It's been over two years since I reviewed my wife and I's favorite place. After taking some photos today, (not many) I get to add to the collection and give PokéBowl an honest COVID-19 review. I In short, I'm happy to say that they are doing well, with quality ingredients that are fresh. This being a family owned establishment, i shuddered to think that our favorite place could close and never come back.their precautions have worked for the better, though, and I personally am so happy to see them giving it their all. Client base I'm sure was scarce but they stuck it out. Your not here to read this review, though, are you? So here are all the photos. By an large, please come here. The kindness the couple have is immense and it shows in their food. And if I were you, I'd recommend the squid.

Really fabulous food. Choose what you want, so many selections. I took pictures, but they have even more stuff than is listed on the menu. I had zucchini noodles, brown rice, mixed greens and avocado. It was perfect. The food was so delicious, I am going back tomorrow, and I asked my lunchbunch friends to meet here next week. Fresh, fabulous food. Update, I have been here half a dozen times so far, the place is super clean, the food is fantastic, and the staff are really friendly. This is a wonderful place to eat.

PLEASE GIVE THIS PLACE A TRY. Everyone that I have taken to this place to try out has loved it! The flavors are so on point. If you love sushi but don't want sushi, this is the place to go. Friendliest staff I have ever met and this place has won my heart over and will forever be THE go-to spot. Favorite place to eat in Fort Myers

Best poke bowls in town. Owners are attentive, respectful and generous with the toppings. For the price you can’t beat it. Almost the same as a gross fast food meal and ten times as good. Edit 2/8/22 they never had a single complaint or excuse all through the pandemic. Just great food and perfect service. With all the garbage restaurants out there making excuses for everything under the sun due to the pandemic this is hugely respectable!! 6 stars if I could.

If you are looking for a great Poke Bowl, this is this place. The ingredients are fresh and much more varied than most Poke Bowl places. The staff is friendly (and patient) and seem to want to provide great service and awesome Poke Bowls. Of course we had Poke bowls, I won't bore you with the details, but there are a zillion possible combinations of ingredients, so get what you think you will like and try it out. If you like it, go back again and try something different that you wouldn't have tried before...you can be adventurous here! Aside from Poke bowls, we tried the Takoyaki (octopus balls with shaved bonito) on top. The Takoyaki was creamy and cruchy, and hit all the flavor notes. We will be back as this is our new favorite Poke bowl restaurant, and we highly recommend you try it out too!

Great food and nice atmosphere. The staff is always so nice. Never had an issue here and have been going for almost 3 years now.

First time here for their poke. It's top notch! You get to pick your toppings, sauces and sides. They don't come as meals. Nice eating area. The staff was patient when I didn't know what toppings to pick for my friend I was ordering for. Best bowls I have found in the area!

Wife breakfast under heater dryer out gravy. Mine 5 later no Texas garlic bread and a side salad would have been nice. I love the south one And Bonita Springs

I had breakfast lunch and dinner here for two days. The prime rib is amazing. The meatloaf I did not care for at all. Great pancakes. I did not like the breakfast sausage or the toast because the toast is Texas toast too thick for my liking and the sausage patty for the breakfast look more like a hamburger. breakfast potatoes were really good mashed potatoes are great. Breakfast is a little pricey but definitely worth it. The food here is definitely better than average and the staff is very friendly.

Better restaurant then a year ago. Everything seems improved service and quality of food. Very happy with the last 3 visits and plan more :-)

Paid for a Veterans lunch 😍

Ingredients were very fresh and there are tons of options to put in each bowl. The inside is very clean and bright as well. Was very happy with our stop for lunch!

Husband and I came here for lunch and it is a great little find. There is plenty of seating inside and larger tables for lunch groups. No outdoor seating. You pick the bowl and all of the toppings. I did the medium 2 topping shrimp and ahi tuna with sushi rice. It is affordable. We got two bowls for $23. Very clean inside.

I love it here!!!! Moved right up the street from this place and I would always drive by and tell myself I’ll give it a try. I did and it’s so good! The bowls are large and completely custom! Since you pick everything that goes inside I don’t think you can go wrong. Everything is very fresh and good quality. I enjoy this more than rolled sushi! Highly recommend!!

The spicy tuna (mixed with cilantro, green onions, red onions, spicy mayo, sesame oil and soy sauce) is amazing! They offer a wide variety of fresh toppings and proteins to choose from. Friendly, clean, fresh, tasty and comfortable. Highly recommend this place!

By far the best place in town to grab hawaiin cuisine ! Hardworking friendly service and the food is always fresh ! Many thanks to all three who work there !

Wow! Ah Mazing! I’ve eaten a lot of different POKE before and was super impressed with the quality and quantity of their food. I highly recommend this spot. I ended up making my own bowl (medium w/ 2 proteins) and added everything I love. Place was super clean and staff was friendly/helpful. The Thai tea was just okay.

Have been coming here since they opened and it has never disappointed! Food is fresh; lots of topping options; the sauces and crunch combos fun to try. Especially like the takoyaki.

My first poke bowl experience. They walked me through ordering. I created a chicken poke bowl with zucchini noodles, corn, red onion, spicy cucumber and spicy mayo dressing. I typed it with fried onions and. They have bottled soda and beer.

Food is very tasty, good portions price is reasonable. Only issue I had was the music is loud makes it hard to hear when you're ordering your bowl especially that some of the ingredients can be misspelled. Other than that it's very clean and worth the try.

The breakfast was amazing, fried chicken steak was excellent and my wife had roasted pot roast topped with eggs with hash on the side...the experience,service and quality will make us return.....

James was our server. He was fun, attentive and friendly. When my wife mentioned a problem with her order (overall the food was very good), James gave us a refund on the offending dish. As we were leaving, I'd forgotten to bring the box containing the leftovers from our enormous piece of Oreo pie. James came running after us to give it back. Thanks, James! As for the food, the prices were very reasonable and the portions generous. I enjoyed the prime rib. As I mentioned previously, saying the portion size of the Oreo pie was generous is an understatement. It could be a whole pie by itself-- the most "mousse" you'll ever see this side of the Canadian border.

Great place good food breakfast steak and eggs outstanding great price. Lunch menu could probably use a little help. Their menu is really good good value service is okay is there not busy. Their margaritas and Bloody Marys are very good great price

Our waiter James was absolutely wonderful. We were passing through and needed a place to stop, and this place looked good for kids (7 and 4). The portions were huge, food was amazing, and I don’t think we’ve ever left a restaurant for all for of us under $50! That’s with adult beverages, 3 adult meals 1 kids meal, and 4 desserts! James was sweet and engaging with our kids. He made them feel important and asked them for their orders. He complimented their behavior and said goodbye to them each as we finished. I wish all waiters were this kind! Great food, great service, great price. You absolutely can’t beat it!

Variety of breakfast items. Had avocado toast with eggs and a salad. Waitress could have been more friendly. Long time to wait for food. Had to remind about bringing water. Sipped on mimosa until breakfast came. Party of 6, 3 couples, and waitress just presented us with one bill. 2 of us couples were treating the 3rd couple to breakfast. Just seemed odd. It worked but wasn't a lot of friendliness or congeniality from waitress .

Was actually looking forward to a breakfast and to find out that they only serve it till 11am numbed me out, because I thought diners served breakfast all day. I gotta say the fries with gravy out if this world this is the only place I found did this, since I'm from Michigan and that is our thing. Delicious!

We stopped for a quick breakfast after a doctor appointment. Was in and out in 20 minutes. The breakfast chicken fajita quesadilla was amazing and their grits were delicious. I also really enjoyed their fresh squeezed orange juice.

Wanted breakfast but they stopped serving at 11 but they have omelettes. Ordered fish and chips and they were great!

The food was excellent. We were a party of 8 and our waitress was very much on the ball. She was very attentive. Our party all agreed that we will eat at Mel's again soon.

Always great service, fresh meals in a family environment.

Unmask. And packed in ..food was great but a. Covid. Pit

Good food and atmosphere

Best value for your dollar!

Very good

Mediocre breakfast and service.

Great food and service

(Translated by Google) Mel's Diner - Fort Myers a diner as you would imagine. Simply brilliant, great atmosphere, nice friendly staff, very good delicious food and also inexpensive. (Original) Mel's Diner - Fort Myers ein Diner wie man es sich Vorstellt. Einfach Genial Super Atmosphäre, Nettes Freundliches Personal, sehr gutes Leckeres Essen und auch Preiswert.

Omg, I don't even know where to start. The famous sausage gravy must be famous for being cold and with hard biscuits. The bloody Marys were like extremely watered down tomato juice, my eggs benedict... The ham was good, the eggs were watery / runny and the hollandaise sauce was bland. My wife's 3 cheese omelette barely had any cheese, other than the unmelted swiss laying on top. The hasbrowns were good. Apparently we went to the wrong mel's diner and there's a better one nearby, but after our experience here, we will definitely not be back. Idk how you can screw up breakfast, but they did.

Good sandwiches but their salads are piss poor.

great as always

Good food great prices and a fun atmosphere!

People are great, food is better! Love the atmosphere!

Very clean, exceptionally quick and courteous service, enormous menu selections, delicious food, and very reasonably priced.

does not meet with sympathy drivers of delivery application!

Limited breakfast menu around noon. Nastalgic look. Service was good.

Great waiters but good is lacking. Yankee food with minimal flavor.

Order food was siting outside waiting for Uber and manger came out and said I could not sit there

Not the same as was a few years ago

Great food and great atmosphere. They have a great variety of items on the menu. You can definitely find something to eat!

First time experiencing very poor service wasn't happy about it

Excellent food for fair price!

Food was good and our waitress was wonderful!!

Service was great😀, and the was even better! First time eating here.

Yummy & Fun

The fried ckicken dinner was excellent! There was so much food that I had to take half of it home with me! And the apple pie with caramel sauce drizzled over the top was the absolute best!

Always a great choice for a good meal.

Food was great, staff was great

Nothing special. Slow service. Run-of-the-mill food.

Great food and terrific service

A great hidden gem. I found this place completely by accident looking for something to grab for lunch one day. I am so glad I found it! It's nestled in a shopping plaza on Cleveland Ave and if you are looking for a fresh alternative to lunch, definitely check this place out. You order your size and base, noodles or rice or I think even salad. Turn you pick you protein, tuna, shrimp, salmon, etc. Then you get to pick all your toppings and dressing. My pick is a tuna bowl with sushi rice with creamy ginger dressing. You can eat in, lots of space and very clean or take out.

This was the best poke bowl I’ve ever had. There are so many options for toppings and the ingredients are fresh. The place is really clean and the staff is super friendly and helpful.

By far, the best place in Lee County for Poke Bowls. Spicy tuna is always fresh and delicious. They don't count every little thing like cilantro as one of your toppings. Also, their covid precautions are top notch. I love this place!

Best poke bowls around. Fresh ingredients, generous portions and friendly staff. Second time here and just became a “regular”

Good make you own poke bowl options. The spicy tuna was excellent!

Good food. Clean. Staff was kind and helpful, even when the customers (in front of us) were not polite.

So good. Always get the basics!

Awesome place great vibe and the good is on point highly recommended

It’s like subway but in a poke bowl. Love this place and so do my kids.

Honestly the best place for Poke bowls in Fort Myers; support this hidden gem!

Really good. Wish you offered chicken like other poke places though

I've tried every pokebowl place in fort myers and this one's the best. Great fresh ingredients and large portions even for the small size. The place is clean and sleek and the staff is friendly. Surprisingly cheap too. Pokebowl cafe is my new go to place.

This is my favorite to go poke bowl type place the couple that runs this place are excellent kind folks they run a very clean very delicious business

Extremely high quality, fair priced, and delicious. Establishment is clean and workers are friendly. I have zero complaints about any aspect of this restaurant.

Delicious Poke! I was happy they give you lots of toppings and good sauce options

First time coming here. You can Create your own bowl. I got the Soba noodles with tofu, cucumbers, carrots, corn, radishes, and avocado with crunchy fried onions ontop and the sweet ginger soy sauce. I also got a oolong Boba tea and miso soup. It was delicious! I highly recommend. I will definitely come here again!

Glad I found this place

Amazing food!

We loved it as a company lunch !

Got the medium poke bowl with salmon and ahi. It tasted great and the portion was enough to fill me up ! The staff was friendly and the atmosphere was welcoming. It was very clean and tidy. I would definitely recommend this place and plan on bringing friends and family here in the future to share the experience!

Soooo fresh and delicious!!

Coffee boba and shrimp tempura & cream cheese sushi are amazing! Only reason for one star is they are expensive! You have to pay extra $.75 for boba in the BOBA TEA! But overall great place.

Food is consistently great and you get soo much for the money. One of my favorites!

I’m so amazed with the service, food, and atmosphere. That’s is the most neat, clean, and beautiful Poke place I ever been. I everything is very organized, decoration is amazing. Chairs are super comfortable, the lighting is great and help to creat a nice experience. And of course the food is so tasty and fresh. Absolutely loved and would highly recommend it!

Delicious!!! They have plenty of options and everything is priced very fairly. Would highly recommend!!

Fantastic food and easy to customize! Very tasty!

Best poke bowl of my life. Great options if you’re trying to go Keto. The owners are super nice and provide amazing service. This is my favorite eatery in fort myers, hands down.

Great food. Tasty

Best Pokebowl in SWFL

Finally got to visit and get some takoyaki! The staff was nice and honest about the wait times. The takoyaki was good for the price I paid and was made fresh. I look forward to coming again and will update my rating if anything changes.

My favorite restaurant! Hours are not correct though, for the pandemic they are temporarily closed, drove there today in hopes they were still open and they are not.

Best Poke in town!! I’ve tried many other places, and they all upcharge all the toppings. This is a great value: good portion, quality sushi, and cheap price! Will continue coming back!

First time here. Great service. Fresh ingredients. Great taste. Good Prices Love it. EXCEPT…. And no one is more disappointed than me…. Every fourth fork full the flavor is interrupted by the unmistakable taste of melted plastic! WHAT!? Really. It’s like the smell of burning plastic ifyou ate it instead. Like when a loaf of bread gets too close to the toaster oven and melts the plastic onto the bread that you later eat. It’s kind a like that. I’m sure it’s an oversight and Some of the plastic packaging from the ingredients got too close to a hot surface and mixed in. Unfortunately it ruined my meal and my first experience here. I will return to give them another try once the after taste subsides.

Love this place! The people who work there are fast & friendly. The food is absolutely the freshest. It never gets old to eat here. So very yummy. You must try!

Love this place. Great food. Great value for the price as plenty of toppings included, clean place, great quality food! I will definitely be back!

Great food, and very kind/helpful service!

I got a shrimp and scallop poke bowl for the first time. Rice and zucchini noodles. Pretty good. The island sauce was fantastic. The only thing I was concerned with is that I wondered if the shrimp and scallops were fresh. I also do not like cilantro. I would give this a 5 star if it didn’t have that. I know others love it but it’s just not for me. I would get again if I knew I could get without cilantro. It was loaded with shrimp and scallops. Seemed very fresh. Again I loved the island sauce.

This is the absolute best place to get a poke bowl. The fish and ingredients are so fresh! The sauces are delicious! I’ve been here more times than I can count and have not once had a less-than-fantastic experience.

My favorite spot for poke! Very friendly, always good, and lots of options. I just wish they had door dash I would be getting them all the time sometimes I make that 20 min commute though because its worth it!

Hands down the best Poke I’ve ever had. Family owned and a perfect little spot. Clean always and owners are always working. If you don’t believe go try it for yourself. That’s all I have to say.

Soooo many options, I'm the one who can't ever decide lol! Ingredients were fresh and my bowl was amazing to the point I couldn't stop eating!

Food is always awesome. Very fresh. Place is always spotless. They do a very brisk take out business. Absolutely love this place. Haven’t had decent Poke since living in Hawaii.

I cannot say enough good about this place! It’s very fresh, every single time I’ve gone every single item is top notch. It’s immaculate, fast friendly service, and consistently amazing food! My favorite lunch spot!

My family and I absolutely love this place. The best poke bowl I’ve ever had and we’re always getting different poke bowls when we travel around Florida and out of state. Their ingredients are always fresh and delicious. I go here at least once a week I have a bit of an addiction because it’s just that good. lol

Great place! Healthy, fresh and friendly staff. Family owned and operated. Can get a little expensive, especially now charging extra for salmon/tuna but it's pretty good considering a large bowl is roughly the cost of a sushi roll these days. Anyways, recommend this place and look forward to the next visit.

Good portion! Protein options are a bit limited but they have soba noodles as base which I like!

I love this place! Everything is so fresh no matter what time of day and you can definitely tell! Best poke in Lee County thats for sure. The couple who owns it are very sweet and hardworking! It feels good to support them (:

This place is amazing! They have a fantastic range of choices and everything is fresh and delicious. I've been to 3 poke bowl places in our area and this one is my favorite!