Corina Q.
Yelp
I've lived in kaimuki my ENTIRE life but it took me 24 years to finally try Fort Ruger Market, and now i'm kicking myself for waiting this long.
The shop itself is super rustic and straightforward - order poke right in front of the entrance, order Hawaiian and Filipino plate lunches to the right of the poke, grab some sides from the fridge or some drinks at the back of the shop.
There's about 10 different types of poke. You can get it by the pound or in a poke bowl. We got the simple amazing poke bowl which comes with a choice of white, brown sushi rice or organic greens, a choice of ONE poke, one meat (kalua pork, lichen, pork adobo or pork gisantes) and a choice of a side (lomi salmon, kimchi, ocean salad or crab salad). You can also get the original poke bowl which just comes with rice and up to two choices, poke nachos, or a mini poke bowl (rice, ONE poke, one side).
I got the rugerlicious poke which had amazing flavor. the ruger special ahi was my favorite - it was a simple hawaiian style ahi without the addition of shoyu, so all the light flavors of the ogo and ahi shine. my friend's spicy japan scallops were also SO amazing.
They really pack everything into the poke bowl, I had to eat it for two meals because it was too big to finish in one sitting.
The fried tako bites and chicharron bites from the refrigerated section were my favorite finds.