Fresh fish, scallops, octopus... Quantity of portions more than adequate. Only qualm is the wide choice selection... and the slightly hurried serving approach. A bit like Subway, except that you don't know up front, what are sensible combinations.Servers are happy to make suggestions if asked. If you already know your preferences, go for it, but if not, watch a bit and then have the walk you through it.My personal fav is brown rice, house ponzu, mayo with yellow tail, tuna and octopus, topped with most everything. Be sure to add fried onion on top- decadent, but worth the 40 cal...
Dope poke bowls. What more can I say? The location is very convenient too. It's in the same shopping centre as the Smart & Final but it's on the opposite side of the center, so the parking is always good.
Food is OK..long wait because there is only one person making the food. Good luck if you have a group or even just 1 customer in front of you. I had better poke outside the area, but there aren't many options in SB. The main reason for 2 stars is that the prices as of March 2022 are obscene: $20 with tax for a double protein bowl?! It better be a premium and a generous serving of fish for that price (which it wasn't). Won't be going back nor updating my rating until the prices go back to being reasonable (think at least ~half of that price, what it used to be).
Been going here for over a year now and the service and quality has gone down hill drastically. I would not recommend going here. I used to see the same guy and gal who also worked downtown and they were very friendly and always greeted us and gave great customer service. Ever since the new year I have gone 3-4 times and every time its a new guy and gal and they keep giving smaller serving sizes, are rude, and lack customer service skills. They said that edamame was a "premium topping" that my points went towards when in fact edamame has been give out for free for years. When I asked about it, the guy just walked away. Sad to see such a good place go down hill this quickly.
Been a loyal customer for a while and staff would happily welcome me back, but the new staff recently have been rude. Prices have gone up, portions are getting smaller and smaller, and bowls are haphazardly thrown together. This is my last visit.
very tasty food, prices are above average. the fish is fresh, it is clear that the products are of high quality. I like this place
WORST EXPERIENCE EVER. If you wish to be humiliated, do check them out.Ordered their poke bowl in english and dined in with my husband. Thinking we could not understand mandarin, we later heard one of the female employees speaking to her colleagues pretty loudly about us and mentioning how disgusting we were as customers. In her exact words "Those two people who just came in, one male and female, having a bowl of poke bowl. Don't you think they are very disgusting?"I was extremely astonished to hear what she had said given that we did absolutely no wrong. And still find it puzzling why she would have said that. While we did not confront about the issue, we later walked over and spoke in mandarin, to let her know we understood mandarin too.I guess it's just having a certain amount of basic respect and EQ to not badmouth about your customers so loudly. I hope the boss of this outlet is reading this and would educate your staff about customer service.I've never felt so much humiliation while dining.
I'm new to the area and I have yet to find good sushi/poke. I really wanted to like Choppa Poke but there's some problems. The cuts of fish aren't fantastic, and you get a combination of good cubed tender pieces, and some other stringy, chewy pieces. Overall quality is quite average, but better than some other places in the area I've tried so far. For the price, it's not worth it. 16$ for a medium bowl pre-tax is simply just not competitive and not worth it. I can't justify paying that price unless I'm in a hurry.There are good things though: Toppings are free, even avocado! That's pretty much it. I think it's better than some other places in the area, but clearly this location does not have the freshest fish coming in, which is unfortunate for sushi lovers around here.
Best poke I’ve had. Miss it everyday now I’m in LA. They are so professional and clean. Their fish is really fresh so it has great texture and flavor. The sauce they have here is my absolute fav (chili garlic shoyu). The variety of sides is so nice and everything is super fresh, like they open an avocado up for you on the spot. The people are incredibly on point and hardworking.
Love it. The portions are huge and always fresh.