Pokeology — Restaurant in Yorba Linda

I always get excited when I hear about poke joints in YL, but this one didn't live up to the hype for me.

I came here because it was relatively new and I wanted to try it out. I'm a huge fan of poke bowls, and what really sets different poke restaurants apart from each other really comes down to the toppings that are included with the price you pay and the level of service you receive.

PRICE / PORTION * A regular bowl is $8.95 and a large bowl is $11.75. Regular is 3 scoops of fish vs a large which is 5. I wouldn't recommend getting the large unless you're really hungry or you're splitting it with somebody else.

TOPPINGS * I really like that they give generous portions for each topping, especially the seaweed salad which I have always had to pay for (it's free here)! I'm slightly disappointed that their avocado topping has gone from being free to an additional charge of $0.49. I also think it's strange how they have a huge amount of day-old avocado in a quarter pan when they should have just preserved the freshness of the avocado with some lemons. It looks more appealing that way, in my opinion.

The house sauce is alright. I believe it's a mixture of soy sauce and peanut oil, which doesn't really send me. Not much of a kick to it but not much flavor other than the peanut either. The sauce truly makes it or breaks it for me, so I would recommend trying out a different sauce than their house special.

SERVICE * The employees are NICE, but nice really doesn't cut it for me. I was very disappointed to see that one of the food service workers had so many strands of hair sticking outside of her ponytail and hat. I thought the purpose of wearing a hat was to keep hair away from the food, so why isn't anyone there to tell her to redo her ponytail? Speaking of anyone there, where was the manager on duty? Or the assistant manager? Or a supervisor? I checked in on Yelp to receive my free miso soup and neither the FSW nor the cashier had any idea about the promotion. Instead, the cashier decided to call his manager on the phone to verify the promotion rather than just honoring it. Cmon, the miso soup was only $1. I'm not so much disappointed in not getting the miso soup as I am about there not being any authoritative figure there at all.

I hope that they can make improvements with the quality of their service and the presentation of their food/toppings. Maybe then will I return to this location for a...

Excellent small restaurant with AMAZING prices. You can get a legit bowl of ramen or a bowl of poke for $10! That is unheard of in today's insane greedflation economy.

First time here and they had high quality service and eager to please workers taking care of the orders and prep which was nice and made the experience smooth and pleasant.

The food itself was very tasty and sizably portioned. I was shocked at the quantity and price. I ordered the sushi burrito for $10 (I usually pay $15 at my favorite poke spot by my house as a comparison). I highly recommend going to this spot before the prices shoot up 40-60% in the next 12 months. They deserve your...

Really good! It’s hard to find poke places that serve tofu (in vegetarian) and this one just newly added tofu to their menu so I’m for sure going to be ordering here at least once a week probably. Usually I have to go down to Orange to get it. I Postmates’d it and ordered the sauces on the side so it wouldn’t get soggy and it was so good! The portions are great, and the topping choices they offer pair really well with it. Some topping they offer are pickled radishes (the yellow ones like in kimbap/sushi), pickled jalapeño, and crunchy onions!!!!!

They use a leafy green lettuce not iceberg so extra points for that!

Overall really satisfied with the flavor...