Poketo

Cute! But super small and therefore a tiny selection of items. What they do have is super high quality and super desirable, though. Can get a little overwhelming in here when it’s busy, but definitely worth popping in when you’re at The Line. I’d be curious to check out the flagship location for comparison/​more selection.

I usually visit the downtown location, but decided to check this one out. Cute selection of items albeit smaller than the other place. 4.5 stars for the products, but 0 stars for customer service. The girl working on this day was such a grumpy bitch.

What a cute little store! Found it while hanging out at the LINE hotel for drinks and revisited a few weeks later when waiting for our seat at POT.
Lots of cute little knickknacks — for your home (cool coasters and bottle openers), for the kids (funky wooden toys and crayons), even little pieces of jewelry for the ladies.
Would I come just to shop? Likely NO, but definitely a place to check out if you’re around for the bar/​hotel/​POT.

Since I live in the area, I decided to check out this Poketo shop instead of the flagship store in the Arts District. The cashier was really friendly and greeted me as I walked into the shop. I really liked the set-​up of the shop; it was small and cozy, not cluttered, but definitely brimming with tiny treasures.
I was impressed with their art magazine collection and LA specific publications. I’m broke right now, but once I get my paycheck, I may have take another look through the store.
I’m definitely going to check out the flagship because of this visit as well!

Went in pre-dinner@Pot and liked the selection offered-​ended up buying the market bag from Apolis specially made for sale at the Ktown location which will be a bday pressie for my mate in Malaysia. And yep — it says Koreatown Los Angeles California on it! Extra star is for the fact that I can walk there!

This was my first time walking into a Poketo store and I was indeed pleased. The sleek modern design of their products gave me so many types of gift ideas and personal future purchases. I like the clean, layout, and the design of all the products. I can’t wait to bless my new iPhone 5 with the cases that they have in their store. I ended up geeking out on Wallpaper City Guide of Los Angeles and a «How to Find Old LA» map and guide. It made me realize that after living in this city for the more than half of my life and in the county for my whole life, there’s still so much of this city that I have yet to experience and explore.
We met one of the owners that night and he was very nice and helpful. I found out that there is a Poketo store also in the Artist District of DTLA. I can’t wait to check that place out as well. He also mentioned that the store has occasional events that they throw, so I’m definitely looking forward to attending one some time.
I will definitely be a returning customer. Poketo, I’m on to you.

Nestled in The Line Hotel, Poketo is a fun place to browse while you’re waiting to get seated at the new restaurant POT, which opened up in the hotel this month.
Maybe the other Poketo is bigger (I’ve never been), but this shop is small and cute. There are many cool trinkets made from natural materials, such as a backgammon board with mini dice.
I’m also grateful that the staff didn’t yell at us for touching the merchandise. (Sometimes with these boutique stores, the staff can be really uptight about customers touching stuff – yes, I’ve been «that girl» that got scolded before.) In fact, the staff here was quite the opposite — they were friendly without being too pushy on selling us stuff — what I love in a salesperson.
Store was clean, well lit, and not super cluttered.
Items are on the pricey side and maybe not the most functional, but it’s a good place to find a trendy gift for that hipster friend of yours.