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The Block

The Block

4221 John Marr Dr, Annandale I-22003-3205, United States

Asian • Vegan • Ice Cream • Vegetarian


"The block really went down over the years with bad maintenance personnel. The bathrooms are dirty and disgusting, there was crusty **** hit over one of the toilet seats. I lost my appetite! Over the weekends, the block has a strange club-like scene (some of the singers are talented where I found sugar puppets that bring young girls. Block Bar: The Lychee Martini is delicious and worth the 20 minutes waiting! I LOVE the Drunken pumpkin seasonal cocktail and enjoyed falling in Love Bourbon and cinnamon cocktail and Mango Twister Mojito. My husband like his Dirty Martini and Porter. On weekdays there are some happy hour specials from 4 8pm Poke Works: I have a veggie bowl loaded with kale noodles, quinoa and vegetables. Sooo many delicious unlimited toppings to choose from organic tofu, bang kale, shredder nori, and seaweed salad were my favorite! I was filled to eat only 1/2 of them and eat the rest for dinner the next day (it was pretty good! Balo kitchen (from the Pho Wheels Food Truck: The Tofu Auberginenbahn Mi Sandwich is greasy and not well balanced with salad, shredded carrots, greasy slices of eggplants and brittle tofu. After I had eaten 1/2 sandwich, I threw in the towel! The Pommes were the best part! The Hakka noodles with tofu and pile of veggies was fun to try and taste with curry powder, but they had a mild spicy kick and the lumpy noodles and spices 't well in my stomach. SnoCream ice cream (former Munch ice cream: Every time I go to the block, I make sure I save space for dessert! My favorite flavors are Matcha Oreo, Blueberry Earl Grey, Key Lime, and chocolate salted caramel with roasted almonds. The ice cream is tasteful, without being excessively sweet and killing my tastes. On some occasions the ice had a freezer. The living cones are fun and my favorite cones are the ash coconut and red velvet. They're fragile and collapsed when I grabbed it hard. I love cutting off my ice cream with a drop of nutella and oreo cookies... and it's free! The bubble tea is ginormous and good. Note that although the block is open up to 2 o'clock in Fri Sat nights, most providers close at 10 o'clock except Balo Kitchen. I loved coming here, but the dining room is badly maintained, the quality of food is essentially and a strange amount. I just come back to the ice or to drink quickly when I'm in the area."

Pokeworks

Pokeworks

1920 E Riverside Dr 110 E, Austin, TX 78741, USA, United States

Poke • Asiatic • Hawaiian • Desserts


"My go-to poke place! The portions are big which is relatively rare for poke. I can probably split my bowl into two decent meals (or down a whole bowl in one sitting and I would be STUFFED . The portions and the quality really stand out. There's a ton of toppings to choose from and the poke is quite good. The store itself is also HUGE. I haven't dined in (yet! but there's ample seating and the lighting is great. Another huge reason I will be loyal to Pokeworks is their app. I didn't realize it was a chain, but thank goodness it is! I have only had the app for ~3 weeks and I have gotten multiple deals. I'm glad for all the deals because the reward system is spend $99 for $9 off which isn't fantastic. But I went on a day they had double points when spending a minimum of $15 so I ordered two bowls and bam had earned almost $60 in points. Maybe the $9 off $99 isn't too bad when put into perspective like that. Since they have an app, you can also order through it which is convenient and I have used it on one occasion. Very smooth and my order was accurate. Maybe just not as full of a bowl as when I went in person. Lastly, the service wasn't anything amazing. I'm not too picky on service hence why this is still a 5 star review. No one greeted us when we walked in and we awkwardly stood at the start of the line while someone prepared bowls in front of us that were mobile orders. A second server came up after and I awkwardly started my order. I'm awkward myself so I don't dwell on that too much but it's something to note if it's important to you."