I had a really delicious poke bowl here for lunch. This location is off of Cottle across from Marshall's. When I walked in, I was warmly greeted. I noticed they had indoor seating, which was really nice. The other location I go to does not have this. I decided to order the half lettuce and half rice with 2 scoops of spicy tuna and 1 scoop of shrimp. They were very generous with their portions and I liked how all the toppings were displayed so nice and fresh. The toppings station was very neat and clean. I also love that they don't charge extra for avocado or masago. My bowl was very hefty and filling. It was so good!! I am definitely coming back to this location. read more

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Came in on a Friday night at about 6;45, I walked in and the worker was laying on the cutting board area on her phone with her hair everywhere over the good and it was so gross, I already was second guessing my choice when she told me " this is all we have" i asked, what is it and she was too busy back on her phone to answer me. So i walked out. read more

Not many selections and quite pricey for poki. The edamame cost extra too which I thought was strange. The food was good but in my opinion not worth the price. read more

Not the best poke. Not many selections. Especially the sauce. You can't choose your sauce besides the spice level, so my bowl just tasted like sesame oil with a hint of soy sauce. Most of the toppings costed extra. The edamame beans even costed extra, $20 for a regular bowl already. The portions are tiny. For the chips, instead of wonton chips they use tortilla chips?? Makes no sense. No wonder why the store was empty. Skip! read more

My poke bowl is full of flavor. Spicy tuna and ahi with a bed if rice and tortilla chips along with toppings . Pro tip I ask for chili pump and skip out on the other two pumps for less calories . read more

One of my fav sushi bowl places in town. The fish are fresh and there are many choices to choose from. They also have brown rice as a healthy option. Staff are nice. Plenty of seats indoors and outdoors. Absolutely love it read more

I unironically have been and still am a Poki Bowl fan, despite this rating, which is only for this location. Bowls are a lot pricier nowadays as with most poke places because of inflation, but avocado is included at least. A regular bowl comes out to almost $20 after tax. Sauces are added in levels of spice so you don't have to think twice about what sauce combo to choose. The service is subpar for the Cottle location. I've come when it's empty or when there's a couple people ahead of me, but it seems like my bowl was rushed to get made and thus, I'm not getting the full portion. It's probably worse for DoorDash orders since you can't watch your bowl being made. Go to the Almaden location if you can. REGULAR POKI BOWL: 4/5 (~$19) + My order: 1/2 sushi rice 1/2 mixed greens, 3 scoops salmon, spicy, topped with furikake and spicy mayo + Just as good as when they were the rage in 2016 in my opinion! + Solid and consistent fish quality. Some places are of course better, but some places are also way worse + Sauce doesn't seem soy based. It probably has a blend of sesame oil, chili oil, and something else. I eat it up either way! + Love how their onions and cucumbers are cut here (not in chunks or ridiculously thin slices) read more

Poki Bowl - Regular Poki Bowl (~$19) - 4/5 stars - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

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This is my cousin's favorite poke bowl place, so I decided to try this place out with her. There weren't too many people when we came around 6:30pm on a Sunday. Poki Bowl is quite pricy, with a regular bowl being $18.25 and then there's tax + tip, but maybe that's because this is the bay area lol. For light eaters like me, a regular bowl is still a lot of food, so I'm glad they do give a lot of food. I don't eat regular poke bowls much anymore ever since I discovered Hawaiian poke, but I think this place is pretty good for what it is. The tuna is okay though, I wish I got more of the salmon, which was pretty tasty. Service is ok, we had to wait a bit for the server to come back to take our orders. Poki Bowl is located in a nice area and I liked how open and big the interior was. I'll come back next time I'm in the bay/if there's no Hawaiian poke around. read more

Poki Bowl - regular bowl with tuna, salmon, crab meat, avocado, cucumbers, green onions, sesame seeds, etc. forgot which dressing i got :( - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

I get a vegetarian poke bowl, but they have octopus. Ahi tuna, salmon and tofu. I also get half rice and half greens. Onions, cucumbers and mild sauce. All the toppings. Every time we go for lunch the staff is quick to prepare a our bowls. They have outside and indoor seating. read more

Poki Bowl - Poke - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

i placed an order online at 6:45 pm, little over an hour before they close. i drove all the way there to pick up my food just for them to tell me they ran out of salmon. i don't eat any other fish so i just asked them to cancel my order. I'm not sure why they didn't try and contact me to let me know so i can go to another location since i had to input my phone number and info to make the order. now i can't go to another location because all of them are about to close. it's kinda weird that a poke place runs out of fish especially with over an hour left read more

Price goes up so much ,I get it , coz inflation. But the food portion goes smaller and smaller is very disappointing. White rice , really ? Can't even have little more of white rice. I used to come here all the time. Almost $20 a bowl. I rather order a chirashi from a sushi restaurant. Never come back again. read more

Poki Bowl - Half Regular Bowl. Tiny portion. $18.95 - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

Uniqueness: Free Avocado? Wait Time: [x][x][x][x][x] Food Quality: [x][x][x][ ][ ] Service: [x][x][x][x][ ] Setting: [x][x][x][x][ ] Cost: [x][x][x][ ][ ] Recommendation? Decent place to get some poke but I have to say the sauce is quite heavy on the oil though. I remember back in the days when Poki Bowl was hyped as the new 'fast food' spot to choose for a leaner option, with the original location in the Almaden area. This location here in South San Jose I've been to a couple times and it was hit or miss, and this time when I came back again, it just seemed pretty decent. Fish options are as you'd normally see nowadays at other Poke spots (salmon, tuna, octopus, spicy tuna) but this spot has free avocado which is pretty nice. They don't have many sauce options to choose from and it was more of just spicy or not spicy, which I found kind of disappointing. The place was pretty empty when I went, would I come back here if I was craving? Probably won't be back for a while and see how things improve. read more

I avoided this place since before the pandemic because it had gotten pretty pricey and sometimes I couldn't find parking during lunch hour. I gave in and tried again. Still a little more on the pricey side, $18 for a regular bowl. Avocado doesn't cost extra but edamame does. But, the worker packed it in and the food was pretty good! Definitely changed since I've been there last so I'll probably be back. read more

The food was good! The service was quick and simple. The place smells as any other poki bowl place. I only would recommend this place if you want something fast and simple! read more

Poki Bowl - Large Salmon Poki Bowl! - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

This place should really get no stars as the service and food are terrible at this facility. It takes a really disappointing experience like this to be awarded with such a negative review. The only reason we chose this place was because we wanted to use a gift card. We ordered our food, tried to pay with a legitimate poki bowl gift card, but Kevin and the other server could not figure out how to use the gift card. So Kevin called his manager but apparently he is vacationing in Mexico and could not be disturbed. He called other owners and they were unhelpful too. After waiting patiently for over 30 minutes, Kevin didn't have the authority to do anything and didn't do anything for us. He hid in the back of the restaurant and was meek. As such, we left our order in disgust and disappointment. His manager, Johnathan Nguyen didn't help in any way either. I do not recommend this restaurant at all. There are much better poki bowl places with better fish, more choices for toppings, lower prices and of course, way better service. read more

This place was pretty good. Was craving some poke, saw it had some decent reviews. Smaller location on the corner of a strip mall. You can miss the entrance if you aren't paying attention though, so watch out. The only thing I would have wanted was more poke soy sauce on the side, but I'll make sure to do that for next time. read more

Customer service, not that great! This is my 2nd time placing an online order and my food is still missing seaweed! Pretty annoying if you ask me. I would have double checked my order based on my last experience but my boyfriend picked up this time. His was also missing seaweed. Food isn't bad and each bowl runs about $20 bucks i just wish they can get my order right. read more

First time there. Very fresh, great options, good service and reasonably priced. I would recommend.

It's consistently the best Poki Bowl in the area. Quality and sizing is always the best. I've been to other locations al over the South Bay, and I always have to go to this one. Also workers are fast and kind. read more

Ordered the regular size poke bowl, got two scoops of ahi tuna and one scoop of spicy tuna. Had a good amount of toppings in the bowl. I appreciate the avocado topping was free of charge, but thought it was a bit strange edamame was a upcharge. Overall quality of fish seemed fresh. read more

Poki Bowl - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

I was craving for poke bowl and found this place to try today. Environment: due to covid, the indoor sitting was not available Food: I give 3/5 because fish isn't very fresh. I like the aspect that avocado is free. However, seaweed salad or ginger would cost extra. Fish itself tastes okay. It's not too fresh but it's okay. Service: service was good. I went there towards the end of the day and the employee was nice and energetic. Parking: there's parking across the street or you can park on street The differences between large and small is large get four scoops of fish and small get three scoops. I believe the size of the bowl is the same regardless of the size. read more

Poki Bowl - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

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I don't think I ever seen salmon look like this besides this one time I left salmon in the fridge and it went bad. I had to toss this $25 poke bowl away. I wasn't going to take any chances eating this. You can immediately tell the texture and color is off just by looking at it. This is why I avoid trying new places. I'll stick to my usual Aloha Fresh in Japantown! read more

Poki Bowl - Salmon poke - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

What happened to this place? Always out of items and not the same service. Keep raising prices but giving less.

Not worth it for the price. Fish doesn't taste that fresh, but it's okay, if the price was less. The veggies/sides are definitely not fresh at all. And not much choices. Their sauces is only mild, medium, spicy. Not much variety for a poke spot. Won't be going back here. Plenty of other Poke spots that have fresher ingredients. read more

This is the best poki bowl location! They have better sauces here and other options other locations don't have! I noticed the service at all the locations are so amazing! This place definitely needs to have more locations! I have only removed one star because their prices have gone up and the scooper for the seafood has gone up! read more

So I came back because besides all my other complaints about this place I actually really like the taste of their sauce. Then, when I was almost done with my bowl, I found a piece of hair. It made me feel gross because with all the toppings I get small pieces of hair can be hard to spot and I wondered if I had eaten any others. After working in the restaurant industry I understand every once in a while a hair happens and it's uncontrollable to ensure a 0% chance of hair in food. However, I looked at Yelp reviews and then saw multiple comments about hair in food. If this is a reoccurring problem happening frequently you would think the owners would take it more seriously and require hair nets in food preparation areas... or at least take some other measures to ensure quality. Bottom line: beware of hair read more

Poki Bowl - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

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The poke here is not that great. I kind of knew this already going in but I was in the area so I figured I give this place another try. I got a medium bowl with spicy tuna, salmon, and shrimp but the amount of food you get for $15 is so little compared to other poke shops. There's also not much selection and my bowl lacked flavor. Although the staff were friendly, my bowl had a long piece of unchopped onion (how did they not see this?) and pieces of imitation crab that weren't fully mixed. It was pretty sloppy to be honest. I'm still giving it 2 stars because it was edible and the food didn't make me sick, but save yourself the disappointment and go to another poke spot. read more

Of all the chain, I find Poki Bowl to be the most authentic flavors compared to what I have had in Hawaii. They always have the freshest fish as well. My one complaint has been with their limited free toppings. This one location had free avocado topping, not sure if this is unique for this location or new to all Poki Bowls but I dig it. read more

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Poke bowl has always been one of my favorite places to go for lunch. The sunnyvale location is amazing. Don't get me wrong the quality of food is decent here, but the customer service is not that great. They pile all your food in to the bowl like they are feeding an animal (like just throw it in there). The speed is great but it doesn't allow for the team members to give good customer service. They seem like they are rushing to get you out. The pricing is reasonable. My favorite is the salmon and crab salad. I will continue to go here but wish the staff would be a little friendlier. read more

Poki Bowl - a variety of food in a bowl - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

15$ for what? Smallest portion, not welcome stuff and rotten dark avocado I think for that price portion must be bigger. read more

Poki Bowl - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

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Arrived 7:40....20 minutes until closing...no rice left and none coming. Total waste of time coming to this place within 30 minutes of closing...this is the second time this has happened. Poke House will get my business from now on. read more

I'm very unhappy. I ordered online for extra crab, but they only gave me on scoop. This happened before. They give me very little in the rice bowl . Unbelievable read more

The food is really good! Some employees may forget to ask you for how much spicy you want. They didn't ask me and I felt like they could have done their job better. I'd still go, but if they forget to ask you for how spicy, ask them in case. read more

This was the most expensive fast food poke bowl I've had in the San Jose area and also the most disappointing. Do NOT say you want EXTRA SPICY!! At this place, extra spicy = extra chili oil = extra extra GREASY poke bowl!!! My rice was swimming in grease! The toppings are super limited compared to other poke spots. Some of the greens were going mushy at the edges. The only bright side was that the avocado was included (not that I needed to add more fat, on top of the chili oil). I don't feel so good... read more

Off putting customer service. They were rushing us as if there was a line however we were the only customers. We had to ask multiple times to repeat what they said because they were talking too fast. read more

A solid poke place in a convenient location with friendly staff, although a bit small and cramped inside. If you go too close to closing, they run out of all their rice (kind of the point) because they're trying to close the store, but they do close during dinner time, so you'd think coming in 20 minutes before, there would still be rice. Spoiler alert: there isn't. I still go here a lot and think the poke is good, but will it change your life? No. read more

I wanted to give Poki Bowel a few more chances before I wrote this review..... Soooo here we go.....Doordashed poke from here and for the FOURTH time my food has been consistently NASTY! Why?? First of all, rice was super hard...I've been to all the other Poki Bowel locations on Curtner & Almaden and never had an issue with the sushi rice. Perhaps more water in the commercial rice cooker??? To management that's reading this review....how hard is it to cook rice? Please use the Asian index finger as reference for perfect rice...the last couple of poke bowls I've ordered fish has been really off...every time I chew on the salmon or yellowtail I get a hard rubbery chewy piece of fish, and when I spit out and look at the napkin it looks like a piece of waxy paper, but I know it's from the fish.... Overall, I'm saddened that I will never order poke from here again :( read more

I was running errands on my lunch break and poke seemed a great fit for a quick lunch! I had never been to Poki Bowl but I'm glad I stopped in! I went for a large bowl with 4 choices of fish. I chose salmon, tuna and two portions of spicy tuna. I got pretty much all the toppings available; I just wish seaweed salad wasn't an extra charge. I was in and out quickly and loved my bowl, I do agree with some of the other reviews that service was average, but for a conveyor belt style, I don't think that was really a problem. To-go was easy and there are a couple of tables outside to eat on that are COVID friendly! read more

Poki Bowl - Large Poke Bowl! - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California

I have only been to poki bowl once, and it was at the original one. Since then, I've been going to other poki joints like poki bar, poke house, icy poke and other randoms. I was coming from a hair appt and just wanted something quick and "asian". Ended up here. The bowls looked very sad after completion. The pieces of salmon were soooo big that it was not enjoyable. Like they say, too much of one thing is not a good thing. I had forgotten their sauce choices and was sadden that I was only able to pick my spice level. I've been too spoiled in the realm of poki! I love ponzu, uni sauce, and spicy mango! The prices for bowls are steep for the amount of toppings that actually go onto your bowl. I'd rather save my time and drive elsewhere for a better selection in my opinion, but to each of their own! read more

I really went into this place with an open mind regardless of the mediocre rating. I sat down, mouth watering because it looked so good, took a bite, and it was disappointing. The rice tasted like it was a day old. The sauce that was put on was flavorless. The fish was semi fresh (minus the salmon, salmon was very fresh!). I would not recommend this place for a poke bowl, there are far more around the area that are way better. read more

Poki Bowl - Seafood Near Me - San Jose, California