Blue Whale Poke Bar and Grill in San Mateo

Yummy. They have pineapple and corn as topping that’s nice. But they can use more choices on sauce.The salmon is only ok has lots of chewy tendon in it.They can add a little more sauce too half way thru the bowl, there are no sauce left

Great poke bowl. 3 scoops of meat came out to a little over $16, and was filling! Really nice patio sitting area outside also.

Okay poke bowl but overpriced beef bowl and bibimbap.Terrible service - serving food out of order and leave the people arrived early waiting for long.Suggestion: instead of calling the food, call the order number. This let the waiting people misunderstand that the food is for them but actually not. I’m upset several times watching people who ordered after me taking the food earlier.

Now serving Korean food! Didnt try though but their poke is pretty good. Regular is $14 for 3 scoops of fresh fish. Spam musubi is delicious and is made to order and warm $6 for 2.

I was actually not looking forward to this place having lived in Hawaii but it was actually a super solid meal and very satisfying. some of the fish is more fresh than the others but for the location and environment it was delicious. they just need more staff because its pretty slow

Amazing options for my Poke Bowl. Coming from orlando we have so many poke places but nothing compares to this. Very fresh and great prices for the bowls. Would definitely come again. Cant wait to come back on vacation just to eat here. Also the employees are very helpful and help you if you don’t really know what to get.

This is my second time trying it! And haven’t been-satisfied. I’m a poke bowl lover & because it’s the only one around I give it. 2nd try…& I can totally said the ingredients aren’t fresh as I would like.The mixed of the green salad base looks very old and all my protein fish it’s sticky and slimy. Not fresh!!The portion and taste of their sauces are good. So definitely just the improvement on keeping their ingredientes more fresh!I just hope I don’t get sick late :)

Quantity was surprisingly great, plus food quality was not bad.Since they just opened, majority of their food items are still not ready.But great service from the teamUpdateAdded more pics

Their Korean food is FRAUD. I ordered $16 short rib bowl and this was what I got. The portion is tiny and it looked NOTHING like the picture they show. I had to go back and asked if they gave me the wrong bowl but they said it was right. Then I asked why it did not look like the picture on the menu. A lady who claimed to be the manager came out of the kitchen, and said she was Korean, and I did not know how authentic Korean food looked like. It really upset me because - 1) I have been to tons of Korean restaurants owned by Korean speaking people, and I have visited Korea myself, and I never had short rib bowl like this. They all look like whats on their menu. 2) If she thought the picture on the menu was not right, why would not she change it. Imagine if you go to McDonald, pointing at the picture and order a big Mac, and they give you a tiny hot dog? Yea they are both beef. 3) Her attitude was terrible and disrespectful.I am giving one star for the poor taste of food, small portion, false advertising, and bad attitude. I would never come back again. You will be better off getting Panda Express next door.

The food to me taste weird and they dont have a lot of options when it comes to toppings or sauces. I recommend it to people who dont like too many options.