Ohana Poké — Restaurant in Lumphini Subdistrict

The restaurant is nice, but the food is nothing like what the name would suggest. While the food is okay albeit -- not great, it's closer to a salad restaurant with rice.

This is an insult to Hawaiian culture and food. Calling this a poke restaurant is like saying ketchup with noodles is Italian spaghetti or ketchup with water is Thai Tom Yum.

The owner likely has never been to Hawaii or tried Poke, which makes the whole concept even more insulting...

Edit (response): Dear owner,

You seem to be a nice person and have the mentality of those who grew up in Hawaii — kindness and openness; however, it is concerning that your interpretation of poke is what you serve despite your claim of having tried poke 20+ times except where it originated from.

If someone else were to try your poke, they might think that this is poke and they might enjoy enough to make a restaurant called poke; it might even do well enough that it expands and trademarks the poke, creating a two-fold impact of confusing the people on what poke is and even restricting the use Hawaiians from using such Hawaiian vocabulary. While this might seem extreme, this is exactly what has happened with Zach Friedlander, who also uses ‘California-style’ poke and whose Aloha Poke brand has been suing the very people who have created the dish — imagine the uproar in Hawaii caused by someone who confuses people about what poke actually is, has never been there (or understands anything about the Hawaiian culture) and sues people in Hawaii from stealing their company’s brand value. That original California poke restaurant also had no intention of something like this happening.

Being someone who was born and raised in Hawaii, i was very happy to hear there was an authentic-sounding poke restaurant. But, to be honest, you currently do not serve any poke dish that has any resemblance to real poke. The problem was that the California poke restaurant that served California-style poke didn’t say it was California-poke, and Ohana Poke also doesn’t serve authentic poke. The rating given was based on how your food tastes as Poke — much like I would rate a Mexican restaurant if it were marketed as a salad restaurant. And I would be more than happy to change the rating, if you are able to serve at least 1 authentic poke dish.

Despite not having been to Hawaii, you have the embodiment of what it means to be Hawaiian -- caring about others, so I really look forward to coming here again and trying real poke one day, so i could change the rating to what you feel is appropriate. You might also see that authentic poke might actually be much more delicious to Thais than the version of poke...

In CRC there are 2 places to have salad. One on the second floor and one on the third floor, the Ohana pokè. I always went to the one on the second floor since it was faster to get there from the office. What a mistake! I dared to go one floor upper and try Ohana Pokè. I fell in love with it. I took the middle size portion and i was full. It was delicious! I still don't know how it is possible that a salad tastes so good. I created my own with Salmon, Tuna, Quail eggs, Pumpkin but the list of choices is pretty long. So perfect place if you want to eat healty while having a good portion of super tasty food. Absolutely...

Though I’ve never been to the resto in person I have been ordering from this place once to twice a week since April via grab.... (when our office stopped serving buffet style lunch due to covid!) this place serves fresh ingredients and you can find cauliflower rice here as the base. I love healthy food that gives me all the nutrients I need to get through the day. I highly recommend the sesame sauce and lime...