Pokeworks Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Fantastic poke, fresh and tasty."
• "Food was pretty good and fresh."
• "The freshness and quality of the ingredients stood out, making my meal a delicious and satisfying choice."
• "The fish are fresh and make sure to check in on yelp to receive free drink!"
• "Best poke in New York... there's lots of super fresh fish and their rice is tasty."
• "Absolutely excellent food Quality, The fish is incredible, And i never knew that raw fish was this good."
• "The food is real fresh, and I felt healthier just eating it."

Cons:

• "The bowl was 80% rice and hardly any toppings."
• "It is probably one of the worst poke place in NYC. Fish has no taste, more rice in the bowl than anything else and it is very hard."
• "The bowl was mixed very sloppy and over-drown in sauce."
• "Food was bland. Not impressed at all."
• "Flavors were nothing special."
• "The protein does not taste fresh."
• "Not fresh at all!! Very disappointing!!!!!! The tuna and the avocado taste so bad."

Service

Pros:

• "Great location! The staff is helpful and they have a large selection of ingredients."
• "Amazing staff, not overly nice but actually and genuinely nice."
• "The cashier have really nice attitude."
• "Sky and Nayeli give me amazing customer service."
• "They were very polite and from the moment you arrive they serve you with a beautiful smile."
• "The staff is always friendly and fast in preparing my order, even in the craziness of lunch hour."
• "The whole team is very welcoming and friendly, and Ana in particular is an amazing standout!"

Cons:

• "The service isn't great the person serving the bowls is really rude."
• "Worker attitude was awful, and they were so stingy with the proteins."
• "Unfriendly and rude employees who serve half portions and don't respect the appropriate health and sanitation protocols."
• "It seems like the workers do the bare minimum when it comes to their job."
• "Staff is unfriendly, music too loud and you need to speak very loud otherwise the rude staff will tell you they can't hear you."
• "The worker had an attitude while filling my bowl when I asked for a little more rice."
• "I am so shocked with the attitude of those two ladies working."

Value

Pros:

• "For the regular bowls which were ~$12 you can get 2 types of proteins and the large you can get 3."
• "Food is healthy, fresh, and tasty all with a great price."
• "Most of the toppings are free."
• "Prices about the same for most Poke spots."
• "Good food (Poke Bowls), fair price, expensive drinks though."
• "This place has a good variety of fresh toppings at a bc reasonable price and they are not cheap giving them to you."
• "I suggest getting the bowl because you get more bank for your buck."

Cons:

• "The food is not bad, the options and variety is enough to satisfy most people. However the price is on the higher end of the spectrum."
• "The prices were unfair given how small the sushi burrito was."
• "A bit pricy, but understandable given the raw fish."
• "Great poke at a somewhat high price, though to be fair poke is usually marked up at anywhere but a family-ish estab."
• "Portion was kinda small though and the prices are kind of steep, small bowl was $16."
• "They do skimp out on the portions."
• "To pay 20$ for a bowl with mushy rice was not worth it."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Newerish take out spot, but if they keep up their quality, I may have found a favorite lunch spot."
• "I loved the atmosphere, it is so welcoming and the food is amazing as well!!"
• "Absolutely Excellent, not only did the restaurant itself feel cozy, The atmosphere within its decoration felt great."
• "The place was very clean."
• "When I walked into the restaurant, I immediately noticed the cleanliness. A lot of options to choose from on the menu and the staff was very patient."
• "The staff is always so kind and efficient, especially the manager Jawanza!"
• "This spot, and more specifically this location is absolutely everything you’d want it to be."

Cons:

• "Note: no WiFi or toilet here."
• "One star off for the sometimes inadequate number of seats in this modest space."
• "On a hot day, there was no AC inside!"
• "This space did not have its AC working on a very hot day."
• "The place is small so there's not a lot of seating."
• "Place needs more attention to cleanliness especially towards the end of the day."
• "The only thing I didn't like was that there was no labels on what each item were so everyone is constantly asking what something is."