

POW POW is an award winning plant-based Asian and kosher certified fast-casual restaurant with locations in the heart of DC’s popular H Street, North East corridor, as well as our newest location at Downtown’s busy Franklin Square area of North West, Washington, DC. Adapting classic Chinese, Japanese and Korean techniques through corporate American food models, POW-POW creates its version of Asian Plant-based cuisine. Serving creative plant-based salads, hearty bowls and Egg rolls the size of your arm. Using the highest-quality natural-ingredients from local farms when available, POW POW serves its unique version of creative, fun and healthy food in a culture rich environment.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1250 I St NW #102, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 629-4548
Website: http://eatpowpow.com/
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Reviews
You order on iPads and then watch the chefs cook you food from a distance, so it’s not really a hospitable experience… but the place has nice vibes and you don’t have to tip a waiter ♂️
A strong suggestion is to ensure the kiosks allow customers to request NO CILANTRO for those of us who find it tastes disgusting. The only way I could cover this need was on the name I put on the order was to add “NO CILANTRO” after my name, and then also to get the attention of the staff making the food to ensure they knew to omit cilantro. Other options are on the kiosk to omit/add items, not not the option to select omit cilantro.
Note: I miscalculated my parking reservation location and we ended up walking 28 minutes to get here. Needless to say I was so hungry I could eat a (plant based) horse!
Firstly, the menu online is thorough but they have plenty more options on the touchscreen kiosks-enough to get overwhelmed with indecisiveness (a good problem). So as usual we over-ordered so we could sample plenty!
Firecracker Cauliflower to start- everyone loved this and it was fully consumed. Not too spicy so the kids can eat it but lots of flavor.
Crispy Lemon Parm Brussel Sprouts – these were okay and while not entirely finished- I think its moreso because we had plenty of other food at the table. While I love a crispy brussel sprout, I prefer a soy sauce over the lemon stuff.
Chickn fingers- (teriyaki) – by far my favorite dish. I think they make their chickn in-house and these were perfectly tossed and not drowning in sauce. I have no idea what the accompanying dipping sauce was supposed to emulate – it didnt have much flavor- but honestly not needed. Very crispy and dense texture with a great teriyaki sauce.
Chkn rice bowl- same fingers as above but without sauce and on top of rice with grilled veggies. It was a brown rice which tasted poor (as if instant out of a box)
Mongolian beef n broc-I believe they use meati- the mushroom based beef. Noodles and veggies were great and could be eaten on their own! Jury is still out on the meati product line.
Overall, loved the menu options and the fact the entire menu is plant based (note I didnt say healthy)!
Super kind staff and I could see they were all hustling but still being attentive to all customers.
Worst food I’ve had in DC so far …