21+ only
This site lists licensed cannabis retailers. You need to be 21 or over, or 18 and over with a valid medical cannabis card where your state allows it.
14 licensed shops open in Oakland right now, ranked on a star rating weighted by how many people actually left one. Root'd In The 510 Equity Weed Disp leads at 4.9.
A 4.9 from 300 people is a weaker claim than a 4.8 from 7,000, so every rating here is pulled toward the California average in proportion to how few reviews sit behind it. Both figures are printed on each entry.
4444 Telegraph Ave
Part dispensary, part venue: one reviewer came for a reggae show and a friend's birthday and left recommending it. At the counter, service is described as fast and friendly, with fair prices and a wide spread of products, rosin included.
Open
415 W Grand Ave
The consumption lounge is the centerpiece, kept very clean and stocked with the tools to use what you buy, and reviewers use it to hang out with friends or host events. A claw machine adds some fun, and one first-time visitor felt like a regular. Debit cards accepted, with free parking in the lot and on the street.
Open
2435 Telegraph Ave
Supporters point to straightforward pricing with no hidden fees and staff who know the product. Longtime customers describe helpful, knowledgeable budtenders, and one reviewer says the product here is always good.
Open
1600 Broadway
NUG sells its own house line of flower and concentrates, and the on-site lounge lets you try what you just bought. Reviewers mention weekly specials, a happy hour and a first-time discount, and an out-of-towner found staff helpful and informative.
Open
2040 Telegraph Ave
Budtenders get credit for steering overwhelmed first-timers and budget shoppers to the right product, and the deals come up in several reviews. One customer shopping for pain relief on a budget left with more than expected and was in and out in about 20 minutes.
Open
A star average hides how many people stood behind it. Every rating is shrunk toward the California mean in proportion to its review count, so a shop needs a high score and real volume to reach the top. The weighted figure sits next to the raw one on every entry.
Every one Google lists as open and licensed under a cannabis category at the time of the last check. Shops that had closed permanently or temporarily are dropped, as is anything that turned up in the search but sits outside California.
Because we have not read one. Plenty of shops sell only through a third-party ordering platform that publishes nothing on their own domain, and a brand list is not worth guessing at.
Quarterly. Ratings move and shops close, and a list nobody re-checks becomes a directory of places that used to be good.