Best poke bowl ever!!! The Baked Salmon Bowl and the Strawberry Mango drink with popping boba is so delicious. Highly recommend this place! 😊👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Miss Duckie
I wanted to give this place 5 stars... I REALLY DID. I always go to Pokemole by Korea Town but I was close to this place so I said let me try. The employee was extremely courteous and so helpful. The menu was straightforward and the portion sizes were decent for the price. But the quality.... It was NOT fresh. The fish tasted old and so did the toppings. Most were canned items which is fine but they also smelled and tasted old. Even with the sauces, there's no covering up what old food smells like. I'm sorry but please fix your quality or you will not last, especially in the USC area where students are all about the food.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
Andrew Gonzales
For the price and location (I used to go to Koreatown but this was closer) I thought it was worth it. I wish portions were slightly bigger, but I was overall satisfied. The location isn’t the best.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Frank Hernandez
I ordered a large poke bowl from Poke Me, and while the size of the bowl itself was good, the bowl flavor didn’t come together the way I hoped. The portions of each ingredient were good, so nothing felt skimpy, but the overall flavor profile was extremely bland. A good poke bowl usually has a mix of sauces and seasonings that bring the ingredients together, but this one lacked that completely. The bowl was missing key sauces like eel sauce and gochujang which I ordered but was not given or added to the bowl, both of which I typically rely on to add depth and sweetness or heat. Without them, everything just tasted flat. It also arrived without furikake, which again I ordered, which is such a standard topping that its absence was immediately noticeable.
The proteins were the biggest letdown. The spicy tuna, imitation crab, and salmon all tasted meh, almost as if they hadn’t been seasoned or marinated at all. Nothing stood out, and none of the usual flavors you expect from a poke bowl came through. The octopus actually had the most flavor of everything in the bowl, but the texture was so rubbery and tough that it overshadowed whatever positives the taste might have had. The shrimp was another disappointment; instead of the plump pieces you’d expect, these were very small and didn’t add much to the bowl at all.
On the positive side, the seaweed salad and rice were both solid, but those were the only items that felt right. Everything else needed more care, more seasoning, and more attention to detail. With better flavor, proper sauces, and fresher textures, this could have been a completely different experience. It really could've been better, but I can't recommend this location. Maybe the other locations are better and I got a dud?
Food: 2
hopefuel
High-quality handroll freshly made. Please ask for a three-roll combo!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jesus Delgado Jr
Fresh, savory and great food. Definitely a must try
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Seana Ash
Great tasting food, friendly staff and great prices
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ginie Lee
I thought it was a sauce container, but it turned out to be the bowl I ordered. I can’t believe a place around a school is serving portions this small… I’m honestly speechless. I paid $20 and only got about three bites. The portion size was ridiculously small, and I’m never ordering from here again. Really disappointed.
I’ve had poke bowls elsewhere with tuna that’s chunky and fresh, and the portion was at least five times bigger than this. They seriously need to rethink their bowl sizes—this felt more like a sample than a meal.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Barnett Fischer
This was my first visit. The food was almost too flavorful! The sliced ginger was super fresh.
I asked them to prepare a bowl for the uninitiated, and they skillfully walked me through the ingredients, one by one, layer by layer - rice, fish, vegetables, sauces, garnishes. Everything worked together.
The food was good. The service was spectacular.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Daniel Park
Laughably small portions. Please take your money elsewhere.
I kid you not the bowl was 3 bites of food and the fish is extremely mid it’s so bad. The bowl is literally the size of a toddlers hand
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jeffrey Young
Portion sizes way too small
Eugene Lee
Food it self is good...but the portion size is not acceptable. I got the signature bowl delivered from Uber eats. Like this is appetizer portion. This was not filled me up at all. I used 33.37 dollar for this and scoop of extra protein.
Katherine Wilkins
so yummy can't recommend it enough! hits every single time this location has great customer service food is always fresh and yummy thank you poke me 🙏🫶
Best poke bowl ever!!! The Baked Salmon Bowl and the Strawberry Mango drink with popping boba is so delicious. Highly recommend this place! 😊👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I wanted to give this place 5 stars... I REALLY DID. I always go to Pokemole by Korea Town but I was close to this place so I said let me try. The employee was extremely courteous and so helpful. The menu was straightforward and the portion sizes were decent for the price. But the quality.... It was NOT fresh. The fish tasted old and so did the toppings. Most were canned items which is fine but they also smelled and tasted old. Even with the sauces, there's no covering up what old food smells like. I'm sorry but please fix your quality or you will not last, especially in the USC area where students are all about the food.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
For the price and location (I used to go to Koreatown but this was closer) I thought it was worth it. I wish portions were slightly bigger, but I was overall satisfied. The location isn’t the best.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
I ordered a large poke bowl from Poke Me, and while the size of the bowl itself was good, the bowl flavor didn’t come together the way I hoped. The portions of each ingredient were good, so nothing felt skimpy, but the overall flavor profile was extremely bland. A good poke bowl usually has a mix of sauces and seasonings that bring the ingredients together, but this one lacked that completely. The bowl was missing key sauces like eel sauce and gochujang which I ordered but was not given or added to the bowl, both of which I typically rely on to add depth and sweetness or heat. Without them, everything just tasted flat. It also arrived without furikake, which again I ordered, which is such a standard topping that its absence was immediately noticeable.
The proteins were the biggest letdown. The spicy tuna, imitation crab, and salmon all tasted meh, almost as if they hadn’t been seasoned or marinated at all. Nothing stood out, and none of the usual flavors you expect from a poke bowl came through. The octopus actually had the most flavor of everything in the bowl, but the texture was so rubbery and tough that it overshadowed whatever positives the taste might have had. The shrimp was another disappointment; instead of the plump pieces you’d expect, these were very small and didn’t add much to the bowl at all.
On the positive side, the seaweed salad and rice were both solid, but those were the only items that felt right. Everything else needed more care, more seasoning, and more attention to detail. With better flavor, proper sauces, and fresher textures, this could have been a completely different experience. It really could've been better, but I can't recommend this location. Maybe the other locations are better and I got a dud?
Food: 2
High-quality handroll freshly made. Please ask for a three-roll combo!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fresh, savory and great food. Definitely a must try
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great tasting food, friendly staff and great prices
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I thought it was a sauce container, but it turned out to be the bowl I ordered. I can’t believe a place around a school is serving portions this small… I’m honestly speechless. I paid $20 and only got about three bites. The portion size was ridiculously small, and I’m never ordering from here again. Really disappointed.
I’ve had poke bowls elsewhere with tuna that’s chunky and fresh, and the portion was at least five times bigger than this. They seriously need to rethink their bowl sizes—this felt more like a sample than a meal.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This was my first visit. The food was almost too flavorful! The sliced ginger was super fresh.
I asked them to prepare a bowl for the uninitiated, and they skillfully walked me through the ingredients, one by one, layer by layer - rice, fish, vegetables, sauces, garnishes. Everything worked together.
The food was good. The service was spectacular.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Laughably small portions. Please take your money elsewhere.
Food: 2
Restaurantji Recommends
I kid you not the bowl was 3 bites of food and the fish is extremely mid it’s so bad. The bowl is literally the size of a toddlers hand
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Portion sizes way too small
Food it self is good...but the portion size is not acceptable. I got the signature bowl delivered from Uber eats. Like this is appetizer portion. This was not filled me up at all. I used 33.37 dollar for this and scoop of extra protein.
so yummy can't recommend it enough! hits every single time this location has great customer service food is always fresh and yummy thank you poke me 🙏🫶
My fave poke place yummy :3
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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