Klaw Poke - Dublin Road, Ratoath

I've visited Klaw a handfull of times. I'm a sucker for a bowl of things. First time was great (I don't know about the freshness of oysters as I don't eat them), the second time we walked in and were the only ones there except for a guy paying, they ignored us for a staggering 20 minutes and then we walked out. Third time I asked for my usual bowl without corriander, but the guy had to make it a few times before I finally got it! They do run out of things quite fast (I always go before the 8pm film screening in Parnell). Hit and miss! When it's a hit, it's a hit!

I just went for lunch, and I'm in love! The staff was lovely and accommodating for me and my baby. The whole menu looked delicious lots of solid lunch options like mussels, poke tacos, etc for like €8 10 but I went for the salmon poke bowl. It had quinoa, purple cabbage, salted pineapple and sriracha mayo also so much yum. It was so colorful and tasty, and to top it off they put a watermelon slice in my tap water. Nice touch. I'm looking forward to going back for dinner.

This is the first and only time I've felt guilty paying the check. I'm writing this review steps from the bathroom, as I'm still unsure if I have shellfish poisoning from the rotten oysters we were served. The oysters that weren't rotten were ridden with bits of shell, with only 2 out of the dozen we ordered being clear of bits. We were given no napkins and we had to donate our silverware to the table behind us, as they didn't even have that. For the whole crab, disregarding the bland taste, we were given one pick between the two of us. Lastly, as we begrudgingly paid the check, the waitress dropped our credit card in the crab juice that was still on the uncleared plate, handing it back to us.

The staff are very friendly, Poke bowl was great but didn’t like the Ponzu sauce.

I've had my fill of poke bowls, and these were by far the worst and the smallest. The tuna in my husband's ahi poke didn't taste fresh. The nori in the salmon bowl I built was so stale that it was hard and inedible. We both had ponzu sauce, and it was so salty and tasted nothing like what it's supposed to. I tried to drain out as much of it as I could. The one good thing was the salmon. It was fresh and there was a fairly generous amount of it. Needless to say, we won't be back. At least not for poke.