Poke Salad Bar

Restaurant Bar Japanese restaurant Salad shop Poke bar

Quaint counter-serve featuring build-your-own poke bowls & burritos with organic fish & toppings. People often mention poke, toppings, good, order, portions, small, time, bowl,


Address

1106 Fair Oaks Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030

Website

www.pokesaladbarsouthpasadena.com

Contact

(626) 460-6122

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (283 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Saturday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Sunday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Monday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Thursday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Friday: 11 AM to 9 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: poke (11) toppings (9) good (9) order (9) portions (7) small (6) time (6) bowl (6)
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  • 5/5 Tony Y. 11 months ago on Google
    I don’t like getting poke anywhere else because Poke Salad Bar has been serving me the tastiest, most bang-for-your-buck Poke in the area. I always get the large, which comes with 4 scoops of protein. I normally finish the whole thing by myself, but if you get your poke loaded up like I do, it’s big enough to be shared with another person. There’s a couple of tables inside and outside. There’s free street parking all around the block.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kevin C. 2 years ago on Google
    Ordered the Small Bowl, White Rice, all the initial toppings in Step 2, picked Ahi Tuna and Salmon, all the toppings in Step 4, and Yuzu Ponzu for sauce. Service was great and the presentation of the food as they made it was beautiful. Seafood was great, good portion, all paired well when mixed together. Please note, the small serving is plenty for two if you add all toppings. But if you're really hungry it'll practically carry you over for two meals. Water refreshment is provided too. Really accessible location with street parking readily available. This place gets steady traffic so it did not feel crowded during my visit. And the surrounding neighborhood is great to stroll around later while you digest, a Vons across the street for grocery needs.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pascal S. 2 years ago on Google
    Very tasty and good value. The small was huge!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Emma B. 8 months ago on Google
    great poke with really generous portions. my friend and i got the medium because we were expecting less generous NYC portions but it ended up being too much to eat since you can get crab salad and seaweed as toppings for free (extra of those costs a bit more)

  • 5/5 Jason S (Simchelin G. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely love this place. Fresh fish and ingredients. The poke tastes really good if you know what combo of sauces to get. I love getting the small with ahi tuna and spicy tuna, the medium and large are really big, and I'm a pretty big guy. Make sure to get a lot of dried onions. Very crispy texture to your poke. Service is fantastic. They always give good portions.

  • 2/5 Felix C. 9 months ago on Google
    Great poke but they really need to figure out how to deal with online orders. Making customers who come into the store wait while you build an online order for 5 is ridiculous. You have a giant line forming and you prioritize the online orders??? That’s not how you treat your customers... Half the time I have to wait at least 20 minutes. The simple solution would be to not allow online orders during peak hours.

  • 5/5 C 8 months ago on Google
    The best poke bowl ever! Fresh and tasty!

  • 5/5 Chris G. 7 months ago on Google
    So good I'm gonna have to store some for later (jk) but holy cow this by far the freshest and tastiest poke I've have in the entire area - bang for your buck is a huge understatement here the portions are👌🏽 and don't even get me started on the fried garlic🤤🥴 10/10 gotta go again

  • 5/5 Laurence L. 10 months ago on Google
    Always friendly, generous portions. They do enough turns to keep product fresh.

  • 2/5 Helen H. 1 year ago on Google
    I've eaten and delivered from here. Food was fine and I would've gone back, but service is like playing Russian roulette. There's a staff member whose ego is so fragile that if you inquire about whether an ingredient was added, he gives you the silent treatment with a panned expression while holding the bowl to show you. All that over... food? Not motivated to go back or suggest it to anyone. There are plenty of nicer poke bowl places to spend my money... and if my delivery stats are solid, I'm tapping Decline.

  • 3/5 Michelle S. 1 year ago on Google
    Have a food allergy and they tried to accommodate me. I didn't like it because I can't eat the majority of toppings and sauce, so, you know, fail on my part. Did that worker know that they cut their sesame oil with vegetable oil (aka soybean oil)? Anyway. Sick to my stomach.

  • 3/5 Grace L. 1 year ago on Google
    Ordered a small with ahi tuna and salmon. Generous portion size with lots of good toppings, but the fish was not very fresh.

  • 5/5 giselle s. 1 year ago on Google
    Super good! Great portions. Will be coming back for sure !

  • 3/5 Marcos F. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is mid. Despite having nice decor for dining in, the scoops of fish were tiny! Not bad quality, just too skimpy.

  • 1/5 Frena H. 1 year ago on Google
    I was a fan of this place but recently observing poor cleaning practices. No one changes gloves after touching everything in the building, large black flies landed on customer order and the guy continued adding Food to the order. To top off my agitation was a guy leaning over my order I.a dirty shirt, while the nice girl was making my order. Definitely need better health practices. Young lady who served was nice however. After this visit, I can't go back. 😢

  • 5/5 Helen I. 1 year ago on Google
    So fresh and yummy! The portions are huge and they were so kind and honest and told my husband and I that we would be fine sharing a large instead of insisting we each get our own bowls. The combination of toppings were so good and plentiful. Can’t wait to go back!

  • 4/5 Sonia R. 1 year ago on Google
    Love the food but I had gone in there for the first time with my partner weeks ago and the employees were rushing us and there was a lot miscommunication and they got my order wrong. I decided to go again but this time order for pickup and they got my order wrong again 🥲 Really enjoy the food though. Perhaps they had a rush or I'm not sure but don't know if I want to try a third time and see if I get all the ingredients right 😅

  • 2/5 David G. 2 years ago on Google
    I’ve order from here many times. But doubt we’ll be coming back. This is the 3rd time we have ordered and the food is wrong. From preparing the wrong sizes to even NOT putting sauce. Please do not say your busy because I just left and you had more employees then you did customers. You guys use to be right on point and now seems just lazy and careless.

  • 4/5 Yü W. 4 years ago on Google
    Decent Poke Bowl place. I like that you can get as many toppings (the non-poke part of the bowl) as you want rather than choose 2 like some other places. They also have two small tables outside if you'd like the street vibe.

  • 5/5 Jeff C. 2 years ago on Google
    It's pretty good! Quick easy, and really not a bad value for poke. I guess if like there to be a tiny bowl because even a "small" bowl is a hearty meal.

  • 2/5 Jorge C. 2 years ago on Google
    Usually come here two to three times a week, but this time I was a given a poke burrito that was stingy on the toppings ( I had to keep asking to put more) and the end result was a smashed burrito that tasted decent but looked like it was just smashed together and thrown in a plastic container

  • 5/5 Darlene Z. 2 years ago on Google
    Food is always delicious! Service isn’t always the best but I’m understanding that we all get tired during a long shift. Everything stays stocked and clean. Staff is fast.


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed outside
  • Parking
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Healthy options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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