Website: https://kawaipoke.com/
Kawai Poké Co. is a Hawaiian poké restaurant in East Nashville, Tennessee, which the business describes as “Nashville’s First Poké Restaurant.” The restaurant is located at 901 Woodland Street, Suite 105, in the Wabash building, and it serves hand-crafted poké dishes along with tropical breakfast bowls and traditional Hawaiian favorites. The business states that “Kawai Poké brings the flavors, culture and hospitality of Hawaii to Nashville.”
Menu
The restaurant centers on poké, which it describes as a dish that “features bite-sized cubes of fresh marinated seafood, served over a bed of rice or mixed greens and topped with an assortment of fresh vegetables, pickled condiments and flavorful sauces.” The restaurant notes that “poké” is pronounced “poh-kay.”
In addition to hand-crafted poké dishes, the menu includes tropical breakfast bowls and traditional Hawaiian favorites, with the concept positioned around “healthy, cultural cuisine.” The site emphasizes fresh, healthy preparation. A full menu is available on the restaurant’s website as a downloadable PDF, and online ordering is offered through the restaurant’s Square ordering page, which lists poké bowls among its options. The restaurant promotes itself as convenient for “lunch on the go or breakfast on the way.”
About
Kawai Poké Co. was founded by Yev Mikhailov. According to the site, Mikhailov hails from the culinary culture of Chicago and “has spent most of his life in the food business.” For over 10 years, he ran Gurman Food Co., an Eastern European sausage and salami company established in 2003 that the site says “built a distinctive reputation for providing customers nationwide with unique products, bold flavors and excellent service.” The site describes Mikhailov moving “from land to sea to establish Nashville’s first Hawaiian poké concept.”
Location & Contact
Kawai Poké Co. is located at 901 Woodland Street, Suite 105, Nashville, TN 37206, in the Wabash building in East Nashville, which the site describes as “minutes from downtown.” Phone: 615.679.0949. Email: [email protected]. The restaurant lists hours of 11AM to 4PM daily and notes that it is closed on Sunday. It offers curbside pickup and delivery.
Additional Information
The restaurant’s single-page website includes Home, About, Our Story, News, Gallery, Find Us, and Contact sections, along with an “Order Now” link. The business links to its Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@kawaipokeco) profiles and notes that it is hiring, with an employment application available on the site. The site also displays a gallery of dishes and indicates that online ordering, curbside pickup, and delivery are available.
The restaurant describes its East Nashville home in the Wabash building as “conveniently located minutes from downtown,” positioning it for both a quick lunch and a morning meal, and it pairs its sit-down and takeout poké with grab-and-go convenience. Online orders are placed through the restaurant’s Square ordering site, where poké bowls are listed among the available options, and the downloadable menu PDF on the website provides the full list of offerings. The “News” section shares updates from the restaurant’s Instagram feed, and the “Gallery” section presents photographs of dishes from the kitchen. The business presents its concept as bringing “the flavors, culture and hospitality of Hawaii to Nashville” through a menu built around fresh seafood, rice or greens bases, vegetables, pickled condiments, and house sauces.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (kawaipoke.com).