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| - I'm amazed by the consistent high ratings Poke Guys have been getting from foodies all over town. Which makes me question, how come my bowl did not receive the same treatment.
Let me start off by saying that I've not had a wide variety of poke bowls across town, but I've had enough to justify the points in this review. These points are mostly relevant to price to value ratio, and the quality of the ingredients.
Poke Guy's variety is on point, with many choices and hundreds of permutations from the build-it-yourself menu. The restaurant trusts your ability to build a stunning poke bowl, and often advises you on which combination makes a winning bowl, nice.
But upon tasting, the salmon I ordered had a distinctive fishy smell, that often comes from salmon that was stored too long. Since I opted for the marinaded salmon, the texture of it is also chewy and firm to the taste. Some may find that texture weird, in which I suggest the non-marinaded fishes instead. The rest of the dish's components were fine, ranging from $0.50 to $1.00 per topping. However, the fishy smell and the squishiness of the fish subsequently killed off the rest of the dish, regardless of the other components. This was not a problem with other poke bowl locations.
Price is competitive with other poke locations, but expect to pay higher if you like to load it up with toppings, but be careful with the main star of the dish, the fish itself. It just might make or break your bowl.
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