Standouts from the toppings selection include wasabi-toasted coconut flakes, pickled shiitake mushroom, and fiery jalapeños. Top off your poke experience with a build-your-own bowl or choose from a myriad of zesty signature dishes like the mango albacore with ponzu-lime, macadamia nuts and ginger or the spicy yuzu salmon tossed with yuzukoshu sauce, edamame and fresh lime. Unlike the usual white or brown rice fare, you’ll choose from an uplifted base selection of green bamboo rice (same sushi rice texture but healthier), fresh kelp noodles and cucumber slaw, or a citrus kale salad. Culinary wiz Dakota Weiss (a former Top Chef contestant) has reinvented the traditional poke bowl. With locations in just about every neighborhood, these artistic, enticing bowls combine for an experience that can only be defined as poke chic.

Be warned: It's a small space, so expect at least a 20-30 minute wait most nights. Pair these perfectly portioned one-size bowls with a cold Sapporo for an intimate date night or casual night out with friends. Choose from selections of tuna, salmon, albacore and more, mixed with seaweed, green onion, pickled ginger, delicate shoyu sauce and served over a bed of lettuce and white, brown, or Hijiki seaweed rice. Beyond spice-scented aromas, sizzling tempura and other tantalizing fare, you’ll discover an entire section dedicated to succulent Japanese-style poke. Nestled in a Studio City strip mall, you’ll find red walls dripping in antiques and trinkets, dimly lit lanterns, Buddha figures, picture frames, Chinese quotes on banners-it’s as if a souvenir shop exploded, but in the most charming way possible. It's one of those hole-in-the-wall spots you want to keep secret, but love too much not to tell everyone to try.

Opening this Studio City restaurants's glass door is like peeling back the closet door to Narnia.

Long beach poki and ramen bar