ZenFish Poke Bar

Best poke we have had since moving to North Carolina 2 years ago, hands down. We are originally from Los Angeles, and this, by far, is the freshest, best tasting poke we have had since being here!

The fish - EXCELLENT quality, fresh. Perfectly cut. The rice was perfectly cooked, not over or under, perfect temp. All the toppings - awesome! And such a selection! Refer to my pics. They have a large list of signature sauces, too. We got the Sriracha aioli - perfectly savory with a little kick. We also got miso chocolate chip cookies - what???? They're good!

The shop is clean, bright, and welcoming, and so is the staff. I highly recommend it! They have two locations.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Never had a poke bowl being hot (because of rice!) with raw fish. The fish smelled too fishy, though mango and cucumber were great. Would not come back again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

The rice to protein ratio is appalling for $15 ..I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw those tiny scoopers!, also 2 shrimp count as a scoop? Wow.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Where are all the ingredients?

Veggie bowl breakdown
5 edamame beans
2 ounces diced tofu cubes (it's just tofu straight out of the package)
4 jalapeno slices
2 avocado slices (I would say 1/8th of an avocado)
1/8 cup shredded carrots
4 cucumber slices
2 LBS OF RICE (seriously... I weighed the bowl on my kitchen scale..its 2 🦆'n pounds of rice).

Is this a fluke!? Are the reviews even real 👀???
Veggie bowl with extra tofu is $17 that's wild for a bag of rice

Food: 2

Best poke in the triangle! Their sauces are really good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terrible. Poke bowl came with hot rice in a sealed container, a big no-no for poke bowls / nigiri... the hot rice half-cooked/steamed the contents, making the raw salmon mushy, the krab slimy, the crunch soggy, and even the mango seemed to be congealed as a result... not pleasant at all, and now that I've read more reviews, I see others with the exact same complaints. Portion size was also pretty small for the price, salmon wasn't trimmed well, and the chicken was very fatty/sinewy, obviously low quality. Frankly, the cucumber was good, but I ended up throwing the rest away... This was my second time trying this restaurant, too, and it was bad both times. Lesson learned.

Food: 1

Mostly GF (helpful for this gf girl) and delicious!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved the poke bowls. Haven’t found too many poke places that have vegetarian and vegan protein options and this place is great! Their tofu is seasoned and they have little sweet potato cubes that you can add too. 🙂 The restaurant was nice and clean too and the staff have been great! (Also, the staff do change their gloves between customers if they handle any non-vegetarian items, which was really nice that they didn’t need to be asked to)

Dietary restrictions: They do list what is gluten free on the menu

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My FAVORITE poke spot I’ve ever tried. Will be eating here again asap

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Krab, House Sauce

Best poke bowls ever, and they have this delicious mango punch that stole my heart. They make it themselves too! sooo pretty too with the added flower.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food here is so fresh and the atmosphere is great. I love that it’s a small woman owned business! They even had heart shaped radish and heart shaped musubis for valentine’s day. Such a thoughtful and cute touch.

Dietary restrictions: All of the sauces are gluten free!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mamazen Tuna Nachos Spicy or Sweet - Gluten Free, Tuna Bowl

The food was amazing. I spent my childhood in Hawaii and have sought out poke wherever I live because of it. The wife and I are big raw fish people.

The owner/operator was amazing. We highly recommend this spot, and we definitely return for more tasty tuna.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is incredibly good !!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This wonderful slice of heaven is fresh and protein packed!! Quick and easy access makes this one of my favorite stops when I have jobs scheduled on this side of town. Even when I don't, it's always worth the drive!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This was my first visit to this place and also my first time ever trying a Poke bowl. I wanted to come here because it was highly recommended. As it was my first time trying a poke bowl, I wanted the best experience. However, that experience was ruined. I paid extra to get 2 servings of Avocado. From what I understand, 1 serving is one half of one, so I paid extra for a whole avocado. This was a take out order so although I noticed that the young lady placed my avocados upside down, I didn't think anything of it. I should have. When I got home to eat my meal and proceeded to turn the avocados over, both of them have various stages of blackness on them. It is clear that they had gone bad from staying out in the air too long or were severely bruised before cutting yet the girl still served them to me. Something that I had to pay extra for. How disrespectful can you be to do something like that??? This meal was pricey, so I was left embarrassed trying to scrape away as much of it as I could to see if any of the avocado could be salvaged. If an establishment is going to boast about their freshness of food, there is no way I should have been served something like this. If this is what goes on there, I wouldn't recommend visiting.

Food: 1