Pacific Poke Life Building UBC

2.5/5. The most mid poke I’ve ever had. The rice was pretty mushy, the fish didn’t taste right (I got spicy salmon and it didn’t actually taste like spicy mayo, it tasted…old?) and half my bowl was just pickled onions Service was fast, but the workers pretty much ignored me the entire time to keep up their animated conversation with each other instead. Don’t know why they were so disinterested in their customers… anyway, only positive thing from this is that I didn’t pay full price for this bowl as it was the poke of the day.

An okay place to get a healthy and filling meal in this part of campus. Generally fresh ingredients, tasty bowls, and options for customization whether you go with one of the set bowls or build your own. Prices are fair for the portion size. Depending on who you get, service can be cheerful and reasonably quick or extremely sluggish. I've never had any serious problem with the food quality here, but some ingredients seem to not be as fresh or as high-quality as I've come to expect from poke (again, never had anything that was bad, but it's just missing that pristine touch). I also find that some of the flavour combinations are kind of odd, like the pesto-marinated tofu and pineapple or very guac-like avocado scoops. But I still generally find their bowls satisfying if you know how to pick your ingredients. The Main and the Cali are my favourite standard bowls. Although I like the personalization of just building a bowl, I wish you could get more than 3 toppings on a regular size. Service is iffy sometimes. Mostly nice people, but there are a few staff members that don’t seem to know what’s going on.

Great food, staff is super nice and accommodating! Fav poke place on campus

Overpriced and disappointing taste

They have a nice variety of different topping options to choose from. Each component I got was tasty and very fresh. The portion size is also good and service was nice and efficient. Great option for a healthy & fast meal on campus.

Excellent poke! Loved the innovative ingredients that I haven't seen anywhere else - edamame/corn salsa and wasabi peas. Will definitely be returning.

It just doesn’t taste good

Food here is good overall, but the customer service is bad. They just ignore your request even though you repeated again and again