Ever since my boyfriend and I have discovered this place we have not gotten hibachi anywhere else! Portions are amazing for the price you're paying. Definitely recommend!! read more

Probably a health hazard with how much the employees all smoke cigarettes and leave them EVERYWHERE, including their nasty cig water. Was going to eat here but after seeing all that I wouldn't eat here for that reason. They should learn to not litter and clean up after themselves and turn their gas off properly. read more

Hidden gem for sure!!!! if you want poke bowls this is the place for you. They have so many options to customize your bowl including bases, topping, sauces, garnishes, etc. The staff is super kind and friendly and happy to answer any questions about parts of their menu. The food also comes out SUPER fast. They have plenty of seating if you want to dine in, but I definitely recommend this as a great pick up/to-go option. I would say it's pretty averagely price for this kind of food. You get a good amount of protein (you can chose 2 or 3 scoops) which I love. I am ngl this place doesn't look too enticing from the outside but trust me and give it a try!!! read more

Hibachi Poke - Build your own poke bowl with salmon - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Hibachi Poke is a great spot for Udon Soup, Hibachi, Miso Soup, and poke! They also have great pan fried pork gyoza. I have only ordered to go but it's very quick service and fresh flavorful dishes. read more

Hibachi Poke - Chicken Udon - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Tried Hibachi Poke for a carryout lunch recently. I had the Hibachi Steak and Shrimp Bowl, along with a side of Spicy Crab Meat Salad. The service was fine -- I sat in the dining area while waiting on my order, which was ready within 15 minutes. The ambiance was nothing really special -- typical strip mall restaurant, but I imagine that most of their business is carryout anyhow. I don't eat Japanese food very often, so I can't really comment on how good it was relative to other places; however, I enjoyed the meal and I think I'll be returning to Hibachi Poke at some point. read more

If you're looking for great poke with plenty of options and good portions at a decent price, you need to check out this place. They had quality ingredients and didn't skimp on any of the fish or toppings. The ordering to pickup time is also very quick, we had our food ready within 5-8 min (your time may vary depending on how busy it is). Overall great food, good customer service, good price, will be seeing us back there again for sure . read more

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i was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the poke bowl! serving of fish was large and everything tasted fresh. reasonably priced $15 for a bowl. the outside of the restaurant is deceiving . i will be back to try to hibachi ! read more

Hibachi Poke - salmon lovers bowl - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Very respectable poke bowl, although the ordering was a bit lacking (a paper menu printed on a black background with tiny white check boxes). Since we ordered in person, it's not obvious why they don't allow he typical 'order as you go' down the line. Excellent fish, good selection of toppings, decent price. read more

I love getting poke from here. The service is so quick. The portion is pretty good! I love building my own poke bowl and there are a lot of options to choose from. read more

Hibachi Poke - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

This place is average. The inside was not very inviting. the bowl I got had fresh fish but was overrun by an excessive amount of onions and non cut cilantro with stems. I would probably go back and give them another try if I wasn't just passing through. read more

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Acceptable, bland and unexciting Poke bowls. Odd blueberries in Hawaiian Poke bowl. Atmosphere is cold and uninviting. Will not return.

If the Room of Requirement was a restaurant, it would be Hibachi Poke. I stumbled upon this local gem with a friend one night and it's been here for me every time a craving for some poke hits. If you're headed there in person, don't blink because you just might miss it. It's a small, pleasant spot which had a few obvious regulars dining in, but was still cranking out takeout orders. Staff was friendly and offered their recommendations to create our perfect bowls. They even let us know about the UNC student discount! If you're like me and struggle to decide what to order when given so many amazing and fresh choices, don't worry: there is a list of Signature Poke bowls to choose from! After some serious soul searching, I decided to try the Dynamite Poke, which was one of the Signature options. I'm not a huge fan of jalapeños, which typically come in the bowl, but they let me switch them out for mango without a hassle. The portions were large, the fish was fresh, and the presentation was absolutely beautiful! On a day when I'm not as starving, I'll finally remember to take a picture... I absolutely loved the combination of sweet and spicy, with fresh toppings and warm rice. It's a good thing I've just finished eating, or I'd need to place an order for more :) If you don't feel like putting pants on to venture out (trust me, I get it), they offer convenient delivery via Uber Eats. I received my first delivery order today and the presentation was just as beautiful as if I'd eaten there! And, the special instructions that I left (subbing the jalapeños once more) were followed! Hooray! I am excited to try their hibachi and noodle soup (both udon and soba options) options, since I've been so impressed with their poke. And I promise next time that I'll upload a photo! read more

Best poke I've had in a while. Super fresh ingredients and incredible portions for the price. I ordered a build your own poke bowl and it was ready very quickly. Order from hibachi poke if you want a high quality poke bowl! read more

I love this restaurant. I always get takeout from here. The service is speedy, my order is always ready before the actual displayed time. The ambiance is calm. The build your own poke is amazing due to variety of options, and it's very delicious. My picture doesn't serve the quality and deliciousness it really is, but I always come here because it's close by. One of my favs. read more

Hibachi Poke - Build your own poke bowl - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The food is good, but not great by any stretch of the imagination. The tempura is OK, but not the quality that I've had in Japanese restaurants. It's in the neighborhood, so I will go back occasionally. read more

Sad to come back and update but wanted to make sure people are well aware given my first raving review. The portions have gotten much smaller for what is the same price if not more than before :( I understand Covid and increasing prices but significantly less food for what I used to get and a general decline in service is why I'm back to update my review. So I'm now on the prowl for another poke spot that lights up my life in the triangle area, keep you all posted! read more

Love this place! Really good portions for the price. I also like the ingredient choices and they let you choose lots of toppings and sauces. read more

Hibachi Poke - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

This place is really good. I always tend to get the regular Hawaiian Poke wherever I go but I tried something different here. We got the large Dynamite Poke bowl and the large Shrimp Tempura Poke bowl. Both bowls had enough food for 2 people so get the regular if you are not starving. Both bowls tasted like a big bowl of sushi all mashed up. The place is clean and they have televisions but it's kinda quiet. The staff was not very personable but who cares because I was there for the food anyway. I ordered to go and got my food in 5 minutes. I will be back. read more

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The Poke is fresh and sooooo good. It was lunchtime on a Saturday and my poke bowl only took 5 minutes to prepare. I love this little place. The layout when you walk in is a little weird, but the food, the service and cleanliness was awesome. I will be stopping here again. read more

My wife and I always get the Poke and it is consistently good every time. Good portions, easy to order by marking exactly what you want prior to getting up to the counter. read more

Demands tip for takeout and added it even though i told them not to. Very rude and bullying.

We've ordered poke for a group from here a few times times during quarantine, usually through their online order form. This is a solid option for poke in the area, with a large variety of protein and topping options. Their serving sizes are pretty big, comparable to other poke places, and we've never had any issues with the freshness of the fish. The few times I've gotten tempura it was cooked well but not particularly crispy, even with the sauce on the side. The chicken option is cooked well and is good with the sauce. Though their online order form doesn't have it, they do offer seaweed salad (you can request through additional instructions). The first time we ordered, there was too much sauce in the bowl for me and a couple others, and I'd definitely recommend requesting for sauce on the side so you can add it yourself. Also note that sometimes they are out of things that show up on the online order form, or they have additional toppings in-store that aren't shown on the form. The most recent time (a few weeks ago) their online order form let us put our orders in, but then had issues and didn't let us check out and place the order. Luckily we were able to get on the phone with a patient employee who took our order and got everything right! We let them know the online order form was broken and hopefully it gets fixed. read more

EXTREMELY RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE! Front counter lady was very unprofessional! Inside was also terrifying! Do not come here if you want good customer service! read more

Their food is absolutely delicious, especially their sushi burritos. I would definitely recommend this place!

Wow. Had the shrimp and chix bowl. Chix was perfect and the shrimp large and succulent. I got mine served with sushi rice. DELICIOUS!! read more

Hibachi Poke - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

I love their food I've never had bad service and no bad food since I've been ordering there. This place should be flooded more often it's amazing and for the price and quality It's Perfect. Go check them out!. read more

We were disappointed with our Poke meal here. We love poke and have perhaps been spoiled by Durham's Zenfish, because no other poke we've tried has even compared. We were excited to try this because they have brown rice as an option (and I'm trying to restrict myself to complex carbs only, no white rice, despite Zenfish's imported rice being the best white rice I've ever had). The brown rice was... not very good, too toothsome (almost crunchy), and looked unlike any other brown rice I'd had (which usually has a different shape to the rice kernel - this looked more like slightly tan white rice). Itaewon Grill's brown rice for their Korean BBQ bowls, for instance, is far superior in taste and texture. For proteins, I got steak and spicy tuna. The steak was OK (but cold), but the spicy tuna was... a rather unappealing texture. Whereas ZF's spicy tuna is finely minced and mixed with spicy tuna sauce, this spicy tuna had a texture as if it had been run through a food processor with some mayo based spicy sauce to make it into a paste. It was a minor but EXTREMELY noticeable difference. The selection of veggies and add-ons was, well, lacking, and they all seemed pretty tasteless. Like I was working my way through my bowl and all I could taste was a bit of the sauce... and had to remind myself that I had pineapple, edamame, sweet corn, avocado, and 2 kinds of nuts in my bowl - I couldn't actually taste them as any distinct flavors (even the sweet ingredients like corn and pineapple). The only variety the ingredients provided was in texture. We also had the gyoza, which were advertised as deep fried but which were actually steamed-and-pan-fried on the griddle - which was fine by us, but misleading. The gyoza were fine - nothing to write home about but perfectly acceptable. But the poke was the reason for going, and that definitely fell short, so we won't be back. read more

I like the poké here! It's flavorful and the portion size will leave you satisfied. I'm pretty sure the fish is frozen, but there's nowhere in NC where you'll find fresh poké, so that's to be expected. There's a wide variety of toppings and sauces to choose from and several pre-selected combinations to save you the hassle of making your own bowl, although I always like to make my own. I like that they're liberal with the sauce too. The hibachi seems pretty average, nothing special. Service is polite with a little bit of a language barrier, and the interior is spacious and clean. Overall, definitely a place I'd return for poké. read more

FANTASTIC. Has the best portions I've seen. Bowls have a lot of rice, lots of toppings, and lots of sauce. I normally find that I'm eating plain rice towards the end, but I had a very sufficient amount of toppings/sauce for the rice. Best build-your-own poke place near Chapel Hill, in my opinion, by far. Will be back and I'll remember to take pictures next time! read more

What a hidden gem! We moved to this area from Southern California and this is the only place we've found where the poke bowls measure up to the ones out there. They get how these should be composed and what options you should have for them. I'm also incredibly impressed with their hibachi dishes. There are a lot of Asiany places that do dishes like this and it's often kind of sad and low quality. Not here - the veggies are all high quality and fresh, the proteins are all cooked well, you get a delicious mayo to pour over everything, and the portions are ample - the hibachi dishes are usually two full meals for me. Have been many times and will be back many more times. read more

Hibachi Poke offers a quick, fresh and delicious Hibachi option that I can customize toy preferences. I usually get a carry out but the service is always good and the food is ready quickly. I absolutely recommend! read more

The guy workin the counter was nice and the food was fresh and good. I got the hibachi chicken and it was awesome! A rude woman left the restaurant w/o her food and rather than let her order go to waste the guy at the counter offered it to us. read more

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Hibachi meals are usually mediocre to poor in this type of small restaurant, so I was happily impressed by this place. I ordered the chicken and shrimp with fried rice. It wasn't tiny shrimp like other places, but full-size and tender shrimp. The chicken was nicely seasoned with hardly any fat. Vegetables were fresh and tasty. I will definitely come back. read more

Hibachi Poke - Hibachi Chicken and Shrimp Bowl - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Delicious and satisfying portions. Great build your own poke salad menu. Spicy tuna and spicy salmon was fresh and flavorful. And I could get brown rice! read more

Hibachi Poke - Build your own poke with spicy tuna, spicy salmon, avocado, ginger, tobiko, carrots, sesame seed and poke sauce on brown rice, a classic. - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Been here 3 times. LOVE that we have a poke place nearby!!! Very new place, seems clean. Staff have been very particular about washing hands and using gloves. The spicy mayo is my favorite sauce. I have not tried the hibachi menu yet. Looked like other folks were. So far this place has not been busy, which kinda has me worried. I want them to succeed. read more

Don't know how this place has been getting 4 and 5 star reviews. I had the dynamite poke today. Mediocre at best. Some of the fish pieces were frozen! For the same price, you can get really really good poke at so many other places (Zenfish, Hi Poke). I'm one and done with this joint. Maybe their hibachi is good? read more

I got the custom poke bowl with spicy salmon, cucumbers, pickled ginger, scallions, sesame seeds, spicy mayo, nori and masago. I chose a small bowl with 2 scoops of protein but didn't realize how big the meal was going to be! Really generous toppings and great service! First time going but it won't be the last read more

Hibachi Poke - Spicy Salmon Poke Bowl with scallions, cucumbers, pickles ginger, sesame seeds, spicy mayo, nori and masago - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Stop for a quick lunch today and was extremely impressed with how fresh and delicious my poke bowl was! Great find that I will definitely be returning to. read more

Love this poke! Wonderful place to pick up some Asian food and enjoy with good people! If you keep your friends close and your belly full of Poke you can do ANYTHING! read more

Hibachi Poke - Japanese Near Me - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

This might look like another strip mall hibachi restaurant but it is so much more!! Not only are their ingredients amazingly fresh, their food absolutely delicious, the menu expansive, and most importantly to us - they are very considerate of food allergies. . . And to boot their customer service probably the best in chapel hill. We've been coming here since it opened (5 years ago maybe) but we took a hiatus during the pandemic due to high risk family members. Today was our first time back since 2020 and I was even more impressed than I was 5 years ago. We walked in the door and the line cook recognized my daughter (who is now 9 and he hasn't seen since she was 6) and was so excited he came over to give her a socially distant welcome. He ran back to the kitchen to grab her a mandarin, which I now know is a good luck charm for the Chinese New Year. Our food was, as always, delicious. I'm so grateful this small business is still thriving and we will resume out monthly (ok maybe weekly) dinners for many years to come read more