Mantee Cafe

My Husband visited this Cafe 8 years ago and insisted that I try it. Absolutely delicious, he said the same quality the same taste. I definitely loved it too. The dolma with yogurt is a must try and of course the mantee. To be honest I think everything in the menu will be delicious. And special thanks to the waiter 👍🏻

Mantee is one of the best Armenian restaurants in studio city. The service is always on point and the serves have great knowledge of the menu. Some of the must haves are fried cheese, mantee, yogurt, the filet plate is to die for. If you want good Armenian food you must visit here. @manteecafe

I was excited to return here with my partner on our 9 month anniversary to share food from my culture since I’m Armenian. When I booked in the morning (Saturday) on OpenTable it had availability for the whole evening so we set it to 7:30 and didn’t expect it to be very busy. Unfortunately when we got there we were mistaken. The restaurant was extremely busy and it took us around 20 minutes to be seated. I’m not sure if it was lack of staff or bad organization but it took a very long time to get our appetizers to our table. We actually had to cancel our main courses as we had eaten our appetizers over half an hour ago and had gotten full. They also had limited clean glassware and had to serve our Tan (yogurt drink) in champagne glasses. I don’t want this to be a negative review because maybe they were just overwhelmed when I visited so I recommend for others to go and make your own opinion. In regards to the actual food we loved it, all of it was delicious! I highly recommend the Mantee obviously. It was the best Mantee I’ve ever eaten (other than my mother’s of course!). We’ll return again hopefully on a less busy night to enjoy it properly. Thanks!

Excellent service, wonderful food and spacious spot. It’s a great place to bring kids. We all really enjoyed our plates and the service we had. It was a smooth process throughout and they went beyond the norm to ensure we were comfortable. We appreciated that a great deal! Would love to go again if the opportunity presents itself

Great food, awful dining experience. Be prepared to wait over an hour for appetizers and even longer for mains (seems like many other commenters have experienced the same thing so it’s not a one off). I’d give 3 stars if our mains had actually made it to the table. After about 1.5 hours of being at our table and only receiving our apps we asked the server if she has an ETA on our mains and she said “I wish I did but I don’t!” So we cancelled and asked for our checks. Every table around us was visibly upset also. They said they’re short staffed and overbooked. But they did nothing to make it up to guests who spent their Saturday night here. Server would vanish for long periods and then we’d have to flag her down to get her attention. Charged $14 for dolma which were 2 tiny pieces. Mantee was great but need to order 1 per person. Fattoush salad was amazing, but again small portion for $14 with no sort of protein. For what they charge this should be a 5 star dining experience. I felt like we were in a mall food court. Owners really need to look into this. If service had matched the taste of food, I’d be telling each one of my friends to go here ASAP. Sadly, I’m now telling everyone to try take out or not go at all.