I happened to be in the Southside recently and decided to try Hello Bistro from all the good things that I had heard about their Oakland location. Having heard from friends that they are known for their salads I decided to get the Jamaican shrimp salad and I couldn't resist a side of french fries.
I was disappointed in my salad as it was mainly leaves...I was hard pressed to find morsels of corn, black beans or avocado. I feel like there was the same number of shrimp as there were black beans...now this might sound like a good thing to you considering how small black beans are and theoretically how many they could have poured on the salad but I think I counted 7 black beans in my salad...most were timidly hiding behind the numerous lettuce leaves that seemed to be overwhelming the bowl. The dressing was lightly spread across all the leaves which I enjoyed rather than in a glob on top of the salad.
The real highlight was the french fries. They give them to you in a bag...like anyone needs a bag of french fries. But they sure were tasty, very fresh - you could tell them came right out of the fryer. And they were thin - all in all the highlight of my meal.