Poki Poki - Oceanside # 1

Fresh and flavorful.
They have all the basics you need to make a great bowl! As a sweet bonus they now have a boba bar!

I eat here all the time and generally am pretty happy with it, but the service that I received tonight was absolutely terrible.
Ordered 2 bowls from Uber eats and they both barely had any meat, and had no sauce at all.
I have ordered both in person and via Uber eats literally dozens of times and I am acutely aware of how this meal is "normally" made.
I mean I literally order the exact same thing every time.
They totally skimped on everything and then didn't even put the sauces I ordered on it at all, which made it taste like crap.
I don't mean like a small amount of sauce, it was literally zero.
Basically just a half full bowl of dry rice with some veggies on top and a hint of meat.
Okay, so they screwed up the food, it happens.
What was unacceptable and why I'm bothering to leave a bad review is that as soon as we got the food, we immediately realized it wasn't made correctly, so we called and explained the situation (before even eating it) and asked if we could bring the food back to have it remade or refunded.
They told us it wasn't their problem and we have to take it up with Uber.
As if Uber is the one who screwed up.
The guy said all of the sauce must have absorbed into the rice, riiiiiiight.
What garbage customer service.
All he had to do was be like sure no problem come on in and we can remake it or whatever.
Instead he was a jerk and told us to take it up with Uber.
Grabbed a pizza instead because the bowls were not what we ordered.
I guess I should consider myself lucky that the pizza place didn't forget the sauce and only put cheese on half the pizza..
cuz that's basically what happened with the poki bowls.

This Poke restaurant does nothing special but still a great place to go! Poki Poki offers very typical food and entrées. You choose a bowl. You choose some protein. You choose toppings. You eat. This place does nothing outside the normal for Poke restaurants but that is okay! It is still a great place to grab some quick Hawaiian poke and be on your way.
It's like the Hawaiian/Asian version of Chipotle.
Instead of making a burrito you are ordering fish and other types of seafood over rice. The interior of this place is open for dine-in.
Not overly decorated or special inside (or out) but it is spacious and allows for social distancing.
There is no exterior seating at Poki Poki.
The parking lot shares parking spots with other businesses in the shopping center.
The prices are about typical, if not slightly cheaper. Overall, if you are craving for some quick Poke and wondering if it is good, it is.
Give it a try!