Pomella Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Pomella, a captivating new addition to Oakland’s culinary scene showcasing the vibrant flavors of the Middle East. Specializing in wraps and mezze, this women-owned establishment emphasizes health and taste with a menu rich in vegan and vegetarian options. Start your journey with their refreshing cold mezze, such as the Beet Ras El Hanout Salad and deliciously tangy Hummus, perfect for sharing.
For heartier fare, indulge in their savory hot mezze, including the crowd-favorite Cheese-Stuffed Falafel and Saffron Lemon Shrimp. Every dish reflects their commitment to quality, featuring organic ingredients and intricate spices.
Whether dining in their stylish, heated outdoor seating or utilizing their efficient delivery service, Pomella promises an exceptional experience for lunch or gatherings. With its unique menu and warm atmosphere, it invites you to savor every bite! Don’t miss their flavorful composed salads and soups for a wholesome finish.
Cold Mezze
Beet Ras El Hanout Salad
Beet, yam, walnuts, red onion, cilantro, olive oil, garlic, Ras el Hanout (cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, ginger, black pepper, mace, allspice, coriander, clove, fenugreek, cayenne, paprika). GF, VE.
Butternut Squash & Quinoa Salad
Butternut squash, quinoa, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, scallions, pomegranate vinaigrette.VE, GF
Grape Leaves
You might know them as Dolma or Yalanchi Sarma. VE, GFThis is a vegan version, made with a little tomato paste, and lots of lemon.We highly recommend a side of our Tzatziki for dipping. YUMMMM!
Hummus
Garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon, garlic. Topped with olive oil, paprika, parsley, and PINE NUTS*Does not include pitaVE, GF
Organic Vegetable Sticks
Cucumber, carrots, bell pepper, jicama.
Pickled Vegetables
Naturally fermented in house with salt water garlic and dill. Mix of Persian cucumber, carrots, celery, beets, turnips, red bell pepper.VE, GF
Pomella Salad
Pomella, Red cabbage, Mango, Pickled carrots, Mung bean sprouts, Cilantro, Mint,.Lime, palm sugar and fish sauce dressing.GF, DF
Roasted Celeriac & Lentil Salad
Beluga lentil, slow-roasted celeriac, HAZELNUTS, mint. Sherry hazelnut vinaigrette.
Roasted Saffron Cauliflower Salad
Cauliflower, green olives, crimson raisins, red onion, cherry tomatoes, citrus honey vinaigrette. VG, GF
Tangelo, Jicama & Date Salad
Minneola tangelo, jicama & date salad with green olives, pickled red onions, aleppo pepper and a rose dressing.
Cauliflower Mezze
LOOK WHO'S BACK!!Fried cauliflower, tossed in tahini, sumac, cumin and lemon juice.VE, GF
Cheese-Stuffed Falafel
2 pieces served with tahini sauce.VG, GF
Chicken Mezze
We use Mary's Organic, boneless-skinless chicken breast. Our special house marinade is based on Mica's favorite grilled chicken in Tamra. Grilled to order. GF, DF
Eggplant Mezze
Our pomegranate marinated eggplant served with yogurt-tahini sauce.VG, GF, can be made VE if sub tahini sauce
Falafel
6 pieces served with tahini sauce.VE, GF
Fried Brussels with Page Mandarin
WHAT!?!? IncredibleDressed with date molasses, apple cider vinegar, garlic, cardamom, and Urfa Bibber.
Kefta Mezze
Grass-fed, freshly ground lamb mixed with pine nuts, onion, herbs, spices. Formed into kefta (long patties) served with yogurt-tahini sauce.GFCan be made DF - ask for sub tahini
Lamb Sirloin Mezze
Organic, grass-fed lamb sirloin marinated in our special Shawarma marinade. Grilled to order.GF, DF
Saffron Lemon Shrimp
Marinated in Saffron, lemon zest, and garlic. Grilled to perfection.Great on their own, even better on a salad or rice plate.(6 pieces)GF, DF
Salmon Mezze
Add to your favorite salad. Atlantic sustainable aquaculture. Perfectly cooked and ready to eat. So simple and sooo good! GF, DF
Hot Mezze
Composed Salads & Soups
Beet Composed Salad
With Romaine lettuce, French sheep's milk Feta, and red wine vinaigrette. Beets, yams, walnuts, cilantro, red onion, olive oil, and our special Ras El Hanout spice blend (contains a little bit of Cayenne) . VG, GF can be VE without the cheese. Add protein if you wish! Dressing & cheese served on the side.
Butternut Squash Composed Salad
Our most popular salad! Roasted butternut squash with our special sumac spice blend, red quinoa, dry cranberry, roasted pumpkin seeds, scallions. Arugula, shaved sheep's milk Manchego cheese, and pomegranate vinaigrette. VG, GF can be made VE without the cheese. Add protein if you wish! Dressing & cheese served on the side.
Cauliflower Composed Salad
With shaved sheep's milk Manchego cheese, and citrus honey vinaigrette. Saffron Roasted cauliflower with green olives, golden raisins, red onion, spinach, and cherry tomatoes. Add protein if you wish! Dressing & cheese served on the side.
Green Lentil & Spinach Soup
Cumin and dry lime scented. With carrots, celery, and spinach. Simply good!
Pomella Composed Salad
Pomella, Red cabbage, Mango, Pickled carrots, Cilantro, Mint.Lime, palm sugar, fish sauce dressing. Served with arugula and toasted PEANUTS. Add protein if you wish!GF, DF
Roasted Celeriac & Lentil Composed Salad
Beluga lentil, slow-roasted celeriac, HAZELNUTS, mint, spinach, goat cheese, sherry hazelnut vinaigrette. Add protein if you wish!VG, GF, can be made VE without the cheese
Tangelo, Jicama & Date Composed Salad
Tangelo, jicama & date salad with green olives, pickled red onions and a rose dressing. Served On a bed of Romaine lettuce with a side of Manchego cheese and rose dressing.Add protein if you wish!Want it Vegan? - ask us for no cheese.
Chicken Tagine
Organic chicken stewed with dried fruit and preserved lemons. Served with couscous and chermoula (a slightly spicy sauce made with preserved lemon, ginger, herbs & spices). DF. (Can be made GF by substituting saffron rice for couscous)Option to add additional chermoula is available!
Hummus Plate
Hummus, House made pita, pickles and your choice of protein. Garnished with olive oil, paprika, parsley, and PINE NUTS. VE. (For GF option please choose "sub vegetable sticks" below!)
Majadra Plate
Majadra (rice & lentils) with fried onion, PINE NUTS, yogurt tahini sauce and your choice of protein. (Can sub regular tahini to make it dairy free)GF
Saffron Rice Plate
Rice, grilled vegetables and your choice of protein. All items served with yogurt-tahini sauce. GF, can be made DF with sub tahini.
Vegetable Tagine
Garbanzo beans, carrots, celery, red pepper, zucchini, onion, garlic, preserved lemons, raisins served with couscous, roasted butternut squash, and chermoula (a slightly spicy green sauce made with preserved lemon, ginger, herbs & spices). VE(Can be made GF by substituting saffron rice for couscous)Option to add additional chermoula is available!
Wrap
Our house made Laffa flatbread loaded with hummus, cabbage salad, Shirazi salad, The protein of your choice, Tahini, and our green lemon sauce (not spicy).You can also opt to add feta inside, And one of our hot sauces on the side.This wrap is JUICY!! best enjoyed IMMEDIATELY after it is served!!NOTE: This item is served COLD/ room temp. The proteins are made to order, The bread is heated up. BUT It is filled with cold hummus, salads, and sauces.
Wraps & Plates
Sides & Sauces
Amba (Pickled mango sauce)
Our house made Amba. VE, GF. YES, we ferment the mangos, and mix with our custom blend of spices*. We add a little garlic, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. This delicious condiment goes great with just about everything, we especially like it with eggplant and lamb. *cumin, turmeric, fenugreek, coriander, cayenne
Chermoula
A mix of herbs, spices, preserved lemon, garlic, ginger, and a little Cayenne.This North African condiment is great on everything!! Use as marinate for chicken, on fish, top your fried egg, or just spread on bread. Here at Pomella we serve it with our tagines.
Feta
A side of our crumbled French sheep's milk feta. So creamy, so tangy, so good!
Fries - Side
Served with Organic Ketchup
Grilled Vegetables
A side of organic, seasonal grilled vegetables.
Harissa
Housemade North African hot sauce, made from chili peppers, aleppo, paprika, olive oil and spices. Spicy, smoky and SO flavorful!VE, GF
Majadra (side)
A side of our majadra - a savory rice dish with lentils & spices.VE, GF
Pita
One order contains 1 pita. VEOur in house, Hand made Organic Pita
Pita Chips
Za'atar-Spiced using our special zaatar blend.Light, crispy, and addictive! Baked not fried.VE
Saffron Rice (side)
A side of our delicious saffron rice.VE, GF
Schug
Spicy green sauce with herbs, spices, jalapeno, garlic. Great on all of our dishes (or anything, for that matter!) VE, GF
Tahini
Vegan. Tahini, lemon, garlic. VE, GF
Tzatziki
Made with Persian cucumbers, Straus yogurt, garlic, and dill.GF, VG
Yogurt-Tahini
Yogurt, tahini, lemon, garlic.VG, GF
Almond Paste Baklava
Made with clarified butter and honey.
Baklava Pack Mix
A mixture of our two flavors of baklava - 2 pieces of pistachio & 3 pieces of almond paste. Why choose when you can have both???
Baklava Pack Pistachio
Four pieces of our wildly popular pistachio baklava packed in a compostable container.
Chocolate Halva
Another incredible Halva from Har Bracha Israel..Swirls of Sesame Halva and chocolate.7oz packageGF
Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons
1 piece. Contains butter and eggs. GF.
Date Cookies (pack of 6)
Soft velvety cookie exterior and a melt-in-your-mouth spiced date interior. Delicious! Makes a great gift.VG, egg-free
Individual Fruit Crisp
Apple and Caramel Our phenomenal fruit crisps are made with the best organic seasonal fruits topped with buttery crispy cookie like topping.We encourage you to go over the top, and add ice cream. But a spoon is really all you need.
Mocha Orange Cheesecake
Oreo cookie crust, Espresso orange cheesecake, chocolate cheesecake, whipped cream, and candied Moro blood orange.Yes, all of that. Get your slice.
Pistachio Baklava
Made with clarified butter and honey. VG
Rugelach (6 Pack)
We have two flavors of our popular rugelach: Raspberry, Almond, and Chocolate & Apricot, Walnut, and Chocolate. VG.Sold in a pack of 6
Sweets
Beverages
Castle Rock Natural Spring Water
Castle Rock Premium Mountain Spring Water comes in a clear 17 oz (500 ml) glass bottle with depiction of Lake Shasta. Alkaline.
Coke
Mexican coke.
Coke (Can)
Diet Coke
Can, 12 oz.
Hibiscus Iced Tea
Caffeine free & unsweetened!Organic blend of hibiscus & berries.Naturally sweet with a refreshing tartness.
Jarritos Strawberry
Jarritos Tamarind
La Croix Pure Sparkling Water
Classic unflavored sparkling water is crisp, clean and thirst-quenching.
La Croix Tangerine Sparkling Water
Has a flavor explosion of a freshly peeled fruit.
Lev's Ginger Berry Kombucha (on draft)
16 oz, on draft
Lev's Strawberry Mint Kombucha
Authentic and delicious Kombucha made from the best ingredients on earth. Lev's Kombucha is brewed in small batches by fermenting pure whole leaf green tea which is rich in calcium, magnesium and has a high antioxidant content.
Limonada
Made in-house with fresh, Organic fruit and juices! ROTATING flavors --inquire to find out today's flavor.
Limonana
Minted Lemonade.THE most Israeli drink!
Numi Hot Tea
Numi Organic Hot Tea.
Reeds Ginger Beer
We like the strongest cause the label is purple.
Spa Water
Cucumber mint water with a little celery, ginger, and lemon.Such a refreshing beverage!!!No added sugar, or sweeteners
Sprite
Glass bottle.
Tejava
Black tea made entirely from select tea leaves from the island of Java. No sugar or sweeteners, no calories, no preservatives. 12oz bottle
Topo Chico Sparkling Mineral Water
Sparkling mineral water, 355 ml in a glass bottle.
Virgil's Orange Soda
Only the finest Spanish oranges make a sweet enough juice with just the right citrus zest to flavor this creamy, bold classic.Ingredients: Sparkling Filtered Water, Cane Sugar, Natural Flavors
Virgil's Root Beer
The soda that started it all. Brewed in small batches by hand to include the flavor of fifteen different roots and spices. A rich, creamy, full-flavor soda that is deliciously complex and never bitter.
Yemeni Iced Coffee
Our delicious (and highly caffeinated) brew infused with our own Hawaij spice blend - cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, and clove.Sweetened with condensed milk. 16 oz. with ice.
Bare Bottle Cyber Shark West Coast IPA
Deep in the citrusy sea, this cybernetic creature lurks. Welcome to the dank tank, with the perfect balance between resinous, piney darkness and juicy, berry-forward flavors reminiscent of raspberry, golden raisins, and dried cranberries. 6.8% ABV
Bare Bottle Secret Truth of the Universe Hazy IPA
Sometimes you just feel like you are touching the void. Double dry-hopped with El Dorado, Strata, & Cashmere. *Contains Lactose* 6.8% ABV
Ghost Town Geisterfaust Pilsner
Geisterfaust Pilsner is crisp, refreshing and has a lightly sweet and toasty malt character that's balanced by a spicy, floral hop bite. 5.5%ABV
Ghost Town Melinoe Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA with Strata, Citra and Ekuanot. 6.7% ABV
Headlands "Hawk Hill" Hefeweizen
Hawk Hill follows a traditional German Hefeweizen grain bill (50% wheat) with a bit of rye tossed in to draw out the pepper and spice notes from the light hopping schedule. Light, crisp and refreshing, Hawk Hill will bring out the sun, no matter the weather.4.7% ABV
Oakland United "Bay Shore Fog" Hazy IPA
Generously hopped with Comet, Citra, and Chinook giving it rich aromas of lychee and other tropical fruits in addition to a balanced dose of grapefruit and citrus peel.7.5% ABV.
Original Pattern "Darkness Awaits" Oatmeal Stout
Brewed with oats. Notes: coffee, chocolate, malt. 6.5% ABV
Original Pattern "How Gose It" Gose
Brewed with Italian plum and Sicilian lemon!. 5.7% ABV
Original Pattern "Para todos" Mexican Lager
Brewed with flaked corn. Crisp, clean, light, refreshing.5.2% ABV
Temescal "Chalet" Alpine Lager
German Pilsner malt stars in this Helles-style lager. Delicate hints of wildflower, matchstick, and a light, herbal bitterness balance the fuller malt character, making each sip refreshing and satisfying. 4.2% ABV
Temescal Hazy IPA
Tropical hop aromatics, a juicy-soft mouthfeel, and wonderful approachability. 6.5% ABV
Beer
Wine
2023 Covenant Mensch Zinfandel
Kosher Zinfandel wine from Covenant Winery.Just in time for PassoverMensch Zinfandel is fruit forward, soft textured, and graced with an array of jammy raspberry and spice flavors. Tannins are firm, however, and give the wine additional muscle.
Achille IGT Toscana
This very traditional and classic producer has moved to low intervention in the vineyards, renewable energy sources on property, and conservation of local plant and animal life. The wines are Sangiovese the way it should taste beautiful acidity, fruit, and just built to go with food. ABV 14%
Altitude Project Chardonnay
Smooth, round character and rich, creamy fruit flavors persist into a long, flavorful aftertaste. 13% ABV, 12oz can
Altitude Project Pinot Noir
Eternally fussy, and extremely fickle, this wonderful grape does fit nicely into the cooler climates of Chile. 13.5 % ABV
Avissi Prosecco D.O.C.
Fragrant aromas of honeysuckle with delectable flavors of green apple and ripe pear with a clean, fresh, delicate finish. Produced in Italy's famed Veneto region.
Cantina Valle Tritana Aufinum Montepulciano dAbruzzo 2023
Deep ruby red color. The bouquet on the nose is intense, clean and pleasant with fresh aromas of black cherry, black berry, plum and violet followed by more complex notes of walnut-husk and some spices. On the palate it is well- balanced with agreeable tannins, good body and intense flavors.
Covenant Wines 2020 Red Wine
Red C has a highly vivacious character with ripe, round, cherry, berry and spice flavors couched in firm acidity and soft, supple tannins. The layered flavors and textures are showing beautifully in the glass, and the finish is long, lush and fresh on the palate. 750ml
Just Enough Brut Bubbles
Bright, crisp, and refreshing. Hailing from the Central Coast of California, this citrusy and elegant wine has lively aromas of Meyer lemon and pear, with a rounded finish of toasted brioche. 14% ABC, 250ml can
Just Enough Ros Bubbles
This bright, dry, and refreshing ros bubbles comes from the Central Coast of California. This warmer climate along with the cool ocean breeze produced a wine with juicy flavors of white peaches, juicy guava, and refreshing citrus. 12.9% ABV
Pellegrini Sauvignon Blanc
Pellegrini from Olivet Lane. True varietal characteristics. Bright and luminant, emits aromas of kiwi, honeydew melon, slate, and hydrangeas. The zesty acid projects pineapple and lemongrass, harmonized by lighter tones of apricot and jalapeno. ABV 13.6%
Prost Rheinhessen Riesling Dry
Intense aromas of green apple, peach and apricot. Crisp and elegant with refreshing minerality and a lingering dry finish. Excellent with grilled pork, salmon and white fish. 12% ABV
Sangria
Made with fresh organic fruit and lots of white wine. And now we're adding white port, which increases the alcohol content, because !
SHE CAN Crisp White
Juicy pear, melon and citrus shine up front, with soft white lilies and orange blossoms everywhere you look. Always crisp, fresh, and dazzlingly bright. 250 ml
SHE CAN Dry Ros
This dry California Ros proves the power of pink. Sophisticated layers of ripe raspberry, white flowers, and mandarin orange zest bring their A-game, thoughtfully balanced with fresh acidity, stone fruit and citrus inspiration. 250ml
Tyrell's Hunter Valley Semillion
With creamy aromas of white fruits, tart pears, green apples, and key lime pie crust. Huge acidity with lighter orange zest citrus, cream of tartar, white flowers and an herbal tarragon note. 11 % ABV
Velenosi 'Villa Angela' Pecorino 2023
The 2023 Pecorino Offida Villa Angela is sharply focused with a pungent whiff ofgrapefruitandlemon zest. This is round and soothing, with a balanced inner sweetness offset bysour limeandcrisp green apple. It finishes short yet clean and refreshing, leaving a hint oftart citrus rindconcentration.
Vivac Sparkling Ros
Italian for in a brisk and spirited manner, aptly describes this crisp, aromatic sparkling wine produced from organically - grown vineyards within the Prosecco D.O.C.. A bouquet of strawberry and peach on the nose introduces flavors of fresh raspberry and white flowers. The palate is dry and well-balanced by the rich, full-bodied structure. 750ml bottle