Manna BBQ

Reviews

• Jonathan S.

  star star star star star 8 June 2026

  Are you looking for korean bbq? Well look no further. This place has great locations, staff, and food. But the star is the marinate and dipping sauces. You can use them for anything. It is also all you can eat.
  
  highly recommended

• Ryan H.

  star star star star star_border 2 June 2026

  This place has gotten better since it first opened up. There is construction in the mall so some parking spots are taken. There are plenty of driveways so low car friendly. The parking spaces are ok, just heads up maybe be dusty from the construction currently being done.
  
  The food here is good. Some new food/meat choices which is great. Pricing is fair and about average for a KBBQ place. I rather go to this spot than the one in Clairemont.
  
  Service is good. The servers get to you in a good time. The one thing is that sodas are by the can and not free refills.
  
  If I'm craving KBBQ then this is one of my top 3 choices to go to. Depends on budget, where everyone's from etc. Overall great experience.

• Alex C.

  star star star star star 28 May 2026

  Came to Manna last week with some coworkers after work because we wanted to make the most out of our meals while we were in San Diego. Having already done Din Tai Fung twice, one of the coworkers suggested we stuff our face with some delicious Korean BBQ. Being that this place also happened to be near our hotel, and had pretty good Yelp reviews, it was a no brainer that we definitely had to do dinner here at least once!
  
  We arrived at around 6:30pm on a Wednesday, and there was plenty of seating available. Service here was very friendly and on point the entire dining experience, and they made sure to stop by frequently to change out our grill or to take away our plates and allow us to order more food.
  
  You can choose between the AYCE Manna Black at $33.99/person, or the Manna Gold for $21.99/person. We went with the black option as it had more choices and had much better cuts of meat.
  
  For our meal, we went with various quantities of the following:
  
  -Pork Jowl
  -Bulgogi
  -Chadol Baegi
  -Yang Nyum Galbi
  -Hawaiian Pork Bell
  -Gaeranjim
  -Fresh Shrimp
  -Large Intestines
  -Teriyaki Chadol
  -Soon Dubu
  -Deungshim
  -Beef Tongue
  -Fresh Squid
  
  It's possible we may have over-ordered, but we still ate everything regardless. While everything we ordered was really good, the one item we were not really a fan of was the Large Intestines, as they were really tough and difficult to chew. What was really surprising however was the Deungshim, which turned out to be an entire Rib Eye steak! I had ordered it thinking it was a plate of thinly cut rib eye meat slices, but was quite pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be an entire steak!
  
  For the sheer quantity of good food available here, and the speed and efficiency of the service provided, Manna is definitely a great place to stop by to fill your Korean BBQ needs!

• Catherine Y.

  star star star star star 28 May 2026

  I like this location better than the Kearny Mesa one because it's a lot less busy and we have better service here. My favorites are the classic chadol baegi (beef brisket), the galbi (marinated beef ribs) and pork belly. I usually just get the a2 dinner option which is 23.99 vs the a1 premium dinner that is 27.99 only because I know what I like and it's mainly the simple meats. I also like the dukbossam (thick rice paper), gaeranjim (steamed egg)! For ayce BBQ, this place hits the spot and all the meat quality is pretty good. It may not be as great as a non-ayce place with quality but probably one of the best ayce places. Even my Korean friends and their parents like it, must mean it's pretty good!!

• Londa L.

  star star star star star 27 May 2026

  This place was a great way to end our trip! One of the best KBBQ places we've ever been too! They are really generous with sides and the meat options are delicious! The service there was amazing! Everyone was so helpful and it made the experience even better!