The Poké Bar
Albany, NY · Hawaiian restaurant
- Address
- The Poké Bar, 475 Albany Shaker Rd, Albany, NY 12211
- Phone
- (518) 813-4018
- Website
- thepokebar518.com
- Status
- Closed · Opens 11 AM
The Poké Bar is a restaurant located in Albany, NY. It is one of 546 restaurants listed in Albany. Its 4.7-star rating is above the Albany city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.
About The Poké Bar
The Poké Bar is a fast casual restaurant focused on serving fresh, reliable, high quality, healthy sushi grade diced fish, chicken, and vegetables Hawaiian style with an upstate twist. We want to offer all our customers a variety of ways to order... More
Hours
| Friday | 11 AM–9 PM |
Customer Reviews
The Poké Bar offers incredibly fresh and delicious food, with an impressive array of combinations to customize your perfect bowl. The quality of the ingredients truly shines. While the food is undoubtedly the star, the service was a bit underwhelming; it was efficient but lacked any warmth or conversation. I noticed a constant stream of takeout orders, suggesting its popularity. The atmosphere, unfortunately, felt a bit cold and uninviting, which detracted slightly from the overall experience. Despite the service and atmosphere, the food itself is top-notch. I just wish this gem was closer to my home!
Absolutely terrible customer service. I was having issues ordering online since theyve changed to only Uber eats and door dash, so I called the store and figured I would place my order online and she was rude and unwilling to help me. She claimed to be the manager as well. Save your time, energy and money. Go support a business that actually wants to survive this recession.
Casual dining... order at the counter and seat yourself or take it to go. The staff seems friendly and the environment feels relaxed. Quantity and quality of poke bowls has been variable. Previous order was too low on quantity, but everything was fresh and tasty. More recent meal was beautifully put together (and was a perfect amount of food), but the tuna had gone bad and a couple of bites was room temperature. My guess is that there are tubs of raw fish left exposed to air, so when they aren't super busy, the fish quickly gets less edible. Thankfully this did not affect anything else in the bowl and so I picked out the tuna and ate the rest, no problem. So desperate for a good poke bar at this price range to order regular lunches, that ill definitely try it again... but hopefully the
Freaking amazing Sushi and Asian food. You can make a bowl with all kinds of protein including raw ahi tuna and it was amazing, but they also have cooked chicken for the bowls if you don't like raw stuff. It's a super tasty healthy concept. I made a bowl with a lot of good salad stuff and dressings and everything tasted really fresh. And the cooked dumplings were really good too.
I was there at a quiet time, which allowed me to really think about what I wanted in my bowl. I decided to go with the medium bowl, which is 2 scoops. The base I chose was mixed salad and zoodles. My proteins were the Ahi tuna and salmon with the Garlic Ponzu sauce. 😋 My sides were carrot, chickpeas, Cilantro, crab mix ($1 extra), cucumber, edamame, jalapeño, radish, seaweed salad ($1 extra). The sauce for that level of goodness was garlic airlines. Toppings were almonds, crispy wonton, ginger, scallions, shredded nor, Sunflower seeds, and wasabi. Tammy was very helpful with my decisions. She showed me a lot of patience. I was so happy with my lunch that I also brought home the avocado sesame and garlic chicken summer rolls. Both very good. I highly recommend going to the Poke Bar.
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