My coworker introduced me to this spot for their drinks, and i've been hooked ever since. I always go for their classic milk tea, and it never disappoints. Soft boba and not overly sweet. It doesn't leave that weird sugary aftertaste like some other places do. I also recommend trying their Yakult green tea with lychee jelly and strawberry heart heart jelly. It's very refreshing. Highly recommend this spot if you're in the area and want a quick drink! read more

Unexpectedly delectable despite the low ratings and reviews online, and how my order looked like. I ordered one poke bowl with unagi, half rice and half greens, spicy mayo, and everything included for the rest. I was disappointed on the presentation but then I realized it was so so good! Generous unagi portion and the sauce is so tasty. This place is located in a busy plaza of Vintage Oaks with plenty of parking. I ordered a to-go and picked it up inside. I am not sure of the customer service. Will come back and try the others in the menu. read more

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Aloh-o offers a variety of deliciously. fresh poke bowls, hot bento boxes, sushi rolls and milk teas. They have spots in the Marin and Sonoma County as well. I so happened to make a random visit in their most recent location in the Vintage Oaks Shopping Center in Novato. Aloh-o offers a variety of ways to order: online, in-store kiosk, pen/paper or with the cashier. I used the kiosk and opted for the Tuna, Scallop and bowl of half white rice and greens. I topped my meal off with my favorite, Thai Tea! This location was pretty cool since it offered my Japanese snacks as a kid, such as: Yan-yan, Pocky (pretzel sticks), Strong Potato chips and Hi-Chew, The Novato location is pretty cozy (can seat about 8-10 people) and there is plenty of room to shop for snacks and either order at the kiosk and the table (for pen/paper orders). Considering the fresh, sizable portions of food you could get at $16.95, Aloh-O place gets a solid 4 (out of 5) stars!....Next time I'm gonna try their "Hot" items, Unagi and Beef Sukiyaki! And when I order another Poke Bowl, I'm going to ask for sushi rice instead. read more

Aloh-o - Loaded poke bowl with tuna, scallop, avocado and masago! - Poke Near Me - Novato, California

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I was passing through Novato and decided to try this poke spot. I like how there's an order sheet you fill out and hand to the cashier when you're ready rather than choose everything as they go. The price and size were average, however the fish quality was not favorable- I got the salmon and it definitely looked and tasted far from fresh, similar to grocery store sushi and the bowl was soggy with sauce. The food came out quick and the cashier was nice. read more

Aloh-o - Poke Near Me - Novato, California

I've been wanting to check out this spot for a while now because Poke and why not? It's pretty good. Not drop everything I'm doing and go there good but pretty good. The genius of this place is the speed. I went there with a friend and our daughters for a Daddy/Daughter double lunch date. It was a nice and clean place which is always nice. They also offer some asian snacks and noodle bowls to go. We all ordered a round of Poke Bowls and Mango Milk Tea. Both were delicious and I was amazed at the speed it came out. I got a mix of salmon and Spicy Tuna. If you like spicy food I would recommend getting a spicy sauce. Just a FYI. This place is great because it offers ALL the sides. Corn, jalapeno's, onions, etc etc. It's a nice touch. To limit mistakes I might recommend filling out the order form instead of verbally ordering. Something odd though was we got 2 boba drinks and only 1 came with ice. It wasn't a big deal but I thought that was odd. Will I go back? Absolutely. See you there! read more

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Ambiance: 3/5 Small space but clean and had cute Japanese pop art wall decor. Food: 3.5/5 I had the Wintermelon green tea with boba (no option to adjust sugar but it was perfectly not too sweet and boba was fresh and chewy). My bowl had two proteins salmon and tuna. It was filling but not the freshest fish. I thought my bowl was yummy and even had to finish the other half at home because of how full I got. Service: 2/5 I was the only customer, so I was a bit confused about having to fill out an order card. The tea I wanted was on the display menu but not listed on the card. So I had to ask for it to be added to my order. read more

Aloh-o - Poke Near Me - Novato, California

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This location had just a grand opening last October 1, 2022 about 8 days ago. It is an American-Japanese fast food as well as Bubble Tea. My son ordered me the Chicken Teriyaki Bowl with white rice. Chicken were bland and dried. For a teriyaki dish it was lacking of the sauce. For $10.95 its not worth it. The bowl was deep that contained more rice but chicken pieces were dpread out on top but not smothered with sauce. I had the Lychee Fruit Tea which tasted watered down with no lychee flavor as I expected it to have. It had a fleshy lychee fruit which tasted stale, can't taste it hmmm the lychee flavor. I hope the teriyaki will have more sauce!!! read more

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Aloh-o makes great poke bowls, this place stands out as a bright spot in an endless sea of burger places and Mexican food restaurants (not knocking either, I love those too :) ) The menu is... huge, so definitely take some time to fill out your order slip. This place is clean, spacious, and the right wall is filled with an assortment of delicious Asian snack foods. One of the few places I've been able to find the red bean cakes I used to get in the Philippines or Taiwan. Worth a stop. read more

Beware. This location isn't a real Aloh-o in my book. It doesn't even have an actual kitchen, so they don't offer most of the menu items from other Aloho-s like San Rafael or Santa Rosa: You want gyoza? Nope, they don't offer them here. Avocado rolls? They don't have that either. Chicken katsu? No. Tempura? No. Spring rolls? No. Ramen? No. Nigiri? No. Bento combo box? No. And so on, you get the idea. It's like someone inexplicably said, "Let's open another Aloh-o in Novato, but why not wreck the brand by making this one suck!". "Great idea!". The menu is basically milk teas and a few bowl options assembled by the only person working here. When you're sitting next to Nick the Greek and Chipotle, you can't compete with a vastly reduced menu and no real kitchen. A disappointment. read more

My daughter loves their jasmine and honey boba teas (their Thai tea boba is ok - I prefer Pearl's Thai tea boba). So we decided to try their poke: Daughter said her chicken teriyaki bowl was a little dry but tasted fine. I ordered the hot beef yakitori poke with 1/2 rice 1/2 lettuce and additional veggies with sesame sauce. When I opened the container I was surprised to see ramen on top. Upon closer inspection, this was the "beef" fat. I separated the fat from the very thinly sliced beef (pictures attached) and it was about 10% meat and 90% fat!! The taste is fine, but "WHERE'S THE BEEF??" read more

Aloh-o - Hot beef yakitori with sesame sauce. 1/2 rice 1/2 lettuce with other vegetables - Poke Near Me - Novato, California

Fish doesn't appear to be fresh (salmon looks dyed) Boba was okay, but at least it's pretty cheap Probably won't be coming back read more

Prefer San Rafael location - this was an over-sauced mess, and had to go next door for a decent fork to eat the poke bowl with. Hot food is just microwaved. Staff not friendly. read more

If you enjoy poke don't come here. I never review restaurants on yelp but I went here today after going a couple times in the past & remember the poke being okay. My bowl today was so bad I couldn't even finish it. Way too much spicy mayo it was flooded with it. This fish seemed very bad quality (I got spicy tuna and yellow tail). I love poke but this was the worst bowl I've ever gotten. Maybe I'll go back for boba sometime even though it's mediocre but never again will I order poke from here. read more

We eat here once a week and we love the Poke bowls. The veggies and fish are always fresh and delicious. We highly recommend it!

The guy was SCROLLING on TIKTOK while taking my order XD hahahahaha Big portion but they put nearly no sauce in the food Not charging for avocado is also a plus read more

Excited to have a poke place nearby and finally tried it and boy what a disappointment. This was the worst poke bowl I've ever had. Ordered two proteins, tuna and salmon, barely any salmon put into the bowl. I had to dig in to find some. Spicy mayo was a strange consistency, very thick and way too much. A lot of rice to add bulk to your bowl., cover up by skimping on other toppings. When you typically go into a poke place, you see the fish and toppings in front of you. Chipotle style set up. Makes it easier and nicer to see what your getting yourself into. Save your money and stomach. Never never, what a bummer. Poke bowl with two proteins, $16. Wouldn't get it for $5. Maybe their boba teas are good, but I won't take the chance again. read more

I stopped by, not realizing they had opened and ordered the Raspberry Strawberry Tea with rainbow lychee. The drinks was good, it wasn't too sweet and they didn't pack the drink with ice so you'll get a lot of tea for what you pay for. I did give 4 stars since the drink did taste a little watered down but since I don't like overly sweet drinks, it was fine for me. The shop also sells some cool snacks, many flavors of pocky, candies, and chips. Definitely will be coming back to grab some snacks and their Poke! read more

I am so disappointed! We purchased poke bowls last night and I don't what went wrong, but they filled 1/3 of my bowl with edamame and very little fish. The pic shows what is left AND I ate edamame with every single bite. Will not be returning unless I eat there and can return on the spot. I ordered half rice and salad, tuna, spicy tuna, with the sides of: mango, tobiko, avocado, egg, ginger, edamame (BUT NOT A BOWL FULL), and some other spices. read more

Aloh-o - Why was my bowl 1/3 FU:LL of Edamame??? - Poke Near Me - Novato, California

It really good and it good for a good Price 5.75 and the service is really good they do the work fast over all the food it's a 10 out of 10 read more

Aloh-o - Mango milk tea with ice, mango boba - Poke Near Me - Novato, California

Fresh ingredients and 2 small scoops of poke at a steep starting price! In a hour I'll be hungry again! Poke Bowl

So I came in got the beef and let me tell you this thing was drenched in the sauce. I mean I wasn't expecting this and eating the food just kept making me feel nasty. Now this does sound pretty nasty of a review but it is what is I paid almost 20 bucks for the meal so pretty mad I spent a depressing lunch. read more

My first time trying here and it was pretty good since I'm a big foodie. I was taken aback by the price point but it's Japanese food and boba so I couldn't pass it up and with the looks of it I was able to make 2 meals out of it. The service was great and took time to make. read more

The food is absolutely horrible from this restaurant. I had the teriyaki chicken bowl that did not taste anything like chicken teriyaki. It was inedible to say the least. read more

Was excited to check it out haven't had poke in awhile, taste was good service was fast. Fish didn't seem too fresh was kinda mushy unfortunately. Not sure if I will be going back read more

Live laugh love this place. I've been to all their locations and it does not disappoint. Love the snacks and boba . I love the snacks they sell and the boba they make. read more

Best place for a quick healthy lunch!! So savory and i dont know where else in Marin to get poke...5/5! I always look forward to shopping at VO just for This treat. read more

Really enjoyed the poke bowl. Ordered with ahi and a variety of toppings over sushi rice. Really tasty and filling. The seaweed salad was particularly good. Generous portion of ahi and very fast prep. read more

Salmon in the poke bowl tasted really bad... like it had gone bad or something. Ended up throwing the bowl out as I was worried about getting sick. The boba tea was very good but I wouldn't be back here. Go to Pearl in Novato instead. Great poke there and great drinks too. read more

Enjoyed the poke bowl and fairly good value for the amount of food. Good assortment of options. Teriyaki salmon was also good

Good but nowhere near best. I normally get the mango tea with lychee jelly, it's amazing.