Go Fish Poke Bar

About Go Fish Poke Bar

Go Fish Poke Bar is a counter-service poke shop at Stanford Shopping Center, in Suite 244B. It is one of three Go Fish locations. The others are on Hamilton Street in Redwood City and on South De Anza Boulevard in San Jose. The company describes its food as Hawaiian-inspired poke made with premium ingredients. It backs that up with a chef who trained in sushi.

That chef is Jerome Ito, co-founder and executive chef. According to the company, he grew up in Los Angeles as a fourth-generation Japanese American and trained under sushi master Andy Matsuda. He later became head sushi chef at Kitchen Sync, which the company calls Google's first full-service sushi bar, where he also taught sushi classes. His take on poke grew into a catering business and then into Go Fish. He has since opened other concepts, Taro San Japanese Noodle Bar and Yutori.

What is on the menu

The core of the menu is the build-your-own poke bowl in regular or large size. You pick a base of sushi rice, brown rice, mixed local greens or chilled yam noodles. Then you choose your poke: plain ahi tuna, salmon, seared albacore or a vegetable mix, or dressed options such as the signature poke mix, sesame shrimp, spicy scallops or a seared salmon shoyu mix. Sauces include ponzu, sesame gomae, spicy togarashi mayo and ginger soy. Toppings range from miso crab and avocado to masago and Gilroy garlic furikake.

If you would rather not decide, the shop lists recommended bowls. The Signature pairs its poke mix with ponzu and garlic furikake. The Tataki Bowl uses seared albacore. I Heart Veggies is built around the vegetable poke. Hand rolls, or temaki, are the other half of the menu. Options include spicy tuna, crab, baked miso salmon, shrimp tempura and a roll the shop calls Bacon of the Sea, made with crispy miso salmon skin.

Chef's specials add cooked dishes such as a miso-braised short rib with a panko-crusted soft egg and a shoyu ginger chicken. Sides include sunomono salad, seaweed salad, a potato macaroni salad, gomae string beans and pork gyoza. Drinks run to organic lemonades in yuzu, strawberry and lychee and Thai iced tea. For dessert there is Bubbies mochi ice cream in flavors like guava, lychee and green tea. Weekly specials rotate.

Dietary notes

Go Fish says it offers vegan and gluten-free options. The vegetable poke mix, the I Heart Veggies bowl and the veggie hand roll are the clearest meatless choices. Some rolls and toppings use sesame seeds, which the online menu flags. Several sauces are mayo or soy based. Ask at the counter if you need to avoid a specific ingredient.

How to order

You can order at the counter, or online for pickup through the Square ordering site linked from the Go Fish website. The ordering site serves all three locations, so check that Palo Alto is selected. The shop notes that online prices are slightly different from dine-in prices because of processing fees. For groups, Go Fish caters family-style spreads and individual lunch bowls with pickup or delivery. Email its catering team, which says it responds within 24 hours.

Who it suits

Go Fish suits a quick lunch during a shopping trip, a light dinner or a meal for a family with mixed tastes. The Kid's Bento Box, with shoyu ginger chicken, onigiri and gomae string beans, is an easy pick for children. People who want to try several kinds of fish can share a few hand rolls alongside a bowl.

Tips for visiting

Go Fish closes earlier than many restaurants, at 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 7 p.m. on Sunday, so it suits lunch or an early dinner during a shopping trip. Parking at Stanford Shopping Center is free in surface lots around the center. A poke bowl is a quick, light option when you are short on time.

For more ideas, see our Japanese food and sushi guide and our cheap eats guide. Our Stanford Shopping Center guide covers the rest of the center.

Location and getting there

Go Fish Poke Bar is at Stanford Shopping Center, Suite 244B, Palo Alto, CA 94304, in the Stanford Shopping Center area of Palo Alto. Our Stanford Shopping Center guide covers what else is around.

The nearest train stop is the Palo Alto Caltrain station, about 0.3 miles away. That is roughly a 8 minute walk.

Parking: the center's own free surface lots.

Hours

Hours from the business's own website, checked October 30, 2026.

What is nearby

• Joe & The Juice Stanford Shopping Center, cafe, under 0.1 mi
• Janie and Jack, store, under 0.1 mi
• Victoria's Secret, store, under 0.1 mi
• Läderach, bakery or dessert shop, under 0.1 mi
• YogaSix Palo Alto, studio or gym, under 0.1 mi
• Stanford Shopping Center, under 0.1 mi
• El Camino Park, 0.2 mi
• El Palo Alto, 0.3 mi

Other quick bites and takeout nearby: McDonald's (under 0.1 mi); World Wrapps (under 0.1 mi); Wetzel's Pretzels (under 0.1 mi); Pressed Juicery (under 0.1 mi). Browse the full quick bites and takeout list.

Before you go

• Ordering ahead online or by phone saves time at lunch, when downtown and Cal Ave spots get busy.
• Delivery apps cover most of Palo Alto, but prices and menus there can differ from ordering in person.
• Check the posted hours before a late-night visit, since closing times vary by day.

About this listing

Checked October 30, 2026 against Go Fish Poke Bar: Locations; Go Fish Poke Bar: Menu; Go Fish Poke Bar: Our story; Go Fish Poke Bar online ordering. How our listings work. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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