Blue Fish is located toward the back of a cute liquor store called Sips, where you could also grab a nice drink and enjoy your bowl.
Within Blue Fish’s corner nook, they carry Japanese snacks which were nice to browse while I waited. I had to wait about 15 minutes for someone to come back out of the kitchen to place my order — I didn’t mind since I wasn’t in much of a rush. The woman returned with 6 bowls for two different customers so I imagine she’s working alone back there.
Now the Poke Bowl: I ordered a salmon poke bowl with 1/2 white rice, 1/2 leafy greens, creamy yuzu togarashi, scallion, cucumber, seaweed salad, crab salad, avocado, edamame, pineapple, pickled ginger, wasabi, masago, furikake, garlic chips, crispy onion, and nore seaweed.
I surprisingly thought it was pretty good! The sauce was delicious, the rice was warm & fluffy, the poke to sauce ratio was on point. $18+ worthy? I’m not sure but that’s a different story.
I docked a star because there were a few ingredients missing in my bowl which included avocado, pineapple, and wasabi. I wasn’t too upset considering I didn’t have to pay extra for these but it would have been nice for her to mention (I imagine she ran out of ingredients since it was close to closing which is 3pm.. so I understand)
However, I did enjoy my meal — I actually split it with my boyfriend as a snack so that we could have space for dinner and we both enjoyed this light meal.
I’d recommend this place if you’re looking for decent a poke fix while you’re in Tahoe.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Poke
Assareena Kekina
So fresh and so tasty! If you are looking for a quick healthy delicious meal - definitely give this place a try!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Matchima Iamsa-art
Best poke bowl in town! Fresh fish, a lot of options and they will give you a lot of food. Worth the price you pay for👌🏼
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
lisa Martinelli Furr
It was our first time. Very nice service. Poke bowl was delicious and fresh!! Took it to go and ate by the Lake.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Cherie Leeden
Absolutely awesome poke bowls made by the Japanese owner :-) Love that you can customize them - super fresh and tasty!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Creela Belle Howard
Very good food. Would definitely eat here again. Only downside is there is very few places to sit.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Tina Lau
Decent poke, nothing to rave about but nothing major to complain about either. $18 per bowl is a bit pricey given the small portions, but since it's near the lake I assume things are pricey in general in this area. It did take a very, very long time to get our food which is surprising. The poke places I have been to typically get the bowls done in less than 10 minutes, but here we waited about 45 minutes before getting our food. We were told that it's because there was only one person working both the register and making the food, so perhaps this place needs to rethink its staffing to improve on the food times.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
alexis iliinsky
Delicious and generous portions for under $20!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Edward Randolph
Ended up not ordering anything after watching them make several orders before me. He was using both hands to put all the ingredients into the bowls but only had a glove on one hand. He was constantly touching his month with the ungloved hand then putting it into the ingredients. He also did not appear to change gloves between customer interactions. He did appear to be the only one working and was a bit frazzled so hopefully this was not the norm.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Brandon Leong
If this is the best to Tahoe has to offer and people rate it so high then people must not have had any decent poke ever. I ordered salmon and tuna and only got something that was supposed to be tuna but taste more like a white fish. The rice was fine but half of the things I checked off were missing. This is also located in a store so no atmosphere.
I'm not entirely sure why there is a really solid poke shope and japanese snack mart in the liqour store, but who am I to question genius?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Adam and Michele Friedman
The best poking bowl. Fresh and delicious.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Dan Papana
The fish was excellent, especially the salmon - fresh and well-prepared. The menu was varied, the combos were creative and tasty. Little room to eat inside and the atmosphere was a bit strange, but I'd definitely eat there again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke, Flame Bowl
Tahoe City Downtown Association
We love Bluefish! They have the BEST poke bowls in town!
Rosie Goodman
This place is tucked in the back of the bar. The food is SO GOOD. We got the tofu and the tuna and enjoyed both. It was a nice healthy lunch. And the service was very good. The woman working was super sweet.
Blue Fish is located toward the back of a cute liquor store called Sips, where you could also grab a nice drink and enjoy your bowl.
Within Blue Fish’s corner nook, they carry Japanese snacks which were nice to browse while I waited. I had to wait about 15 minutes for someone to come back out of the kitchen to place my order — I didn’t mind since I wasn’t in much of a rush. The woman returned with 6 bowls for two different customers so I imagine she’s working alone back there.
Now the Poke Bowl: I ordered a salmon poke bowl with 1/2 white rice, 1/2 leafy greens, creamy yuzu togarashi, scallion, cucumber, seaweed salad, crab salad, avocado, edamame, pineapple, pickled ginger, wasabi, masago, furikake, garlic chips, crispy onion, and nore seaweed.
I surprisingly thought it was pretty good! The sauce was delicious, the rice was warm & fluffy, the poke to sauce ratio was on point. $18+ worthy? I’m not sure but that’s a different story.
I docked a star because there were a few ingredients missing in my bowl which included avocado, pineapple, and wasabi. I wasn’t too upset considering I didn’t have to pay extra for these but it would have been nice for her to mention (I imagine she ran out of ingredients since it was close to closing which is 3pm.. so I understand)
However, I did enjoy my meal — I actually split it with my boyfriend as a snack so that we could have space for dinner and we both enjoyed this light meal.
I’d recommend this place if you’re looking for decent a poke fix while you’re in Tahoe.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Poke
So fresh and so tasty! If you are looking for a quick healthy delicious meal - definitely give this place a try!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best poke bowl in town! Fresh fish, a lot of options and they will give you a lot of food. Worth the price you pay for👌🏼
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
It was our first time. Very nice service. Poke bowl was delicious and fresh!! Took it to go and ate by the Lake.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Absolutely awesome poke bowls made by the Japanese owner :-)
Love that you can customize them - super fresh and tasty!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Very good food. Would definitely eat here again. Only downside is there is very few places to sit.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Decent poke, nothing to rave about but nothing major to complain about either. $18 per bowl is a bit pricey given the small portions, but since it's near the lake I assume things are pricey in general in this area. It did take a very, very long time to get our food which is surprising. The poke places I have been to typically get the bowls done in less than 10 minutes, but here we waited about 45 minutes before getting our food. We were told that it's because there was only one person working both the register and making the food, so perhaps this place needs to rethink its staffing to improve on the food times.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Delicious and generous portions for under $20!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
Ended up not ordering anything after watching them make several orders before me. He was using both hands to put all the ingredients into the bowls but only had a glove on one hand. He was constantly touching his month with the ungloved hand then putting it into the ingredients. He also did not appear to change gloves between customer interactions. He did appear to be the only one working and was a bit frazzled so hopefully this was not the norm.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
If this is the best to Tahoe has to offer and people rate it so high then people must not have had any decent poke ever. I ordered salmon and tuna and only got something that was supposed to be tuna but taste more like a white fish. The rice was fine but half of the things I checked off were missing. This is also located in a store so no atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
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I'm not entirely sure why there is a really solid poke shope and japanese snack mart in the liqour store, but who am I to question genius?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
The best poking bowl. Fresh and delicious.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
The fish was excellent, especially the salmon - fresh and well-prepared. The menu was varied, the combos were creative and tasty. Little room to eat inside and the atmosphere was a bit strange, but I'd definitely eat there again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke, Flame Bowl
We love Bluefish! They have the BEST poke bowls in town!
This place is tucked in the back of the bar. The food is SO GOOD. We got the tofu and the tuna and enjoyed both. It was a nice healthy lunch. And the service was very good. The woman working was super sweet.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poke
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