Pokedoke

I walked here for lunch today to try Papa Shih (but its closed) so had a small PokeDoke bowl instead. I havent been here since they moved (from across the street). Glad to see service has improved, nice attentive staff and food tastes good. Its a little hard to read the menu (at the top of the ceiling) thankfully they have the menu posted at the order counter as well. Only annoyance was that they dont put as much food in the small bowl as they used to. However, still pretty filling. I will come back.

I Like this place a lot for poke. The quality is fresh and they offer different portion sizes. Even with all the add ons and modifications, they do a good job getting the order correct 97% of the time. I have noticed how drastically their prices rose in the past 2 years. Which is both expected and a bummer because half the meal is rice. So everything but the fish is rather inexpensive. Plus most of the stuff is raw so no real preparation is needed. Other than maybe some quick Mandoline work or putting things through a food processor with attachment. I do wish the bowls were more long instead of tall. Because the style is more of a cup, the distribution of the ingredients leaves you eating through to find the rice and ultimately ending with a ton of rice at the bottom once all the stuff is gone. I don’t mind paying the price increase but for that, they should really make presentation a priority.

The bowls are delicious, but on the pricey side. I prefer sushi, but it’s good to switch it up every once in a while. The ahi tuna in the PokeDoke Bowl tasted fresh and I like how the fish was chilled rather than at room temperature. The ShrimpTastic bowl had cute tiny shrimps. Both bowls were filling as there was a good amount of rice at the bottom.