soft inside with a lightly crunchy exterior
Yogurt — 2 flavors a day — 0.36/oz
— that day it was strawberry and mango: mango was good, but the strawberry flavor didn’t come through as much
Thai Milk Tea & Original Milk Tea — 3.25/ea
— pretty standard, good
— boba was the right consistency
We sat down at the raised table and stools in the middle of the store. Very clean and plenty of room.
I could see students from Oakland Tech passing by and it reminded me of the TapEx near my high school (James Logan in Union City). Even though Honeyberry doesn’t have savory snacks like TapEx, I’m more of a sweets person anyway. I’m actually glad this place wasn’t near my high school, though. I would definitely lack the self-​control to keep myself from coming here every day. :)

First let me say that the service was extremely friendly — really nice guy so this is not a reflection on him at all.
The first thing I noticed were the prices — everything is so expensive — because everything is so gi-​normous. Do we really need these quantities of food? Well, apparently, when offered, some teenagers who will remain nameless believe we do. She ordered the waffle mini fondue — $ 8.95 I believe. Geez. So you get a couple of scoops of gelato on your waffle and bananas and drizzles of chocolate and 9 chocolate dipped strawberries. And everything tasted — weird. I just wasn’t a fan of the flavors at all. Maybe the roti breads are the way to go. But after trying the gelato on top of this concoction, I wouldn’t order scoops of gelato either. Hmm. Clearly I’m not a fan.

Hi there, Guess what, I’m the mayor of this place on Foursquare. That means that I have been to this location of Honeyberry on multiple occasions. The reason for the one star is that each time I have gone, I HAVE NOT BEEN HELPED. We have waited more than a few minutes to get someone to wait on us. In fact, we’ve left every single time without being helped much less greeted. We have come during dinner hours as well as right in the middle of the day and HAVE NEVER BEEN HELPED. Is this place even open? We have pressed the «service button» and I have tried to flag down workers at the adjoining restaurant (which is good), but no one has EVER have responded. As a result, we are going to STOP trying to check out the new spot in our neighborhood and give another bakery/​gelato place a try. We are severely disappointed by the lack of service. What a bummer.

Honeyberry is in the front section of Ohgane’s BBQ from the street side, not the parking lot. Honey isn’t froyo-​centric like it’s earlier days (2 flavors now, strawberry & plain, 36 cents@oz) with 12 flavors.
menu: gelato, waffles, shaved ice, coffees/​lattes, boba drinks, smoothies,? bread,
and other desserts. (lilly is the coffee used).
drinks: green tea milk tea (3.25)
–very sweet, masking green tea flavor
–boba chewy, green tea green (yep, green)
2.5 stars would skip next time
drips:
–roti buns are the star here, coffee probably also
day old roti buns just as good (at ½ price).
–seating available unlike s.f. store.

I haven’t written a Unilocal review in forever but I’ve come out of hiding to share… because I care. Honeyberry recently opened up in the front section of Ohgane Korean BBQ restaurant. This is great news (for me, at least) because Ohgane is one of the best KBBQ places in the area, if not THE best and Honeyberry is a solid place for desserts.
If you’re not familiar with Honeyberry, they serve several different desserts including gelato, froyo, smoothies, boba, and shaved ice. They’re best known for their roti buns which are soft, warm goodies baked fresh every 15 minutes. There are 3 flavors: plain, chocolate butter and yogurt chip cream cheese. If you haven’t tried it yet, I would suggest it on your first visit.
Overall, it’s totally worth coming here to kill two birds with one stone… come for dinner and stay for dessert! I talked to the employee working and he said their busiest time is in the evening so don’t be surprised if there’s a line. Also, don’t plan on being able to buy fresh roti buns when they first open. In my excited state when I first saw the Honeyberry sign, I wanted to buy a box of roti buns… sike! I was told it takes two hours for the buns to proof so he said to come back later. Luckily, I didn’t leave empty handed because they sold me day old roti buns for ½ off. They still warmed them up and according to two newb Honeyberry peeps I shared my buns with, they were hella good.