
Customizable bowls of poke, fried chicken & other Pacific Island eats in a fast-casual space.
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Address: 300 Beacon St, Somerville, MA 02143
Phone: (617) 945-1042
Website: http://www.manoa.fish/
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300 Beacon St, Somerville, MA 02143
If you’re craving authentic Hawaiian poke, Manoa Poke is where it’s at! We tried their Mix Plate which comes with fluffy white rice , creamy mac salad , crunchy kimchi cucumbers , and your choice of two proteins—we went with spicy tuna and salmon. Both were solid, but the real winner?
✨SALMON BELLY✨
Coated in the most addicting teriyaki sauce , it was sweet, savory, and absolutely melt-in-your-mouth. I don’t even like salmon usually, but this blew me away. 10/10 would order again (and again ).
We also tried the Kalua Pig —tender pulled pork shoulder slow-cooked to perfection, served with their housemade yaki sauce. It’s juicy, flavorful, and a must-try for anyone who’s not big on seafood.
Dessert time! We finished with their Mango Cake—a spongey, tropical dream. The real MVP? That fluffy, flavorful frosting. Can’t wait to come back and try the pineapple version!
⏰ Heads up: This place gets busy even right at opening (3PM!) and some things sell out fast, so get there early! ♀️
Food: 9/10
Ambiance: Grab-and-go vibes, not really a dine-in hangout.
Affordability: 5/10 – Definitely a treat yo’self kinda meal but you’re paying for quality and real island flavor ✨
My friend ordered mini mix which had smaller portion. The Ahi shoyu & Salmon shoyu were fresh & mouthwatering.
The waiters were friendly, and there were free iced water & restrooms. Would come back to this resto.
I placed an online order for 4:30pm, but my food wasn’t ready until 4:40pm. The inside was very colorful with minimal seating. There were free anime stickers at the cash register!
– BBQ Gohan Bowl ($15): Smaller portion size than the ahi katsu plate for the same price but still filling. I was most excited about the soy-cured egg, but it seeped into the rice by the time I got home, so I did not get the satisfaction of popping the yolk, sadly. I definitely tasted the BBQ flavor, and the salmon was cooked well (not dry). However, there was too much sauce, so I found the dish too salty, which is a common theme as you’ll continue reading.
– Ahi Katsu Plate ($15): Huge portion, though largely because there was a ton of rice. I don’t eat this much rice, so if there were an option to order the ahi katsu a la carte or substitute the rice with other sides, I would have done so. However, the rice was cooked well. The ahi katsu was crispy on the outside and soft and flavorful on the inside (but again, I found it on the saltier side; same for the kimchi cucumbers). I liked the refreshing lightness of the mac salad.
– Manoa Dip with Wonton Chips ($9): The dip tasted similar to the BBQ Gohan Bowl: thick and creamy but salty. I did not like the wonton chips; they tasted way too oily and were too brittle to actually be used to scoop the dip.
– Pineapple Cake ($7): This dessert was interesting; I liked it. It was basically a sponge cake infused with pineapple syrup. Very soft and flavorful. The cake was wrapped in thin slices of fresh pineapple, but I found the taste similar to canned pineapple.
Overall, the prices were decent, and the food was flavorful but just too salty for my taste. I also didn’t get any poke like I had originally planned (the stuff that I ended up ordering just sounded too good; also, I thought the dip was going to be raw, but I did not read the description carefully enough), so maybe I will enjoy the poke more.
The other poke shops are not authentic