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January 2020 by Tavia H.
I do not recommend this place for poke. They also do ramen and bubble tea and that may be better. But the poke was disappointing. Here is what is good: the toppings and sauces. The staff was also very nice and helpful. What is not good: the scoops of protein are very small and the quality of the seafood seems questionable. My spicy tuna tasted fine, but the octopus was so sour I couldn't eat it or anything it touched after the first bite. I'm hoping I don't get sick from it, that's how bad it tasted. I ate the rest of the dish but not confidently. I didn't start eating until I got back to school, so I didn't have time or access to get something else to eat. I've had fresher tasting poke with more appropriate portion sizes for the same price at other places.
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January 2020 by Mi Sun C.
I don't know about their other dishes, but their poke bowl is not good. The portion is too small and the service is not that friendly. I wouldn't recommend this place for people looking for a decent poke bowl.
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December 2019 by Alex S.
I'm so glad I gave this place a try. I love poke and this is the only higher reviewed poke place close to where I live. I was a little skeptical at first since it's in the mall food court but it was easy to get in and out and I felt like I got a decent amount of food for the price. They also have boba tea which I haven't tried yet but it looks pretty good. The only thing I didn't like was that they charge .50 cents extra for masago. They also charge $1 extra for avocado but that's pretty standard for most poke restaurants. I've already eaten here twice and will be back for sure!
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November 2019 by Jennifer U.
Super little surprise in the mall. I had the Vegetarian Ramen Bowl with a side of kimchi. Everything was fresh and flavorful. It was a little more than I planned on spending for lunch, the food was so worth it!
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September 2019 by Delores W.
This review is on the Bubble "tea" only. So until about 2 months ago this restaurant was serving bubble tea that was actually only juice and was not tea at all. They have recently started selling real bubble tea and they still continue to sell the juice as well if your not a fan of the tea. I personal like the juice they had been selling and continue to get it however it is extremely overpriced. I could buy a whole jug of juice myself and order a thing of pearls on amazon for way less than they are charging. I feel if they are going to charge $6 for a large then the portion size should match with the prize.
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August 2019 by Jody T.
Poke bowl and Ramen was on point. The prices were fair. Their bubble drinks were very tasty as well.
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June 2019 by Diana ..
A disappointing mall food court spot. Small portions for the price, fish didn't look very fresh and appealing to me. When I asked if there was another fresher looking raw tuna for my poké bowl, an associate responded that she couldn't start a new batch before the older disgusting looking one was finished. So I opted for a cooked protein just to be on the safe side. I should have just walked away, now that I'm thinking of it. There are not a lot of veggie options neither. The staff is disinterested and both were on the phone. Will never return. Avoid and save your money.
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May 2019 by Theo A.
Very cute spot in the mall. I got the korean ramen bowl. It was very flavorful but I felt like the meat didn't mix well with it. As separate components the r as men and meat were amazing. There bubble drink are fun. It light up.
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February 2019 by Caroline D.
$14 for a cup of Ramen?! Expensive for a cup of noodles! They should've added the price on their menu. Not worth the cost. So disappointed.
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September 2018 by Khalilah A.
I really enjoy their drinks a lot. Their policy for refills changes depending on who's working but the flavors are the bomb
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August 2018 by Dominique J.
Didn't enjoy my spicy sea food ramen noddles at all. The taste was bland and the shrimp for some odd reason didn't taste real. The price is overly expensive I got 2 matcha boba tea and two sea food ramen for $37.00 and wasn't impressed in the slightest about my purchase. Definitely won't be coming back. The boba tea was good, which is why I am giving this 2 stars, but I got a medium which looked like a small and cost around $6. I've had better boba for this price with a much bigger cup.
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July 2018 by Kim B.
We had lunch here yesterday - I was planning to get a rice bowl w/ cooked meat and veggies, but happened to pick up one of the ordering pads and see that it said ramen on it. Asked about it, and the girl behind the counter told me it was new and was half-price if I wanted to try it. (Actually, I'd looked on Yelp the night before for ramen place in Kennesaw!) My daughter, her friend and I all tried it, and it was great. I got the pork tonkatsu and paid the extra $1 for the egg - it was perfectly soft boiled and when I broke into it the yolk came oozing out into my soup. Yum! The broth was very flavorful, my bean sprouts were very fresh and the corn gave it an extra crunch. The pork was so good - nice and thin and easy to pull apart with the chopsticks, and had a terrific charred flavor as if it had been cooked over a grill. My daughter had the Korean spicy broth, and chose the spicy (they offered no spice, spicy, and very spicy), but it was spicy at all. But the lack of heat didn't keep it from being very tasty and it had a totally different flavor than mine, so I know they actually are two different broths. She got kimchi with hers, and it came in a little cup on the side, not mixed in to the soup. Both of us ate every bite and our bowls were empty when we were done! My friend is doing the keto diet thing and got the bowl with the greens instead of rice, and she got chicken and edamame in hers. I got her to try the fried garlic sprinkled on top, and she really liked it. I ordered a large soda, and it was even bigger than a large at McD's, so unless you are super-thirsty, the regular size is probably plenty big for most people. The owner/manager came out to find us at the food court and ask how our food was, since we were the first people to order the ramen. He was super nice, and even brought a tray of the macaron cookies out for us to try, too. The girls behind the counter were so nice and very helpful in showing us what everything was and helping us to fill out our order forms. I've never had such great service at the food court before, and I've been going to Town Center for 30 years. We will definitely be back again!
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June 2018 by Daniel B.
CupPoki is one of many new poke restaurants to open in metro Atlanta over the last few years. It's located inside the food court at Town Center at Cobb. It opened in October 2017 and is from the same team behind a small chain of poke restaurants in Southern California. For quick, casual food court food, I think this place is pretty good. I first learned about this business from a Yelp event at Town Center last year. What differentiates CupPoki from most other poke places in the Atlanta area is it's Korean-Hawaiian fusion. For example, you can get kimchi in your poke bowl and they also serve what they call "CupBop" (small rice or noodle bowls with Korean meats like beef bulgogi, spicy pork, and BBQ pork belly) and bibimbap (Korean mixed rice). The name of the restaurant is most likely a play on "tteok-bokki" which is pronounced similarly and is Korean for stir-fried rice cakes. Along with poke bowls, you can also get poke burritos (or sushi burritos). Poke bowls and burritos are built to-order in assembly line fashion, just like Chipotle. You can pick and choose all of the ingredients that go into your bowl. When sauces are applied, they are mixed and tossed by hand. A bowl costs $8.99 for two scoops of protein, $9.99 for three, and $11.99 for five. Burritos are $10.99 each. The two and three-scoop bowls are plenty big and filling enough. I can't imagine ordering a five-scoop bowl unless I had a ravenous appetite. I enjoyed my two-scoop bowl which I had made with raw salmon and cooked octopus. The protein options, which also include tuna, spicy tuna, scallops, shrimp, squid, tofu, and chicken, aren't anything out of the ordinary. For my toppings, I got a little bit of everything -- cilantro, kale, jalapeno, white and red onion, cucumber, kimchi, green and red cabbage, lettuce, masago (orange fish eggs), wasabi, edamame, green olives, shredded carrots, ginger, seaweed salad, pineapple, mango, avocado ($1 extra), and imitation crab meat salad ($1 extra). I'm not sure the imitation crab meat is worth it, but I think the avocado is. There are nine sauces to choose from and you can have as many as you'd like. The lady who prepared my bowl recommended a mixture of CupPoki's "Yum Yum" sauce (a Sriracha mayo, I was told), sweet chili sauce, and "Spicy 9-1-1" sauce (their hottest sauce). Final toppings include dry and crunchy items like tempura balls, fried onion, fried garlic, and finely shredded nori (seaweed) with sesame seeds. I got a little bit of each of those as well. In the end, due to all of the ingredients I chose, my bowl was quite crowded, but colorful. The presentation of my bowl and my friends' bowls wasn't great (they looked a bit sloppy), but my bowl tasted fine. In general, I thought all of the ingredients were sufficiently fresh and of satisfactory quality for the price paid. No single ingredient really stood out to me in a good or bad way. There were a lot of flavors, perhaps too much. I should've dialed it back. I also tried samples of CupPoki's mini rice balls. These cost $2.99 for six regular balls and $6.99 for six balls with honey beef. I tried the regular balls and they were delicious. I'm not sure exactly what's in the rice balls, but I think the ones I tried were made with white rice, Yum Yum sauce, sesame seeds, and fried garlic (or fried onions or both). They had a surprising amount of flavor to them, a flavor that made them addictive to eat. Service was great. I signed up for CupPoki's customer loyalty program via FiveStars, the same digital service other businesses like I-CE NY on Buford Highway use. CupPoki has a somewhat cute and colorful storefront. It's one of the first stalls you see if entering the mall's food court from the inside.