Manna Restaurant — Restaurant in Davis

Manna is decent but pretty overpriced Korean that is the main option in Davis for authentic KBBQ and other korean dishes. They have appetizers ranging from $10-15 and all the traditional Korean goodies such as tofu soup, rice cakes, kimchi fried rice, and also Korean BBQ dishes that they help cook for you on the stove.

The tofu soup was pretty satisfying, I ordered it with pork and there were only a few pieces of pork belly though. The KBBQ here is decent but really expensive, like two pieces of galbi for $20-30 is pretty ridiculous. I would only come here for tofu soup, rick cakes, or the kimchi fried rice and even the meat combos are rather pricey.

The servers are nice and the place is mostly filled with Chinese students and other Davis townies. I actually prefer the food and ambiance at Tako more- although if you're willing to pay for more authentic Manna is where...

Okay I’m Korean so I have a little more say: they do have that special, fluorescent light nostalgia that is characteristic with practically EVERY small korean restaurant hideaway. I don’t know why I love it so much. But I have some concerns:

Why is their plate of galbi $20+? Costco is cheaper... even 5 star restaurants in LA are cheaper (and better). Don’t get me wrong, it was fine, but just that. Nothing special.

BBQ is overpriced - not the best quality either.

Wish they had more options.

A little oily.

Pros:

Banchan (side dishes) was pretty standard but the best I could get from Davis campus (besides making my own or going to Kim’s Mart).

Welcoming staff.

Only korean restaurant within a five mile radius...

When the owners are here, you get decent service. When the girls work here Note to the ower * check the time and date of this review and see who was working * the girl was super rude, never came by once to refill water / drinks, had an attitude when taking the order, the food is nothing special but I use to come here because the owners are super nice and wanted to support a small business, but if I ever come back and same people are taking orders I will leave, they need to work on their human skills. You're running a resturant, have some manners, be professional, be proud of what you do. It's very unfortunate but hopefully the owners can see this and train their employees so...