Poke-Poke — Restaurant in Austin

Tl;Dr - food was overpriced for the portion sizes, and the poke bowls tasted bad.

Service and speed was fine, but the food was not good. I ordered a 'large' "aloha poke" with salmon, carrots, and white rice.

First off, calling the bowl 'large' is something I disagree with. If this was a bowl of soup, yes it is large. However it's not soup. When half of the bowl is filled with a base of filler (rice), there is nothing large about it that justified the price tag.

My first bite was overall slightly offensive. I am unsure what exactly the problem was, but I suspect it was largely the salmon tasting bad, plus a lack of overall flavors. Since I ordered the food to go, I was able to salvage the meal by adding things to my bowl: additional soy sauce, sri racha, onion chips, and sesame oil. This improved the flavor, but at the end I had to eat around the terrible protein. It's a big shame we paid so much for such a bad meal. My partner and I will not be...

First time I went there was no customers inside. I went in and ordered an OG with Spicy tuna, which they have another name for. Instead of offering me help with the menu as it was obvious I had never ordered there before the guy taking my order proceeded to be very condescending and appeared extremely impatient that I didn’t know the menu. This rubbed me the wrong way as I was literally the only customer. I thought maybe he was having a bad day and looked past it. I got my Poke and not going to lie it was good. I came back and a different guy was working there who was very friendly and the experience was great. I went again today and the original guy who was condescending took my order. He again had such a bad attitude that in the middle of my order I just walked. Again, I was the only customer.

TLDR: Food is okay and one guys attitude who works there is so terrible it makes the experience not worth it. There is better poke 8...

Poke Poke was really good - I’m not used to their ordering style - normally I order buffet styl and build my own bowl but they have a set type of menu that you can customize by adding/removing items.

I ordered the super spicy one which actually made my mouth burn for a bit but was super tasty and enjoyable. My wife ordered their most popular non-spicy poke option and really enjoyed it as well. The portions are deceiving as they serve their poke on a smaller carton bowl/boat but is actually a decent sized portion. The flavors were great and the two young adolescents helping us were nice. The shuffle board inside is a cool touch and we got to play while our poke bowls/boats were being made.

A bit in the pricier side because you have to pay for some basic toppings (fried garlic $.50 and seaweed salad was an extra $3) but it was...