Manna Teriyaki

This place has changed! I’ve been coming here for almost 20 years and always order the same thing. Teriyaki dinner with hot sauce on the side. Now they won’t give me the hot sauce unless I order the dinner with the sauce on it already.They just lost a lifetime customer over a 5 cent container. I don’t complain about much but this is just wrong. Mana has the right to do what they want but there are tons of other places out there.

OK, so here's the deal. I'm going to come back and try this place again sometime. There were a lot of pluses but a couple of minuses in critical categories. It's right next to Fred Meyer so very convenient. The portion sizes were very good and I was instantly impressed. The place was clean, the service was good and they had a steady stream of takeout customers which usually bodes well for quality. I got takeout and it was ready within the time frame they quoted me. Sounds like it should be a solid, hands down win, right? Sadly, it was not. If the food doesn't taste good then it's a fail. My wife and I ordered the chicken breast teriyaki and I also ordered the yakisoba noodles. My kids got standard teriyaki and one got a combo with that and gyoza. None of us were particularly impressed. The chicken breast was very dry and lacked flavor. It almost seemed as if they'd found a way to scotch guard it so that flavor would bead up and roll off of it. It was weird. I tried propping it up with some Sriracha and it just didn't work. That stuff is freakin' magic and can save almost any dish but not this time. Same deal with the beef yakisoba. I asked for no onions. I don't know if they just don't put veggies in it or if they took the "no onions" request as a request to forgo vegetables all together. If you read my reviews, this was a huge issue I had with the now defunct Golden Cafe. Their yakisoba was greasy noodles and meat with nothing else. I mentioned this to them several times and they didn't seem inclined to make any changes. The fact that they're gone now kind of tells the tale on that, doesn't it? At least these noodles weren't greasy but they were dry as a bone. Nothing screams, "We buy our noodles in a pillow pack from Cash n' Carry rather than making our own fresh" louder than dry yakisoba noodles. My wife hated it so much, I don't think she's going to ever eat there again. She loves Miyako's and I got chewed out for getting this rather than that. I've got reviews to write here though and I'm always seeing what else is out there. There were enough plus column things here that I'll try it again and just be very specific in my ordering.

Delicious every time! We always call in and pick up. Usually get the large beef teriyaki (which is fabulous, thinly sliced beef) but tonight went with the large chicken. Also fabulous, nice char on the chicken. Came with soup (chicken broth) and salad. The salad was fresh with great dressing and I loved the chicken broth (as this cold weather makes me crave it!) Got a side of potstickers as well- soooo gooood! A little on the spendy side, but the amount of food you get is totally worth it. Definitely could split it or eat it twice!