Umami Pokerito — Restaurant in Charlotte

So let me just start by saying we(me and my fellow foodie at work) were looking for something to eat today and wanted something new. We wanted sushi but were a little burnt out on our favorite spot Mr. Tokyo. I looked for something close that did takeout and stimbled upon this little gem.

Now I've heard of poke, but never went out to try it and and always thought pokeritos were going to be a bit overwhelming and was just a fad so I avoided it.

Boy was I wrong. I called in a build your own bowl and burrito for my friend and it was ready in about 10 minutes to pickup.

You can view the menu to see the options to customize the bowl, it was exciting to pick what I wanted like this. The chef reccomended the sushi rice as he said it was most popular, and I went with the Ahi Tuna because raw was on my mind. I had it mixed with 5 items: mixed greens, jalapeno, red cabbage, tempura flakes and cilantro. Then I had it topped with seaweed salad and their in-house poke sauce. It looked amazing like the best salad I've ever gotten, for takeout I knew I was in for a treat. I mixed in a little of the offered soy sauce and wasabi and went to town.

You wanna talk about fresh? It was a foodies wetdream. The tuna was so flavorful and melted in my mouth and the combination of other flavors just meshed together perfectly. They really are on point with their sushi rice, some the best I have ever had. The whole bowl is eatable using chopsticks which was a major plus for me.

The sauce added so much unique flavor and combined with the soy and seasoning of the seaweed salad I was in heaven.

My buddy got a soy paper wrap with spicy tuna, seaweed salad, poke sauce and similiar items as my bowl and got one for his son who also works with us and they were both impressed so I'll definitely reccomend and try it next time. We brought menus for some coworkers and the whole office was jealous and wanted to try it from looks alone and everyone said it smelled amazing.

Me and my friend both agreed these gentelman know what they are doing and have it down pat. This is definitely going to be a weekly lunch spot for us now.

Bravo...

The visit here was actually unplanned and unexpected. Went out for sushi for lunch and the place we wanted to go closed at 3. So after searching for another place to eat we settled here and there is zero regrets. I am SO glad we were not able to get sushi.

The ability to customize your own creation is so perfect for someone like me that likes a lot of things but also has some very picky tastes too..if that even makes sense. They also have some amazing delicious combos that you can just choose from.

The food was so filling without leaving you feeling disgustingly overstuffed. It was fresh and so delicious and came out so quickly. Staff was so pleasant and so helpful with a few questions I had and helped pick out a recommendation for me when I couldn't decide between two of the pickled daikons.

Inside doesn't have a lot of decorations or details, I would love to see a bit more done with that. Some plants would look amazing in there to compliment that beautiful wood inside. But overall it's still very nice inside to sit down and eat.

Very excited to go back and eat...

I'm a huge fan of poke and I hadn't made it out here they so I decided to give it a try. It's in a small shopping center off of Pineville-Matthews road.

I always do a build your own poke bowl. I didn't like how this one was set up. You had to order at the counter, but you couldn't see what you were ordering it watch them make it for you like you can at most places.

I got mine with brown rice, Ahi Tuna, avocado, carrots, corn, green onions, cucumbers, mango, and sweet chili sauce. I enjoyed my bowl, but I wish I would have sampled the sauces before getting one because there sweet chili was a little too sweet for me. I thought the topping selection was a little smaller than some of the other places around town.

They have a very small number of tables there, but there was no one there when we were there.

All in all, I liked it and I would come back again if I were...