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    Kaku Sushi & Poké

    4.2 (64 reviews)

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    One salad bowl and one rice bowl! You choose all the ingredients, so you cant mess this up :)
    Rita G.

    We have been awaiting this grand opening with anticipation and Kaku Sushi and Poke, did not disappoint. The new space has been renovated from drab to clean and modern. They are on Old Woodward between Leo's Coney Island and Eli Tea. The poke bowls are just as fresh and plentiful as the Bloomfield location. I love that the staff is so friendly, accommodating and knowledgeable. It looks like there is an expanded sushi menu but the best part is that prices have remained the same (which is surprising since I am sure downtown Birmingham rent is much higher). I know I am going to be a frequent visitor at both locations.

    Tuna on salad, hijiki seaweed, crunchy garlic and scallion topping.  Beautiful, fresh and healthy!!!!
    Dawn V.

    We have been frequent customers and admirers of the first Kaku at Telegraph and Long Lake so it's an added bonus to have Their fantastic poke in Birmingham as well. Everything here is always fresh/highest quality and you will never get tired of poke with so many options. If you are new to DIY poke, it works like Chipotle: Choose your base: rice, white or brown, or salad (or mixed) Choose your protein: tuna, salmon, spicy tuna, tofu, etc (or mixed) And add toppings and sauce as you go... If it's your first time, you can't go wrong with white rice, tuna, ponzu... The man that owns Kaku is really a great guy. Happy to see so much success for him!

    Large poke bowl

    I would just like to start this review off by saying I've been coming here for 6+ years and I've always loved this poke place but too many changes have been made. Over the years the prices have went up and the portion sizes have gone down. Large bowl used to be 4 scoops it's now 3. I come only for poke because I don't care for the sushi. They do everything online now which I don't like. If you go in to get a bowl you have to order ahead online. They charge extra after 3 toppings I get my bowls with cucumbers, onions, jalepenos, and scallions.I have to pay extra for scallions. I always get my sauces on the side. The sauce is what makes this poke place stand out from the rest, Today I placed a carry out order it was made wrong so I had to park and walk 3 blocks to get my bowl fixed. As I said I get my sauces on the side instead of mixed in my bowl. I asked for more sauce and the employee told me that it would be an extra charge because this is the new sauce portion. This being the sauce portion for a large bowl which is $20 is insane!!!!! It's not even filled half way up so wanting an extra charge for this is diabolical. The service and portions have went down and I hate that everything is online so I will be finding another poke place.

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    Mike Z.

    This place was rated 4.6 stars so you would assume good service. But unfortunately the service went downhill with covid. The place is dirty and the tables are not clean. I asked the waiter to clean our table. He grabbed a wet rag from a bucket on the floor and placed it in my hand. Never have I seen such bad service in my life. Food needless to say was horrible. I walked out with abdominal pain.

    Adam J.

    This would be one star but since I didn't have the poke, I'll keep it at two. I know people come here for the poke, but why have sushi rolls on the menu if it's terrible? This were the worst sushi rolls I've ever had and I felt cheated after seeing them and after eating them. Again, why are there sushi rolls on the menu? The nigiri is fine because that's hard to mess up (it's sushi on rice), but the rolls may be 90% rice, at least the three rolls we got. The sushi was minimal in each one and despite getting three rolls which should've been much different, they were all basically the same. I don't know. My picture says it all. There's rice inside and nothing else is visible. They also don't include wasabi or ginger. Maybe their poke is good, but they stole my money and gave me a bunch of rice so I probably won't try it.

    Small build your own
    Karolina K.

    Wasn't blown away. Don't get me wrong, the food was good, but based on all other reviews I was expecting something to "wow" me. The service was very good, as a first timers we were a little confused but the guy working there was very kind and explained all options, and even gave some samples of the sauces. We got the Ahi Tuna bowl and a small pick your own. The Ahi tuna was very good, the fish was fresh and everything combined gave a nice flavor. My bowl on the other side was kind of blind, and despite adding many items I was still eating basically rice. Needed to ask for extra sauce to add some flavor. Also, I added a seaweed salad for extra $1 since I love it, and was totally disappointed with the flavor. Maybe that wasn't the right combination, not sure, but both of us kind of liked the food, there was nothing bad about it, but not to the point that we would like to come back. Especially for the price you pay.

    Pick your own poke and salmon ponzu
    Rochelle D.

    Pretty good poke spot. I love that it's so close to us. Fish was fresh, sauces and other condiments were good, staff was friendly, and the place is pretty clean. I'm giving it only a 4 stars cause I felt like they were a bit stingy on the amount of fish per scoops. Maybe next time I'll get the large just to get more fish, probably gonna come and trying the sushi next. Pick your own poke: small comes with 2 scoops and large comes with 4.

    Sandy L.

    Came here out of the blue with my boyfriend. Cute little spot. The price is a little higher compared to other poke places we went to. We both ordered something that was already premade list. I think I ordered the salmon.. and my boyfriend ordered the ..

    Beth B.

    Fantastic poke place in Birmingham. We stopped for lunch for a couple of poke bowls and some miso soup. I ordered a build your own bowl, size small and it was a very generous portion. I decided to run with the spicy tuna, white rice, Eel sauce, cucumbers, jalapeño, seaweed, and Krab and it was outstanding. My hubby got something similar with Ahi Tuna and cleaned the bowl! We'll be frequenting this place for sure!

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    Amy R.

    I am so sad that Kaku has just gradually gone downhill over the last 6 months - 1 year. My office used to order at least once a week. We order through grub hub and Kaku is incapable of getting any order 100% right. So we pay more money to the restaurant and all the grub hub fees to get less that sub-par bowls. They took the mushrooms off the menu. They changed their spicy tuna from tuna chunks to mushy tuna paste (this actually might be salmon I'm not even sure). I asked for extra sauce on the side and this bowl is drowning in sauce. It's one big bowl of mush. My friend asked for and paid for double protein and did not get a double portion by any means. And this is just our most recent order. They are all equally messed up in one way or another. I don't ever write reviews. I'm just tired of "seeing if they've improved", just to be disappointed every single time. We don't like the other Poke option in Troy either. It's like we're out of good Poke options here. So frustrating. Probably won't have these issues if you go inside and order but the parking situation there is a joke.

    Shrimp and Scallops

    I've gone back a few times since my last visit and they've always been very consistent in giving me good quality food! I still absolutely love the shrimp and scallop bowl so I get it every time I go. The staff are always super efficient and friendly. It is definitely one of my go to places for carry out!

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    High quality and fresh. Excellent place to grab a quick bite to eat. Highly recommend.

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    We love this small well run sushi restaurant. I have eaten sushi all over the world and this one is very fresh!

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