Great atmosphere with helpful, knowledgeable staff. Pololi offers excellent customer service and as a poke place, it's definitely a fine place for someone to have their first poke bowl, seeing as staff offer great advice with regards to how someone could build their own poke, while offering pre-made bowls for the truly clueless.
That being said, I do have a two critiques:
1. Why oh why is the rice hot? It messes with the flavours and textures that you get from your poke bowl.
2. Sauces are great, but they really could give us a little more- with some bites, I tasted the rice more than anything (though admittedly, that probably also has to do with the fact that the rice was hot).
The bomb mush is were great, with their al dente (?) rice complementing the crunch of the chicken nicely.
The avocado fries were great- literally tempura avocado, served with a tasty chipotle mayo. I do recommend it, but must warn anyone who's interested that it is very filling.
The next time I come around, I ought to try their barbecue menu items. read more