Event Testimonials

Duana B | Corporate Event
Celine M | Corporate Event
It was a fabulous event – thanks to all on your staff that was integral to its success. Have a great week
Yvette C | Corporate Event
Thanks, Leigh, you made it so easy for us! Also, I just wanted to give huge thanks to Del. She was really incredible and handled everything so perfectly the day of. It was pretty seamless because of her!
We really can’t thank you and your team enough!
Yvette
Shafin Q. | Corporate Team Event
Angelica,
Melanie L | Corporate Team Building Event
Good morning Angelica,
Thank you for this follow-up. Our group had a great time. I have received very positive feedback from my leadership team that was there to participate. Leigh was such a pleasure to work with in the planning which made for a very pleasant experience. She was so helpful and responsive, making it very easy for me. I will be booking more events in the future.
Debbie P | Corporate Event
Hi Angelica.
This was my second event at the Oakland Plank and everything went extremely well. It was fantastic to work with Leigh Fike. Thanks for your follow-up.
Celeste S. | Corporate Event
We had the best night! Thank you for taking care of us through the years. 😉
You’re the best.
Barbara J | Bar Mitzvah
Leigh,
Luke P. | Holiday Corporate Event
Big thanks and happy holidays to you and the Plank team, our team had a blast!!
Julie R. | Corporate Event
Jacq | J Corporate Event
It was so great working with you and Leigh. We received nothing but positive feedback from our teams, and we can’t wait until our next event!
Tamar F. | Mitzvah
Thank YOU!
The party was perfect. The staff were absolutely fantastic. Everyone loved all the activities. So many people said it was the best bar mitzvah party they’d ever been to.
If anyone else is thinking about hosting a bar or bat mitzvah party at Plank and would like a reference or talk with another parent who’s done so, please feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to share just how wonderful our experience was.
We really couldn’t be happier. Thank you for everything!
Jordan W. | Corporate Event
Hi Leigh!!
Just wanted to reach out and say thank you so much for everything on Tuesday! Everyone had a great time and your staff was absolutely amazing! Until next time!
Thank you
Heather K. | Corporate Event
Hello Angelica,
Athena P | Corporate Event
Hello Leigh,
I wanted to send a huge “Thank You” to you and your team for taking care of us today.
Dell and Naree, were so kind and hospitable to all of us.
The food was delicious and everyone had a fantastic time bowling in the private lanes. They especially loved the private room and deck upstairs.
I will definitely recommend PLANK to the rest of the divisions.
It’s been a pleasure and I look forward to connecting with you again.
Rikki G. | Corporate Event
Thank you!
It is ALL ABOUT LEIGH! She really knows what she’s doing and has patience of an angel saint! We are definitely coming back.
Amy K. | Corporate Celebration
Thank you for hosting us. We had an amazing time! So thankful for your wonderful staff. Especially Leigh!
Amy S. | Grad Night
Hi Leigh!— We made it!! What a gorgeous night and venue. Thank you for making it all happen. The signature cocktail was a hit. Your staff did an amazing job. I hope other Graduation night people can do this event with you all!
Thank you!
We loved it all.
Lisa T.
Thank you so much for reaching out. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Your staff were great and the setting was perfect for a District event.
Berlena G.
It was a great event. My team enjoyed the Plank, it’s food and entertainment. Your staff -Melissa-was very accommodating and fun. I am definitely returning again for not just a work event but to do your brunch too. Take good care and thank you for your assistance and patience with my questions?…
Gabriela R.
Thanks so much the team had a blast! We def will be back!
Stephanie M.
We appreciate all that your team did ! The staff was amazing and so so kind. We will be back!
Jay G. – Corporate Event
Thanks so much. We really enjoyed the whole Plank experience.
Jason S. – Wedding Event
Mia M.
Thank you!
Your staff were amazing and the food was delicious. There was not a single gap in service or quality.
Very much appreciated!
Mia M.
Paige
Hi Leigh,
It was so nice to see you yesterday! I want to thank both you and Angelica for all your assistance with our event yesterday. Everything went great and our boss, Morgan, was very happy with everything. Thank you again for answering all my questions and all your assistance with putting everything together. Hopefully we will see you again next year!
Thank you.
Cindy W.
I had really positive feedback from the whole team about the food and overall experience. It was so fun and everyone was helpful throughout our event. Thank you so much! We will definitely be back.
Melissa
We are very grateful to everyone on the staff of Plank – the event was wonderful, and we definitely did receive a lot of feedback from the team that they had a lot of fun and really loved the space. We certainly hope to have another event at Plank in the future!
Claire
We had a great time! Thank you so much for all of your help, the entire Plank team made the event so smooth and seamless 🙂 I was worried I’d need to run around the day-off to help organize stuff, but you all had everything completely taken care of! We would definitely plan another event with you all in the future 🙂
Carol | Elelixis
Thank you so much for allowing us to have our Team Building Event at Plank!
Everyone was very happy and satisfied with everything. Melissa and Asia were the perfect hostesses.. please be sure to convey the gratitude from all of us at Exelixis.
They both accommodated our group with sincere smiles and positive energy. We couldn’t have asked for a better day and better gals to work with! Thank you again .. until next event!
Michelle | Ripple
Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the food and drinks. Thanks for hosting us and we look forward to working with you again in the future. Have a great holiday weekend!
Carrie | Director – SF
Kate | Canyon Middle School
Hi Leigh – just wanted to give a huge THANK YOU to you and the great serving staff for our Canyon party last night! Everyone had a great time and were so happy to celebrate big after such a difficult and momentous year. We really enjoyed the view, the food & drink, and the atmosphere, so THANKS to the Plank Team. Our Canyon Crew appreciates you!
Carlos | Ghirardelli
Hello Leigh,
I would like to personally thank you and your staff for exceeding my expectations. Thank you for being so helpful on last minute notice and making all of this come together. Your staff (Jasmin & Dell) was magnificent and catered to everyone’s needs. You guys will absolutely be at the top of our list once things open up and we can have more social gatherings.
Thanks again.
Katie | Eventworks
We all had a wonderful experience! It was so special having the rooftop all to ourselves, so thank you to you and your whole team for being so accommodating and amazing! We will definitely be hosting another time there as well! Have an amazing week!
Veronica | Oakland A’s
I wanted to reach out to say thank you once again for all your help and support with our Holiday Party!
Manny and the entire Plank team were extremely supportive and attentive with our staff, leadership and guests.
Everyone had such a great time and have been talking about the event all day.
Thank you again for your support and we look forward to our continued partnership!
Jasmine | Clorox
Everyone had an AMAZING time!!! Thank you for all your help with everything. The staff there were extremely friendly and so helpful. Will definitely recommend to others and will be back for future events.
Natasha | Blue Apron
We had such a great time and your team did a phenomenal job! Justin was so attentive and helpful, as were the other team members, and our group had such a great time. Everything was awesome – I’m sure they’ll be back for a future event soon!
Danielle | Kinestral Technologies
Janet | Poster Compliance
Our company had the BEST time at Plank! Brooke and Luis could not have been nicer and took excellent care of us. The food was delicious and we really appreciated how much space we had to spread out.
Everyone got into Pin Sanity! It really accomplished our goal of having a fun team-building exercise. It got rave reviews from everyone involved.
Michele | KBM Hogue Summer Event
By far the best company event ever! It’s hard to please the masses and you did just that! Thank you so much for all your assistance.
Every server and host we encountered were so kind, attentive, and absolutely on top of things. We wanted for nothing and cannot thank you enough for the successful event.
Alysha | Five Keys Schools & Programs
Thank you for having us – everyone had such a great time! We will 100% be back in the future 🙂
Evan | VCA Bay Area Veterinary Specialists
Justin was GREAT! Super attentive, warm, and he made great recommendations all night. Jasmine was the same. Warm smiles and made sure everything went smoothly. Their customer service skills were amazing. I was very impressed by the both of them. They made a great team and I felt they went above and beyond to make sure I/we were happy and taken care of.
Claire Jackson | Bolt Threads
My team had a BLAST at the event on Friday! Plank did a wonderful job hosting and it was so easy to communicate with your team. The Plank staff during our event were great, friendly and helpful, especially when I made last minute decisions to adding more Bocce courts. The weather was perfect for playing outside, it couldn’t have been a more perfect day.
Milestone Technologies
Thank you again for your flexibility and assistance on this event! We had such a good turn out and all of our employees had such an amazing time! Your team is top notch and made sure that Tara and I were taken care of throughout the entire event. Justin make sure that our execs were Justin made sure that our execs were taken care of and was ready whenever I needed him. Please give our sincere thank you and appreciation to your team.’
Jennifer Treopaldo | Logitech
Thank you so much! The crew was great and super accommodating- Justin and Jasmin went above and beyond and I’m so grateful for their presence. It was a pleasure working with you as well.
Samanta Le | OSIsoft
Thanks so much for hosting us! Both events went very well, and I am looking forward to hosting more programs at Plank in the future. I wasn’t at the event last week, but was at yesterday’s event – and Justin & the entire team were absolutely amazing to work with. Being an East Bay-headquarter company ourselves, we LOVE staying local and supporting!
Mark Campbell | Lake Merrit Joggers and Striders
Event was fantastic: Food, Venue & Staff. Guests were impressed, and glad to do something “out of the box”
Zainab Sada | SEIU United Healthcare
We had a blast at the Friday Night celebration! So much fun that we would like to be penciled in for Jan 10th 2020. LOL
Please keep us on the calendar. I will be giving my supervisor all your information to reach out to you in September.
Janice Maldonado | Jones Development Company, LLC
Everything went smoothly and Desh was very accommodating and consistently checking on us to be sure we had everything we needed. I have heard only great things from the attendees and they all had a great time. Thanks again for making our party a success.
John | Hilton Hotel
Well I am hearing nothing but good reviews. The location was perfect and the space is exactly what we needed.
Erin Geronimo | Workday
The event was a great success and the staff was amazing! Justin was so accommodating, as were all the others. Looking forward to having an event there in the future!
Elisa | Chubb
We had a FANTASTIC time. Looking forward to doing it again next year. Will many combined two offices next year.
Thanks for all your help.
Hasit Chetal |CMD Building | Shell Refinery
The event went really well. Everyone was really happy with the venue and with the staff. I’ll definitely be considering plank for future team events and will also be referring you to other departments within my company.
Happy Holidays!
Thanks,
Brooke Mimier| Monticelli Painting and Decorating
Everyone had such a good time yesterday, and everything was perfect! So much so that we want to do it again next year.
Thank you!
Tami Lee | Fidelity National Law Group
We had a great time and the food was great. Also, wanted to commend Jesse on the fabulous job hosting our event. We will definitely be coming back maybe for some team building events. Great atmosphere and helpful staff.
Thanks again for everything.
Lorraine | Alameda County
OMG! I’ve been hosting this holiday event with these care providers, at various ventures, cruise dinner, His Lordships, Scotts, Kincaids, etc., for almost 30 years. Guest reviews have been: “this is the best ever”, “we had fun!”,” this is great”, and many more positive responses. Just today I bumped into a guest that didn’t attend and his comment was, ” I heard that this was the best. So, you waited until I wasn’t available to have a great time. You must not like me”. LOL.
The 2 guides assigned to us Nick and Desshanea, simply awesome! They were, by far, the best service providers ever experience in these types of event. They were so attentive and accommodating.
From the beginning of the planning process, contract, and implementation of the event, I have to say, you guys are awesome! You rock! Please share our accolades with you Plank team and express our sincere thanks!
We’re already looking forward to doing it again.
Mylene F. Reyes | Kaiser
Our team had a great time last night at Plank. Coreworkz was amazing and we had a blast playing Bocce ball. Food was fantastic as well.
Thank you so much!!!
Mylene F. Reyes
Kaiser
Tiffany | Enterprise
It was great!! The amazing team who helped us COULD NOT have been better!! Excellent, attentive, helpful! Food was great, the refrigerators were a great way to store the soda and everyone was happy!! 10/10!!!
Thank you for everything,
Tiffany
Capital One
Thanks so much for your help with this event! It turned out to be a great success and everyone had a great time. Nick and Mitch were exceptionally awesome in making sure everyone had a great time.
I look forward to booking another event at Plank in the near future 🙂
Thank you!
Rebecca
OUSD Schools Prom
Thank you SO MUCH for a fabulous event. The staff and the students had such a great time. One Principal said that this was the “future” of our proms. That made me feel really good about choosing Plank as our venue.
Thank you again for ALL your help!
Michell
Legacy Mechanical
Saturday was a great success on so many levels. We were very impressed with the professionalism and efficiency of all Plank staff who made this a fun experience for our employees and their families. The Boardroom was perfect for our event. Bennie made sure we had everything we required beforehand. Justin, Pamela, Cherry and all the floor staff were helpful and eager to ensure we had everything we needed. We appreciate the fact that your staff made sure the little ones in our group had children’s bowling shoes. Last, but not least, the food was delicious and plentiful. Everything went off without a hitch.
Thank you to all!
Hi Bennie & Pamela,
Just wanted to say thank you so so much for all the help in making yesterday come together. Everyone had a blast. You guys are amazing and have such an awesome team at Plank!
Hope you enjoy cruising with us in the future!
Best,
Tyler
Holiday Party
Everyone had a great time, your staff was awesome, and the food was delicious!! I’ll probably have to reserve a date for next year ?
Thanks,
Kristin Sellards
CBF
Electrical & Tel/Data
Contractors
AECOM
Thank you so much for making the event run so smoothly! Everyone had a great time and the food, drinks, entertainment were excellent!
Have a great weekend,
Joyce
Erika M
We used CoreWorkz for our recent company team day and it was a huge hit! We had about 70 people at Plank in Jack London Square, and used the “PinSanity” team building program. Colin did a great job keeping our team members engaged and entertained during their hour of bowling and I’ve heard nothing but great things from those who participated. We would definitely recommend!
Briana Waqa
–Brittany/Bennie,
Thank you both so much for helping up facilitate this company party. It was a huge hit and people had a great time.
Thanks again for all your hard work and contributions to making this event a success.
Warm regards, take good care.
Briana
Briana Waqa | Account Manager-Group Delphi
Shade Ayedun
Thank you so much for having us! This event exceeded our expectations with the private room. Justin and the other bartender were very kinda and amazing to work with.
Thank you!!
Shade
Shade Ayedun | Sourcer | (650) 253-2907 | Google Inc.
Tiffany Stewart
We had a wonderful experience yesterday-thank you for EVERYTHING! The entire crew that helped us was helpful, friendly, attentive and all-around wonderful!??Thank you for everything, we are already planning on returning next year
?Thank you,
Tiffany
Tiffany Stewart
Talent Development Management
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Peter Golpeo
Dear Bennie, Brittney and Pamela and plank Oakland Team,
On behalf of the Events and Travel Team, the New Students Services Department and the incoming Freshman Class, I would like to extend a big Thank You for accommodating our students during our Golden Bear Orientation. We appreciate the amazing service that we received from every single person of your team. We have heard great feedback from our students so far and we hope to be back next year.
GO BEARS!
Peter Golpeo
Events Specialist
Toni Poulin
We had such a great time yesterday, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Your staff was excellent / perfect! We (well, I) didn’t have to worry about anything and was able to enjoy, too. The staff was very accommodating and professional. And friendly!
We will most certainly use this venue again and refer you to other divisions at Clorox!
Maria @ Apple Inc.
“I had a great experience working with Bennie Thomas Director of Sales and Marketing and his staff on Tuesday 11/17 for my team event at plank. Bennie was extremely helpful and had innovative ideas to make the event a successful one. I got feedback from my team and they all had great things to say and they definitely want to go back. Lots of fun things to do (bowling, arcade, bocce, beer garden) appealing to a large number of folks. We had a band and the system totally rocked! The food was excellent. I have picky gluten, vegans and vegetarians but they all said food was great. Again, the staff was very friendly, courteous and very helpful. I definitely recommend it for large events”. Maria @ Apple Inc.
Maggie Ahumada, Kaiser Permanente
“plank has become our location of choice for many great reasons: Event planners, food, service, location, parking, activities and ability to meet any of our special needs. My team is so happy with this venue that we’ve returned multiple times. plank is turnkey and there is fun for everyone! Thank you!” Maggie Ahumada, Kaiser Permanente
Denice C Simpson, Pyatok
“My company had our annual holiday party at plank las year and the entire experience was AMAZING. From the beginning working with Bennie and him giving us a tour of the various rooms to working with Pamela and the day of the event staff it was just a wonderful, stress free, fun event. We enjoyed it so much we decided to return for this year’s holiday party. The staff, the environment, the food, the location from top to bottom PLANK was great.” Denice C Simpson, Pyatok
Yolanda, AAA
“Our team had as great time. Got lots of positive feedback. They appreciated having the entire Boardroom for sure. Your staff was awesome. Very attentive, cordial and efficient. They definitely know what they were doing. Everything went smoothly. We also much appreciated the bowling shoes being out and ready to go. Thanks again for your help!” – Yolanda, AAA
Kathie Caswell, Arelar & Associates
“Our event was a true success! The staff were very welcoming and incredibly accommodating! The food was great and everyone had a fun evening! Thank you!” – Kathie Caswell, Arelar & Associates
Laura Gonzales, Kaiser Permanente
“Love it! Great service and attention. Everyone seemed to have a great time! Comments about the food was awesome. The plank team was great” – Laura Gonzales, Kaiser Permanente
Allison Lisell, Match MG
“Wow! Thank you so much for all the incredible work and effort that went into this event! Bennie and Ericka and the whole plank team were fantastic to work with. A perfect mix of professional and fun. Every need I had was met quickly” – Allison Lisell, Match MG
Testimonial
Your Team was fantastic and everyone provided excellent customer service but I have to give special kudos to Justin, Mitchell and of course our Emcee. I didn’t catch his name but he was amazing! The enhancements were a big hit and would you believe that all of the drink and game tickets were distributed; there was nothing left. Mark was extremely pleased with the turnout and the comments.
Tracy – Yelp Reviewer
I wish we lived closer because I would love to have my 30th birthday here!… – Tracy – Yelp Reviewer
Yelp Reviewer
What a fun place! We came on a beautiful day to have lunch outside. They have a good lunch menu. The tacos and pizza were delicious! – Yelp Reviewer