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    4.7 (25 reviews)
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    Essie K.

    Thank you Mama's Bowl for satisfying my Korean cravings without having to drive all the way down to Kearny Mesa! The ambiance is casual with both indoor and outdoor seating. You order at the same counter as the poke place. They have a QR code to pull up the menu. For a pop up restaurant, they have almost every Korean entree you typically find at other restaurants. The owner is super sweet and inviting. The food was delicious, authentic, and fresh. It made me think of my own mom's delicious cooking! The portions were very filling...just wish they gave more rice to go with the large bowl of tofu soup :p We left happy and full! I will definitely be back for more!

    Regular Kimbap, Spam Kimbap, and Bulgolgi Kimbap Tteokguk - Ricecake Soup (No Spicy) Jap Chae (No Spicy / Spicy) Banchan to boot!
    Stephanie K.

    If you want authentic, homemade Korean comfort food, Mama's Bowl is great! They reside inside a poke restaurant, so it's a "virtual" restaurant. We've ordered from DoorDash twice now and both times the food was delicious! The kimbaps are humongous and packed with veggies/meat. Japchae is so flavorful and loaded with ingredients. Also highly recommend dduk guk (rice cake soup). Don't expect fancy, but DO expect consistently good food made with love.

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    Go into the Poke store and scan QR for menu and order. I like that there's an option for some std Korean dishes and bento for lunch close to my work. I order the beef noodle soup. It was fine esp on a winter day. Food was average but the location and convenience added to it. service was good. Inside ambiance is like a quick eats place and has room to eat a quick lunch

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    Rochelle Anne C.

    I ordered Eel Bowl! It was so delicious highly recommended it was so soft it melts on your mouth!! The lady who works there and the service is nice very welcoming! I will definitely come back!!.

    To go rice and banchan to go along with my tofu stew, partially eaten. Tuna Mac salad, broccoli, cucumber kimchi, and cabbage kimchi.
    Jennifer T.

    The food here is excellent! I'm glad there's good Korean food that's closer to me and I don't have to drive all the way to Convoy. Feels like there's not a lot of Korean choices around Poway so I'm really happy. Just fyi, they are in the same place as the poke place but you can still order in person instead of just online. I ordered the beef tofu stew and the vegetable pancake to go. Both were really delicious. The tofu stew had lots of tofu, meat, onions, and veggies and the broth was good. The pancake had lots of veggies and was really yummy. Highly recommended. Located near lots of offices so it seems like their bowls would be really good for take out. Will definitely be trying some of their other stuff in the future.

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    Cute hole in the wall with solid Korean food. Same location as the poke spot, which can be a little confusing.

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    I was not impressed with their Kimbap. But everything else we ordered was good. Price is pretty reasonable.

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    LEGIT. Bossam, kimchi jjigae, kimbap...extremely well done and tasty. The tastiest Korean food I have found in the area.

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    I've always loved it here and have been coming since I was a child. Traffic and thus service had…read moredefinately declined since its heyday in my childhood but it has never made for a poor experience. I came here recently with my date in the Summer of 2025. I always get the bulgogi hot stone. Food is very good and satisfies even a picky person like me. I am, admittedly, very particular about my Asian food but this place meets my expectations always and I find myself craving it when I'm out of state. The prices are quite high. The water will taste like the tap. This is not a problem, but something to anticipate. The service is very kind here though they are always clearly trying to turn tables as quickly as possible. A small anecdote: I once believed I'd lost my ring here and returned as the staff was closing. While I wasn't able to search the restaurant myself, the closing staff looked for me for about ten minutes and offered to take my number in case it was found later. It was very kind of them and definately made me feel positively about the place.

    I've been coming here for a couple years, & food is pretty solid. To be fair though , whenever I go…read moreI always get the same thing: bulgogi hot stone with a sapporo. Service is good! My usual server a kind man, though he tends to bring the check pretty early on & doesn't really check in much after that. I've been to both Convoy and this location, & I prefer this one because parking is more convenient.

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