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Poke Bar in Berkeley

4.3 (68) 2433 Durant Ave E, Berkeley, CA 94704, United States

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Hawaiian restaurant
Asian fusion restaurant
Poke bar
Restaurant

Location on the map

Berkeley, Alameda County, California, US

Phone: +1 510-280-5681
Site: http://ilovepokebar.com/

Opening hours

Monday:11 AM–8 PM
Tuesday:11 AM–8 PM
Wednesday:11 AM–8 PM
Thursday:11 AM–8 PM
Friday:11 AM–8 PM
Saturday:11:30 AM–8 PM
Sunday:11:30 AM–8 PM

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Total reviews rating 4.3

68 Reviews for Poke Bar 2024:

Review №1

2023-12-05 03:02:39

NOT allergen safe. Beware that if you have an issue with a delivery order, it’s impossible to get in touch with them for help. I specifically asked for no mayo, stating clearly that I have severe allergies to Eggs, Dairy, & Nuts. I did not order anything in my poke bowl that would, to my knowledge, contain mayonnaise. Yet 1/3 of my rice was soaked in some sort of mayonnaise sauce, and I ate a couple bites of it before realizing! Now, I’m having an allergic reaction to my food, and Poke Bar’s phone number is out of service so I can’t get help! I called a different location in my area, number disconnected. Finally a location in my state picked up and tried to help. Issue not resolved.

Review №2

2023-09-25 02:05:43

Love stopping here for a quick bite of poke. Fresh food and yummy sauces. Lots of choice when making your own bowl. Typically friendly and quick staff. Always looks clean and tidy. Definitely recommend for a quick poke bowl.

Review №3

2022-03-19 22:51:22

Decent poke bar tucked right near Berkeley’s center of campus! It’s slightly hidden in a hallway, but is a small little place.Good:The ordering process is very streamlined! You use a paper form and mark off what you want. It’s great that you can get unlimited options for some things.I found the portion sizes here great.I liked the salmon and the spicy tuna poke the most, and appreciated the dry onions on top.Bad:The sauce is somewhat unevenly distributed, I couldn’t find the sauce on some sides and too much on others.Overall enjoyed my experience!

Review №4

2021-09-07 17:34:32

A hidden gem just outside of the UC Berkeley campus! Fresh and delicious poke bowls. Order by filling out an order sheet and hand it to an employee. There are tons of options to choose from to create a unique bowl. Bowls are around ~$15 but you are certainly paying for the freshness and quality of the food!

Review №5

2023-01-30 21:17:55

Nice staff and good poke😌Generous portion with many side optionsYou can also order ahead ^ ^# Build My Own - Salmond & Spicy Tuna

Review №6

2023-02-05 04:02:47

Yummy! The spicy tuna, salmon, caviar, white rice, and pineapple hit different. Amazing customer service as well

Review №7

2022-08-09 02:01:58

Fish doesnt seem frsh, rice is mushy and clumpy, imitation crab is just that, with no mayo, and the soy sauce on the side is...the dark one meant for chinese cooking ☹️

Review №8

2023-04-28 01:41:50

Poke is so great and simple, all you have to do have good ingredients in good ratio. Thats why Im so shocked that my bowl could have been prepared so poorly.I got a medium bowl in which there was very little tofu and sauce, there were hard cilantro stems, and the white rice I got was riddled with brown hulls.Maybe they were just trying to help me get my fiber for the day? Poke around somewhere else.

Review №9

2023-04-18 20:39:40

The very definition of a hidden gem. its a little hard to find as its tucked away in a hallway, but the food and prices are great. i tried a salmon poke bowl for the first time and it was tasty. definitely recommend.

Review №10

2017-07-07 21:20:33

I love this place. Cheap for a lot of delicious food. There are a few tables, and its all the way inside the complex. Theres not much of a view, but the food is sooooo good. Easy for to-go too!

Review №11

2023-05-20 01:37:16

Nice vibe and super fresh poke! Everything was delicious and the salmon was by far the freshest I’ve tasted at a poke shop!

Review №12

2021-09-08 23:35:01

Absolutely love this place! Like a 2 min walk from UCB campus, which makes it a super convenient quick meal between classes. You can also order via the Snackpass app and have it ready for pickup when you get there. Kind of tucked away in the alleyway shops so it doesn’t seem to get as busy as other Poke places on Telegraph. Food portions are really good, and super filling for the price! Amazing price, amazing quality, and the workers are always really nice and considerate. Favorite Poke place I’ve found in the area so far. A+++ I will recommend this place to all my friends!

Review №13

2020-03-13 07:25:36

The service was great and the poke bowl portions are pretty good.

Review №14

2018-01-22 20:40:25

Nice little poke place in Berkeley. The owner is always really friendly and welcoming. The fish quality is decent and the portion sizes are large. The fact that you can customize your order makes this poke shop open to all palettes. The wait times during peak hours can get long, however, up to 30 min

Review №15

2021-06-06 23:18:10

My favorite poke place in town! Fresh food, great flavor. A huge amount protein for the price. I always order a big bowl and share with my friend. It’s enough to feed two ppl.

Review №16

2017-10-03 08:37:59

Loved this place... best Poke near campus. The fish chunks were cut large, the portions generous, and the sauces really enhanced the flavor. My personal favorite sauce was the “Cal Fave”, which is the House and Spicy Mix combined.

Review №17

2023-01-22 01:28:25

Stopped by here on a whim from out of town. Service was super friendly and bowl was very good! Will stop by again if around.

Review №18

2019-01-15 17:52:10

Good place to go for quick and good poke. It is a little more expensive than a typical dinner but it tastes really good, especially because you can customize your own order. Inside is always kept nice and clean.

Review №19

2020-11-20 00:46:08

I went here twice this month and their poke is just not that good :( I really wanted to like this place, but it’s more expensive than other nearby poke spots and it doesn’t taste as good. Their food just doesn’t taste fresh, it tastes kind of bland compared to other places. Store is pretty clean and nice inside though.

Review №20

2019-07-13 04:00:03

The fish was old, bitter and hard to chew. They had no lemons available! I like them with my fish! The greens were gross too. Been to many other Poke Bowl restaurants and this is the only one I’ve encountered a problem. Don’t apologize just fix it!

Review №21

2022-11-23 02:38:12

This place is always neat, clean, and well-lit. I like how everyone I interact with looks me in the eye when talking to me. The food is delicious.

Review №22

2019-12-07 00:05:52

The small poke bowl is already plenty of yummy food

Review №23

2019-04-30 17:17:53

The poke is decent, but they have terrible food separation practices.When someone else changed their mind about white rice, they put that persons white rice into my container, even though that rice already had seaweed seasoning and crab on it! Then, when I told them I didnt want those things, they threw the rice back into the rice pot!This is really unprofessional, and especially bad for people who have other food allergies or dietary restrictions. Its also not sanitary to throw some rice with fish on it back into the rice cooker.

Review №24

2017-09-11 05:00:39

Im not a broke college student but when I go to Durant St. I automatically switch on my broke-college-student-thinking cap and look for the next best-affordable-cheap meal. Since poke bowls are on the rise in food fads a few have popped up after sushrittos done their number.Poke Bar is one of a few poke bowl places that set up shop near the Berkeley campus and I was excited how they would do compared to other poke bowl places nearby.Its like other poke bowl places where you stand in line and fill-out your choice or you can tell them yourself once youre up at the counter. There are three different sizes: small, medium and large. I chose large for my appetite and my motto when trying a place Go big, or go home. My friend also went with me and she bought a medium.Well as I was going through all of this I watched as my poke bowl creator delicately assembly my bowl. The protein portion part was one I looked closely and with that they did a great job not skimping on the rice to protein ration. It was at the end where my excitement for this place plateaued and quickly descended. The girl was light on the sauce, which I didnt mind and when it came to the crunchy toppings she pointed it out we can put it on ourselves. . . which was by the cash register.The toppings by the cash register is almost equivalent like the cashier giving you cash and you putting it in your wallet. There is a small anxiety where you have to hustle for the next person to be served. Oh! Then when I asked for more of the spicy mayo sauce, the girl gave me a small squirt. GDHTHJRHTJGHJTR!!! Thought that was frustrating and then I looked at what my $14 bought. . . . it was a large bowl with what looked like the same amount as a medium size bowl. It wasnt filled to the top. . . .T___TI could have saved myself a few bucks to get the same amount as a medium bowl. My friend had a different person and she assembled my friends bowl like she was a college student, some extra loving. I was not given the same amount of love. The bowl didnt even taste special, nothing really stood out in flavor or texture.This place is found convinently with other eateries around so you do have other options. If youre craving poke bowls I would venture to downtown or even off of Telegraph but this place amongst others isnt for a college-student-friendly budget. . . . unless you get the small. Still, I wouldnt come back here, you can get a lot further with your buck somewhere else. Happy eating!! ^___^

Review №25

2021-10-13 02:06:47

Sushi-quality salmon and fresh ingredients! One of my fav places in Berkeley! I definitely recommend

Review №26

2018-07-10 22:18:55

Amazing food. This was actually my first poke place and I loved it. It also takes Android and Apple pay which I think is great. Highly recommended

Review №27

2017-08-21 22:23:12

This place is amazing! Imagine Chipotle but with seafood and you have Poke bar. I would definitely recommend anyone in Berkeley to try this out at least once!

Review №28

2021-10-02 04:21:47

I always heard about it but it was my first time visiting there. It was awesome!!! Its very fresh, price is right, clean, etc. I love to visit there again 😀

Review №29

2019-12-26 04:29:47

The portion sizes are very generous, and they have a wide selection of goodies. I come here very often to get my poke fix!

Review №30

2018-10-19 17:57:19

Definetely one of my favorite restaurants near campus. Has a variety of choices of seafood, sides and sauces. Affordable as well.

Review №31

2018-04-29 01:53:15

Didnt fill up my medium bowl :( and was really pricey for how little they gave.......was expecting a lot better given what i heard from friends but the servers were super stingy and made me feel ripped off for a medium that wasnt even a medium.

Review №32

2022-05-08 06:09:14

The fish is not fresh. If you have a strong stomach it might not be an issue, otherwise stay away from it.

Review №33

2021-07-12 06:55:15

Staff was really friendly, only $12 for a small bowl even though it’s quite enough for one person.

Review №34

2017-11-05 00:52:30

I really like how you can pick your own things to go in the bowl but they often dont have enough sauce and it is never as good as some of the other poke places

Review №35

2017-09-24 02:42:34

Good food, reasonable price for the fresh fish. Lines are slow though and many of the sauces contain mayonnaise.

Review №36

2022-03-14 23:03:56

The ingredients are really fresh, and if you are a poke lover this is a must-try for you!

Review №37

2021-04-11 21:46:07

Super chill environment, streamlined ordering, large portions, reasonable price

Review №38

2022-02-06 02:06:20

My favorite food for dinner

Review №39

2021-04-19 05:24:38

Fresh food, super friendly staff. definitely would recommend.

Review №40

2018-01-22 01:21:39

Perfect quick bite! They give you SOOOOO much food. But it’s all healthy and tasty!

Review №41

2023-11-28 07:42:46

Superb

Review №42

2017-08-31 23:52:34

Wonderful build your own poke bar. Best poke in Berkeley so far.

Review №43

2019-03-12 17:54:53

Ordered food here for delivery a few times and always accurate and good food 👍🏼

Review №44

2018-10-08 10:21:53

Good selection of sashimi. Rice is warm and chewy.

Review №45

2019-04-23 07:00:41

Good poke but sauces could be better spiced

Review №46

2018-02-18 23:47:53

Great place for poke, very fresh ingredients.

Review №47

2017-08-04 03:16:20

Very good poke. In a small food mall

Review №48

2021-08-26 18:37:52

Disappointingly few options and only rice is offered as a base

Review №49

2022-08-30 00:39:46

Love their food!

Review №50

2021-10-03 02:06:13

Great place and delicious food!

Review №51

2017-11-01 17:31:30

Decent portion but pretty high cost

Review №52

2017-09-01 01:48:23

Good value! Staff are great too.

Review №53

2017-08-11 21:13:00

Excellent, super-fresh and delicious food!

Review №54

2018-02-27 02:44:56

Good food reasonably priced.

Review №55

2017-08-10 20:20:25

Delicious and healthy option for a quick meal

Review №56

2018-11-15 02:33:52

When I got to the place it was and nice place to eat

Review №57

2019-08-02 06:23:55

Delicious and fresh. Friendly staff!

Review №58

2017-11-14 23:39:25

Great source for fish protein intake.

Review №59

2019-04-26 04:56:42

Great value and good food

Review №60

2018-12-07 14:46:57

Great concept, good food

Review №61

2018-04-22 20:16:41

Excellent as always. Bit crowded though.

Review №62

2018-01-11 20:36:43

Large Poke is great for sharing.

Review №63

2018-10-15 08:20:24

Just Ok . Not like amazing

Review №64

2019-01-20 22:44:24

Made me love poke 😍

Review №65

2022-12-06 01:00:26

Mediocre taste

Review №66

2019-06-21 21:21:55

Sustainability and fish farming

Review №67

2019-04-29 19:52:56

Exceeded expectations

Review №68

2023-09-19 01:47:28

A very delicious surprise for those who enter the alley. Best Korean street food in Berkeley.