Poke Bowl Near Me in Kendall: Poki Bowl at The Palms

Poki Bowl Kendall is the place in West Kendall where a poke bowl comes with an acevichada drizzle and a cup of chicha morada. The shop sits at 8370 Mills Dr, Miami, FL 33183, inside The Palms at Town & Country shopping center near Kendall Drive and SW 117th Avenue, and it is the Florida outpost of a poke chain that started in California. If you searched poke bowl near me from Kendall, this is the counter where you pick everything yourself, Chipotle style.

The shop's own Our Story page says the very first Poki Bowl opened in San Jose, California, in 2015, and that the Kendall store carries the same spirit to Miami. The chain's location page lists Kendall as its only Florida shop, alongside stores in California, Utah, North Carolina and Nevada. The Kendall counter has been open since about September 2019: its first Yelp review is dated September 12 of that year, and a reviewer two days later wrote that they came for the opening.

What makes this branch different is the menu's Peruvian streak. The story page describes the food as a blend of Hawaiian poke, Japanese sushi and Peruvian ceviche, and the details back that up. Ceviche fish is one of the protein choices, acevichada is one of the drizzles, and the dessert case holds arroz con leche, flan and suspiro limeño. A February 2026 reviewer put it simply: the special sauce here is influenced by Peruvian flavors. The shop is run locally by PBK Loos Lublin LLC, according to its website.

Ordering moves down a counter. A July 2026 reviewer called it a Chipotle-style poke bowl place where you choose your rice foundation, then your proteins and toppings. The base can be sushi rice, brown rice, chips or mixed greens, or a half-and-half mix. Proteins are spicy tuna, ahi tuna, salmon, spicy salmon, ceviche fish, tofu and cooked chicken. Cooked shrimp and cooked octopus cost $1.50 more per scoop, and an extra scoop of anything is $3.00.

Next you pick a spice level for the sauce mix, from Not Spicy and Mild to Medium Spicy and Spicy, then up to three vegetables: cucumber, white onions or green onions. The topping round allows up to twelve choices. Included are one scoop of imitation crab, mango, masago, corn, ginger, carrots, crunchy onions, seaweed mix, sesame seeds and wasabi. Avocado costs $2.50 extra, edamame and seaweed salad cost $2.00 each, and an extra scoop of crab or avocado is $3.00. The bowl finishes with up to five drizzles: the house Poki spicy sauce, miso dressing, sriracha, eel sauce and acevichada.

Prices on the shop's own online menu start with the Poki Special at $18.99, which includes two proteins with toppings and sauces but leaves out imitation crab. The Regular Bowl with three proteins is $21.50, and the Large Bowl with four scoops of protein is $22.50, only a dollar more, so the large is the better deal if you are hungry. A Kid's Bowl is $15.99 and comes in a 16-ounce size with one protein, one topping and a fountain drink. Sizes are priced from these starting points, and premium add-ons raise the total.

There are a few fixed bowls too. The California Bowl is $16.99 and is a 24-ounce bowl of white rice with two scoops of crab meat, cucumber, avocado and seaweed mix under spicy mayo or eel sauce. The Chicken Bowl is $14.99 and the Chicken Teriyaki Bowl is $18.99, which gives non-fish eaters a full meal. For a first visit, a two-protein Poki Special with salmon and ceviche fish, mango, masago and crunchy onions, finished with acevichada and miso dressing, shows off what this branch does differently.

Reviewers in 2026 agree on flavor and disagree on value. A February 2026 reviewer called the toppings her favorite part and liked the miso sauce on top. A July 2026 reviewer wrote that the food was so good and the portion huge, but that her bowl, water and tip came to about $27. A March 2026 reviewer was disappointed by hard brown rice and fishy salmon after spending about $23 on one bowl, and a 2025 reviewer felt the shop charges for extras that other poke places include. Sticking to the included toppings keeps the bill closer to the menu price.

Boba tea is the second reason people come. A milk-based boba tea is $7.99 and a fruit-based one is $7.25, and the shop runs a Boba Tuesday deal of two for $10.00. Desserts are $10.99 each for Peruvian arroz con leche, flan caramelo and suspiro limeño, the dulce de leche and meringue dessert from Lima, while a matcha cheesecake is $5.00. Inca Kola is $3.50 and chicha morada is $4.50, so you can make the whole meal Peruvian if you skip the boba.

Poki Bowl Kendall is open Monday through Thursday from 11 am to 9 pm, Friday from 11 am to 9:30 pm, Saturday from 11:30 am to 9:30 pm and Sunday from noon to 8 pm, according to its own website. Online orders through the shop's site quote about ten minutes for pickup and add a 5 percent service fee, capped at $7.50. The site also lists dine-in, takeout, delivery and catering, and online orders earn 10 reward points per dollar.

Inside, a February 2026 reviewer found the space clean with enough seating, and a July 2026 reviewer noted toy machines as decor and a blue color scheme. A 2025 visitor mentioned some seating inside plus a table outside. Because the shop sits in a large open-air shopping center, the plaza's parking lot is the obvious place to leave a car, and Kendall Drive is the main road in and out.

The Palms at Town & Country is an open-air shopping center, so a bowl can easily turn into a short walk past the storefronts before heading back to the car. Kendall Village Center is about 0.3 miles away on the other side of the area's main intersection, and Miami Dade College's Kendall Campus is a little over a mile away, close enough for students to make a pickup run between classes.

The best plan is a Tuesday visit, when Boba Tuesday makes two drinks $10.00. Order a large bowl to share or a Poki Special with acevichada, add a pair of milk teas, and finish with a suspiro limeño. On a weekday, arriving between lunch and dinner gives you time to work through all twelve topping slots without a line behind you.