We discovered this place while traveling in Santa Monica and craving poke, and it turned out to be a nice surprise! There are lots of choices and great selections to build your own bowl. Everything tasted fresh, flavorful, and healthy, and I love having the flexibility to pick exactly what I want. We're not big eaters, so we shared an order, which usually was plenty for us. However, the portion was on the smaller side, and even though we usually don't need much food, this time it left us wanting a little more as it's very tasty. They also offer a student discount, which is a nice touch for helping out the starving students. The service was friendly, and the atmosphere was youthful and trendy. The seating isn't the most comfortable, but then again, you're not really expected to settle in for hours like you would at a café. Grab your poke, enjoy your meal, and keep the adventure going! Overall, a great find when you're craving fresh, flavorful poke. read more

I always do a build your own bowl here, I love how customizable Sweetfin is. They have the best toppings and always put the perfect amount of sauce. I mix the Ponzu Lime with the Miso Sesame Shoyu and it tastes amazing and fresh. Love the quality of their salmon and the texture of their rice. No notes!! read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Build your own bowl - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

DELICIOUS!! And with a student discount?? Amazing. If you have a student ID (I believe it's any type of school too as long as you have an id) this is the place to be! When I had gone the typical price of the BYOB was 16 or 16.50 but with the student discount it's 12! Service was great and the vibe inside was clean and cute! read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - BYOB - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

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Sweetfin, Santa Monica We visited for the first time and, unfortunately, don't plan to return. The bowl portions were quite small for the price, which felt above average. The staff member who took our order was not very friendly and didn't smile, which gave the impression that she was tired and doing us a favor rather than welcoming guests. For first-time visitors, a bit more patience and help with choosing would be appreciated. Service was fast, and the interior is beautiful. However, there was a strong smell inside, so we chose to sit on the terrace instead. The outdoor tables could be cleaned more often. Additionally, the tray on which our order was brought looked old and worn, and it was unpleasant to handle. Overall, the experience was not very positive. read more

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Sweetfin is one of my reliable go-to spots when I want something fresh, filling, and customizable. I always order the spicy tuna bowl with forbidden and bamboo rice as base--sometimes adding in kale if I'm feeling like I need more greens in my life. I usually do half salmon, half tuna, and I love that the app makes it easy to customize your order. The fish is consistently fresh and the flavors are solid every time. The rewards app is genuinely great and actually worth using--I love earning points and perks for orders I'd be placing anyway. They'll occasionally drop a reward in everyone's account for National Poke Day and other whimsical reasons, which is fun. The only real bummer is that when ordering through the app, I can't take advantage of their $12 bowls for teachers and students, which feels like a missed opportunity for loyal customers and is the only reason I knocked off a Star. That said, the quality and consistency keep me coming back. If you like poke and want a dependable spot with good ingredients and an easy ordering experience, Sweetfin delivers. (And they also LITERALLY deliver--peep the little row of Coco Robots out front!) read more

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I used to really enjoy ordering from here, but unfortunately not anymore. Lately, the fish hasn't tasted as fresh as it used to, and I usually order through Postmates, where my orders seem to get messed up pretty often. They've forgotten the sides multiple times, which is frustrating. read more

Came here for lunch and had a great meal! The inside is small, quiet and clean. The staff was nice and answered any questions we had and were patient. We had to wait awhile for our bowls unfortunately but once we received them we enjoyed it! The ingredients were very refreshing and great flavor. It's great you can choose up to 8 (I believe) toppings! It was filling and satisfying however a little pricey for the portion in my opinion. Good option for a quick bite! read more

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The food was fresh and extremely filling! It was nice knowing that everything was GF which eased the stress of eating out. I had the mango albacore and it was super delicious. My husband had the spicy tuna and loved it. The service was friendly, informative and fast. The vibe was chill and cozy. Great place for a quick meal, meet up or hangout with friends. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Mango albacore and spicy tuna - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

The food was quickly made and it tasted pretty good! Can't go wrong with a poke bowl. It filled me up and had flavor. It's cute but small. They made our food quick. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

I like that they have a kiosk where you can order and customize your meal. It's super convenient. This is the perfect place to stop by and eat. Go grab your lunch! read more

Sweetfin is an absolute five star place If you're craving poke that's light, fresh, and packed with flavor without ever feeling heavy or overly sauced, Sweetfin is the way to go, they nail it every single time. Their ingredients taste like they were pulled from the ocean and farm that morning Because the fish is impeccably fresh, the veggies are crisp, and the house-made sauces are great to complete your bowl, the service is 10 of 10! the workers there are the best! especially Berenice, she always has a smile on her face, my first time there I didint know how to order and she helped me customize my bowl to perfection! 100 times recommended read more

Affordable enough poke place with good options. A little too much sauce but a staple for sure.

The food here is healthy and delicious. Service was great, pre-ordering is great if you are in a rush to make sure you're ready on time. Fresh ingredients, I love the way you can customize your bowls to your liking with the various sauce, proteins and toppings. Prices are fair, considering the quality of the items and the bowls are a good size. Nice healthy dining option in the area. read more

10/10 service. Definitely always love coming here but i noticed there was no AC and it was so humid inside that even the poor workers were sweating. When mentioned i was told that they're not fixing it which is honestly not okay. These workers are working hard in the summer heat and it went up to 93 degrees today. Management needs to do better and needs to care more about their workers. Again, big shoutout to the team i really feel for you guys read more

Sweetfin is a great, inexpensive poke place. I love ordering the build your own bowl because they offer such a great selection of toppings. The fish portion is always plentiful and fresh, even when I've ordered delivery. I will say their portions are fairly small so if you're ravenous, you will probably leave hungry. On the other hand, if you aren't super hungry or you're just regular hungry, the poke bowl is the perfect size so you don't leave overstuffed. read more

Edible so i wont give them no star but food were SO SO at best. Every dish run around $16+ which is fair for seafood but as a person who eat poke often this place is not worth it. Fish is not cold, small amount of food, no flavor.... Hardly can called poke! Good ambiance , fast service and easy parking at rear of the building. Wont recommend and will not come back. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Agh... no flavor - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

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Made the mistake of coming at dinner time instead of lunch. All the avo was browning, the salmon was slimy and I don't think ANY sauce was added. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Nothing about this meal was fresh. I couldn't eat it. And I am an environmental scientist. - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

Cute little poke spot off Broadway and 9th in Santa Monica. Several menu options to choose from or the option to build your own bowl. I go with a classic spicy tuna bowl with bamboo rice. The poke is fresh and flavorful. The bamboo rice is different and interesting - wish they had white rice as an option, but I think they're trying to keep it healthy, which isn't bad! Depending on when you get here, it can get a tad bit busy, since they are understaffed. Still not too bad of a wait. Plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. Overall, decent price for decent poke. Not my number one choice for poke, but its close to my office, so i had to give them a try. read more

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Real quick i have to review this place cuz i love this place. They closed down pono burger next door which i didnt like as much but thats messed up. Leaving this review cuz if Sweetfin closed down i would be devastated. I get classic tuna bamboo rice/black rice with spicy mayo instead of ponzu or whatever. Its gas. Then put soy sauce on it to make it wet. Prob my favorite, most reliable/healthy thing in santa monica. read more

my coworker and I both got food poisoning after eating here for lunch... needless to say, I am not ordering from here ever again

Customer service is great, staff is always friendly, the store is clean and the food is always fresh! My go to in the salmon bowl with shrimp and sushi rice. Alway refreshing and healthy. Very happy with how I've been treated at this location. This is my go to place since moving to the west side. read more

Cute spot in downtown Santa Monica. There were several customers but fast turnaround, so no wait at 12:30pm on a Tuesday. I got the small Yuzu Salmon ($11.90) - 4 stars. The salmon was super fresh, the ingredients worked well together. I got FOMO about my friend's build-your-own bowl with fried onion on top, and I asked for fried onion topping on mine, offering to pay, but they just gave it to me for free! The guava lemonade and ginger lemonade (3 stars) intrigued us but both just tasted like regular lemonade despite being very different colors, one pink and one yellow, which is fine, but we didn't get any of the exotic flavors we expected. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Small Yuzu Salmon ($11.90) - 4 stars. The salmon was super fresh, the ingredients worked well together. Lacked crunch. Tue lunch 2023-08-08 - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

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Ugh I've tried this place twice and so wanted to like it. Each time I felt like I could make better poke than this. The first time I went was in store and it was just ok. I didn't like their rice that much. The second time I ordered through Uber eats and was still disappointed. The bowl even got smaller than a few months back. The taro chips were the only thing good but there were like 10 chips for 7 dollars?!? Take a look at the size of the regular bowl and tell me how you can be full with this portion... Safe to say that I won't be ordering or going back here again. read more

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OVERPRICED. Got a "large" bowl which was tiny in my opinion. Not a traditional poke place which is great because they offer new ingredients that aren't typically in a poke bowl. The poke itself was tasty. I got it with a cauliflower rice which I thought was interesting. It was not close to the texture of rice at all but I was happy with it. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Large poke bowl I forgot which one - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

not worth the hype. i have had better and fresher poke bowls in hawaii. too expensive for quality you get

We tried the sushi burrito for pick up here. Unlike everyone else in the city, we wanted it to be made with tortilla that had gluten in it, but they only had gluten-free tortilla, which really affected the taste of the burrito in my opinion. I would've Much rather just ordered a bowl at that point, because it just was not a cohesive type of burrito, just like they shoved some sushi into a tortilla. I would not order this again unless they work on the cohesiveness of the burrito and offer different types of bread. read more

Went 2 hours before closing and they didn't have most of their fish options or sushi rice, which is weird for a poke spot. I asked for half kale/half bamboo rice (the only rice they had) as the base and didn't receive any kale, only a lot of green looking rice. The bowl was 3/4 rice and 1/4 fish and veggie mix. The worker at the counter was rude, didn't flash a smile once or apologize for their lack of ingredients which is kinda unacceptable for working in downtown Santa Monica where there's a lot of traffic. The bowl itself was fine and the location is nice but they definitely need to update their staff to nicer workers that actually prep the food beforehand and give a better serving amount that isn't mostly rice. read more

I'm not someone who typically leaves reviews but tonight's service had me really disappointed. I love going here to pick up a quick meal and I usually have no problems with the sweet girls working cashier but tonight I walked in to see Maissa who i've never encountered before. She was on break and I had to wait to order my food which I understand you need to take your break so by all means but when you come back from your break don't have a poor attitude towards your paying customers. A sweet couple came in shortly after I placed my order and walked out not even a minute later which says a lot. As someone who works in customer service showing a kind smile doesn't hurt! read more

This is one of the best poki bowls I've ever experienced. Their selection is outstanding. The staff is dru polite, and quick service. This location was extremely clean, well lite. They also have great snacks to offer. Good Show Sweetfin read more

I've had way better poke bowls. The sauce was very light. needed more flavor. They are stingy with their toppings. The jicama was not ripe enough and tasted raw. There's a limit on how many toppings you can add in your build your own bowl. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Salmon - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

Great if you're craving some poke. There's free parking underneath the building which is super convenient and rare for this area. The quality and freshness is ok. Order comes out pretty quickly, since everything is premade. They just have to scoop it into a bowl for you. Portion size is not that huge. Inside seating available. Communal self serve water offered. read more

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I ordered a small BYOB ($10.50) for delivery. I was unimpressed by the size, taste and freshness of the poké. For the base I chose sushi rice and kelp noodle slaw. There was barely any of the kelp noodles and way more of the rice, which was disappointing. Too much rice filling up a small bowl. I chose salmon for the protein and the portion was pretty skimpy. The fish also didn't taste super fresh either. I chose creamy togarashi and Yuzu Kosho for the sauces, extra sauce. There didn't seem to be extra sauce to me. For the toppings I chose Japanese eggplant, seaweed salad, red onion, cilantro, edamame and radish. Very poor price to quality and I will be looking elsewhere for my poké fix. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

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Definitely love coming here for when I'm craving poke. The service is always good here. The ambiance is good as well super casual.

Amazing service. They are really quick and efficient and super kind. All the employees say welcome when anyone walks in you feel welcome and they are super generous with there food as well not a bad price for how much food you get also they even bring the food to your table If your dining in I love everything about this location read more

Rude staff who actually just rebuked me for asking about the status of my pickup order - which is 30 minutes late in coming out. If you are paying $15 for a mediocre bowl of salad with a tiny scoop of fish on top, honestly, you don't want to be treated rudely by the staff and kept waiting for your order. The photos speak for themselves. If you want prompt and courteous service, with a pleasant environment, suggest going to next door to Pono Burger. (At this point, I wish I could cancel my order and go there instead!) read more

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Sweetfin is a fast casual poke eatery that has a healthy choice of menu items. The salmon and tuna poke bowls are good for a grab & go. I have ordered food delivered from this place but it's better to either eat at the restaurant or pick up to ensure that the order is accurate. read more

Service is extremely slow. They cannot handle the lunch rush here and cannot multi task. I left because they were taking so long and not sure why it's all raw. read more

So good! Got build your own poke bowls and they have plenty of sides to choose from, really like how they offer fruit as add-ons as well. Big fan of the creamy gochugang sauce as well! I will say that the small bowl was pretty filling already, and the bowls are a little pricey but fairly on par with what you'll see in the area. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Small and Large Build Your Own Poke Bowls - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

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Fish is really fresh here! They have very unique options. Not like your typical Hawaiian style poke. I got a small build your own bowl and it was perfect for me. Their sauce choices are unique but I wish I got a simple ponzu sauce. We ordered through the app for pick up and didn't get to choose as many toppings. Service was great and the worker was very friendly. We came on a Saturday night and there was only one other person. They don't have much indoor seating. read more

Sweetfin Poke Santa Monica - Small poke bowl - Poke Near Me - Santa Monica, California

Love this place, i order online all the time but they always get something wrong or missing, it's disappointing because i like to order a lot and it makes me not want to order anymore, please guys double check ingredients and make sure the drinks are being sent. read more