Ordered via doordash and literally like half the ingredients ordered were missing, including some that I paid extra for.
John L.
I don't like raw fish! So, why am I here? My wife and I planned to be in Bethesda, and she loves poke bowls. So, she's the reason. :) I looked for a highly rated poke bowl restaurant and found that this place is directly linked to Kusshi Sushi. We love the dishes at Kusshi Sushi. I assumed that the quality of food here would be similar, and it was! We got 2 "Build Your Own" bowls. That way, we get what we like, and I avoid raw fish. If you don't want to build your own bowl, then you can pick from a list of signature bowls. Those bowls have preselected ingredients. Build your own bowl starts with a choice of bowl size. Each size comes with a certain number of scoops of protein. They have regular, large, extra large, and no protein. We picked large. That came with 3 scoops. You can get more scoops for an extra charge. The build order continues as follows: proteins, toppings, sprinkles, and sauces. You can pick more than one type of everything. Some choices have an extra charge. Those are zucchini noodles, avocado, and masago (fish roe). My wife's bowl had brown rice, marinated tuna, spicy tuna, spicy salmon, cucumbers, carrots, edamame, red onions, cilantro, crispy onion, sesame seeds, furikake, wasabi aioli, and sesame dressing. It was SPICY! Less wasabi aioli next time. There were more than enough chunks of fish. The quality was good. They were soft, not mushy. There was no bad smell or taste. The bowl was flavorful, but the fish flavors were prominent. Everything looked and tasted fresh. It was a raw fish lover's paradise. My wife loved it! It was good enough that I could eat it. And I really dislike raw fish! My bowl had spring mix, garlic shrimp, carrots, cucumbers, edamame, pickled ginger, red onions, scallions, cilantro, crispy onion, crispy garlic, tempura flakes, sesame seeds, rice puffs, furikake, wasabi aioli, eel sauce, and sesame dressing. The garlic shrimp was tender and delicious. The bowl was bursting with flavor. Every taste sensation was there - sweet, sour, salty, bitter, savory, spicy, and fatty. I removed the pickled ginger because it was very strong in ginger flavor which was somewhat bitter. This bowl was incredibly well-rounded. Thanks to Poke Dojo for all the great ingredients! FYI, eel sauce contains soy sauce, sugar, mirin, and sake. It was sweet, salty, and savory with a touch of smokiness from caramelization. I'm glad they have it! It's called eel sauce because it is commonly used in Japanese cooking to glaze eel. The service was knowledgeable, helpful, patient, and polite. We were guided through the process smoothly. All questions were answered well. A great service experience! The dining room and restroom were clean. They have one restroom for customers. There were only 13 seats in a small dining room. Parking is available at Colonial Parking garage or Bethesda Elm Street garage. Both have hourly rates. Bethesda Elm Street garage is free on Sunday. Colonial Parking has the closest access with an elevator. If you're looking for poke bowls with quality ingredients, then this place should be on your list.
T Connolly
Appreciate the coupons makes a nice generous meal or two.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Piko
Poké Dojo has super fresh fish. Start by choosing your base, I like sushi rice. Follow with your protein, the spicy tuna and plain tuna are my faves. Then take a look at the rainbow spread of toppings and just go for it, try em all!Tip: get your order to go, this fast casual spot is majorly lacking in atmosphere.Attention Management: if you’re going to offer a Groupon, train your employees on how to apply it to the customer’s order; 2 minutes to order and 10 minutes to wait for the employee to figure out how to apply it, so you can checkout (thank you to the second employee, a young man who showed up about 5 PM)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
David Hecht
Lots of picky my reviews here, this place is fantastic. Very generous portion of poke. The flavor of the spicy and marinated fish is great, and the quality is very good. Pretty much everything I want in a poke bowl.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
michelle minich
Poké Dojo has super fresh fish. Start by choosing your base, I like sushi rice. Follow with your protein, the spicy tuna and plain tuna are my faves. Then take a look at the rainbow spread of toppings and just go for it, try em all!Tip: get your order to go, this fast casual spot is majorly lacking in atmosphere.Attention Management: if you’re going to offer a Groupon, train your employees on how to apply it to the customer’s order; 2 minutes to order and 10 minutes to wait for the employee to figure out how to apply it, so you can checkout (thank you to the second employee, a young man who showed up about 5 PM)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Anthony N.
The food is amazing here, the staff is very nice and was patient with me being my first time here and not knowing what to get, they gave me recommendations. Highly recommend, worth the visit and would go here again
Marie G.
I love the food, but sadly the new coworkers are not the best as the old ones they had. I used to love the morning shifts people there was two girls.. but there was assuming the manager in a laptop and sweats never helping when it got hectic. This place needs to be more organized as well. It's a mess. These coworkers are lazy now and are very not clean. Stop hiring random people and actually get the right folks that makes the company way better.
A B.
Ok, updating my review, they added back the option for no sauce...so I'm back to ordering this basically once a week when I'm working from home. Yum!
Great options and fresh and amazing flavors ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dojo Bowl
Ordered via doordash and literally like half the ingredients ordered were missing, including some that I paid extra for.
I don't like raw fish! So, why am I here? My wife and I planned to be in Bethesda, and she loves poke bowls. So, she's the reason. :) I looked for a highly rated poke bowl restaurant and found that this place is directly linked to Kusshi Sushi. We love the dishes at Kusshi Sushi. I assumed that the quality of food here would be similar, and it was! We got 2 "Build Your Own" bowls. That way, we get what we like, and I avoid raw fish. If you don't want to build your own bowl, then you can pick from a list of signature bowls. Those bowls have preselected ingredients. Build your own bowl starts with a choice of bowl size. Each size comes with a certain number of scoops of protein. They have regular, large, extra large, and no protein. We picked large. That came with 3 scoops. You can get more scoops for an extra charge. The build order continues as follows: proteins, toppings, sprinkles, and sauces. You can pick more than one type of everything. Some choices have an extra charge. Those are zucchini noodles, avocado, and masago (fish roe). My wife's bowl had brown rice, marinated tuna, spicy tuna, spicy salmon, cucumbers, carrots, edamame, red onions, cilantro, crispy onion, sesame seeds, furikake, wasabi aioli, and sesame dressing. It was SPICY! Less wasabi aioli next time. There were more than enough chunks of fish. The quality was good. They were soft, not mushy. There was no bad smell or taste. The bowl was flavorful, but the fish flavors were prominent. Everything looked and tasted fresh. It was a raw fish lover's paradise. My wife loved it! It was good enough that I could eat it. And I really dislike raw fish! My bowl had spring mix, garlic shrimp, carrots, cucumbers, edamame, pickled ginger, red onions, scallions, cilantro, crispy onion, crispy garlic, tempura flakes, sesame seeds, rice puffs, furikake, wasabi aioli, eel sauce, and sesame dressing. The garlic shrimp was tender and delicious. The bowl was bursting with flavor. Every taste sensation was there - sweet, sour, salty, bitter, savory, spicy, and fatty. I removed the pickled ginger because it was very strong in ginger flavor which was somewhat bitter. This bowl was incredibly well-rounded. Thanks to Poke Dojo for all the great ingredients! FYI, eel sauce contains soy sauce, sugar, mirin, and sake. It was sweet, salty, and savory with a touch of smokiness from caramelization. I'm glad they have it! It's called eel sauce because it is commonly used in Japanese cooking to glaze eel. The service was knowledgeable, helpful, patient, and polite. We were guided through the process smoothly. All questions were answered well. A great service experience! The dining room and restroom were clean. They have one restroom for customers. There were only 13 seats in a small dining room. Parking is available at Colonial Parking garage or Bethesda Elm Street garage. Both have hourly rates. Bethesda Elm Street garage is free on Sunday. Colonial Parking has the closest access with an elevator. If you're looking for poke bowls with quality ingredients, then this place should be on your list.
Appreciate the coupons makes a nice generous meal or two.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Poké Dojo has super fresh fish. Start by choosing your base, I like sushi rice. Follow with your protein, the spicy tuna and plain tuna are my faves. Then take a look at the rainbow spread of toppings and just go for it, try em all!Tip: get your order to go, this fast casual spot is majorly lacking in atmosphere.Attention Management: if you’re going to offer a Groupon, train your employees on how to apply it to the customer’s order; 2 minutes to order and 10 minutes to wait for the employee to figure out how to apply it, so you can checkout (thank you to the second employee, a young man who showed up about 5 PM)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Lots of picky my reviews here, this place is fantastic. Very generous portion of poke. The flavor of the spicy and marinated fish is great, and the quality is very good. Pretty much everything I want in a poke bowl.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Poké Dojo has super fresh fish. Start by choosing your base, I like sushi rice. Follow with your protein, the spicy tuna and plain tuna are my faves. Then take a look at the rainbow spread of toppings and just go for it, try em all!Tip: get your order to go, this fast casual spot is majorly lacking in atmosphere.Attention Management: if you’re going to offer a Groupon, train your employees on how to apply it to the customer’s order; 2 minutes to order and 10 minutes to wait for the employee to figure out how to apply it, so you can checkout (thank you to the second employee, a young man who showed up about 5 PM)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
The food is amazing here, the staff is very nice and was patient with me being my first time here and not knowing what to get, they gave me recommendations. Highly recommend, worth the visit and would go here again
I love the food, but sadly the new coworkers are not the best as the old ones they had. I used to love the morning shifts people there was two girls.. but there was assuming the manager in a laptop and sweats never helping when it got hectic. This place needs to be more organized as well. It's a mess. These coworkers are lazy now and are very not clean. Stop hiring random people and actually get the right folks that makes the company way better.
Ok, updating my review, they added back the option for no sauce...so I'm back to ordering this basically once a week when I'm working from home. Yum!
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Nice place to grab a Poke bowl.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great poke and huge portions. They're generous with the fish and veggies which is awesome compared to competitors.
This joint fire, great food and even better then most places I’ve been too
great selection that was fresh and the portions were generous. A little hard to find parking around there. Overall I'd recommend this place
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was fine. Place is a mess and way overpriced. They don't even offer water (which I think is required).