Manpuku Japanese BBQ Costa Mesa in Costa Mesa

We ordered pork cheek, pork belly with lettuce, sukiyaki wrap, Kobe beef tongue, angus prime beef tongue, Kobe short ribs, Kobe ribeye, prime rib cap, prime ribeye, salad, assorted mushroom, black sesame pudding with rice ball, garlic fried rice, Tokyo negi rice, and mochi with strawberry ice cream.The meat is marinated with soy sauce, leading to a slightly salty and sweet taste. . I can taste the differences between Kobe rib eye and prime rib eye. Kobe rib eye worths it. However. I cannot tell the differences between Kobe beef tongue and prime beef tongue. They are both good. Don’t forget to fold the beef tongue and wrap the onions in it when barbecue. This could prevent the onions from falling out.I love the pork cheek with yozu sauce and the pork belly with lettuce. The garlic fried rice tastes batter than the negi rice.I like the staffs here, they are friendly🥳 The one who served our table gave us good recommendations on how to barbecue and what tastes good. The recommendation is useful.Regarding the parking, you can get a permit from the store if you cannot find a spot in the parking lot.Remember to make a reservation in GoogleMap beforehand and enjoy the meal.$$55/ppl after tax

We had pork cheek, tri tip, hanger, rib eye, large intestine, abomasum, cabbage salad. $97. Servers all speak Japanese and were attentive. I love the smoke free grill😚 literally won’t smell anything on hair or clothes unlike any other bbq places. Great atmosphere for dates.

Ken was the kindest host ever. Every server was supper helpful regardless of if they were ours. It was a restaurant of passionate employees, and I cannot recommend this place enough.

Always an enjoyable experience, i take my parents atleast 1-2 times a month, we usually get the kobe Course comes with about 12 or so different premium items on the menu from kimichi, salad, edamame, kobe/wagyu meats, shrimp and rice including dessert.Menu is available online and seating would be best resevered, call ahead, limited seating.

All the meats are fantastic! But the mushrooms are not good for grilling, because the temperature of the grill is too hot for vegetables.Will come back for sure!

I liked it but not enough to fight the line or the parking lot to eat at. I enjoyed the meat here but I feel like there are other places I would prefer to eat at with less stress and less waiting.

The cabbage salad is a unique salad with a delicious miso garlic? dressing. The assorted kim chee is a must. We did the $45 per person pre fixe menu. This was the first time, though Ive been coming here for years. It was a lot of food, so definitely worth the money. However, I really prefer just ordering the salted prime and tongue. Its more depending on how much you eat, but the pre fixe might be too much food for most. Great value though. The one thing I dont like is getting rushed. They try to get you out in 2 hours, but we were only there for an hour and they immediately brought the check. One of my pet peeves when you are paying $300 for four people. Oh and they have a great ox tail soup, but didnt have it this time. Parking is also a pain.

Food was okay. After tax and tips, above $100 per person. I had expected more about the taste. Normal service. They don’t allow you to bring outside drinks in. There are more better options to go with this price.

Stopped by for a late dinner and for more than expected. Really just want some oxtail soup and maybe a few skewers, but found this place was much more than yakitori. Like a mix of KBBQ but with high quality cuts more like shabu. I’m sure there is a name for this, but I don’t know it. Oxtail soup was very good, but reminded me of Korean beef bone broth as well, just elevated. As for the meat, they has a special on Japanese A5 wagyu brisket for $18 which was awesome. Simply salted and came with salad and light citrus dipping sauce. Also tried the signature short rib with green onion and salt which was also very good and came with its own dipping sauce. Last but not least, we tried the prime outside skirt or hirami in spicy miso. They have two options for a marinade, sweet like teriyaki or spicy miso, they just don’t volunteer that. Service was very good but they obviously have certain preferences for how you should enjoy their food and should help newbies more. Not sure if they were trying to be overly polite or accommodating, but once we got past that and we explicitly asked them to guide us, we were all good. They changed out the grill often and checked with us many times after that. Prices were very food for the quality of meat as well.

This is the Costa Mesa outlet of Manpuku Japanese Yakiniku Restaurant. Most of the beef are USDA Prime or American Wagyu type cuts. They did offer 3.5 oz Grade A5 chuck steak sliced to 6 pieces at $68. We ordered quite a variety of cuts including tongue, skirt steak, hanger steak, ribeye, etc. Their butter fried rice was a bit small to share but was quite good. Kimchi sample is also good but a bit pricy. They give you a free ice cream plate for your birthday. Parking is quite limited on this popular strip mall due to other quite popular restaurants, tea shops and bar inside.