Manna BBQ

We love visiting Manna BBQ! This time we went for lunch, and I really appreciate that they offer a $26.99 lunch menu option. The food is always delicious, and I especially enjoy the starters and appetizers they bring out before the steak. The service is typically very efficient, but we were surprised to see only three servers on the floor during a busy Friday lunch rush. Our food took a bit longer than usual, which was understandable given the limited staff.

We came in late on a Sunday night, so I’m giving the staff the benefit of the doubt—maybe they were tired from a long shift or understaffed. That said, service during the last hour wasn’t great. It felt like some tables were being avoided, and we repeatedly had dishes we requested (in bulk) not arrive. We even received our bill before the last dishes came out, and at that point we were ready to order more but it felt like service was basically over. Our cups also ran dry since the server stopped checking in for refills. Almost everything was unusually sticky or was a mess before even touching. The moment we approached, the table had some juices left on it, the touch screen used to ask for extra dishes showed signs of stickiness and grim, and at the end of our service the check presenter was sticky and awful to touch. The bathrooms men's restroom weren’t strong either. Odd sinks were paired together. A urinal sat close by the main door, which left things feeling too open. Food was average to good like any other similar BBQ, for $32 (A2 dinning) I would rather go somewhere else.

First of all I must tell you that I typically do not like Korean barbecue. That being said, this place is excellent. The food is really good. The service was also really good. The atmosphere was good it's going to be a loud place because there's a lot of people and that's okay. I took my daughter here for her birthday. We had a great time and I highly recommend that if you want to go to a good barbecue place to go here. The ratings were high so we drove 35 minutes to get there and it was worth it.

This place is good - they have legit banchan and 6 of them as soon as you sit down. I liked the options for wraps (rice paper, radish and lettuce.) The meat tasted good, we ordered rosemary pork, brisket, beef belly, pork belly. Probably should have tried the LA galbi some time. Service was good. The vibe is good and they don’t have hoods at every table so the space looks more open. Ventilation was good regardless, I didn’t smell more than a normal kbbq meal. My only complaint is condensation that was dropping from the exposed pipes and landed on my shoulder.

Good! 🥩 The menu here is crazy wide and their options seem endless. I usually just eat the basics like bulgogi, brisket, and pork belly so I'm glad they offered different variations of each. They have a very efficient ordering system where you order through the tablet at your table and your meat would arrive within 3 minutes. *Pork Belly: 8/10 - not too fatty * Bulgogi: 9/10 - tasty and glad that they offered it on their basic menu * Brisket: 9/10 - better quality than the other locations that I've been to The service was good and they were consistently changing our grill without us having to ask. The only thing I didn't like was that they don't offer refills on soda and I couldn't ask for water refills through the tablet. So when I wanted more water, I had to get the attention of the server. Nevertheless, the meat quality was there and we enjoyed our meal! 😋

I can’t give Manna a solid one star although it was a terrible experience. We came here as a party of 3 for the first time. We waited at least 10 minutes to be seated which isn’t as long especially during lunch time. My friend ordered fried rice while my other friend and I ordered white rice. When it came, there were 2 fried rice and 1 white. Although disappointed, my friend gave the white to me as I’m allergic to the egg. Also we all ordered just water. It didn’t come until 2/3s of our visit when we asked another server after the other one we asked ditched us. Forgot to add, we only received chopsticks and tongs for one person. When we asked for 2 more chopsticks and tongs, our server gave us our chopsticks but only 1 other tong. After the first round of food we decided we wanted to order a small amount of food from the tablet. Then when we pressed the "start order" button is showed a black page with the only button being "back". Ended up only telling the server and he took our order. When pressing the "call server" button no one came. Though the servers were somehow nice, it was understaffed and even with few tables by the end. The ice cream also doesn’t make up for it.

The rib eye was the star of the show. Beef belly was good but not the best I have had. Same with the octopus. The meat is previously frozen and the texture is not perfect. I would like if they had minced garlic available not just the cloves.