Just visited the new Roscoe Village location. Amazing! I love all the options and the diversity of ingredients. My husband really appreciated that they had some suggestions for first timers. Since it's raw fish, I expect the quality to be excellent, and I was not disappointed! A new go-to fast casual place in the neighborhood! read more

Great poke bowl!! Large chunks of fish and great portion sizes. Fresh fish!! And just awesome! Couple of critiques...1)Prices seem to keep changing. Been here three times but very far apart. And every time I come I pay a different price for the same size bowl. ... so don't be surprised if the prices people mention on here doesn't match. 2) the spam musubi needs updating. The spam is extremely salty and the rice is not enough to balance the saltiness. It's almost uncomfortable eating the spam If they add more rice to the spam musubi it would be better. UPDATE: just tried the same items again 6 months later. Spam mush I has more rice!! Definitely way better! Spams saltiness is balanced with the amount of rice. The price is the same as 6 months ago. Additional sauces added. Great!! One last critic: Don't have employees eat a poke bowl while serving customers. That's gross. Not holding against establishment and most likely isolated to that employee. But still gross specially handling raw meat. read more

Delicious except for the fake crab in the crab salad. Fish was fresh. I would have gladly paid more for real crab, or left it off altogether. read more

Absolutely disappointed. Made an order today with two absolutely different poke bowls. They mixed all ingredients between two bowls. Made one is super spicy which was placed as "non spicy" , in the second one put the other type of rice, didn't put extra crab topping...etc... when I called them they didn't apologize or something like that. They just sent us to the grubhub to get the refund and hanged up. read more

Love this place! 5-stars for the taste and options. A little pricey, but a good amount of food. Also love that it's BYOB, but I really wish it had a more dine-in friendly atmosphere; it's not very comfortable of you are not taking out. read more

Pokiology - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Pokiology is the study of poke. While I am only an amateur pokiologist, I can conclude that the people here are high level practitioners of poke and poke related initiatives. 3 scoops of my proteins nah what I'm sayin? 3 pumps of my chili sauce ya feel me? And 5 stars for pokiology ayyy booo write it on the inside of my uke boi read more

I've tried several Pokè restaurants in several different cities now and this takes first or second place. There are many different varieties of ingredients which makes and endless amount of combinations of bowls. I like variety and change so this seems perfect. Also, the ingredients are fresh and flavorful. When I visit Chicago, this is one of the places I try to make it to right away. The staff is friendly and helpful as I'm usually indecisive. It's also set in a very nice Chicago neighborhood near the lake. I highly recommend it! read more

I can only compare Pokiology with Aloha Poke and Mahalo. I gotta say Pokiology is my fave between these places. I really like fact that I can see my poke bowl being made and how I am able to get different scoops of fish. The regular called for 3 scoops, I just decided to get all tuna. I really like the fact that they serve a crab salad on the side, I really like how their crunch is. I also LOVE the fact that the bowl is big enough for me to be able to mix it! I definitely recommend this place if you have a craving for poke! read more

Excellent Poke! Even at a packed point in the day we received great service and food! I will definitely be back soon.

This is without a doubt my go-to when I don't feel like cooking dinner. Their poke bowls are so delicious - super fresh fish / seafood and multiple tasty options for toppings and base. Love this joint - it's an excellent edition to the neighborhood! read more

Pokiology - Top notch poke - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Quite possibly the best poke in Chicago! Their portions are large, but don't let that fool you! The quality of the ingredients they use is excellent! You can customize your bowl however you like! I got the spicy bowl with tuna. Insanely good! I would love to come back again! read more

Love this place! Staff is always super friendly and helpful, but the real attraction is the amazing fresh seafood bowls. Was disappointed to see the pineapple gone from the options but still a solid place for a delicious, filling lunch. read more

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When you can't go to the west coast for some poke bowl, there's nothing wrong with poke from pokiology!! There's only street parking, but I went on a Sunday afternoon so it was free. There's about four tables for larger groups and also high tables by the window. Employees were friendly and the poke bowl was delicious! If you're hungry, this place is good for you because you'll get your food in less than 5 minutes. Poke bowl: brown rice, ahi tuna, shrimp, salmon, non spicy and a tad of mild to have a kick to it. Also, mostly all the toppings cause why not.. it's free The poke bowl added up to ~$10-11 with tax read more

Pokiology - Delicious poke bowl - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Everything was really fresh, they had a not spicy option for my oppressively white taste buds that actually was not spicy, and they have my fave chips that are impossible to find anywhere so I'm all in. read more

Hello, I went to the Magnolia location yesterday and had an unfortunate experience. I've went to that location many times and never had any issues until yesterday. I went with my girlfriend who is allergic to fish, but can eat shellfish (i.e. shrimp, octopus, scallops, etc.). She will usually get the shrimp and octopus for her bowl and ask for the server to get shrimp and octopus from the back to avoid cross-contamination. The servers that she encountered in the past had no issues with this, however the server last night had a different reaction. When my girlfriend told the server (wide Asian man) about her allergies and asked to get ingredients from the back, his immediate reaction was to laugh. He said countless times "you're allergic to fish and you're here? It's a life-threatening allergy and you're here?" My girlfriend proceeded to tell him that she's eaten here multiple times and had no issues if the servers handled it properly. He went on to say "I'm not going to go back and cut up fresh octopus because that's too much work." His reaction to my girlfriend's allergies was completely unacceptable and unprofessional. He couldn't stop laughing at the fact that she was there. My girlfriend and I plan to not come here anymore and it's a shame because this has always been our favorite Poke place. I hope the server will face some consequence or discipline for his rude actions. Very disappointed. read more

Aloha! I had my first bowl of Poke in Hawaii in 2015 (Am I behind the trend?) meh.. who cares? A year or two later, it's the hottest (ahem... coolest) thing in Chicago? Well lucky for me, this place opened at the end of my street and it's perfect! The fish is fresh AF, the options/ingredients are fantastic and the staff are almost ALWAYS super cheerful. They also have those delicious Maui Onion chips that pair well with a fresh bowl of Poke! Get after it! ONO! read more

I'm not big on seafood so I got the veggie options with tofu and avocado, this food had really high quality fresh ingredients and it so happened to be right next to where I was working which was very convenient, the employees were also very nice and explained all the options to me. read more

Pokiology - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Great poke bowl and excellent friendly service. I like the spice on the spicy salmon and the sauce. The half rice/half greens option is a plus. I'll be back. I did mention to the owner that they really should recycle all those plastic and glass drink bottles. He said their hauler doesn't offer recycling. If true, he should switch - there are many commercial trash services which do. It is 2019 people - this should be a standard practice! read more

I've now ordered from this place 3 times and, TWICE they have given me an incorrect order!! You would with think me paying almost $20 for a large poke bowl you could read and get my ingredients correct! The food is really good, which is the sad part, because the service is what makes this place only 2 stars! If I'm not going to get everything I am paying for then why ask me what I want??? I'm not talking one or two ingredients either, they forget like 3 and 4 things! It's absolutely ridiculous. Charge less if you're going to have such horrible service! Food is 5 stars.... Services is at best 2 stars! read more

Not good as other poke places. They try to cover up bad fish with a lot of sauce and oil. Can't fool me. Their portions for the protein are paltry. Employees are rude especially the manager. So many other places to choose from. read more

Pokiology's prices are kinda hard to believe. The portion sizes are damn there twice those of Aloha or Firefin but it's 2/3 of the price. My and my GF got two huge bowls for a little more than one bowl got me at Aloha. The one thing I will say is that the garnishes are a little lacking. I feel poke bowls work very well with a few sweet components, and the only thing Pokiology had that added that sweet note was pickled ginger, even the sauces are all savory. But the value component makes up for that by a very large margin. My advice to management is nix the flavorless crab salad and add some diced pineapple to the lineup. Update: Pokiology added diced pineapples to their garnishes. Not sure if my review pushed the addition but judging by the near empty container I fathom customers are happy. They have instantly the top Poke destination in Chicago. read more

Being a huge poke fan, I've come to this place twice since I sort of live near the neighborhood. I can say its a little below Aloha poke. First, getting avocado cost extra, second the toppings, compared to Aloha, do not have that great of a variety, also the price was similar to Aloha poke. At aloha, a large can last me 2-3 meals, whereas this place, probably 1.5 meals. The flavor of the fish was good, freshness? eh. Good part is you get to see everything made right in front of you. I would recommend trying if you are in the neighborhood, but you live far and want to get poke, dont bother. Go to Aloha poke, or firefin. Two of my favorites :) read more

Finally!!! Poke comes to Chicago in style! Yassssss! Went to Pokiology for the first time today right at opening. The staff was warm and welcoming, recognized us as newbies and gave us the run down. You build a base (salad or rice or both) and then build on it with fish (ahi, salmon, shrimp, spicy tuna, octopus and yellowtail) sauce and toppings (tempura, crab, radish, furikake, scallion, ginger, jalapeño, seaweed salad, wasabi and avocado). The ingredients were all extremely fresh and absolutely delicious. The difference between a regular and a large is $1. and consists of an extra scoop of fish - totally worth it @$10.95. This place is everything we had hoped it would be and more. We are already planning our next visit... like tonight?! read more

Pokiology - The perfect Sunday brunch! - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

There poke was just out of this world! I just could not stop eating it and there was so much of it to eat! The amount of protein in this dish was extraordinary and the delicacy of the flavors was magnanimous, and I took it easy! The friendly, welcoming staff and clear open space made this a wonderful place to have a simple, important meal with a loved one that turned out to be extraordinary experience. I can't wait to go back! read more

Did 3 scoop half & half (rice & salad) with yellow tail, salmon, spicy tuna with sesame oil and creamy wasabi. It's actually not tons of fish they put in it, but they do make it up with other healthy things you can add onto the bowl such as sea weed salad, crab meat, daikon radish, etc (along with unhealthy joy such as tempura crumbs). At the end, my order was a delicious bowl of fish, veggies and rice. I noticed some of reviewers were complaining that there was not enough fish. honestly, i didn't feel that way since all the ingredients were well balanced at the end in my opinion. I have to say for dinner, 3 scoops is bit on the lighter side but probably perfect for lunch. This place is not a full blown restaurant, it's more of fast casual joint like Chipotle, thus expectation should be more on is affordable/quick food for lunch rather than hearty sitdown meal. I'd definitely come back here in the future :) read more

Went to Pokiology around 8:00pm on a Tuesday. The place was not packed and there was only 2 people ahead of us. The style is very chipotle like. Fast service and the servers were very knowledgeable with the sides/fish/sauce. I ordered the large (4 scoops) bowl with 2 scoops of salmon and 2 scoops of spicy tuna. The fish was very fresh even though it was later in the day. The toppings were all very delicious and i recommend everyone getting all the sides. It had a good crunch to it and the creamy wasabi sauce was amazing. I'm for sure going back here again to try out more of their fish options. Wish i lived closer so I can go here more often! read more

Unreal portions, tasty toppings and fresh fish - what more could I ask for? I am unbuckling my pant belt as we speak. So full! The sauces are tasty too - spicy aoli and garlic aoli are very good. read more

Pokiology - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I have been dying for more options food wise in Uptown and this place really delivered! It was also the first time I ever had Poke and now I am addicted. Everything was fresh and filled with flavor. The wait staff was really good....AND it was so, so, so much food for the price. Will be making this a regular Uptown stop when I don't bring lunch to work. read more

In all of Brazil or Venezuela, you'd be hard-pressed to find a menu item called a "Brazilian Bowl"or "Venezuelan Bowl". But we have both of them in Chicago. So why not poke bowls? Much to the chagrin of poke connoisseurs and Hawaiian food professionals, the the poke bowl is a departure from the very simple 3-4 ingredients usually contained in genuine Hawaiian "poke". But that's basically how the current bowl craze rolls. Start with any country's favorite proteins & veggies. Add the traditional carbs that are typically served with them ( rice, quinoa, legumes), and garnish it with sauces & herbs. That's Pokiology 101. Not unlike the majority of other mainland poke bowl places, Pokiology is big on the veggies, carbs and garnishes. (Poke bowls in Hawaii always serve a far more generous serving of protein). The $10 version will you get 3 scoops of the fish of your choice. For $11 you get 4 . Although I didn't have a scale, I would surmise that the $10 version will get you about 3-4 ounces of fish. The garnishes, carbs , and veggie selections will comprise the majority of your bowl. The fish is fresh ( as in freshly defrosted). As a lover of the unbastardized Hawaiian version of poke, I'd always opt for that first. However, lest I be labeled a hater, I did think that this version was delicious. It ain't poke as we know it, but it worked. Beware of the napkins. You can actually see through them, and they only cover 1/4 of your lap. Hit the restroom for the paper towel dispenser. At least it will catch the shit that escapes the trip from your chopsticks to your mouth! read more

So the portion size here is good for poke, and i'm a fan of a lot of their toppings(tempura crunch and crab meat for example). Offering yellowtail and some other non salmon/tuna options as proteins is another thing that pokiology has going for it too. But I really wish they used larger cuts for their fish; the cuts seem smaller than that of aloha poke or firefin. That isn't to say that they give you less fish, but the result is that it tastes like they do, because the smaller cuts of fish get lost in all the other toppings and as a result it doesn't stand out as much. It's also hard to gauge how fresh the fish is, because when it's lost amid everything else and cut as small as it is, you can't get a lot of freshness at once. Switch to large dice please, and that can really make your poke shine. read more

Every since we went to Hawaii for our honeymoon 9 years ago, we look for poke. Mostly it's an appetizer at some Japanese restaurants or sushi bars. I heard about this place and needed to bring my husband here for lunch. It's a nice jaunt to Uptown and a treat when I want to shop at the big Target. We got here today around 11:30am and guy behind the counter was prepared to start our order. Be both got the Regular (3 scoops of fish) 2 scoops of ahi-tuna and 1 scoop of shrimp, mild marinade with half rice and half salad mix. Oh the toppings, really made the poke so fulfilling and delicious! We added radish, green onions, masago, crumbs, seaweed salad, avocado, fukemake, and garlic aioli. It was a great portion for a very reasonable price. I would definitely come back here again. read more

Pokiology - So fulfilling - ahi-tuna & shrimp - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Bring back the avocado scoops!!!! This "dollar for a slice thing" is so lame. Other than that we love this place. Fresh, clean, delicious. Great variety of fish, sizes and prices. Best way to Poke! read more

Pokiology - Beautiful Artwork. Handmade - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Delicious!! I have never had poke but this establishment has gain a new fan. I had the regular poke with brown rice and three meat choices: spicy tuna, octopus, and shrimp. There were plenty of toppings to choose from, and of course I chose all! To topped it off, I chose the three-way sauce. I can't recommended it enough! read more

Love both the concept and the food. Place is clean and the staff is nice and courteous. Not sure yet if they deliver but I sincerely hope they do. read more

Loved this place! Got a half salad half brown rice bowl and was very impressed by the quality and freshness of the proteins and toppings. A wonderful, inexpensive and healthy fast lunch and dinner option close to the Wilson Red Line stop. I'll definitely be visiting again! read more

Pokiology - Half salad half brown rice bowl - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Ordered Pokiology last night via Uber Eats and it was fantastic! I highly recommend doing 1/2 rice and 1/2 greens. It's the perfect amount of food without being too heavy. The portions were generous and the fish was fresh- absolutely delicious!!! read more

Pokiology - Poke Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

We ordered from here last night (3/12/21) and am so f'ing pissed that I basically threw $50 out the window. Ordered online - made the mistake of not switching the rice from brown to white - called - no problem. Driver was supposed to text or call when here (wrote that in the special instructions) 20 min after delivery time came and went...called again - got the same guy as before...but this time he was kind of a dick and said that once the food leaves the restaurant - it's no longer their problem, I should call Grubhub. I understood his point but the way it was communicated - not great in the customer service aspect. Once I discovered that the food had been left outside our door twenty minutes earlier WITHOUT notification...my wife and I laughed at the ineptitude of some delivery drivers and prepared to eat $40 worth of Pokiology.. ($40 - food - $10 - grubhub and fees) What we got was maybe $25 worth of food? I ordered a regular bowl, added avocado, and switched out rice for a mixed salad for my wife. Maybe - maybe 2 oz of Salmon and maybe 1/2 cup of lettuce, the Avocado was about three days away from being ripe...and this pathetic bowl was over $15?? The bowl I got for myself - a "Large"...If I hadn't gotten the add-ons I did - I would've assumed it was a "regular". Again - avocado was NOT ripe, the add-on shrimp, what they call crab salad (not a good description) - none of the add-ons were worth the over $20 that I was charged for this bowl of sadness.. AND they neglected to put in the sauce on the side as per instructions I do NOT like throwing money away...I called to complain about the price of food not being represented in what was in front of me and got that same guy as before.. He sort of chuckled as he told me how much fish they put into each bowl and then made a snide comment that he's not in charge of the pricing. So...in closing - if you're hungry - really hungry, and you want good customer service - do not - EVER - order from this POS place... If the topic ever comes up....I will do my best to talk badly about them to anyone who will listen. read more

Gem in uptown! We miss Jamie, again! Lol food is really great! It's a great way to keep you in your high protein diet! No rice baby!!!

Ordered through a food delivery service. Would highly recommend buying the large because you get a ton of food and can get 2 meals out of it. Good value and the fish tasted fresh read more

Love this! Poke is deconstructed sushi in a bowl (as a friend described it). I get a large bowl with brown rice, 2 scoops salmon and 2 scoops spicy tuna, with lots of toppings, add an avocado, some spicy mayo and garlic aioli - makes me full (and I can throw down with sushi) and is waaaay cheaper than buying a bunch of rolls of sushi. My husband and I just moved back to the area and I was worried about a go-to sushi place, I will definitely be here again (and again and again). read more