Ohana Poke Co

I’m not a fan of seafood, so when Poke started becoming all the rage, I felt a little left out. Especially because everything else about a poke bowl sounds amazing. I am always excited when places offer tofu as a protein rather than fish. (I call this faux-​ke). I was craving a tofu rice bowl and found that this place was in close enough proximity to my office to deliver. I ordered the tofu bowl with the crispy glass noodles and brown rice. I was extremely satisfied with my bowl and they delivered it ten minutes before the estimated time.
The only reason I’m not giving five stars is because I wish they had more toppings and sauces available to customize the bowls a little more. Other than that, it definitely satisfied my craving and I will be ordering again from them in the future.
Also, RIP Hero Shop!

I’m a first time poker. I loved Hero Shop but they decided to pivot into a currently super trending food item that is like a regular side thing on dishes in Hawaii. It’s Tuna! It’s Poke, it’s freakin’ awesome. I got a large thinking the smaller size would be a push over. I was wrong. This thing comes with a ton of Poke. I had to check the rice to fish ratio. It was quite nice and so is the brown rice option. It simply was delicious. It has slightly too much may for me, but I prefer this flavor over the soy rendition, I think. The noodles were great and all the other items like veggies were tasting fresh and flavorful.
I know presentation is a big deal with these bowls but I didn’t care about that. I took my to-​go bowl, flipped it upside down onto a plate and made the first Poke Cake. Yes, I did it first!
If you’re in the mood to try something new, this is definitely a great place to start. Looking forward to swinging by again!

I got a regular poke bowl with spicy tuna and the salmon (forgot the name). It was quite filling and the fish was really fresh! I’m mainly making a review because of the exceptional service I had here. It was my first time, so I had a lot of questions yet the cashier was so patient and gave us recommendations. He was just really genuinely kind and brought us soy sauce, utensils, and our food even when this place is self served.

Poke, man.
It’s blowing up and DTLA is the next victim of over-​saturation. Not that I dislike poke, very much the contrary. I had very mixed feelings when I heard Ohana Poke was coming to town. Hero Shop was one of my favorite places to eat, so I wasn’t thrilled about it going by the wayside. On the other hand, you’re getting a poke restaurant from the likes of Eric Park, what could go wrong?
Going through the options on the list, I had only one question…“What kind of fish is there?”. The answer stunned me, why is there mainly just tuna? Not that I have anything against tuna, but I like other fish as well. If you’re going to do the «create your own _​_​_​_​» thing, there should at least be more options of fish. You only get 4 options of flavoring for your tuna, an octopus option, salmon, and a vegan tofu dish. I had a large shoyu, mixed with kale and kimchi cucumbers; I felt like that was the best way to gauge a place’s poke. While I don’t need my fish drenched in sauce, saying that the fish was lightly seasoned is the understatement of the year. It wasn’t horrible, but I could use a bit more flavor, or maybe something with a little more fat. The container it was served in was much too tall, everything was in layers, and eating out of it was a chore. To top it off, the whole thing will set you back about $ 15. If you can’t walk there, factor in parking. Everything else was unmemorable, which leads me to my next point…
Bring back Hero Shop.
I don’t live in DTLA, but my gf does and I’m there on the weekends. My favorite part of coming down was to goto Hero Shop for chicken and rice, and I would get it almost every weekend. Besides seeing my gf, chicken and rice was the best part of my visit. I’ve only been to Ohana since the opening, and haven’t been back.
At least bring back the chicken and rice, it was just a cart, and you still serve rice anyways.

I have enjoyed every single poké bowl I’ve ever ordered here. Staff is always courteous and the service is so quick I get a full lunch break without rushing. Which, in downtown is valuable. Sure, I come here about 3 or 4 times a week but I feel I get the most nutrition for my dollar and appreciate the consistent flavours. I always recommend this place to people looking for a good lunch and am excited they’ve opened a new branch near my home.

I went there few times woth my neighbors, we live in a loft community real close. The food was good and I like the simple décor.
On my last visit after thanksgiving I ordered the octopus poke and it gave me one of the worst food poisonings ever.
One night on the bathroom floor, next two in bed and now its been 4 days and I have massive migrane. It was the only thing I ate that day and Im positive it came from the old octopus, I always get tuna so I wasnt familiar with that taste.
Would not recommend and I’m not going back there.

Ho brah, this place is grindz!
Being from Hawaii I consider myself a poke connoisseur and this place exceeded my expectations. I got half spicy/​half shoyu ahi over white rice and it was pretty good. Tasted like home but not as good (spicy wasn’t spicy enough). I will say it’s the best I’ve had in LA so far though!
The crunchy glass noodle was surprisingly good but the spicy Korean cucumber next time piqued my interest.
The other reason this place gets 5 stars is because of the way they served the bowl. The rice is hot (not warm) while the poke is served cold. That contrast is such a key element to a poke bowl tasting good but sadly is one of the most overlooked aspects. But like I said, this place did it right and I left happy and full.

Poke was fresh, I got the traditional with all the toppings, and brown sushi Rice. Located on the corner of Los Angeles and 6^th Street, and I read they validate parking if you park inside of PE Lofts.
Good customer service
Fast service
They deliver which is great if you work or live nearby
No public restrooms

DTLA has a Poké spot, yay!
I’m not sure all kinks are worked out here yet, but it’s decent.
I went as traditional, yet healthy as possible with shoyu tuna, brown rice, and seaweed salad.
For a large, with chips, it filled me up for about an hour.
Flavor wise it was in between bland and poké from Hawai’i.
The tuna itself wasn’t fishy tasting (which is a good sign), and the cuts were proper.
I’m just… spoiled by Bear Flag in Newport Beach.
The place itself is cute, simple, and set up for a quick lunch break.
When I visited, my table was wobbly, and another was dirty.
Little things though.
I look forward to seeing this place grow.

Mixed reviews from my Unilocal friends and I had to see it for myself. I walked pretty far to go to this place and got lost. I actually passed the restaurant without knowing… not sure how I missed the sign. I asked few businesses (right across the restaurant) and they didn’t know this place either.
I got regular tuna ($ 9.50) with white heirloom sushi rice, sweet unagi sauce, wakame and avocado ($ 1.00 extra): the tuna was fresh (and I could see the chef cutting the tuna in the kitchen), but the quality wasn’t the greatest and the mix was semi bland. It was expensive because one third of my bowl was filled with seaweed. The avocado was semi mashed, but they didn’t give me wasabi peas. Unilocalers mentioned crunchy wasabi peas… what wasabi peas? What crunch? It was hard getting the attention of the workers and I walked to the counter to ask for wasabi peas. The cashier forgot to give me the receipt and I had to go back to the counter for my receipt.
Large watermelon mint aqua fresca ($ 4.00): kinda refreshing, but not that great.
I spent $ 17.17 for my poke lunch and I walked out disappointed. I stopped by Semi Sweet Bakery to get my ding dong because I was still hungry.
It’s a small little restaurant with 3 tables and counter seats.
3 stars!
Ohana Poke Co is almost yummylicious!

Hm I had high hopes for this restaurant since they had two locations.
Hot day in Los Angeles and I wanted something a little light and refreshing. Trying to be hip I followed the Poke movement.
Looked online and saw that they have an option to order online. Pretty cool. Less chance of messing up.
I ordered the Spicy Tuna Large with Brown rice, crispy rice noodles, with avocado. Meh
The bowl was very big but bland I was forcing myself to finish it. costed me about $ 15 too.
If you order more than $ 20 then parking is free in their valet lot. Have to get a sticker from Ohana though.

A billion of these poke restaurants are opening up left and right. Ohana located in DtLA is the only of it’s kind in the area that serves of variations of poke. I’ve had quite a variety of poke from a few places in years past and what sets each one apart is their concoction of flavors. Poke can tend to be bland and tasteless at times. Ohana allows you to choose your order Chipotle style. Choose white or brown sushi rice, fish, and a choice of sides. Sides are either seaweed salad, kmchi cucmbers, or ponzy crunch glass noodles.
I opted for a brown rice base, combo of Ohana shoyu which is a soy base and chili mango that is a marinade of Thai chilis and sweet mango, and ponzu crunchy glass noodles. Along with this, the bowl comes topped with edamame, wasabi peas, scallions, and furikake.
Honestly, the poke was disappointing and flavorless. I didn’t get much flavor from the Ohana shoyu nor did I get much spice or sweetness from the chili mango. Mango was also missing for the most part.
Service was friendly, though they did mess up my order. I ordered a large and receive a regular until I mentioned something. They worked my order again right away. Surprisingly, there was a line that filled up the interior at around 6 pm and they were told they were out of food and all left. I guess I beat the clock. Kind of odd considering Ohana closes at 9 PM.

Finally a poke place in downtown LA! A lot of my coworkers have never had poke before which completely baffled me! Poke is essentially sushi but in a bowl. The fish is usually marinated with a soy sauce base with various toppings tossed in a bowl.
If you have not had poke before, I recommend the Chili Mango poke. It is not too spicy and the fish taste isn’t overwhelming. I love all three of their sides, so it really depends on what you are cravings. The seaweed salad is my go-​to, but the kimchi cucumber and ponzu crunchy noodles are really good too. And if you are willing to pay extra for guac at Chipotle, feel free to add some avocados to your poke bowl for $ 1!
I did have to dock off half a star because the location isn’t the best and the place gets crowded during lunch. Knocking out another half cause they don’t have salmon poke!

Advice to management: There is an over saturation of Poke shops popping up in LA/​OC area so if you are trying to break into this market you need to pretty much do everything better than other places. Unfortunately Ohana Poke Co didn’t do that.
Our wonderful tour guide Hoalk Hoang recommended this place. Came here at 8pm on a Saturday. All they had left was some Unagi Sauce Tuna and Octopus. After we came here a line started to form.
SIN COUNTER 1: ONLY TUNA AND OCTO ON A POPPING NIGHT?
SIN COUNTER 2: They don’t have salmon poke
SIN COUNTER 3: PREPPED POKE
This means all the poke is prepared instead of prepared on the spot (Ideally you should be able to prep the poke by taking Tuna then adding the sauce not making a GIANT bucket of one type of poke) This is apparent because they only have unagi poke instead of having shoyo poke.
SIN COUNTER 4: No manager on a Saturday night to supervise things when it just recently opened?!
Howie being the alpha he is asked to see the manager, and there’s no manager?! I would have done the same.
Price of the poke is 11 of half a pound and 19 for a full pound (Even at Bristol farms it’s only 16.99 and its not stashed with hella veggies like this place)
SIN COUNTER 5: Seriously though? No salmon poke ever?!
I went next door to black sheep to get a burger, but I did try the poke. It’s okay but I had better.
VERDICT: ⁵⁄₇ DEADLY SINS
ONLY WHEN IM DESPERATE WILL I GO HERE AGAIN.
p. s. probably give it a try once they work out the quirks.

There is an over saturation of Poke shops popping up in LA/​OC area so if you are trying to break into this market you need to pretty much do everything the other places are doing and do it better. Unfortunately Ohana Poke Co didn’t do that…
I came here for lunch a couple days ago with a friend and the experience was «A-​OK». Upon entering the shop I was overwhelmed with a super funky smell and as I got closer the cashier I saw that it was cooked squid in the back… pretty off putting start. Besides the weird smell, the place is cute, homey and clean.
On to the Poke…
Pros:
— Interesting flavors of Poke (got the Spicy Mango but didn’t really taste as described)
— Option of kale instead of rice
Cons:
— Only serves tuna
— Portions are small for the price
— Avocado is extra charge of $ 1
— Presentation of the food makes eating a challenge even with the new containers
If you are in the area and are dying to have Poke, check it out.
If you have time to venture out, there are better places to spend your money.

Poke is the stuff of the gods. If you’re not into this yet, you’ve been missing out.
When DTLA’s beloved Hero Shop closed down, many were skeptical about it’s replacement. But, if big shoes are left to fill, you better know what you’re doing if you try… and boy oh boy do they know!
It’s somewhat like a chipotle of poke bowls. You can have yours over brown or white jasmine rice, or over kale. I personally love the brown rice. Choose large ($ 12.95) or regular ($ 8.95). I am full but wanting a little more after devouring the regular size, and I’m a regular sized Asian girl.
The base (rice or kale) is topped with your choice of poke, and you can feel free to mix two different kinds. They have a wonderful assortment of soy based (Ohana Shoyo, Sweet Unagi), mayo based (Spicy Tuna), or olive-​oil based (Chili Mango, Shiso Radish) and even a vegan poke of soy ginger tofu. This is the perks of coming to a poke joint rather than a place that serves poke — choice and selection, just like if you were eating in Hawaii! My personal faves is a mix of Spicy Tuna and Shiso Radish, or Ohana Shoyu and Spicy Tuna. Top all of that with seaweed salad, kimchi cucumbers, or glass noodles for no extra charge, and top with avocado or masago for a slight additional upcharge. Finally garnish with edamame, wasabi peas, scallions, and furikake for an extra kick.
If that isn’t enough, you can supplement your meal with some great drinks (love the green tea), spam musubi, or their awesome black sesame in Hawaiian bread ice cream sandwich. Shrimp chips also available in baggies to go!
Great addition to the neighborhood and a wonderful fresh, healthy option for DTLA.

A few friends suggested checking out Ohana Poke since we were nearby. This used to be the old Hero Shop space, next to Mignon and Cole’s.
Once inside, you can grab a menu and choose your poke. The menu isn’t really self-​explanatory and the person behind the register wasn’t super helpful either. So after asking some questions, I found out that they only offer tuna in their poke. All the options available are basically tuna mixed in different sauces/​ingredients. There are 2 sizes, and the large lets you choose up to 3 fish mixes.
The containers are round tubs, with rice at the bottom, then layered with poke, and then your toppings. Because the tub had more height instead of width, everything was just stacked on top of each other. I couldn’t even taste the difference between the two types of poke I got as everything was touching each other already. Also, the fish tasted a bit fishy to me, not the best quality tuna out there.
And the prices are pretty expensive compared to other poke places that gives better quality fish and more than one option for fish. Overall, I probably won’t be coming back as there are definitely better poke places out there.
Parking: Street metered parking only, or paid lots.

Pokē is hotter than Kim Kardashian right now
You know I’m all about my food because I’m able to say that without even flinching. It’s about to sweep the nation the way boba shops did, like fro-​yo did, like banh mi did, like ramen did, and yes… like Taylor Swift did. Wowzers! Let’s not have Bad Blood because I said that ok?
From Hero to Zero
This used to be Hero Shop that served up some banh mi and halal that would cost you a pretty penny. The chefs being super hipster wanted to ride the wave of the next up and coming cuisine decided that pokē was it.
The Good and the Bad
I’ll keep it short. The best thing about this is the crunchy wasabi peas that add amazing texture in what would normally be a mushy bite. The bad thing about the menu is the high price point compared to other poke spots and the lack of protein offered, you only get tuna.
If I was an expert on pokē I would probably tell you that the modern poke typically consists of cubed raw ahi (yellowfin tuna) marinated with sea salt, a small amount of soy sauce, inamona (roasted crushed candlenut), sesame oil, limu seaweed, and chopped chili pepper. Other variations of ingredients may include cured hee (octopus), other types of raw tuna, raw salmon and other kinds of sashimi, sliced or diced Maui onion, furikake, hot sauce (such as sambal olek), chopped ohia (tomato), tobiko (flying fish roe), ogo or other types of seaweed, and garlic… but I’m not an expert, so I had to copy and paste that from the most resourceful place I know, Wiki-​pedia.

If this place is anywhere close to the Lana’i ‘Ohana Poke, I’d be in pure heaven and finally found my go-​to poke closer to home! Certainly beats flying all the way to Lanai. Anyways, stopped in to check out their dineLA special: $ 15 for 1 Large poke bowl with 1 extra and a drink. I ordered the Large bowl with white heirloom sushi rice, Ohana Shoyu (gotta go classic for first time) and a side of Ponzu crunchy noodles. All poke bowls topped with edamame, wasabi peas, masago and furikake. Hubby ordered similar bowl except for Wakame (seaweed) salad as his side. The drinks and extras for $ 2.05 more with the dineLA offering was fun to add on, though we would have been perfectly happy with just our poke bowls.
I had to have the spam masubi, grew up with it as an island girl :-) Have to say it was disappointing to get a room temperature packet… miss the warm rice wrapped in seaweed. That cost them 1-​star. Wish they will listen to Unilocalers’ feedback and make them fresh, instead of prepackaged. I make better and tastier spam masubi in my own kitchen!
The poke was pretty good size for $ 12.95 and love the warm sushi rice. Toppings were a nice touch, though I would prefer cleaner flavored poke at times without all the distracting toppings. Maybe I’ll ask for the toppings on the side next time.
Oh gosh. The ice cream sandwich was a bit strange to me, although I did enjoy a bit of hubby’s black sesame ice cream. I love the pillowy little Hawaiian buns — I get a pack of 24 from Costco once in a while. But sandwiched in between a Hawaiian roll was just not for me. Hubby loved it though ^_​^
With a minimum $ 15 purchase, Ohana Poke validates for 1-​hr btw. 11am — 2pm at the Pacific Electric Lofts parking structure, that is just around the corner. Over the validated hour, it is $ 4 flat charge until 3pm. And $ 7 after 7pm. Would be a nice takeout poke to satisfy my poke craving anytime I’m driving by downtown. Would be nice too if Ohana validates outside of 11am-​2pm window.
PS: Didn’t notice until much later… when I signed for the tip to add, there were ‘automatically calculated” 10%, 15%, 20% or custom tip amount. I did not pay attention and just picked the % amount but realized later on that the 5 tip is actually calculated based on the subtotal PLUS Sales Tax… Hmm, I have a pet peeve about businesses calculating tips on taxes… Mental note to adjust my percentage WITHOUT tax next time… Sorry but that is minus 1-​star in my books, until they «fix» their system.

So excited.
No really. Poke is the new «it» thing and downtown was in need of some good options — OhanaPokeCo is an EXCELLENT option.
I ordered the white rice with ohana shoyu tuna, spicy tuna, sweet unagi tuna and seaweed salad. Not only were all the flavors great, but the addition of wasabi peas as well as the traditional masago and furikake took it to a level above average. The extra texture made it really pop!
Wasn’t too fond of the spam musubi as they were premade and the rice was a bit crunchy, but as far as poke bowls, this place will be getting a lot of my money.