Food is good and fresh! Service is always pretty quick, it's really people being indecisive that cane make a like feel like it's taking longer than it should. But staff definitely try to keep the line moving as quickly as possible. Love how customizable your poke bowl can be. Lots of options read more

Just left disappointed in the changes... Not certain if new management/owners... but they were reasonable and did not nickel and dime you which in today's economical climate is rare... in a nutshell... 40% increase in price.,. About a 15% reduction in portions... and the hour I was there absolutely every single person was inquiring about the price change and portion reduction... whomever implemented these changes is not taking into account their loyal client base which are commercial buildings that surround them and if their aim is to reduce foot traffic and potentially go off into the sunset... Well this is the recipe!!! read more

Stopped by today and to my surprise. They have changed their menu. They only have poke. They have removed their sushi rolls and ramen from the menu. The new menu is limited and sucks and very disappointing. Not sure who told them getting rid of other options on the menu was a good idea, specially when the ingredients are all the same. Bring back the sushi! read more

it used to be so good i'm not sure if it's under different management but what i usually order i can't anymore this was my go to poke place it was cheap and fresh :( the new containers are so weird and i miss the old ones read more

Quick, fast, and mediocre. Co worker and I love poke so we decided to give it a try. Walked in during lunch and they practice 6 ft social distancing with masks. There was a short line when we arrived and we were in and out within 10 mins. I got the 2 choices with half salad, half white rice. Salmon and spicy tuna with cucumbers, seaweed salad, imitation crab with ponzu and spicy mayo Sriracha sauce with furikake. The 3 stars is based on the food. The portion was small. It was nothing special out of any poke spot. Don't think I will return. Nothing special. read more

This place really is the bomb! This new restaurant is located in an outdoor strip-mall with easy parking in the lot out front. I visited this restaurant on a weekday for lunch with a coworker. It was my first time at a Poki bowl restaurant. I had never gone to one of these restaurants before because I'm a vegetarian and do not eat fish. Luckily, this place had tofu and Tamago. At the time of our visit, it was not crowded and seating and ordering at the counter was easy. There was no wait! We selected our size (by protein / fish scoop), selected our ingredients, and paid. The ingredients were fresh and the portion size was good. The older gentleman behind the counter assisted me as I made my selection. He was wonderful... very patient and helpful. Being my first time, I didn't realize how many toppings I could choose. The store was clean, modern, and comfortable. PB is a great place to grab a quick healthy bite! read more

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Living in SGV area, there are a couple places that come to mind when you want Poke: PokeStuf, or Bay Poke. We decided to be adventurous and try this place for the first time. It's tucked away in a small plaza on the other side of the 10 freeway. This whole plaza looks like it has seen better days. The Starbucks seems to be the only place keeping this plaza alive. As for Poki Bomb, we got BYOB. Pretty standard, quality of the fish is decent. Staff were nice and the AC was a plus especially on a hot day. read more

Ordered through Uber Eats and I got my food in a very timely manner! Food came extra early. Everything was packaged neatly and i'm happy with what I received. Next time I would get less sauces with the poki bowl because although it tasted good, it was drowning in sauce. I wish they went lighter handed on the amount they put in if i'm ordering multiple sauces, but now I know! They were very generous with the toppings in my bowl and I especially like that the avocado was only 50 cents for real slices. Their shrimps are plump and juicy, and I also really like the tamago, squid salad, and seaweed salad/crab salad here. Got the crunch roll and caterpillar roll as well, and I liked the caterpillar roll more. Wouldn't get the crunch roll to-go just because it gets a little soggy but they were both yummy. As much as I love california rolls, I would suggest getting rolls that differ from each other more just because they taste almost the same haha! read more

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They have yummy food and good service The wait is a bit long about 15 mins during rush hour read more

Poki Bomb - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

Poki Bomb is a poke place in El Monte. They also have another location in Buena Park. Like most poke places, there are five steps which include choosing a size, base, sauce, and toppings. Besides fish, there are some meat options including beef, rib eye, chicken, white meat chicken, and beef & chicken. The beef and chicken options include teriyaki sauce. The fish options, bases, sauces, and toppings are similar to other poke places. They charge 50 cents for avocado. The rice was served hot which made the bowl warm rather quickly. The fish tasted alright. Large portions of the three scoops of fish. The three scoops of fish equated to five scoops at other poke places. The texture of the fish was spot on. The rice was clumpy and some parts were soft and some parts were hard. I'd prefer if the rice was sushi rice. There wasn't enough sauce on the fish which made it a bit bland. The imitation crab was very good as it had the right amount of mayo. Service was alright. The server stared and smiled but didn't ask what I wanted to order. So I went ahead and ordered. Once I told her what I wanted for the base, she then asked about the fish, sauce, and toppings. The fish was alright. I might be back to try their meat bowls. read more

Poki Bomb - Three scoop bowl with salmon, imitation crab, and white rice - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

They changed the price again (increased much more by ~$2+ USD) and the bowls are more narrow/smaller... I continue to come bc of the miso soups!!! Plus the workers are always nice (they deserve a raise). read more

Poki Bomb - Menu - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

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Been coming here more and more and really like this place. The staff is extremely professional and friendly and they are quick and courteous with your order. The sauce choices are also great and I really like the ginger sauce. I always get the salmon and it always tastes nice and fresh compared to other places I've been. read more

Honestly I was a bit scared to doordash because I never ordered here before but I'm quite satisfied! Their scoops are actually generous and I ordered a 3 scoop. Everything was filled to the rim!! I give it a 4 because everything tasted amazing, satisfied portions but the salmon was a bit too slimy for my preference, overall pretty good and would order again! read more

This place is very underwhelming! I've tried this place 2-3 times to see if they just had a bad day, or if quality was consistently bad. The last time I went, they dont mix sauce with the fish and only drizzle it on top after its on top of your rice already. Maybe you could call it a donburi and market it as something else? But it's definitely not poke. They have some variety of toppings and are also able to make sushi rolls, so I guess thats a plus. All in all, I wouldn't come back if I'm in the mood for poke. read more

Fish old messy place just will not eat here again . Just not a welcoming place ....Poki Bowl with 3 Scoops Protein

It was my first time having Poki because I can't eat raw fish but this place had beef & chicken choices and it was really good! The employees were really nice too, which is a big plus P.S this place played kpop read more

Poki Bomb - Chicken Bowl - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

Food and customer service were both great at pretty cheap price. It's worth every penny

Food is delicious and I love that I could order online and that it was ready on time. It's hard to enjoy lunch when you are short on time and I loved that the food was ready on time despite it being the lunch rush and that I ordered the salmon plate with miso soup. read more

The selections are always fresh and they have everything that I love. The downside of this place is that the bowl size is the same no matter how many scoops you order. Compared to other places that have larger bowls when ordering more scoops. Also they don't offer to mix the salad with the dressing. The place is always clean and I have never encountered a wait here longer than 5 minutes. I would recommend getting the salmon and scallop with the spicy bomb sauce. You can ask for sauce on the side if you'd like as well. read more

Poki Bomb - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

Yum! This place is clean and organized. It's a fresh and healthy way to eat. I got a poke bowl with three different types of fish. Hubby got the beef happy bowl. It was flavorful! read more

Poki Bomb - Lunch for 2 with a drink. - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

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Came here on lunch break for the 1st time. Food was good but while I was eating there was a big roach walking right across from me. I advised an employee and he said "don't worry it's just a water bug" and he laughed about it. read more

Poki Bomb - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

Very generous with their portions , fresh ingredients and the protein to rice/veggies ratio is perfect!! I highly recommend to eat here.

I was making a Target run and decided to pick up a bowl for dinner since it was close by. Got 3 scoops with half brown rice and salad - medium spicy plus spicy mayo sauce. Got my usual spicy tuna, albacore and salmon. I did notice that you can do beef or chicken, which would be good for those who aren't big fish people. Tried to talk to the worker and asked how long they were open. She just smiled - either didn't hear me or didn't want to make small talk. Anyways, I took my bowl home and it was pretty tasty. Fish was fresh, ingredients were tasty. Overall a pretty decent poke place. read more

Poki Bomb - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

Poke is poke, so I can't really complain. I wish that they mixed the fish into the sauce like some other places do. Instead they just drizzle the sauce on top which basically means the sauce gets absorbed by the rice and the poke ends up being tasteless. They close pretty early, though...maybe because a bulk of their customers might be from the business buildings nearby, LOL. Came here around 6:00 and it was virtually empty, so it is a good place to get a poke dinner and avoid the crowd. $8 for two scoops, $9.5 for three, and $11 for four scoops. They also offer bowls with cooked meats, like (teriyaki) beef or chicken. Would definitely come here again. read more

Poki Bomb - Menu. - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

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What I liked: *prices (I paid for a two scoop bowl and miso soup $10) *no wait *the fish I got (salmon and tuna) tasted good and fresh *service, they were friendly What I didn't like... *topping options: I didn't feel there was enough variety. Maybe I'm used to other poke places I've been too but usually there is the option of pineapple and Lima beans and I was sad those weren't available here but they had other options too *portions: I thought maybe they could be bigger but maybe this is me used to other poke places. You could just get another scoop size bigger and get more On a side note: other poke places I've been to usually separate your toppings from the rice, mix them together and then put them onto your rice where this place just put them on to the rice and I mixed it myself when I got home. I don't have a problem with that, I just haven't seen that before. read more

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Another new poke place in the SGV! Poki Bomb has a sister location in Buena Park and just recently opened up its newest location in El Monte. While this location is not the most convenient, it definitely will do well as it's smack dab in the middle of office buildings. Poki Bomb is actually located in the "food" plaza on Flair Drive by Jack in the Box and some other restaurants. Right off the 10 by Telstar. I can already see this place being busy on weekdays during lunch hours. While most poke bowls only stick to serving fish, Poki Bomb offers fish (from the sea) and meat (from the land)! 2 scoops: $8 3 scoops: $9.50 4 scoops: $11 If you order beef or chicken, it's $8 while both is only $10. Same ordering technique as most poke places. Choose your base: white/brown rice, salad, chips, or a mixture of 2; choose the protein (tuna/spicy tuna, salmon, albacore, scallop, shrimp, octopus, squid salad, tamago; choose the sauce; finish it up with some toppings. I ended up ordering the 3 scoops with a base of white rice and salad. 2 scoops of salmon and 1 scoop of octopus, with seaweed salad, imitation crab, and a few other toppings as my add-ons. All toppings (including avocado) are included unless you want an extra scoop which will cost you $1 more. I really enjoyed the entire poke bowl! Normally I feel like most places don't give you enough sauce, so the rice is super dry, but the worker helping me squeezed an adequate amount of sauce all over the bowl so that even the rice and salad had that ponzu flavor! The fish was super fresh - pretty big chunks of salmon that slightly melted in my mouth upon taking a bite. The octopus was also tasty (not too chewy). Seaweed salad was pretty much gone by the time I went, so I only got a small amount, but that and the imitation crab and masago helped add to the overall bowl. I tried both the ponzu and ginger sauce mixed in my bowl, and I was quite satisfied with the overall acidic flavor. The only minor con I could see was that the amount of rice and salad was very small in comparison to most other poke places. Normally I can't finish a medium sized poke bowl, but I was able to finish this one. Not sure if there are different bowl sizes for the amounts of fish that you choose to order, but the medium was a decently sized bowl. The restaurant itself is quite big with a good number of tables and bar seating. I feel like the amount of space taken by the poke bar itself is quite small, with most ingredients scrunched up side by side. They also serve miso soup, edamame and some rolls as well. tl;dr - Definitely will come back and try their "from the land" options. I really liked that the fish was fresh and that they gave me a good amount of sauce in the bowl. Price can be a little high for the amount of base that was given, but hopefully they'll fix a few kinks after they get through the soft opening. They're currently offering a 50% off poke bowl until 12/10, so stop by if you get the chance! read more

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3.5 stars. Poki, poke, POKE ME! Poki Bomb is located in the one food area on Flair that's right next to the 10 Freeway. If you're heading Eastbound on the 10 and doing the Rosemead exit, Flair has its own exit and you can get here easier than I did.. The most important part is the GRAND OPENING or soft opening?? special that is going on this week only, where poke bowls are 50% off. I believe it was 12/5/2016-12/10/2016 only. You'll see the sign when you see the building. Going in, you need to figure out whacha want! Step 1: How much do you want/ what do you want FROM THE SEA options: your protein. Do you want 2 scoops ($8), 3 scoops ($9.5) or 4 scoops ($11) FROM THE LAND options: Beef (Rib eye) ($8), Chicken (White) ($8), Beef and chicken ($10) [[All come with teriyaki sauce]] Step 2: Base White rice, brown rice, salad, chips, half and half Step 3: Protein *FROM THE SEA only Spicy Tuna, tuna, salmon, albacore, scallop, shrimp, squid salad, octopus, tamago Step 4: Sauce Non spicy, mild, medium, spicy, bomb spicy Ponzu sauce, ginger sauce, eel sauce, spicy mayo, sesame oil Step 5: Toppings Jalapeno, green onion, onion, wasabi, sesame seeds, furikake, cucumber, avocado, seaweed salad, imitation crab, masago, ginger So all in all, it's pretty standard for poke places, other than the big fact that they have cooked options (From the land), which is good. They have a decent amount of sauces and those are unlimited, however much you want. For toppings, they are unlimited for jalapeno all the way to cocumber, while the rest is an extra $1/scoop. Getting the 4 scoop half and half, ST, tuna, salmon, albacore, mild spicy mayo ponzu sauce most toppings was really nice, because of the fact that their protein slices are thick and they are fresh. The sauces are really good and mixing 2 is actually really beneficial because it ensures that you'll definitely have enough sauce for the rice at the end. The negative here is are that their scoops are really small (maybe because they know they are doing 50% off?). They seem to be really stingy right now with all of the things that are passing out, as the 4 scoop bowl I had had less of every ingredient that other poke places. Maybe during the soft opening part they'll figure that out or maybe it's cuz it's half off, but if it's $11 and the amount that you get is not that much, I'd be :( read more

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I wanted to like this place so bad but just can't. Maybe it was just not my lucky day but got really sick after trying their poke. And i honestly did not even enjoy it. read more

I got a 2 scoop bowl and it ended up being very good, fish was good veggies all good and I'll most likely go back however i only gave 3 stars because ordering seemed so chaotic. They were trying to go super fast and people were do everything all over the place which was pretty distracting. I wouldn't have minded just waiting a minute or two for other people to say their order and I say mine while nobody else is yelling over me or ordering at the same exact time. Again food was tasty though. read more

Poki Bomb is a quick, easy, and healthy lunch option. The pricing is on par with other poke spots in the area. I recently ordered 2 scoop bowl with salmon, rice, and various toppings. I liked the toppings, but I thought the fish was just okay. I also thought the sauce could be more flavorful (it didn't taste like much to me). All in all, Poki Bomb is a decent lunch spot but it isn't my favorite poke place. read more

First time coming here for lunch! I ordered 2 scoops Poki Bowl. Salad base, salmon and albacore with ponzu sauce and eel sauce, $8.74 after tax. It's small portion but the food quality makes it worth! I love their salmon, very fresh! Also, I love that they carry eel sauce here while most of the poke bowl place don't have that option. I'll definitely come back! read more

Poki Bomb - 2 scoops Poki Bowl - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

Everything was perfect! Highly recommend Poki bowls and sushi! Everything is so fresh. We order from here a lot!

This is my #1 go-to spot in SGV. I love this place because it's always fresh, the portions are amazing, and the price is affordable! The service is quick and the employees are always friendly. My fave: 4 scoops of salmon + mixed greens + ginger sauce & spicy sauce + everything on it read more

This is my go to poke place around my area! Food and service is great, I always like to get the 3 poke bowl with rice (tuna, spicy tuna, and salmon). Ambiance is also nice and chill, the line wraps around the left while not bothering customers eating in on the right. read more

Fresh produce and fish used for the bowl. Spicy tuna is my favorite. It's prompt service even with there's a line. The gyoza is delicious but I call that in before heading in, it's fried up fresh so you do have to wait a bit for it, but in my opinion it's worth it. read more

I ordered through Postmates and wanted to try a new poke place. I gave this place a shot but reviews are correct. Rice is over cooked, vegetables didn't taste or look fresh, and sauce was skimpy. Satisfied the craving but would not eat here again. Edit: *An hr later* my boyfriend is sick from the food... Avoid read more

A hidden gem that I didn't realize was so close to me! Uber Eats is doing a special where you get $3 off an order of $15 or more. I ordered a large bowl with 5 scoops (all salmon) with extra avocado and it came out to be $15. The salmon tasted really fresh and it got me full easily. It's both my lunch and dinner! The avocado serving is small but it was only 50 cents compared to most places that would charge a dollar, so if you're an avocado lover like me than I would order double. I ordered brown rice which tasted very mild and not grainy, which I liked. The salmon although the portion was generous, was cut very small for some reason. Otherwise, I was really satisfied with my order and I'm glad to have discovered this place! Definitely will fulfill your poke cravings. read more

Poki Bomb - Large bowl with 5 scoops salmon - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

Holy moly! FINALLY an awesome poke place. FINALLY. Lots of yummy, fresh ingredients. You know it's good when you make sure nothing falls out of the bowl so you can eat all of it. Keep up the great work!! I had: STEP 1: 3 scoops STEP 2: half salad, half white rice STEP 3: tuna, albacore, salmon STEP 4: ponzu sauce, ginger sauce, sesame oil STEP 5: green onions, seaweed, bean sprouts, sesame seeds, cilantro. And then topped it off with dried seaweed flakes! YUMMMMMM!! read more

Poki Bomb - Half salad, half white rice w/3 scoops (tuna, albacore, salmon) w/ponzu + ginger sauce, sesame oil w/seaweed, bean sprouts, cilantro. - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

It's funny how this place has been open for over a year, but the 'grand opening' sign is still up. I always order a bowl with 2 or 3 scoops of protein. Both the white rice and salad are good. They give a reasonable amount. I like that they do not charge extra for the first scoop of imitation crab meat. The only thing I do not like is the bomanade drink, which is too sour for my taste. read more

Poki Bomb - part of the menu - Japanese Near Me - El Monte, California

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Good poke bowl... $20 for 5 scoops the ingredients are fresh and the tuna and salmon were fresh and delicious.