Island Blends Acai and Poke

First time trying Island Blends and I will be back!! The service was phenomenal, the owner helped me out with choosing and was also insanely patient and kind. I got a açaí bowl and a poke bowl. They are both delicious but the açaí bowl is one of the best I've ever had! It's also a very clean and welcoming location.

I kinda feel ripped off.21 bucks for 2 scoops of tuna poke...I'll give it a shot.The poke was good, but seemed to lack a flavor. Maybe some soy or something along the salt seasoning. 2 scoops of the tuna poke, 1 scoop of rice, 1 scoop of Mac (which was the highlight for me) and 1 scoop of seaweed salad. The Mac was like a tuna Mac salad and nailed with a light amount of mayo.Wifey usually gets the seaweed salad as I'm not a fan of it...ever. She wasn't too thrilled by the salad.We ordered half rice and half salad because they were out of brown rice. Which sucks cause I like rice with my poke.The salad was just spinach thrown in the mix...no dressing.The acai Nutty Budda bowl was lacking as well. They line the bowl with the peanut butter...barely. Maybe I'm spoiled by Emerald Smoothie at the mall when they put a good size dollop of peanut butter in their bowls. They did give a good serving of bananas...but their granola was simply a bar broken into pieces. Honestly I doubt I'd ever get a chance to go back to this joint after this visit.

Good place for mid day kid friendly refreshments.The staff could smile more... place lacks real aloha. No smiles, no greeting. Four or five behind the counter might as well be working in a munitions factory, they are serious, somber .. or depressed?Something's amiss in the H R Dept.Hope the owners take note: who wants to eat a simple oat milk ice cream with tropical fruits sprinkled on top when it takes a whole ten minutes and meanwhile there is nothing for us to do but study the grim demeanor of these unhappy folk.Where's the Ohana? The Aloha spirit?

A friend told me about this new restaurant location that has sprouted from a food truck. We chose to eat at Island Blends because we find Hawai'ian food to be lite and refreshing. We got two poke bowls and two açaí bowls. One poke bowl was the traditional ahi tuna with cucumber kimchi and the macaroni salad atop mixed greens. The other poke bowl was two-scoops, one spicy ahi and one salmon with cucumber kimchi and squid salad also atop mixed greens. We had a "Keep It Clean Brah" and a "Nutty Butta" açaí bowls. Everything is delicious and the owner even came to our table to check on us. Granted this was day 2 of their store front being open so I think all hands were on deck to help as needed. We entered then a wave of people came. Despite that, everything came out fast. Our food was fresh and the owner told they get shipments straight from the Big Island to keep everything fresh. The restaurant is across from Tye Lake which would make for great take out. The restaurant is rather small with one picnic style table for a larger party of about six, but most tables (about 4 other tables) are a small round table top with 2 chairs. BUT what matters is the food. We'll be back!

Restaurant ambiance is on point. Menu has great descriptions and pictures look appealing and appetizing. However taste falls short of what they advertise. The locals only poke bowl lacked salt and could have been seasoned better. Pele's fire had a small amount of spice. It was a good kick. The Mac salad has larger cubed onions which was a little weird to me. The seaweed salad and kimchi cucumbers was delicious. The açaí bowl was decent. I asked for extra peanut butter but didn't get that. Also, the açaí base was more on the runny side. I prefer it when it's thicker so it stays on my spoon, but that's just me.

The Açaí bowls are so good! the service is great as well! it's a very nice place. the workers are always in a great mood, and overall, it's a very great place! i haven't tried the poke but my parents love it. Definitely go check it out!!

My favorite place for açaí bowls, juices, and poke bowls. Ive been coming here for years. Ive honestly gone to other places for similar food and it just never quit compares to Island Blends. I appreciate the consistency in quality and taste.Everything is Always good and fresh. the place is clean and the staff is nice. It's easy to order take out and make modifications if need be and they make it up pretty quick.

Stopped by Island Blends Açaí & Poke again after another day of boarding. This time I tried the "locals only," an Ahi Tuna, sesame-forward poke, that's relatively mild in flavors, so the focus is on the tuna. I paired that with the cucumber kimchi and the seaweed salad. Felt like all 3 things, with the brown rice, made for a really good, diverse mixture of flavors and textures. As far as poke with sides go, this is some of the best that I've had, both here in Washington and elsewhere (Hawaii included).In addition to the poke, I also got the "Rise & Shine" smoothie. Solid. It's a nice dessert/protein shake with a coffee/vanilla/peanut butter flavor profile. One of the things that I really appreciate about island blends is that it appears that everything is both gluten free and dairy free, so it accommodates pretty much all diets/allergies, except for maybe nuts. It's a really good treat in Monroe (or anywhere for that matter).

Love the ambiance here. Service is great as well. As far as the food goes, love the menu! I actually love the simplicity of the poke here because it really highlights how fresh the fish is and I don't feel overwhelmed trying to figure out what to get. You pick what poke you want, rice or salad for a base, and your sides. For sides, you get to choose between Mac salad, kimchi cucumber salad, seaweed salad, or squid salad. All solid choices and can't go wrong with any of them. Can't wait to go back!

I went here with my bestfriend and I want to say its so underrated I came inside on a weekend expecting tons of people but instead there was one person sitting down. I thought the place would be bad despite the little amount of people, but I was wrong. The workers were so patient even when I was taking a while to order what I wanted. And let me tell you their bowls are so good.! You can tell it tastes fresh and its so refreshing. 10/10 experience