KB 333 Korean BBQ

Love how they have three options for all you can eat. The meat quality here is pretty good, I liked their beef belly, Galbi and rib fingers. Their salad bar/hot buffet area had a lot to offer as well. The place was very spacious. The servers are friendly and attentive. Also they validate 3 hours free parking! That’s very rare in LA!

✨Ever dream about having spicy raw marinated crab as an option at an All You Can Eat Korean BBQ restaurant?✨ Well, dreams DO come true @mannakbbq.la, located in the heart of LA in Downtown’s Little Tokyo. Along with 3️⃣ hours of free parking and a full cocktail bar with colorfully strong drinks, you will have over 4️⃣5️⃣ items to choose from, including hot and cold dishes from their large buffet area and every type of meat and seafood option you can think of (and not!), including their Giant Beef Rib and Angus Ribeye Steak🥩 If you STILL have room for more, then definitely add Mul Naengmyeon to end your meal on a tangy, savory, and slightly sweet note🍜

Incredible, as a local this place went above and beyond my expectation! The staff made part of the magic here always smiling and helping out with the cooking of the meats and were very considerate even though it was close to closing time. Additionally the open bar and the meats were FANTASTIC. Great quality for what you pay and I will definitely be coming back! What a fantastic Experience :). I also left FULL!!!!

As a native Angelina, I’ve been to Manna as a teen in high school to a few more times as a young adult, then I just suddenly stopped going for a few years until yesterday. I don’t know if it was a lot to do with the nostalgia, but damn, the food was so good!! The meat quality went over what I expected, but truthfully, I never go into restaurants with any expectations and I like for the experience to speak for itself. And this one spoke!! Don’t let the years of being around and the dim vibes scare you off. Ever. Those are the best spots and this one is still one of them. I decided to splurge and go with their most expensive menu, which was Gold at $48.99/person. I took advantage of the premium cuts. Highlights: giant beef rib (1pc per 2 ppl), pork jowl, the beef rib finger, and the marinated short rib, and LA Galbi I really love their self service sides bar, because who has time to bug waiters every five minutes for more banchan? Go get it yourself! As much as you want too! Banchan highlights: cilantro kimchi salad, the fish cakes, and the beet dyed radish slices! I loved my server. She was a sweet older woman who was very attentive! Just note that there are always BIG parties of 8-12 people who come at a time, so give the workers grace and patience where it’s needed.

We enjoyed dinner a lot. This was a great spot with convenient and safe parking and well priced. Two complaints: 1. No vegetarian options and they hassle non-eaters about simply sitting at the table. 2. We had to wait long periods for them to refill our meat trays because the service was so slow.

3.5 stars. Food is good and they have a large footprint so great for big groups. That said, workers looked stressed. Maybe they got burned and mistreated by customers in the past. Our group (25 people) had a great time. Food was good. I didn’t feel welcomed. I know I know, first world problems. For me, being welcomed at a restaurant is part of the dining experience. That said, I’m at an Ayce buffet, not a Michelin star restaurant. So def giving them the benefit of the doubt as a one off. We had a good time hence rounding up on the stars. Good food ;)

Love the place. Best place to get all you can eat Korean bbq. Free parking for three hours with validation. The restaurant has salad bar included in the price. The meat is fresh. The employees are friendly. Would recommend to others and visit again.

First time there with a friend and we did not get a proper intro of setup and what it how to cook the meal. However we were able to manage :-) the hostess who sat us down at the table was very short with us and golden me when I went out of the lines and refilled my drink with a lemonade. Long story short food was decent service was not I may or may not go back again. There

Very good quality meat and nice service... And so 3 hours free parking..... After eat, we still have shopping around like market, daisy even bolling area and so on....

Since it's Christmas Eve, many places were closed so Manna came to the rescue especially since we were craving Korean food. They have really nice lunch specials and prices were mainly $15 so we ordered dol sot bipimbap and a lunch box of bulgogi. Comes with soup and panchan. Portions were huge! So satisfying! I'm so glad we ended up here. Great for groups of all sizes. Most usually come for Korean bbq, which I've had before here and it's great too. But sometimes you just want some nice comfort food and you can find that here too. When you are done, the mall has a few cool places to shop around. Highly recommend coming here!

This place is simply horrible. Worst Korean BBQ place in Los Angeles area. The owner of this place has several different BBQ spots in K-Town and they are all horrible. The quality of meats are so bad no Koreans go there anymore. The salad bars are also bad. Looks like there is lots of nice things there but the tastes are all fake. I will never go there anymore.

Such a delicious lunch! Packed but quickly served. This is the go to choice for Sunday lunch with friends after a museum or walk in little Tokyo. Huge portions, small price. Comes with a very spicy soup and lots of condiments.

The food here is very good, the place gets very congested as it's a popular spot. I love the salad bar and all the options. You can go help yourself too. Makes it easier than having to keep ordering different dishes. We also found it hilarious they thought about these. They soak people in beer. I do think Service could be better and friendlier.

Late night KBBQ place with convenient parking from the lot connected directly to the mall. They are generous with the meats, and also have an all you can eat appetizer and salad bar.

Visited this location with my family and I wasn't very satisfied. We were a party of 10 including our toddlers ages 3 and under and they were charged half price even though they ate nothing. What seems to be the lady in charge came off very needy and bold. We saw and heard her yell at her staff numerous times while we dined. Though they were attentive to our needs she can definitely work on professionalism. Compared to other kbbq spots I've tried thier meat tastes bland and had to season with different oils they provided. Over all rating 4/10

Good prices for all you can eat. On the weekends you can only choose between the gold or black There is a self service bar to get your sides and a bowl of rice or soup. Good service even when full. They have a good selection of beers and drinks. Parking validation on the small table when you walk in

Lots of meat and more meat for the money. Fresh meat cuts that you cook to your liking. There Is a all you can eat side dishes to add to your meal. Service is fast and the wait staff gets your grill ready to cook your own meal. The dining area is huge and room for large parties.

Drove all the way to eat and we were told it's closed. We got there with way more than an hour to close. I said you close at 11pm. He said it depends on how busy so they're closed. There was barely anybody in there. Not recommended. People were still eating. Not the same since they left Koreatown. - 10 stars

Much different vibe here than all the other manna ones I've been to. There were a couple bday celebrations and champagne bottles being poured on the birthday celebrants. The vibe is def more poppin up here

Large portions of marinaded bulgogi, spicy bbq chicken and endless side dishes. This place is in the corner of the third floor of the little Tokyo galleria. It's popular to locals and hungry anime/Harajuku people. They try to make up for quality with quantity here. The meals is very overpriced, they raise the price weekends too. They charge for any leftover food you leave, you're not allowed to take any home in a doggy bag either. What a waste....The food itself was tasty but super chewy and fatty. The side dishes are self served at thi buffet like area. It's just an overabundance of food. I left stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey. The service was also kind of non existent. Our hostess never once asked us how everything was or what else we needed. She looked so bored and glared at us when I asked her a question about the time limit. Not until we were close th leaving another employee asked us what other meats we wanted. I wouldn't come back here, it was a nice one time experience but not the best Korean BBQ I've ever had!

Manna Korean is in the Little Tokyo Galleria. If you feel like AYCE KBBQ and are nearby (around DTLA) and don't feel like going to Ktown, it's an okay spot. The food was good. I appreciate the banchan section. The meats were tasty and easy to cook. The service was good since they helped get us started with the cooking and changed our grills regularly. It's pretty good for big groups since they use long tables and are spacious.

I love coming to this location as it is conveniently located by a couple other businesses that I frequent. Parking is easy and you can get your ticket validated by the front. The service was great and the wait was not too long. I enjoyed the self serve section where you can get soup, rice and other appetizers. The meats and sides such as the corn cheese were delicious!

The food here was great! The ban chan/salad bar buffet was huge and there were a ton of options to choose from. The meat was delicious and not fatty but still not dry. The staff here were kind of rude but I am assuming it is because it was crowded. There wasn't a wait at all even on a Friday night. The pricing was 23.99 for regular menu and I think that is very cheap for AYCE BBQ.

I loved this place Me and my family always come here and I mean like once or twice a month so we usually know the staff...I went this Wednesday and these 2 ladies were there never seen them before so idk if they are new or what but they made me feel so uncomfortable They were standing there the whole time while we were eating just looking and us and laughing idk what they kept saying on they're language never felt that uncomfortable before I think is time to start looking for a new Korean place

This was my go to KBBQ spot for many years. I even took plenty of family and friends. However the last 2 times I've been I found hair in the food. 1st time - meat had hair we told our server and they gave us a discount and apologized. 2nd time - I'm picking up the rice paper and find a hair underneath the stack. I asked my partner for her rice paper and I check the rice paper and same thing, hair underneath the stack of rice paper. It was disgusting. I couldn't eat after that. We told the server and she apologized. The worst part was when I paid the check I was going to leave a cash tip, but the lady took the receipt and gave me a dirty look. I would have told her something but I didn't know til my partner told me after. Don't demand tips and wear hair nets or something because someone is shedding hair all over the place yuck!

Pretty decent kbbq, and the price is fair. $35 for basic and $55 for the upgrade list. Both give you access to the side dish buffet! Don't play yourself on the side dishes because some of the items there are hit or miss and can easily fill up on the carbs vs the meat. We had a party of 14 and our service was always on point. Plenty of check ins and gave refills on meat/beer fairly quickly. They also validate parking for the structure so make sure to stamp your ticket before you head out

The buffet is brilliant. It's pricier than some places but worth every penny. The tables are large and the service was fast!

Food and services were terrible. All the guys working there don't smile or talk much to their customers. The place is loud with music blasting, not a good place to take the family.

Didn't want to write a negative review but I was disrespected for no reason...We were missing chopsticks so I got up to politely ask if I can get one from this lady with short hair and glasses. (Mind you I got up because I didn't want to bother her and have her walk all the way to our table just for chopsticks) Instead of just handing me one she insisted there were enough chopsticks at the table. She walked closer to our table, asked where I was sitting, and bothered everyone at the table to check for chopsticks. It turns out I was right..she then annoyingly handed me one... When she was changing the grill (which we didn't even ask), she put the raw pork from the grill on MY full plate of cooked food & banchan... lady you just contaminated my food.. idk what she was going through but it's not right to disrespect people

Meat: 3.5 stars Service: 2 stars I've been going to manna since their original location. Manna has gone down a bit. It's still your typical kbbq, but nowadays there are so many options in ktown and beyond that are better. I still like that they have the ban Chan buffet and the side dishes seem fresh especially when you come early. You get a good amount of meat options and other side dishes with the higher tiers. Meat is pretty good, so no complaints there. Service is lacking. I don't expect to be treated like royalty, but I wish that staff didn't look like they hated being there. I also didn't like that it seemed like we were bothering the staff when asking for more meat. Mind you, we got maybe 3 rounds of meat, so it wasn't as if we were bothering them every 10 minutes.

This place has been here forever but the quality of the food is still great. I love the buffet style of sides.

One of my favorite Korean BBQ spots in our neighborhood. The salad bar is always such a highlight of the experience. The meat quality is so good and consistent every time.

Did not want to write a bad review but the experience my friends and I had was terrible. The waiter was extremely rude. Did not catch his name( super tall male). The waiter kept ignoring us and when taking our order didn't ask if we wanted anything to drink. We had to constantly wait for him to respond to us. The only reason I gave it a 3 was because we got a waitress towards the end and she was nice. Most likely will not be returning.

expensive. Tasted like regular Korean barbeque? Why would it be so overpriced. Service was good and not very packed.

Es un lugar muy bueno para disfrutar en familia y entres amigos, el servicio hubo una señorita que al parecer no fue su mejor día y estaba de mal humor creo que es la manager pero hubieron otras personas que si fueron amables, la carne muy rico el ambiente bueno.

This is a good option is you're hungry and don't want to wait for a large party. Had my sisters birthday party here with about 40 guests and it was perfect! They were able to accommodate us and get us seated when a majority of our party arrived. The food is decent, basic price is about $33 and premium is about $48. Not bad for AYCE. I love that they have a salad bar where you can grab your own banchan. That's the highlight for me, as I hate asking servers to bring me side dishes all the time. The only thing we asked for was garlic, jalapeños, and rice paper. Service: let's be real, Korean bbq places are not known for their service which is another reason why the salad bar was so great. Parking: they validate for 2 hours which is plenty of time to eat to your hearts content. I recommend this place if you're craving decent Korean bbq with little to no wait. The free parking is a plus!

This is my boyfriend's sibling favorite spot, however i've noticed and they've both mentioned that the servers have been and are rude. Especially the tall guy server. He's very rude from taking orders to bringing the meat. The last time we went he rudely changed the grill and almost hit my bfs sibling with it because on how care less he was replacing it (mind you it was hot). He then proceeded to bring the meat and almost spilled the water pitcher on my boyfriend because he again carelessly tried to force the plate where it didn't fit. No apologies ever, very rude speaking, very care less, and shows that he doesn't want to be there.

Solid place for all-you-can-eat BBQ in a mall in Little Tokyo - good fast service, OK quality of meats and banchan station (not bad for the price) in this bustling place. LOCATION / PARKING / VIBE: Manna Korean BBQ is located in a mall with parking - don't forget to validate your ticket before you leave. The space is large with dark tile / dimmed interior and they turn up the hype music as the evening goes on. There's reminders to please do not be wasteful with food, with $1 off each diner if you finish what you order and $5 charge if you don't. Totally support not wasting food! SERVICE / SEATING / RESERVATIONS: Our party of two on a Friday evening around 6pm was attended to and seated immediately - looks like reservations are only taken for parties 10+ and there were already a few smaller groups seated as we were taken to a smaller half of a table with a grill ready and hot. The service was attentive throughout the evening! They are quick to ask you whether you'd like to put in another order or refill your water or change out your grill surface. ALL YOU CAN EAT: We opted for the AYCE BBQ "Black" Menu which is the premium offering at $49pp (AYCE "Gold" Menu was at $34pp). This comes with access to the salad/banchan bar and cooked-to-order options (creamed corn, steamed egg, cold noodles; the steamed egg came in a hot little pot which kept it steaming for a while). The bean sprout salad was the best choice at the bar for me but shoutout to the tofu soup (unabashedly medium-spicy) and kimchi as well! There are all kinds of choices there (jell-o, cucumber kimchi, fried rice, fries, sushi, potato salad, soybean paste, and more) which was great to see. The table has 4 seasonings you can pour / put yourself in your dipping dish (including the nice crystally gray-white salt they have, light sesame? oil, and two others (looked like soy-based and a spicy-based) that we didn't try). I'm a huge fan of beef tongue so the "Black" Menu was the pick for me, and it also comes with premium offerings like rib eye (served as a whole steak!) and pork cheek and fall-off-the-bone kalbi. You grill your meats yourself to your desired doneness and get a pair of scissors for the bigger cuts like steak. The meat quality is OK, some of the cuts of meats are a little too fatty (pork cheek, ribeye) so we used the scissors to cut them off (they didn't count it against us). The fans above the tables are quiet and didn't vent out the smoke too aggressively but no matter, a side effect of KBBQ is that smokey BBQ aroma right? Left full and satisfied! Easy to walk in on an evening and eat as much protein as we like along with as much banchan as we desired. Good!

Very good for the family also good family party's the best way to eat Korean barbecue

In the heart of Downtown LA you'll find one this hidden gem. One of the few Korean bbq joints you can actually cook your food and it's not brought out already made. Mind you this place is loud and your going to feel like your at a rave lol! I say this because the facility was playing hard house and progressive trance! I mean... I'm not complaining however those who do not like EDM you'll get a headache within 4 min orrrr you'll be fist pumping jammin as you eat like me. The location is on the third floor in the corner across t from the indoor bowling alley. They have spaced out seating and this is perfect for big groups. The menu option is pretty simple and easy to understand as they also have detailed pictures of their items in the windows that are already made so you can see what it looks like. Drinks come either in a can or bottle. I'm guessing due to Covid restrictions? Food was good! Texture was right and the grill was clean along with the table. And the price for two was reasonable. I like that they did have the nba games on so It was great while eating. Besides that service was ok. They were not that attentive. All in all you'll enjoy it. I had no cons. There's parking available and they also validate so that's a plus. Other than that definitely give it a go!

Advertised as "all you can eat" but it's far from it--more like "all you are served"! The starting service was fine. However, halfway through our time limit, the servers started ignoring our bell, "forgot" our orders, and every plate came out progressively more and more late. We were often stuck just waiting with nothing cooking while the servers just watched us. Our soup took a whole hour to arrive and was maybe 1/2 of the bowl! After paying, they stopped us and DEMANDED that we tip over $20, which we originally didn't due to to the terrible service. We were 4 people, all less than 200 pounds: imagine how little food you will get! Extraordinarily bad service, cannot recommend this place to anyone. Try a different one that's actually "all you can eat."

I always come to this place it never disappoints, service is fast like they want you to eat and get out but it's usually like that on their busiest days which I don't mind cause I'm just hungry and want to eat

WARNING: DO NOT EAT HERE! Don't get fooled by the "all you can eat." The food gets served really slow. You get zero food for two hours and waste money and time. But don't forget to tip them more than $20 since they will force you to tip more. This was my go to KBBQ spot for many years with my family. But now, I don't think I will ever go again. Save yourself the misery and go somewhere else that actually delivers on the "all you can eat" promise.

Great find. It was crowded but we now know why. They had bell ringer so all you do is tap on it to get service. Boy it was fast. Don't get full on their sides buffet. Place is loud so don't expect it to be cozy.

I always want to give this place at least a 4 star review because it has so much potential but by the end of the day or night it's really 3. The food is pretty good but the service prevents it from getting there. It sometimes feels like I'm being an inconvenience there. We didn't choose to eat the meat on the bbq grill this time but it was still pretty good

Meat was good but the service was awful. They charged us for things we didn't order. We had to ask for rice paper three different times and they never brought it. They finally brought it on the fourth try and they brought one small dish with ~20 rice papers for a table of 12 people. They also started cooking our meat for us while we were at the salad bar and by the time we got back to our table it was burnt so our first round was pretty inedible. They also never refilled our water despite us asking and only brought one soda when multiple people requested sodas so we had to ask again and then they finally brought it towards the end of our meal.

Excellent service food was superb Meat was very tasteful and side were plenty to chose from Had so much fun with friends catching up while eating

Manna used to be my favorite spot to go eat Korean bbq till recently. They started this very annoying habit where they come to your table and start trying to cook the food for you. I was cutting the meat into smaller pieces to my liking and here comes the waitress snatches the tongs from me and says she will do it. After I told her I'm ok doing it she does it anyways Comes to my table like 10 times doesn't let us eat in peace so annoying! The food is good the service is horrible!!!

No frills AYCE Korean BBQ with a party vibe. If you want fancy go elsewhere. If you want to have a good time with friends grilling some meat on your table without worrying about your wallet this is the place. It's good, but try to resist the temptation to load up on the sides buffet when you start so you got more space for all the tasty meat.

I typically stray from rating restaurants until I've tasted the food, but I wanted to capture this while it's fresh on my mind. I'm starting with 1 star because my 5yr is tall for her age and we have to pay double, vs a 6/7yr old that is half an inch shorter than her. While I'm in the middle of noting my experience my host/waiter looks over my shoulder and says, "why are you writing a 1 star review when you just started". I told him that I just made a note about our interaction over the kids price. I thought it was a shady policy and wanted to make a note. He wasn't happy and walked away, (I didn't hear from him again until he passive aggressively dropped the check in my lap). I was appalled that he had the gall to stand over my shoulder, read my cellphone and then confront me about what he read. 4 hours later. The food was good, not comparatively great. The side bar was just OK, the best item I had was the fried rice. The meats we tried were standard Korean BBQ. The Manna marinated pork rib was fantastic, we were talking about it hours later. This meal was overpriced IMHO, especially considering all of the pressure they put on you with signs everywhere promising a $5/person charge if everyone doesn't clean their plates. This had my wife worried that we couldn't leave a grain of rice or a leaf of lettuce on our plays. This essentially left us reluctant to try more meats out of fear that the portions would be more than we could finish. We had 5 people (3 adults and 2 kids) people with 1 sprite and 1 $6 drink for the group and the bill was $200+ tip for average KBBQ. If not for the cell phone spying, I'd probably go 3 or 4 stars. But here we are stuck at 2 because the food was good but the service was ruined by that 1 employee. Everyone else was great.

What's not to love in a KBBQ restaurant??? The resto is located on the 3rd (or 4th) floor of the building. I've never really made reservations here but i've always gone on a weekday do i'm not sure how it is on a weekend. The serve good meat. I like that if you choose all you can eat KBBQ, there are 2 choices & the difference is exotic meat on the expensive one. I love the buffet area; they serve diff types of soup, rice, fried chicken, and the sides. Order 3 types of meat every time. Area is clean, pretty much what you can expect at a KBBQ place. They validate parking; oh and parking is in the building. You can park on the street but i 'd rather park in the building.

Horrible place, salad bar is a total mess. Meats taste disgusting like they been sitting out. Waitress never talked to us we had to keep grabbing her for drinks and changing the grill. The restaurant was a mess cardboard boxes everywhere not clean at all. Waste of money

I don't really review anymore and I certainly don't like to leave one star reviews when I work in the service industry also but this place needs to shut down. I used to praise this place back in college, but how far down hill this place has gone. The meat, quality, the service. The only thing that has gone up is the price. I don't get why it's still in existence when there are so many other options available. There are just better spots out there in terms of food, service, and even the fact that you can't sit as 1 person. My main rant is they have a very strict policy about not seating parties of one, even when you offer to pay for two parties. I have no idea why, I just don't get it. Hard pass, you'll never see me at this establishment again.

Yeah I came here for my reunion with the Parker House boys. Shoutout to Este-Baño and Kevin. I was in LA for the week and had to visit my Socal boys. Este-Baño recommended this place to me because Kevin was feeling KBBQ and it was a healthy middle ground for all of us in terms of location. It's located in a dying mall in Little Tokyo at the top floor. The location is pretty convenient if you're in that area, which is a plus. First things first, the prices here were pretty high. I've been to some pricy KBBQs before, and this was up there in terms of price. They had 2 menus with 2 different price points which you could select from. A regular one and a premium one. Expect to pay upwards of $40 for your meal here. In addition, they didn't have water on tap and you had to pay $1 for a tiny bottle of water. That's kinda whack. The cool thing about this place is that they have a buffet for their banchan and sides. You can go to a buffet table with kimchi, fish cakes, cucumbers, japchae, fried rice, potato wedges, and more, and pile on as much as you want onto your plate. This in of itself made the trip worth it for me. I've never seen a buffet table at an AYCE KBBQ place before. It was really cool. The meat quality here was quite average. Nothing to write home about. The brisket and pork belly were quite solid, but I was a little underwhelmed given the price point and also in comparison to the other top tier KBBQ spots I've been to in Socal. Looking back, I'm going to give this place a 4 star review despite it's average meat quality and exorbitant prices. The banchan buffet bar was really cool, and I made some good memories here with my boys Este-baño and Kevin. Good times...

Off the bat, that pricing is dizzying. I know COVID hit hard, but dang. I regret complaining that 35.99 was high for the premium menu back in the days. The meat was...ok. ive been to many kbbq experiences and somehow the meat just wasn't as good as I've had elsewhere. The banchan bar is pretty neat and i enjoyed what i got, but its a trap! By filling a plate up of that, i want able to hoover up a much meat as i normally do! The overhead fan was... barely working? The servers said they are always on, but my face full of smoke and greasy glasses say otherwise. Just overall a subpar experience. Not horrible "outraged karen" bad, but its definitely not worth coming back when there are better options everywhere.

staff is rude and would continually come lower our grill for no discernible reason the meat seemed off and grey, no flavor beside the char from the grill everyone in my party felt sick after we left absolutely not worth 30 something dollars per person

I went for lunch with the family and the waitress was so rude. She sat another party right next to us while having another open area causing our belongings to go over to the next table. The waitress would then grab our stuff and TOSS it back to our table! She did that a few times! We then decided not to tip her because of her rude behavior! She chased us down and DEMANDED her tip! I will NEVER go back to this place again! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HUMILIATED BY AN ENTITLED RUDE WAITRESS STAY AWAY! Worst experience ever!!