Pokemoto Assembly Row Somerville

Despite having several signs about how knowledgeable they are about allergens, they only know what sauces are gluten free. There is no master list of allergens for the rest of ingredients. Extremely disappointing - either improve your system or take down your signs claiming to be able to help.

This is genuinely the first bad review I’ve ever left and I’m shocked by the high reviews. I personally feared for my life when I got this bowl 😭 the first red flag was noticing that the greens had a couple rotten leaves “I can pick those out” I told myself. The next was how stringy and white the salmon was when they put it into my bowl. They were quickly covered in sauce which put my mind at ease not having to look at them too much longer. Then we got to the toppings and I realized most ingredients looked mostly inedible, I opted for the mango and cucumber as they were the most used and ??hopefully the freshest. The “pokebowl artist” I will call them, then spent around 30 seconds trying to hit the piece of cucumber that sat on the counter back into the deep metal container in order to scoop it up and add it to my bowls containments. “That’s an interesting choice” again, I thought to myself. The person working showed as much enthusiasm for the job as was displayed in these ingredients. “I have a gluten allergy” I told them when they eventually asked what I wanted. She stared back at me not talking.. not even blinking with her gaze fixed in mine. I continued with my order hoping that this was a sign of acknowledgement…I still don’t know. Now by the time we were at the last level of topping choices and about to hit the register, I had a deep regret for my choice of continuing to order through all of this. But I now felt committed to this bowl… we’ve been through a lot together in these last couple minutes. We’ve shared laughs, tears, and deep memories I will never forget. I could do this. I check out and take my food to the space by the water to eat it. I open the container and began to pull out the rotten pieces of lettuce, one by one I end up removing every single piece. At this point, I’m still slightly terrified to eat it but I do. The salmon somehow has absolutely no flavour but thankfully the remnants of the lettuce give a nice gritty texture to put my mind at ease. Now if I impart any wisdom onto the person reading this; don’t make the same mistake I did. Just go to the sushi place down the block. Good luck