Manna Bbq

Truly lives up to being the best AYCE Korean BBQ in San Diego! Asked ChatGPT for recommendations and tried Manna BBQ. The meat quality was outstanding for such a great price. Our whole family loved it—kids and adults alike Stylish interior, fast service, highly recommend. If you haven’t tried it yet, you definitely should!

No waiting time when we check in. The food is excellent “wow” it so good. The green salad is fresh and other vegetables. All the meat we order were excellent. Shout out to all there crews Tiffany, Vy and the rest they very attentive to our needs. Victor always coming to our table making sure our grill pan ok not burn and changed quick when it does. We love the ambience. They deserved five star rate.

I've been to other locations but this was my first time at the Otay location. I met my friend here for lunch and we did the All you can eat A2 menu. When you walk in, it's decorated beautifully inside with light signs and greenery overhead. The booth we sat at hardly had enough room for our legs under the table but we made it work. We started with the salad and Bonchon which were all pretty good but the salad i had to mix a little more to get the dressing on all the lettuce. The bonchon was fish cakes, blanched spinach, potato salad, kimchi, pickled onions and beans sprouts. All very great options! We ordered the pork dumplings, Soon Dubu (tofu stew), Manna Ramen, Ssamjang (fermented soy bean paste), corn cheese, cheese fondue and white rice. The pork dumplings were pretty good, nice and crispy on the outside and well seasoned kn the inside. The Soon Dubu was pretty good but the flavor wasn't the same as the other locations, it had a lot more veggies in it than I've had before also. The Manna Ramen was also pretty good, the noodles were cooked perfectly and I like that they had an option for spicy or mild and corn or no corn. The Ssamjang was really thick so I added water to it to make it more like a sauce than a paste and it was still really good. The corn cheese was good but the edges of it were pretty burnt. The cheese fondue is always a nice treat to have on the gril. And the white rice was cooked perfectly. For meats we stuck to beef belly, beef brisket and pork belly. The beef belly was cut thin, had a good amount of fat on it and cooked pretty quickly. The beef brisket was cut thicker than I at the other Manna locations which caught me off guard when I took a bite. Still good quality meet. The pork belly we got was significantly smaller than what I have had at other Manna locations so when it cooked it shrank even more and ended up crispy and not really how I would've preferred to have it.. I dipped each meat in the Ssamjang and the side of sesame oil n salt and the cheese fondue and it was all pretty delicious. The service was very minimal since we used the tablet to place our order. The servers brought the meats out pretty quick but the sides did take a bit of time to see come out. Overall, a good Korean BBQ spot and definitely worth paying a visit!

Manna is Otay Lakes is the best for food and amazing customer service. We have tried other locations and none compare to Otay Lakes. Linda and Soon and entire staff are always welcoming no matter how busy and staff is quick to get food and drinks plus make sure everything is to your liking. We eat here often and look forward to next visit !

Tonight was our first time dining here and we had a great experience! Kim our server was extremely friendly, the sweetest server ever and she recommended great options to try out. It was a very welcoming place that had great service all around. Their food is delicious and fresh! Tasty and varied selection of meats and side dishes. I Can see why it was so crowded. Make sure to get on the waitlist on yelp beforehand to avoid the wait. Will definitely be visiting again! Thank you guys!

Food was flavorful. staff was nice and attentive. only complaint about food was that some of the chicken options are too thick to cook within a resonable amount of time. The way you order through the tablet is not intuitive at 1st either. Other than that we had a great experience. Do expect to wait, this location always has a wait period of around 30min. would go again.

The front desk staff was very delightfully welcoming all customers. We went there around noon. Seats filled very fast. Foods come out ok speed. There's no vent on each table. Most of the meat was just OK, nothing bad, but nothing so good either. We had A1 AYCE. It was our 2nd visit. Morning time less busier and fast(ok speed) service than Dinner time. I prefer SuRa K BBQ than here.