I stopped by on a weekday afternoon. There were a good number of people, but not too busy. I went for some whole chicken leg and goat. I thought prices were reasonable. But they wouldn't cut it smaller. The one in South San Francisco would cut it. Also that had goat leg, ribs and mix separately. Here only goat mix was available. Leg was whole leg without cutting to small pieces. I think I will stick with the SF Saba Live. read more

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Why house chickens and animals like this? Typical trash you'd expect. Looks like s***hole while passing the freeway. I'd never go here and especially given the people reviewed working there. read more

As of Summer 2025, prices you see in my pics may vary Parking lot... exists? Haha we prob make it into a parking location I just parking across and just close enough to not block anyone's way Been coming here with my family for years Hey, you get to pick your chicken Unless you're raising them yourselves, that's rare in the city I think they have another location, but I've been coming here for a long time Service is quick, that's good read more

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Who knew the East Bay has a place to buy live poultry and fresh meats?! I was pleasantly impressed with the quality of the poultry, meats, produce, and groceries. Parking is very very challenging but definitely worth it. The service was polite and prompt. They are happy to cut meat for you. read more

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Avoid this place if you expect decent customer service. I asked for 1 pound of meat and carefully picked the pieces I wanted. The employee weighed it and told me it was almost 2 pounds, then kept trying to make me buy it even after I clearly said I only wanted 1 pound. That's not how you treat customers. The price was also ridiculous. Nearly $10 for such a small amount of meat? It felt like a complete rip-off. To make matters worse, the cashier, the woman wearing the hijab, was rude, unfriendly, and acted like she didn't want to help customers. A smile and basic respect go a long way. This was my first and last visit. There are plenty of other businesses that value their customers. I won't be coming back, and I can't recommend this place based on my experience. read more

The lady at the register is so rude. She had head scarf. She is mean uneducated and worst customer service. They just lost a loyal customer... read more

I love being able to get fresh meat locally. Over the years I've gotten chicken, duck, rabbit (I tanned the hide), quail, squab and more. They also carry some veggies that are rare to find in chain stores like okra. The service is always impressively fast. Parking can be a challenge though. That's the only negative for me. read more

If you are looking for fresh poultry and decent quality this is a great place. You can't get it more fresh than from this place.

I don't believe I want to buy meat from any other place. I like the idea of eating animals who were healthy, dispatched humanely and quickly, a prayer said over them acknowledging the respect for one giving a life to sustain a life. The employees are so nice and helpful and when they found out it was my first time they walked me through everything and were very generous. I am blown away by the prices too. The chicken I got for Thanksgiving was delicious, brined for two days and baked with a compound butter under the skin... best tasting chicken I've had in ages. I also had two quail which I will get again. I love them tasty little birds!! Great fresh vegetables here too, lots of fresh eggs as well as cuts of meat and offal you don't get elsewhere. I'll be trying the heart soon, and can't wait to make oxtail stew! read more

I got big time scam twice. Every time I go there and I always order number 6 which is big roasters which is $21 but they always give me small hens which is cost $18 that means they scamming me $3 on each one. So when you go there and if you order big roasters be careful read more

Saba Live Poultry - This is what they gave me on $21 which is cost only $18 so every time they scamming me $15 on 5 pieces - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

I drove one hour to be there to get fresh meats. Live chicken service department is very good service but unfortunately meat departments is so poor service. I try to get beef they show me one piece but I didn't want to that that guy put it back and walk away . This is unacceptable service . Attention to owner should get them trainings to be professional. I love your place read more

Everything inside looks delicious! Fresh fresh meat you can't get anywhere else. A hidden gem! Love getting fresh chickens at this spot. They have deals on Thursdays. Upon entering it does not smell bad like some other meat Department. Everything looks pretty sanitized. The whole goat and lamb looks amazing behind the glass! : ) Service is a bit slow due to customers requesting fresh meat, I guess? I usually just buy chicken but wanna try their lamb/goats next time. When u get to the counter, better know what you want or it will feel like you holding up the line. But overall this place have a lot of meat and great parts if you're tired of the usuals. Great place! read more

It takes another Cantonese to understand a Cantonese's frustration that she (me) can no longer find the chicken that's good for white cut chicken/poached chicken (think Hainanese chicken). Even worse, the anger was accumulated to a point that ones from my Cantonese grocer, chicken grocer in SF chinatown and Weee are all under-age ones. For our standard, a chicken that's raised under 150 days are not flavorful enough. This is how I ended up at Saba. The meat hanging quarter speaks for itself. The line was pretty long for a Saturday morning so you may want to consider going on the weekdays. I got 2x $17 older chicken and cooked 1 of them the same night. Juice, chewy meat with exceptional chicken fat on the skin. Both my mom and I (it was a field trip for both of us) are happy with it. You see all sorts of people there. Mexican, African-American, Middle Easterns and Chinese/Asian. If you don't care much about the meat, you won't wait in line to pay for it, get the number then wait in line to get the meat again. The smell is not very pleasant here but for an immigrant like me, it's ok. The owner (grandpa looking) came out to deal with the broken credit card machine. While I was waiting for my chicken outside, I saw him and asked if they sell the goat with skins on it (goat with skin stew is a Cantonese winter delicacy). I think he said yes but later I figured maybe only when I buy an entire goat. I can't eat an entire goat but am one happy Cantonese chicken eater. read more

Saba Live Poultry - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

I'm only complaining because this place claims to be a halal butcher shop but they aren't. The workers are all non Muslims, so they do not hand slaughter anything. They use a machine. Beware!!!! Also, terrible customer service. The workers are lazy and rude and don't even speak a lick of English! read more

Saba Live Poultry is for those that want to be able to get their meats super fresh. Nothing here is frozen. The animals are literally right there staring at you and waiting for their inevitable fate. I've seen rabbits, black chickens (whose meat and eggs are also black), ducks, quails, turkeys, and several other bird species. It's birds gone wild up in here... and what's interesting is that the lines are super long with customers. That alone surprised me... people want those exotic birds on their plates. Wow. So we've purchased chickens from here before and lamb... and they were quite good, but overpriced. They charged us around $15 per chicken. I could have just went to Safeway and for that price probably gotten three organic chickens... and lines out the door. But I believe they are all prepared halal so maybe that has something to do with it, plus we aren't here very often. Service here is ok, it's just speedy like an assembly line, and you need to know what you're getting by the time you get up there or you will get a slight attitude by the person behind the counter. In their defense, you have been waiting like 30-40 minutes in line by the time you get up there, so I don't blame them for getting a bit aggravated, plus signs which display the pictures of the animals and prices are right there on the wall. Anyways, go check this place out if you're into all this and enjoy exotic wild animals for dinner. read more

Saba Live Poultry - The turkeys just minding their own business and waiting for their fate on the dinner table. - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

If you ever go to this place and get a chicken, never ask them to cut your chicken always get a whole chicken

My family loves fresh chicken, so this spot is perfect for us. The prices are great especially the buy 5 get 1 free deal. The meat is always fresh and delicious, the staff is super nice and attentive, and the place is really clean. Definitely my go to spot for fresh chicken when I'm cooking. read more

We always love to buy large chickens number 6 From Saba it's worth the price and quality it's a large chicken they charge $21 for one chicken but for months they have been charging $21 and selling small chickens but charging $21 I am so disappointed thinking not buying chickens from them anymore since buy from year's if we complain to front Customer service all girls they hired are so rude before their Customer service was good and food quality and quantity are good sorry not going there any more read more

Amazing store really good prices excellent service everyone is very helpful and fast here read more

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If you want fresh meat this is the place to go. Fast and easy service. The staff helped me pick the best meat and cut it to size I requested. Thanks read more

The service was not as good as previous visits. The poultry was a lot smaller and the price is higher. The description is not very good

Bought 5 get 1 free #2 big red chicken. Fairly big. Taste good. Comes with insides though a few chicken missing some. Don't get to pick, they pick and put 3 in a bag. Waiting area is clean. They are quick. Parking is ok, double park or wait for someone to leave. read more

Fresh meat, chicken, and vegetable best price in town and good customer service I recommend to everyone go and check it out

Waited over 50 minutes to get 3 chicken while everyone that came after me got their. Did even tell people that machine to help de-feather chicken was broken so I could have come back later when it fix to buy the chicken. The person handing out the order can't speak English was frustrating trying to communicate and was rude just walking away while I was trying ask why the order number in the 50's already skipping over people. I was so annoyed and frustrated by the time I got my order I just want to leave that forgot to check the bag. They gave me the wrong chickens instead of the big one I got the small ones and they were cover in feathers still. Place gone down hill since they expanded. read more

Always had good experience till now. Today bought 10 chickens and two of them seems unnaturally small in size and part count. 2 chickens is smaller than one chicken I bought last week and pArts count seems less on 2 out of 10. Only major part is leg and feet and head in all of them and breast part in multiple is non-existent and missing. read more

Brought our backyard meat quail here yesterday and had a very pleasant experience with the staff. They were able to process the birds in less than 15 minutes and only charged us $1 per bird. Overall i highly recommend! read more

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Good quality live chickens I bought 6 chickens and barbecued 2!! The taste was amazing read more

great quality meat! Variety of poultries options are available. They cut and clean chicken. Great place to buy quality goat meat and chicken! read more

I went to buy goat meat. They showed me lower leg part. But when I came home, I saw there is part of tail with back part almost 1 lbs which I didn't order. Also I paid for 5 lbs and it was less in the bag. I will not recommend to buy goat meat in this place. read more

Saba Live Poultry - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

Non hygiene so poor quality cleaning.... Lack of communication power . I told him 10 times I want nice clean and everything. When I got home check it out omg I should go back and return. Very single piece of meat I have to clean and wash . To terrible ... everyone check your Oder chicken goat lamb etc ... read more

Saba Live Poultry - Skin side of goat meat . Looks how they clean . - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

Great place to get live poultry, goats,lamb. They are very quick with processing your purchase.There is a meat market as well with a wide variety of Halal meat. read more

Great service , high quality meat and chicken. Reasonable prices. Great and convenient location

Friendly staff, and good prices. My family and I have been coming here for YEARS and it's always full, especially on THURSDAY'S when they have a special, buy 5 and get one FREE. También hablan español! They tend to cut people in line when their friends come over, so that's not fair. read more

Saba Live Poultry - Lunes a Jueves 8AM-6PM Viernes 8AM-12PM y 2PM-6PM Sábado 8AM-6PM Domingo 8AM-5PM - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

with social distacing, there's no longer a person at the left right taking the order. it's the guy at the window who takes your order and money, gives u a receipt. still 5 fowl@ set price, 6th is free. it;'s all listed on the front. overhead, with receipt wait out the door for ur number to be called. remember the person in front of u, it'll be easier to track. no parking lot . streeting parking is irregular. read more

My go to place to get fresh meat. They are so fresh, the chickens don't have that typical smell other chickens have. They cut and clean it for you too. They also have whole lamb. The prices are probably cheapest in the Bay Area. Wait time for me has been between 10 mins and 40 mins. 40 mins was Christmas Day which is understandable. All the employees are very friendly. They are quick at the same time courteous. The street is always full of cars, but I have always managed to find a spot. Downfall is that it is a few cities away from me, but that won't stop me from continuing to go. Highly recommend them. read more

This place is a lie. Typically, I would support halal businesses but this place merely fools customers into believing that. The chickens and poultry here are kept in unbearably cramped conditions. They are not being free ranged or living in open pastures. They are suffering! They have a variety of animals such as bunnies, pigeons, ducks and occasionally goat and lamb. I came here out of curiosity. I did not know such places exist in the Bay Area but it appears Saba Live Poultry is a business that runs in more than one location. They were shockingly busy and had many customers from different ethnic backgrounds. I understand most people eat meat and some prefer freshly butchered which is no problem. The thing that upsets me is how terrible the animals are kept. They are slaughtered in front of each other. Death can be heard throughout the building. The chickens were panting of thirst and had no visible access to water. They had hundreds live poultry in crates stacked on top of each other. My heart broke for them. It would have been better to end their suffering than leave them in such unbearable living quarters. This does not count as halal -- there is nothing humane about how the poultry and livestock is kept. I am not kidding. You can visit and see for yourself. A note to the to the owners of this business: PLEASE PROVIDE BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS FOR YOUR BIRDS WHILE THEY ARE STILL ALIVE. read more

My mother bought 30 chickens and left with only 27. After her commute back to San Francisco while distributing The birds to all her friends, she was left with NONE! After calculating again and again, she had me call Saba to inquire if she had left a bag at the store. The person who answered literally said to check our car and if we can't find it, to just go back today or tomorrow. Faith in humanity restored! read more

This place getting worse compare to before. They sell the rosters so skinny and size not events near a full growth rosters. $15.00 you can find bigger rosters from any supper market or Costco. read more

Saba Live Poultry - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

chickens were super fresh, big, enough chewy textures of the about 4 months old and free ranch chickens, plus a special Thursday deal 'buy 5, get extra one free' (One less star because of the strong bad smell of the place) read more

We have been getting our fresh eggs from Saba for years, they're the freshest and you can't beat the prices.