Poor Honey's Used Furniture - Oakland, California

Jennifer B.

Love this place! Like any secondhand store, it’s different every time, and you might find a better selection on some visits than others. But overall there are some really great finds, very fair prices, and kind & friendly staff! In addition to the furniture, they have excellent deals on used kitchen utensils, wine glasses, etc.

Selena B.

I’ve shopped at Poor Honey’s Furniture in Oakland multiple times, and every experience has been nothing short of amazing. The quality of their pieces is fantastic, and I always get so many compliments on the items I’ve purchased. A special shout-out to Malcolm and Adam – they truly go above and beyond! They are both incredibly sweet, attentive, and efficient, always making sure I have a seamless shopping and delivery experience with their partner service Lugg that they recommended to me. Their customer service is top-notch, and they are always accommodating to my needs. I highly recommend Poor Honey’s Furniture to anyone looking for unique, high-quality pieces and exceptional service! Thanks again Malcolm and Adam!

Sara K.

Pros: Friendly staff, good selection of used furniture that rotates regularly, big store/warehouse in convenient location with plenty of parking in East Oakland, it seems like they regularly have sales offering a percentage off advertised prices.

Cons: They do not appear to inspect their furniture for safety before selling. I bought several items totalling $2k+ over the course of three months and one item ended up being super unsafe/broken. I purchased a $750 dining table and chairs. One of the chairs broke in half at the weld a few months after I bought it. (I was sitting in it at the time and fell backwards and hit my head) Upon inspection, the weld on that chair was clearly bad. Upon further inspection of the other chairs, one of the three remaining chairs has a similarly bad weld on it so is unusable. The other two chairs seem to have a fine/original weld. I went back to the store and asked if there was anything they could do and they said all sales are final and they recommend I find a welder to fix it. I've reached out to three welders on Yelp and none have responded - I assume because the job is so small and it looks like most welders do fencing work. I understand that "All Sales Final" is their policy. I wish that, out of the desire to be good businesspeople and acknowledge they should have inspected the furniture and/or fixed it before selling it (or not purchased it at all from the original seller), they would have at least offered a discount on replacement chairs or a partial refund or store credit or something. The other items I purchased, two of which are also pictured here, are nice so I do think they typically have good products. This was just a fail and I wish they would have done something to acknowledge/address it. I now have a dining room table with two usable chairs that cost $750. Bummer.

Lesson learned for me is obviously to closely inspect anything I buy used for safety but honestly I don't think I would have known the welds were bad if I had inspected them or that was even something I should inspect. I would think that a company that sells used furniture for a living would have known to look at that, however.

ABHI R.

In 2022, I had started a charity program that I had been working on for months for our CSR corporate and social responsibility program to try and help our community by providing furniture and electronics from my recycling program to needy families. Poor Honey’s is a hidden gem an amazing store located in Oakland California. Aside from giving us a large donation of free furniture, they also kindly traded us some pieces we really needed but which we did not have. We were able to trade them some of the furniture given to us by generous members of the community for stylish furniture that we really needed for our charity program. Overall, they are outstanding people and a gem of a small American business. I would definitely urge you to go check them out they have an amazing Selection and style of beautiful vintage, contemporary, modern, Art Deco, mid-century and many other styles. If you look carefully sometimes you can’t even find unbelievable designer furniture that would cost you several thousand dollars for a fraction of the price . Poor Honey’s Has been serving our community for the last 15 years, so before you go and drop four figures on a single peice of new furniture at the usual abundant over-priced furniture outlets check out Poor Honey’s and give them a chance. They have some amazing furniture at unbeatable prices. The owner’s name is Ryan, who is super kind and nice. The other two people you might see there are Adam and Malcom. These two are really awesome I’ve experienced some of the best customer service when I first interacted with them . I watched them even if they had a little bit of injury carrying furniture out on their own and helping them to be loaded into customer vehicles tirelessly. I went to over 40 other furniture consignment and premium furniture stores all over the Bay Area trying to explain and collaborate for my Osprey Pens Charity program where we wanted to help furnish low income and homeless housing projects with stylish and fashionable furnishing on a small budget. Poor Honey’s was the only store who gave us a chance, they gave me some beautiful furniture and traded for some of the furniture From our donated collection which I couldn’t use. Generously, they gave me some amazing and beautiful items that I really needed for the charity interior design deco project. With their help along with several kind donors from the Bay Area, we were able to put together a few amazing furnishings for low income housing projects despite having $0 budget. Our photographs and staging turned out to exceed our expectations. Details on our charity program and updates can be found on our Osprey Pens website csr section. I rate this store 11/10 and they are rumored to be stocking several new stylish furniture themes weekly and even amazing high quality tvs. If you’re looking for a store with good positive energy, A warm atmosphere, and amazing customer service I have not found a better store for furniture in the Bay Area over the last 20 years of being a Bay Area resident. You can even negotiate and try to bargain on certain furniture peices but I would highly recommend getting in there on the weekdays because weekends a lot of regulars come by and they sell out of their inventory rapidly. Make sure to sign up on their website for emails newsletter so that you can get alerts on when they’re holding sales for example they’re black Friday or Thanksgiving sales.

A M.

Found some awesome quality European furniture here!!? I'm stoked with my purchase, The staff is really friendly and super helpful, the prices can't be beat 😁, I highly recommend this place

Catherine V.

Great people, fun finds, & budget friendly prices. I brought 2 of my favorite bay area people thrifting for apartment necessities. We found a dining table for my daughter and a beautiful stain glass Tiffany style light fixture for my extra kid. Both were perfect for their needs and my mom budget. Great place! Check it out.

Douglas B.

They got a lot of beautiful older wood furniture I couldn't believe how great the prices were they also sell some pianos they sell a lot of wood furniture with a lot of intricate detail and very very good prices lady that helped us was outstanding.

Aaron B.

Fantastic place to purchase mid century modern furniture at a discounted price. I bought a solid wood MCM desk that I love!