PSA TO KEEP THE REMI CRUZ BOWL. Hands down my fave poke bowl. Nothing compares and I'm sad to see it go at the end of January 2025. Service is great as always. I wish there was indoor seating especially during the colder months. KEEP THE REMI BOWL!! PLEASE!! read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

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Super delicious! I got the Remi Cruz bowl, and was impressed! I hope the end date of this special bowl gets pushed back because it was delicious! The salmon was very fresh. I also enjoyed the crispy noodles on top. It added a nice texture. I want to get the bowl again before it comes to an end at the end of this month! There is a small parking lot a little down from the restaurant. There's also some small tables for outdoor seating. read more

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Hubby was craving poke and I suggested Sweetfin since this menu has more interesting plant-based options than its competitors. Street parking was easy since Sweetfin is located on the edge of Belmont Shore where it's less crowded. The menu has a Build Your Own Bowl option which clearly marks what is vegan. Even better, there is a Plant-Based section in the menu for signature bowls. I ordered the Miso Eggplant and Mushroom Poke Bowl which includes sun-dried tomatoes, bean sprouts, and radish. I added edamame for extra protein. For my base, I did a mix of forbidden rice and citrus kale salad. This meal was fairly hearty, flavorful, and totally hit the spot! Perfect portion size too. Quite filling! https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sweetfin-belmont-shore-long-beach?select=kpZiSx9ZvObhzCcVegz-wg Service was good enough. Not the chattiest staff but certainly helpful. This small corner spot doesn't have any indoor dining but there are a couple tables and chairs outside. I would easily choose to eat here again. I'm very curious about checking out Sweetfin's other plant-based options. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Miso Eggplant and Mushroom Poke Bowl - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

Come on down to Belmont Shore (2nd Street) and get your Poke Bowl On. Tuna, salmon, shrimp or veggies, your hunger and taste senses will surely be addressed. Plenty of good food choices await. Burritos, grains and greens. Oh, they've got plant-based options too. I left out the chicken. My favorite chicken based bowl is the Cilantro Chopped Chicken Salad which comes with grilled chicken, cilantro lime jalapeno vinaigrette, chopped kale, napa cabbage, red onions, cucumbers, carrots, cilantro, crunchy vermicelli noodles, and sesame seeds. The place is clean and relaxed. The service is friendly and excellent. Eat in or order to go. Best to find parking on the side streets or behind the storefronts. Better yet, walk a few blocks from the beach. read more

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I got a build your own bowl with salmon! Overall, the quality was good & I'd order it again. The yuzu sauce was so tasty! read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

First timer at Sweetfin! Big fan of their other sister restaurants so thought I'd give this a try. For starters I would say their menu and selections are unlike any other poke spots. It is confusing at first but the pre-selected selections seem to be the way to go. We got the yuzu salmon and standard tuna bowls. For base we tried both the bamboo rice and black rice. I would definitely recommend the bamboo rice as the black rice had a weird dry texture. One thing I like about this place is that you can add shashito peppers! That was a nice kick I've never tried before. Fish quality is great and flavors were definitely top notch. Overall I would say Sweetfin is certainly different but not ideal for a typical poke fix. The high pricing and smaller portion sizing are also not ideal. Still--for more flavorful and specially curated bowls I would recommend! read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Yuzu Salmon Poke Bowl - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

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My first time ever trying Sweetfin! So excited they opened a location in Belmont Shore! I love that their entire menu is gluten free! Please don't sleep on the taro chips, they're amazing! The taro chips have wasabi furikake seasoning, try it with your poke, it's delicious! If you get overwhelmed with all the different toppings, you can order one of their signature bowls to make it easier! Parking: they have a shared parking lot if you can't find street parking Patio: they have a shared patio if you want to sit down and enjoy your meal! What I ate: got a large poke bowl with salmon and albacore tuna and the forbidden rice! They have have plenty of different toppings to choose from which I love! read more

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Food: I got the build-your-own bowl with salmon and seared ahi with a variety of vegetables. I like that this spot has a much larger variety of vegetables than your typical poke spot. However, the Chinese broccoli was SO BITTER that it took away from the experience. My BF actually stopped eating the bowl bc of the bitterness. Price is on par for poke nowadays - a large is about $16, the small looked like the size of a side dish so I didn't bother. Ambiance: This is a quick service location with no seating, so great if you're a Belmont Shore local, but tough for others since street parking can be limited. I could see getting a bowl and bringing it to the beach during the summer. Service: Quick and no frills. You can get $5 off your first order if you sign up for their rewards program but you have to link your credit card. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Build your own bowl - large - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

DISAPPOINTMENT Found this place through Yelp and made the drive out. Came in on a Wednesday at around 4pm. Walked in and noticed the place looked like it was about to close but had a few more hours of operation. It was dark, someone was mopping, it was empty and most of the proteins in the tins were gone. Decided to take a chance anyways. How I wished I had saved my money. The screens were not working and it was my first time here so I didn't know how this specific business was selling their bowls. I asked the employees. Too bad the music was on blast and I could not here anything! I kept having to have him repeat what he was saying but he didn't speak up. As the employee starts making my bowl, I ask for spicy mayo. The bottle was empty. He squeezed what was left in the bottle and told me there was no more. Barely a teaspoon. I asked if there wasn't anymore in the back of house? He just looked at me like that was it and continued asking if that was okay. I figured there was no more. Turns out there was, he just apparently didn't wanna go get it because eventually the manager or who ever that was ended up giving me a side of the spicy mayo. Eventually they turned off the music so we could hear. Please note that the speaker is directly above the customer at the first station. For the price point I recognize that all the ingredients might be unique but it didn't make it good. I guess that's their selling point but for the love of god just have regular rice. I got the black rice. Hard dry little grains, my date got the bamboo rice. Both dry and hard grains. I also noticed that the crispy toppings such as the crispy onions and garlic appeared to be made in house? Perhaps? But they were stale and hard to chew. Coupled with the rice it was not a good texture. Now for the protein, I got salmon and shrimp. The shrimp was actually pretty good, but the salmon was barely room temperature and way too fatty or something. Just slime. At this point I don't know if it was imitation salmon. Unlike most places, you can only get six toppings before your capped. Me and my date kept tasting wasabi in our bowls, we didn't order wasabi. Don't know if that's standard but we were not fans. The packaging was cute. But there wasn't anywhere to eat besides their "patio" which was honestly just two tables set outside on the sidewalk. They were sticky and unfortunately water had settled along the curb becoming stagnant. We had to swat away the occasional fly. We picked at the protein and threw away the rest. In all, I didn't see the point in going back and getting my money since I had ate most of the protein. Lesson learned and what I took away from this is that I will not be back. read more

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Welcome to Long Beach, Sweetfin! I'm aware of this brand but never had a chance to try their other locations prior. This review is based off of their opening day so things may have changed, perhaps gotten better since. They offer 2 sizes on their bowls and you pick a base whether rice, kale salad, or noodle. My yuzu salmon was good but I didn't enjoy my miso eggplant bowl as much. I couldn't really taste a miso flavor on the eggplant. I guess I was expecting the eggplant pieces to be larger but they were small pieces that you could hardly tell what they were. There appeared to be more mushrooms than eggplant. Tofu was included in the bowl. My gripe is that for a vertically challenged adult, I had trouble communicating with staff on other side of the glass. It's way too high, taller than myself, and with the music being so loud, I couldn't even hear them. I was only there on opening day so I'm not sure if the music is always playing at that level. This is a small space so there isn't any seating inside. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

Meh. Won't go again. Lacking serious flavor. I kept reaching for something to add. I was bummed there was no seating No spicy tuna :( The toppings were not typical of what you usually see: coconut wasabi, macadamia nut, almonds...etc My bowl was $24 wowzers Worth a try but not worth going back read more

Save your money & go to Poke Pola instead. Price - The large bowl will cost you $16 for the choice of up to 2 protein and appears to be the size of a small bowl at their neighboring competition. Sweet Fin's method for portioning your protein is done by scale. After they added the sauce and toppings in the mixing bowl they add the contents on top of the base. For me, rice and the kelp noodles. Unfortunately when placing my fish on top my base, there were still a few pieces of fish left in the mixing bowl that were headed for the trash. This would go left unnoticed and unbothered should they not weigh the fish right in front of me. The staff are still getting used to the operation which is understandable. But $16 for a bowl is just absurd when you finally sit down to eat it. Flavor - The closest choice of white rice is along the lines of a short grained white rice with bamboo. It wasn't great. I would prefer a boring traditional white rice. I enjoyed the Yuzu flavor marinade. But it just wasn't enough. Experience - It was a bit hard to hear the employees over the glass window. The menu is far and high which was hard to read. These are just my observations. The staff were nice and these things are out of their control. No hard feelings but I won't be coming back. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - BYOB - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

The staff is very helpful and inviting and the establishment is very clean. Let's talk about the food. I've been there twice in a week, no lie. I build my own bowl to whatever my tastebuds want. The sriracha ponzu is awesome! The garlic sauce is awesome. The veggies are awesome. The different types of rices are awesome and the kale slaw is- you got it awesome! I love that I finally have a fast food type of healthy eating on 2nd street. I can't wait to go back. Forbidden rice or bamboo rice the next time?? read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Amazing yum yummy. - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

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I had the BEST experience at the new Sweetfin in Long Beach! I was having trouble ordering online so I popped by the store and as it turns out, I was two days early for their grand opening which is today, Friday September 15. The manager Josh was doing paperwork by the door and his staff was there, and everyone was super friendly and welcoming and when I said "I'm going to be out of town for your grand opening", they offered to make me a sample poke bowl! I was delighted and it was DELICIOUS! So happy to see a locally owned business joining our community and can't wait to go back and try the entire menu! Welcome, Sweetfin! read more

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Delicious bowls and burritos. Service was superb. We really liked the Truffle Albacore bowl. Our new go-to spot! read more

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Absolute most meager portions of fish I've ever been served. Basically $15 for a bowl of vegetables. Might as well save $5 and get the veggie bowl at Chipotle instead. The guy who served me literally pinched off 2 pieces of fingernail sized salmon before serving me. Hard pass. Save your money and go elsewhere. read more

First time trying Sweet Fin! Jill was fabulous helping me pick out my toppings and making my own bowl. I will be back! read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Make your own bowl! - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

I wish I looked at more reviews before coming here. Feel bad for leaving 1 star but this place is not like a regular poke spot. Small shop towards the end of belmont. They have the menu on the TVs but 2 of the tvs weren't on. The music was super loud that the entire time, I could not hear the guy helping us with our order. He told us a large bowl would get us 4 proteins. I have no idea if he meant 4oz or 4 different kinds of protein. I only chose 2 and again I wanted to ask but was getting annoyed with the loud music and they didn't talk any louder after I repeatedly told them I can't hear them. The sauces and sides are whatever. And towards the end they do not have regular rice. I ate only half my bowl but could not even try to finish it the fish didn't taste that fresh and I wasn't a fan of the weird bamboo rice they had. On yelp claims to have a outdoor kinda seating. It was two tiny tables on the side. Pricy $15 "large" poke bowl. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Large poke bowl - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

First time trying sweet fish and I was so pleased the staff is super attentive. Has knowledge of their menu and their food is so fresh. The establishment is clean and very aesthetic. They are brand new and are offering $5 off your next order! Can't wait to come back. Todays staff was Felix and Ivan. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Menú and poke bar area - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

Pretty new store, gave it a try and it was pretty good. Not your typical poke place, it's catered more towards California flavors. Service was quick and good, nice & inviting store in Belmont. read more

Everything was so flavorful and well combined together. I like that there are a lot of crunchy ingredients in the poke mix. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Signature sweetbox and chengdu crunch bowl - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

Maria helped us out with a large order last night about an hour before closing. She was so patient and helpful, and she made sure to recommend items for us to be able to taste everything. We ordered 3 large bowls, 3 salads, a burrito, a sweet box, and tarot chips. They all tasted great. The portions were small for the price, but the quality of the ingredients made up for it. The spicy tuna burrito was delicious with the chili oil dip on the side. We will definitely go back. read more

Ordered a classic tuna bowl with cauliflower rice. Tasted terrible. The cauliflower rice was so wet an saturated that it tasted like i was eating thick soupy mush. Do not recommend read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Signature bowl with cauliflower rice - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

I just ordered a bowl via DoorDash with albacore, bamboo rice, crispy onions and garlic, with seaweed salad. I really wish I had read prior reviews about this place. The disappointment.. the fish was not fresh, there was a slimy after taste. The taro chips were all stale. I do not recommend. read more

2nd time ordering from here, however today my lunch had a hair. So disgusting... please double check food prep area. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Hair in food - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

I'm absolutely obsessed! Best customer service! The food is outstanding, fresh, super convenient and happens to be gluten free which is why I'm obsessed. As someone with a severe gluten intolerance, finding convenient take out is nearly impossible and when I find a place I usually have to settle for a million modifications. SweetFin lets me feel "normal" and makes eating delicious and convenient food an absolute delight! read more

Was excited to try this new place on 2nd. Unfortunately, my experience was not as good as I would have liked it. Not a fan of how they weigh out the fish to the exact gram. The scale was off by literally .5gram and he removed one tiny single piece of fish. Shows how greedy the owners are. Fish was also previously frozen and the fish he gave me was literally the final pieces of the bucket, and was scooping fish juice with my salmon. The juice probably weighed more than the actual salmon. Lol. Portions are small and prices are high. Higher than poke pola around the corner (which I'm not very impressed with either, which is why I was looking forward to this joint opening up). Wasn't impressed unfortunately. Regretfully, I'll be looking elsewhere for my tunes and Sammy bowls. read more

3 stars due to that sweetbox being unique and there was variety with some good sides. -1 star for portion on actual fish poke and -1 star for the price being way above average. Very nice staff indeed, welcome to Belmont shore, may the the poke gods send this message your way. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - I was still hungry so I got an apple - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

Fresh,Tasty and Quick. I live nearby and will video again soon. A little to loud. The server could not hear requests read more

TL:DR mediocre hipsters food that's frozen and grumpy staff with no seating. I really wanted to like this place but I didn't have a good experience. They've been open for almost a month so I was hoping they would have got the kinks worked out by now. Half the menu screens weren't working and determining the options for the bowls was really poorly done. Normally poke places have a flow or an order to them where you choose your base first and then you work your way down the line. At this place you pick the fish first and the toppings before they even ask you about the base. I got tuna with the spicy ponzu on the kale salad and a box water. My buddy got the sweet potato on the forbidden rice. Should be forbidden price but its poke. We also grabbed the taro chips and he grabbed a drink as well for $44 bucks with tip. All the food gets tossed in a paper bowls in a paper bag with a 2.5 inch diameter hole that somehow you're supposed to carry. We get checked out by the staff and I still tip even though the staff is super grumpy. We walk outside where there is zero places to sit., and immediately the handle tears, bag falls to the ground, mine is upside down on the sidewalk but the lid kept most of it intact. My buddy's food stayed in the bag but not in the bowl. Staff sees us but no help at all. We gather up the mess leaving some kale behind for street, go to the park and dig in. Food is OK, but the tuna was frozen, taro chips are the only redeemimg thing. read more

18$ for some attitude Order a large tuna bowl and the dude puts a decent amount just to scoop half of it back in the container Everything is 1.50 extra normal poke stuff like avocado or imitation crab I can look past that cause 2nd street but dog.. this mf seriously comped a attitude for me not understanding the concept of this spot right away like god damn bro at least fucking try bummer read more

Fish is frozen, and was still frozen in my bowl. Got 3 shades and somehow still flavorless. Will give them another shot in a couple months, but Poke Pola wins by a long shot. read more

The woman who built my bowl was very nice. They had a lot of ingredients to choose from and it took me a while to figure out what to get. I opted for a signature bowl, the yuzu salmon bowl. I got the small size and the amount of salmon was pretty small. The bamboo white rice was very sticky and a little dry. The toppings were very good but after it was all done I tried to pay with cash and was told they are a "cashless business". I almost walked out right then and there. The woman behind the counter tried to give me the bowl for free. I tipped the cost of the bowl. They had no sign in the window, no sign on the door and no indication anywhere they didn't take cash. That's a deal breaker for me. I don't use my credit card for small purchases. I also don't like being forced to use a credit card for everything. I will not be going back. The poke place up the street is better and takes cash. read more

Over-priced, mediocre quality fish, had many chewy tuna chunks in my bowl. No on site seating. Very minimal drink options. Staff is friendly so 2 stars for that. Wouldn't return and wouldn't recommend, poke spot nearby is excellent alternative and I wish I'd spent my $60+ for 3 bowls and 3 drinks there instead. read more

Another Poke choice for Second Street. Just opened, the location was clean. The customer service was good and they processed the orders quickly. The food was fresh. They have a lot of healthy options. For the amount of food the price was appropriate. The only drawback is they have no inside or outside seating. A great choice for fast & healthy take out. read more

This is one of the best pokes I've ever tried. It's for sure different. It tastes like a combination of Hawaiian and Latino-sh. The ingredientes that they use are different and they provide a wonderful texture combination. Customer service is also great! Ivan and Jill took good care of me. read more

Sweetfin - Belmont Shore - Poke Near Me - Long Beach, California

They got my order wrong, food was tasteless and stale. I would never order from this place again

Pros: great fresh fish and good food. I loved the multiple options to add into your bowl. I appreciate the vegetarian options as well and they are delicious alternatives. Cons: I know they just opened, but I really hope they get better with training their staff. I've been twice (I was there on grand opening day and another time recently) and staff literally seem like they don't know what they are doing. It's also hard to shout your order through the glass pane and even more frustrating to have staff ask you the same question 3-4 times. They also don't know how to make the bowls. I got a build my own bowl, and the person asked what sauce I want. I said there is a "classic" sauce on the menu (I literally pointed to it as I said it) and she said we don't have classic sauce. It's very frustrating and turns me off from bringing my family here because it gets chaotic trying to order when staff don't know how to make the order. Then she had to ask another staff member for help, and that staff member had to stop what they were doing to help her and it just threw the whole production line off. I think what they should do is give you the little sheet of paper and you can circle what you want and then hand it over to them to make. One staff member was helping to build the second half of my order with toppings and she got a phone call and just left? All in all I hope they improve their training for staff because I want this place to succeed. It's hard to find fresh healthier quick food options and I hope it stays on 2nd for a long time. read more

One of my favorite quick bites on 2nd Ave! Great poke and all of staff super friendly. Definitely recommend!

Love the ingredients and the presentation. Decent size servings and the price is write.