Aina Poke — Restaurant in Texas

You need to go here. It’s so yummy.

If you’ve never had a Poke Bowl before, It’s a build your own bowl with unlimited toppings (avocado is $1 extra.) I ordered the regular tuna and spicy tuna (great combo) white rice with cilantro, edamame, cucumber, seaweed salad, ginger, green onion and fried onion and mango. The meal was huge and flavorful and on the healthy side. I feel like it was a big bowl of satisfying sushi. Each bite I could build my own “sushi roll”. The ladies who work there are always very nice and the price is just as affordable if not better than many fast food restaurants. I urge you to check them out and support a great local business. The storefront may not look like much, but they are worth testing out.

Side note, we waste so much plastic, I asked her if I could use my own to go container and she let me. Lookout during your day and notice what a single use society we are with plastic. I don’t mean to be preachy 😬 I’m still bad but trying to be better! Bring your own to go...

So glad Richmond has its first poke and it is DELICIOUS. They have a customer loyalty card so make sure to GET ONE; once filled you get a free bowl. Also, they offer free miso soup and sell unique snacks. The place is always super clean and I love their artwork including a blackboard with drawings and really cool holographic fish decals. The food is always fresh! I've been in at end of day, end of week before and food is fresh. I usually go for the 2 protein bowl and ask for Half-Half: half rice and half salad mix. Proteins include: salmon (fav), spicy tuna, squid, mussels, etc. I have a specific mix: 2 salmon or 1 salmon and 1 squid with half-half salad, house spicy sauce and add: masago (roe), cucumber, seaweed, edamame. You can also add crunchy seaweed toppings. They're always very polite here and...

I love this place and normally there service is better but today was terrible. I arrived around 12:30 for lunch no one was there and no one was serving customers. I had to wait for a while then finally yell in the back to get help. The lady comes out (I didn't get her name as I've never seen her working there before) and apologizes but they are completely out of white rice! Come on now white rice is one of the only bases I've seen ppl order. I asked her if she would still charge me extra for avocado for waiting and being forced to choose a different base. It's not my fault y'all were unprepared. She said no and I felt like there unwillingness to be reasonable deserved...