Forkelo ranking · Updated October 2026
9 poke across New York City, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Pokeplus · Forest Hills, Queens
15 dish-specific mentions · 73% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call it the best poke in Queens, fresh and well packed. A few got stingy scoops of fish or fishy tuna.
Aloha Alley · DUMBO, Brooklyn
17 dish-specific mentions · 59% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call it the freshest poke in the city, with huge chunks of fish. Some found the ahi too salty or the salmon bland.
Poke Bowl · Financial District, Manhattan
15 dish-specific mentions · 67% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call the bowls hefty, fresh and good value, a top NYC poke pick. Critics found some bowls mostly rice or the fish slimy.
Pokebab · Williamsburg, Brooklyn
16 dish-specific mentions · 69% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call it the best poke in the area, with fresh fish and packed bowls. A few paid around 20 for mostly rice.
Red Poke · Midtown West, Manhattan
17 dish-specific mentions · 65% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call it still the best poke in town, fresh and Hawaii like. A few reported rancid or fishy fish and food poisoning.
Red Poke · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
16 dish-specific mentions · 56% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call it the best poke in NYC, fresh and generous. Recent critics say bowls got skimpier and mostly rice, with some fishy tuna.
PokeRice · West Village, Manhattan
16 dish-specific mentions · 62% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call it the best poke bowl in years, with fresh fish. Critics call it just OK or subpar, with stingy protein.
Pokeworks · Union Square, Manhattan
15 dish-specific mentions · 60% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call it a reliable, reasonably priced poke spot with fresh fish. Critics reported stingy fish and off colored tuna.
Chikarashi · Chinatown, Manhattan
16 dish-specific mentions · 56% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call the goma shoyu tuna the best poke in NYC, with very fresh fish. Critics found bowls small, pricey and sometimes bland.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked limited data until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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