Poke Bar Arcadia

Great services, though they do not have chopsticks, nor water cups for dine-in customers. The biggest letdown however was the quality of the fish. The salmon tasted really fishy, and the tuna also tasted slimy. Very disappointed when a medium bowl cost 17.49.

Published 2 years ago

I ordered the CaLee Bowl and Nari Bu. I can’t lie, both items looked like what the picture showed so it reached my expectations. It wasn’t until I ate it that I was very disappointed with both items. I had 2/4 pieces containing salmon in the Nari Bu and the salmon was VERY unpleasant. The texture of it was slimy but very tough, I couldn’t even continue chewing so I spit it out. I tried to continue eating it thinking it was gonna be different but no, all the pieces were very odd and not edible. The taste of it was also very weird but it was mixed with sauce. For the CaLee bowl, the rice tasted old. It was like stale and just falling apart (like uncooked rice). I’m not too sure which part it is but I’m having an upset stomach from it. Overall I’m really disappointed as this was the first time I ordered from here but also paid $30 for both items through doordash.

Published 2 years ago

Disappointed. Overpriced. Bland. Not Fresh.

"Sushi Rice" was not sushi rice, tasted like stale leftover white rice. LACKING ANY of the sauces that we ordered. Fish was not fresh. 20$ for this quality of fish was a major let down and would never recommend this place to anyone.

Published 3 years ago

I thought I could enjoy a 17 dollar small bowl seeing as it's super expensive for a small I don't think ill ever come back. I ordered salmon and tuna protein but I only got 2 piece of salmon and like 4 small bits of tuna. The rest was just more sides than peotein. I would highly recommend the poke spot on Colorado and fair oaks or the one in South pasadena on south fair oaks. And their small dishes are mich bettwe in terms of prices. I just thought I would try it out but, never again. Very disappointed. Also I hate to break it to poke bar but I found a bit of salmon and it had a spikey bone idk if it was their intention but double checking for bones is a MUST

Published 2 years ago

I have been getting poke bowl in this location since a while back. However, I am a bit disappointed. I got a small bowl (2 scoops of protein) with vegetable base. The bowl was only half full. It was gone after a few bites. Also, the server added a lot of sauce in my bowl. With a little ingredients and lots of sauce, my bowel was super salty.

I have been getting a small bowl, and portion was way bigger than the one I got tonight. I had to look for something else to eat after I finish my bowl. The bowl is not cheap. It was $12.99 plus 10% sales tax.

Will consider if I should continue to come back.

Published 4 years ago

Good and fresh poke in SGV. My go to is salmon with scallop salad. Generous portion of toppings with a number of sauces. Avocado is extra $1 which is reasonable.

Published 2 years ago

It’s my favorite Poke bar. I go here 3 times a week. It’s always fresh. Best Poke in LA.

Published 2 years ago

The customer service is wonderful and the girls always greet you with a friendly smile! The place is usually not crowded, it is a bit small, but not too tight of a squeeze! 😁

Published 2 years ago

my favorite place to get poke bowls from

Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

Great services, though they do not have chopsticks, nor water cups for dine-in customers. The biggest letdown however was the quality of the fish. The salmon tasted really fishy, and the tuna also tasted slimy. Very disappointed when a medium bowl cost 17.49.

Published 2 years ago

It’s my favorite Poke bar. I go here 3 times a week. It’s always fresh. Best Poke in LA.

Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

I ordered the CaLee Bowl and Nari Bu. I can’t lie, both items looked like what the picture showed so it reached my expectations. It wasn’t until I ate it that I was very disappointed with both items. I had 2/4 pieces containing salmon in the Nari Bu and the salmon was VERY unpleasant. The texture of it was slimy but very tough, I couldn’t even continue chewing so I spit it out. I tried to continue eating it thinking it was gonna be different but no, all the pieces were very odd and not edible. The taste of it was also very weird but it was mixed with sauce. For the CaLee bowl, the rice tasted old. It was like stale and just falling apart (like uncooked rice). I’m not too sure which part it is but I’m having an upset stomach from it. Overall I’m really disappointed as this was the first time I ordered from here but also paid $30 for both items through doordash.

Published 2 years ago

I have been coming here for about 4 years now
This place never disappoints
Everything is so good and the employees are always nice!

Published 2 years ago

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Published 2 years ago

The customer service is wonderful and the girls always greet you with a friendly smile! The place is usually not crowded, it is a bit small, but not too tight of a squeeze! 😁

Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

I go here all the time; it’s practically comfort food for me now.

Published 2 years ago

Food is always ready when I pick up my online order and tastes consistently good.

Published 2 years ago

Good and fresh poke in SGV. My go to is salmon with scallop salad. Generous portion of toppings with a number of sauces. Avocado is extra $1 which is reasonable.

Published 2 years ago

I got a salmon bowl and ended up getting food poisoning likely due to improper food storage or old food. Pricey for the small. Will probably not come back.

Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

good place

Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

Way too expensive for run-of-the mill poke. No indoor tables, just dirty tables outside. With a full order, they refused to serve a cup of water. They had only junky forks, no chopsticks. Everything was so cheap and the service people so disaffected that it made me worry about the quality of the ingredients. Would not eat here again.

Published 2 years ago

I thought I could enjoy a 17 dollar small bowl seeing as it's super expensive for a small I don't think ill ever come back. I ordered salmon and tuna protein but I only got 2 piece of salmon and like 4 small bits of tuna. The rest was just more sides than peotein. I would highly recommend the poke spot on Colorado and fair oaks or the one in South pasadena on south fair oaks. And their small dishes are mich bettwe in terms of prices. I just thought I would try it out but, never again. Very disappointed. Also I hate to break it to poke bar but I found a bit of salmon and it had a spikey bone idk if it was their intention but double checking for bones is a MUST

Published 2 years ago

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Published 2 years ago

Great employees. They remember my order when I come in :)

Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

Awesome

Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

Staff is always friendly, welcoming, and efficient! Haven’t gotten a wrong order yet, and my order is always ready by set pick up time. The food is fresh and so delicious! It’s a must try ✨

Published 2 years ago

People are very friendly and quick service. I have always loved the food. Never disappointed.

Published 2 years ago

Tuna have bad taste and old rice

Published 3 years ago

This isn’t special at all. My friend is Asian and his parents came to for lunch and the price for small portion the food not fresh they told me just come over if you want good quality food not here

Published 3 years ago

Has been going here since high school，today I had the worst experience, I went in to order while on the phone, at checkout I was asked if I wanted a fork, i replied yes, I wasn’t paying full attention so I didn’t see her putting in the fork, so after I paid I asked is the fork inside? She replied yes! Guess what ? When I opened it there is no fork!

Published 3 years ago

Disappointed. Overpriced. Bland. Not Fresh.

"Sushi Rice" was not sushi rice, tasted like stale leftover white rice. LACKING ANY of the sauces that we ordered. Fish was not fresh. 20$ for this quality of fish was a major let down and would never recommend this place to anyone.

Published 3 years ago

Published 3 years ago

What a find. I was working in the area and needed lunch when I found Poke Bar. Went in and was greeted by a very friendly staff. They took my order right away and made some nice suggestions based on the variety of fish I was having. And to find spicy crab as an option was very tasty. Off I went to kill time before my next appointment and chowed on my bowl. Holy cow - the flavors mixed so well. Any time I am showing houses in Arcadia or nearby - I will plan to stop by and grab a bowl.

Published 3 years ago

Small portions for its price, no cup of tap water available, and no chopsticks available. Too stingy.

Published 3 years ago

I ordered through uber eats online and gave very clear instructions that I wanted spicy mayo and other sauces. But instead, of spicy mayo, all I got was only sesame oil drenched medium bowl. Never ordering from this location again.

Published 3 years ago

This place used to be the best poke in Arcadia. Now it's just average. The discontinuation of Yellowtail and Lime Cilantro sauce were bad decisions. The smaller portions are disappointing, and the lack of basic things like chopsticks, restrooms, and take-home sauces like soy sauce and hot sauce are just ridiculous. The manager of this place must have changed, since standards continue to just drop. Would recommend to instead order from somewhere else like Bay Poke instead.

Published 4 years ago

First time here don't know what is up with there workers but seams like they just want to get u out not good when want to get new customers also don't have many topings and ones they do have they give so little even though I said I will pay extra still refused to give extra they also forgot to add my sauce at the end whe I tried it it didn't taste fresh it had a gone bad flavor had to end up throwing it way if owner sees this should address workers to be patient also more topings and don't give so little other places charge same even less and give more.

Published 4 years ago

The poke bar is one of my go-to lunch/dinner options. What makes them great is the friendly faces and fast service combined with options. There is a price difference between the stores of the same chain and what they do/don’t offer based on their locations. The food is often a little pricy but mostly very good quality.

Published 4 years ago

There are four kinds of fish (Yellowtail, Tuna, Salmon, Albacore) to choose from, it's a bit difficult to choose, because I like all four! This Yelp Elite perk can get you a small POKE BOWL, as well as a YELP BOBA steel straw. Because I was afraid that I would be too full, so I chose salad over rice, which was really a very smart choice. The small bowl of salad + side dishes + fish was very full! There are several other sauces that can be added, but the special HOUSE SAUCE is enough for the flavor. If you choose a salad, remember to mix it well before eating it, because I was too excited to eat the top and found out that the sauce at the bottom was too much, and a little too salty. It also has a lot of choices of side dishes, many of which are my favorites, such as corn, seaweed salad, crab meat, etc. Don’t forget the dried garlic!

有四種魚(Yellowtail, Tuna, Salmon, Albacore)可以挑選，有點選擇困難畢竟我四種都喜歡啊！這次的Yelp Elite福利可以獲得一個小的POKE BOWL，還有一個YELP的紀念BOBA鋼吸管。因為怕選飯會太飽，所以選擇了沙拉，真的是非常明智的選擇，小碗的沙拉+配菜+魚已經很飽了！有另外的幾種醬可以加，但本身已經會加入特製HOUSE SAUCE，如果是選擇沙拉的話，一定要好好的攪拌均勻再吃，因為太興奮把上面吃了才發現下面醬太多，有點過鹹。它的配菜選擇也非常多，很多都是我喜歡吃的，像是玉米，海帶沙拉，蟹肉等等，最後再加上乾的蒜片真的超香超好吃！

Published 4 years ago

I have been getting poke bowl in this location since a while back. However, I am a bit disappointed. I got a small bowl (2 scoops of protein) with vegetable base. The bowl was only half full. It was gone after a few bites. Also, the server added a lot of sauce in my bowl. With a little ingredients and lots of sauce, my bowel was super salty.

I have been getting a small bowl, and portion was way bigger than the one I got tonight. I had to look for something else to eat after I finish my bowl. The bowl is not cheap. It was $12.99 plus 10% sales tax.

Will consider if I should continue to come back.

Published 4 years ago

Can be improved, the quality of the fish is not very pleasant, and the amount that per bowl is too little, but the price is not too terrible. However, I would give it a 4 star because I would like to see more options.

Published 5 years ago

Delicious!!!

Published 5 years ago

We love coming here. We have not been able to find something this great in or around the SFV. Great food and comfortable atmosphere. Highly recommend!

Published 5 years ago

The fish cut is a little too big, other then that this place is amazing. I remember when they first opened. So happy to see an entrepreneur succeed.

You must try this place! Fresh fish, delicious rice and some of the best service I've ever had consistently.

Published 5 years ago

Wow not the service or freshness I was expecting. I ordered my usual ingredients and sauces but this was bad, not sure what went wrong it was almost unedible, one of the fish types or sauces was off and I had to eat around everything covered in it. Eventually I gave up trashed it and went to Panda instead.

Published 6 years ago

Wow really good and fresh quality ingredients

Published 6 years ago

I always order takeout here, and they follow the directions on the order word for word!
They have a great variety of add-ins and a handful of drinks to go with your order 😋

Published 6 years ago

Best Poke I've ever had!!!!!

Published 6 years ago

Best place for poke hands down, they give you 5 selections of fish for a large, unlike other places where they only give you 3 or 4. Their fish are fresh and they have a wide range of sauces:
. This is my go to places

Published 6 years ago

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Published 7 years ago

Decent quality and portions. Sauces are delicious.

Published 7 years ago

Published 7 years ago

Great quality fish

Published 7 years ago

The service was excellent however they've changed their menu by putting small shrimp in and they all show I got rid of the rewards and I had rewards available so it's like taking something from somebody after you give it so they should fix that issue and probably go back to the original shrimp then they'll be back up to five stars but the reason why they got four stars is because of their employees

Published 7 years ago

Published 7 years ago

Published 7 years ago

Fresh fish, good portion and reasonably priced. My younger son loves the beef bowl as well.

Published 7 years ago

It's relatively healthy food for a decent price. It's a very solid place, I frequent it a lot. The only gripe is that they don't have calorie counts (they took it down for some reason) and other nutrition labels. They also tend to put a lot of sauce on the entire bowl, so people with low spice tolerance shouldn't get spicy sauces.

Published 7 years ago

Published 7 years ago

Very clean! Love the fast service. Delicious & worth the $10

Published 7 years ago

Ordering online will get you wrong orders. Go in so you can tell them in person.

Published 7 years ago

Everything was fresh and delicious!

Published 7 years ago

Good poke bowls.
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Published 7 years ago

oops sry i think i may have misclicked!! i love it here <3

Published 7 years ago

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Published 7 years ago

Always hits the spot

Published 7 years ago

Published 7 years ago

It was okay. Portion small. The sauces too intense. Especially the sweet sauce. Covering up both good and bad. Do not get the jalapeno side. It crashed the bowl.

Published 7 years ago

Poke bar

Published 7 years ago

Decent poke I do wish that they had some pre-marinated poke but I feel that of every poke spot. no complaints a great place.

Published 7 years ago

Amazing place fresh food tasted delicious I just love it good portions of food and veritiy of fish, sauce, etc.

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Published 7 years ago

Ive been eating here for 2 years. Over all its pretty good but their new staff is really bad! What's the point of putting in gloves to handle food and touching money ? Like handle one customer pay then help the other person with food. I order the brown rice and I've had hair in it 3 times. I used to have thick black hair so I never thought about it.. Till I dyed my hair blonde and kept finding black hair... The food is good and you'll probably enjoy it but I'm going to stop coming here. Not worth my business

Published 7 years ago

Published 7 years ago

Great experience definitely going back when i get the chance

Published 7 years ago

Published 7 years ago

Delicious, good portions and excellent service.. Check it out!

Published 7 years ago

Published 7 years ago

Nice spot for quick bite.

Published 7 years ago

Published 8 years ago

Food is great. Server is nice.

Published 8 years ago

Love Poke Bar! Excellent quality of food and my go to place when I'm in the area.

Published 8 years ago

Published 8 years ago

Didn't like the food

Published 8 years ago

Always super fresh

Published 8 years ago

服务感觉没有以前的人员好，而且有可能是因为成本太高，勺肉的勺子小了。给的菜也少了，不推荐来这里吃！！

Published 8 years ago

Published 8 years ago

Fresh fish, good portions, good price and great service

Published 8 years ago

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Published 8 years ago

Best Poke ever!

Published 8 years ago

Ok food, ok employees

Published 8 years ago

Published 8 years ago

Not too bad of a place, the food was pretty good. But one of the staff did not have too great of an attitude towards me. Maybe it was a bad day, but it left an impression.

Published 8 years ago

Wow. Service sucks. It was colder than the dead fish. If your life is that bad, don't work in the service industry. I will edit this review and bump up the stars if I don't see the same employee, because the poke is pretty decent.

Published 8 years ago

Published 9 years ago

Nice big portions for reasonable prices. So many possible different combos with tasty sauces.

Published 9 years ago

Bigger portions of fish, fresher tasting even at different times of the day.

Published 9 years ago

Published 9 years ago

Mmmmmmmm

Published 9 years ago

Delicious, fresh, & generous portion

Published 9 years ago

its pretty good poke... quiet location, busy but line moves fast. i don't recommend the fried wonton as a base, they are hard so the pieces are hard to eat.

Published 9 years ago

Published 9 years ago

By far the best poke place around, great service, fresh, and plenty of toppings.

Published 9 years ago

Published 9 years ago

Pretty good. I word their selection of side stuff was a little better but the fish selection was better most poki places.

Published 9 years ago

I always do love coming here whenever I'm in the area.

Published 9 years ago

Onolicious Hawaiian Kine flavah 👍👏

Published 9 years ago

Published 9 years ago

Servers are always friendly and helpful with questions on building bowls to your taste, fish is always fresh and they're very generous with toppings! 😊

Published 9 years ago

Supplies good taste food

Published 9 years ago

Love their Poke. Lots of fresh choices.

Published 9 years ago

Published 9 years ago

Great service, fresh fish, good portions. I bought the medium one, with 3 kinds of fish.
Definitely worth coming back.

Published 9 years ago

Delicious and fast. Expensive, but not if you consider it as the sushi in a bowl that it is.

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Published 10 years ago

Great Price!!! Quality fish.

Published 10 years ago

Healthy food

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Super fresh portions of fish and cool staff!

Published 10 years ago

Poke is good! Just a little pricey

Published 10 years ago

Very clean and healthy selection

Published 10 years ago

Never been a huge follower of poke restaurants but this has become staple option for work lunches. Fresh fish and generous with the sides, I highly recommend it.

Published 10 years ago

Published 10 years ago

Mmmm... raw fish bowl. Albacore, spicy tuna both good and fresh. Nice choices all around, bases, toppings, etc. Loyalty program.

Published 10 years ago

it's a Sushi Bowl

Published 10 years ago

Sushi in a bowl with great sauces

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Published 10 years ago

The best Poke place around the area. Great staff, good portions, and the fish is always fresh. Plus their reward program is awesome!

Published 10 years ago

Fresh options, the servers are always friendly.

The fish is fresh and the flavoring is diverse.

The only problem is that they need written descriptions of the flavor profiles of each sauce. Otherwise, seating is minimal here, so avoid bringing along a large party.

Published 10 years ago

Fresh poke

Published 10 years ago

This place is awesome! Affordable prices, ample portions, quality ingredients, and super friendly staff. Oh yah, forgot to mention that the food is delicious. I really, really, really like Poke Bar!

Published 10 years ago

Published 10 years ago

Great poke! Fresh fish, good selection, very friendly staff. I eat here after the gym at least once a week.

Published 10 years ago

This was my first experience with Poke, and I loved it! Friendly staff and great food!

Published 10 years ago

50% off poke bowls is too great of a deal to pass up. Even with the iffy reviews and lackluster photos, I knew I wanted to try it out. Compared to other poke places like Poke N Roll and Poke Salad Bowl, Poke Bar definitely needs to step up its game in making the food tastier. Because they're still in the soft opening stages, hopefully they can take all these critiques and really work hard on making Poke Bar a great poke establishment in Arcadia.

Pros:
-The amount of fish they gave out was pretty good. After I finished all my rice and ingredients, there were still a good number of salmon and tuna pieces in my bowl.
-Salmon and tuna tasted pretty fresh. The other fish didn't look too appetizing.
-I like the fact that the toppings are all included - even avocado!
-It's interesting how the small, medium, and large all include the same amount of rice, salad, or chips. The only difference is how many scoops of fish you get. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing. Regular price small is $6.99 with 2 scoops of fish, medium $8.99 with 3 scoops, and large is $10.99 with 5 scoops.

Cons:
-I ordered a combination of white and brown rice. Both of them were incredibly dry, nothing like sushi rice that a poke bowl should have. The rice tasted old and hard, which really made the bowl taste bland.
-The workers need a bit more energy. I guess they're still getting the hang of things, but like John T. mentioned, when I was anticipating the toppings for my bowl, the guy helping me barely stuck the tongs inside. I had a really small amount of seaweed salad, cucumbers, and edamame. They also were really confused when I asked them pretty basic questions.
-Avocado was not in season, so the slices were really hard to bite into, not creamy and soft.
-Apparently the bowl comes with ponzu sesame sauce. So I asked for sweet soy to be mixed in with my toppings. But after everything was mixed together, the bowl tasted sauceless. There was no flavor and no taste.

Published 10 years ago

I just moved here from Hawaii and have been craving poke SO BAD. Thank god I found this place. Amazing poke and great prices!

Published 10 years ago

Published 10 years ago

Amazing. Its realky delicious and filling for a 3 scoop. Its now one of my favorite spots to have lunch.

Published 10 years ago

Awesome poke! The price was really reasonable too. I only wish they had one in San Diego

Published 10 years ago

So so good! I've never been to a poke resturant before. It seems like poke is the newest trend so I thought I better find a good place before a bunch of janky ones open up with questionable food. Poke Bar is the one! This will be my go to. Not only is the food here amazing but staff is very cool and helpful. This place is clean clean clean and fresh fresh fresh!. Expect a line at lunch but they move you quickly without feeling rushed. I got the the med bowl with 2 scoops of tuna and 1 spicy tuna with dynamite sauce. That was just the right amount of heat for me. They have free avocado and free Crabb meat if you want. It was a terrific lunch. A+

Published 10 years ago

They offer variety of option for the poke bowl. They had like 7 toppins to choose from (Octopus, Scallops, Albacore, Spicy Tuna, Tuna, Salmon, and Yellowtail) That's the most topping I see from a poke bowl. They had different add on base (White Rice, Brown Rice, Salad, and Chips) I was going to order the chip base but they said only offer that after the promotion is over which is on Monday. So instead settle with Salad. I not a fan of rice on poke bowl because the rice in general isn't well made as you find in sushi place.

I settle with the large poke bowl which has 5 small scoops of fish. I pick Tuna, Salmon, Yellowtail, Scallops, and Octopus. With almost all topping add on except onions. Seaweed and avocado is included as free topping which is nice. The fish actually is not too bad, i like the scallops and yellowtail fish. The sauce however were not that great, they should had just sriracha sauce haha.

Published 10 years ago