Manhattan Meats

Manhattan meats carries a really good selection of meats steaks, pork chops and chicken. They come both marinated and unmarinated. They carry boats head meats as well.
I mostly come for their sandwiches which range from $ 6-​$ 8. They carry your typical cold cuts They have daily sandwich specials as well. Monday and Tuesdays is tri tip, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s is corned beef and Friday’s is pulled pork.

This is a staple market of the town but, It is really the best and most convenient place to get any meat you want. The salads aren’t too bad either. But the way they marinate their different selection of meat and poultry make for a perfect meal. Favorite picks are: Hawaiian skewers for appetizers, bacon for the morning pancakes. Ribeye and garlic chicken are always on our grill. Enjoy.

Drive from south OC a few times a year because this butcher/​sandwich shop is so amazing. Best meats best service and a staple for the holidays. Can’t say enough about this wonderful shop. Keep up the good work! We usually pick up our thanksgiving turkey and Christmas roast as a part of our yearly goings on. Truly a throw back to great customer service and quality meat.

So delicious! Their sandwiches are huge, you can save one half for later or even the next day! The bread is so fresh and all the ingredients taste amazing. I even bought a rosemary Beef Tenderloin (order in advance to make sure you get one) and it was outta this world. Everyone complimented me on how tender is was.
I love the service as well. They know all the locals by name and they are very helpful and take their job very seriously to make sure you get the best meats and dishes.

Manhattan Meats is INSIDE the Manhattan Beach Market and is a separate business.
I ordered a bunch of sandwiches here for a party I was having. Rented a cute beach bungalow in Manhattan Beach, bought drinks and chips and such from Trader Joe’s and found this place on Unilocal.Thought it would be fun to have fresh sandwiches cut up at the party.
They don’t do platters like Safeway but I bought six or seven sandwiches and was able to cut them into four pieces each at the party. I got a variety — roast beef, turkey and veggie — with condiments on the side. There’s nothing ground-​breaking about the toppings or bread, it’s pretty standard stuff but they use Boar’s Head meats and cheeses which are good quality.
It took a little while to make so we cruised around the market while we waited. It’s a great corner store with all the basics plus a few gourmet items, fresh fruits and veggies and cute beach and touristy must-​haves.
The sandwiches were only about $ 5 each so this turned out to be quite a score for the party. The cupcakes cost twice as much and we had a bunch left over. All the sandwiches were eaten! If I were in town again, I’d definitely head over here for sandwiches and chips and go to the beach for a picnic.

A half a block from the Manhattan Beach pier I thought this would be my new go to meat market. WRONG! I bought two Spencer steaks @ $ 21 per pound. I grilled them medium rare (warm and pink in the middle) and they were really tough. The steaks were different shapes — so I assume they came from different sections of the source side. In short, for $ 50 I expect that steak to melt in my mouth — not fill the spaces between my teeth with fibrous gack.
Stay away!

Excellent service and meat! Simple as that. Everything I’ve tried I have was fresh and tender. Highly recommend!

Andrew from the Butcher counter was gracious enough to show our 11yr old son how to fillet a Tilapia he had caught at camp today. I want to Thank him for making my son’s day!!!
We purchased four of the Manhattan Bacon Hamburger patties to grill up at home.

Great quality! Polite and knowledgable service. Haven’t tried everything yet but excited to try everything they have. Their lamb and beef have been excellent and consistent

Teriyaki marinated steak is the bomb! Tender, flavorful, and juicy. Don’t know how they do it but I highly recommend.

A bit pricey, but excellent.

I have been a customer for over 2 years and this is the only place I buy meat.

I am so glad I Unilocaled butcher shops near my house (playa del rey). After reading all of the great reviews (except the one from the man who did WAY to much math to get his point across for the 1 star review) I headed over to eye the goods. Everything looked so yummy and fresh. One of the specials was bacon wrapped filet mignon marinated in bordelaise) for $ 10.99 lb. What?! (Bristol Farms filets are $ 29 lb.) We got four huge filets for $ 33. Hubby threw them on the grill and they were fantastic. Perfectly cooked, juicy, flavorful and tender. Looking forward to spending a lot more time in Manhattan Meats and enjoying the many options they offer.

We go at least twice a week. Alaskan salmon, stuffed mushrooms, hibachi burgers and steaks, we’ve great friendly service and always good meat.

After weeks of thinking about it, I finally stopped in here today because I thought they had a good selection of grass-​fed meat. I almost always eat beef, but they had only one kind. Not really worth the effort to come here just for that.

We were originally recommended to go here years ago and never made the (short) trek down because we didn’t realize at the time it would be worth it. Then, years passed and we have found OK meat and not fantastic meat… Move to Summer 2014 when recently, an out-​of-​town friend was raving to the hubby about his experience with this meat market and my hubby got a bit more excited. So, while finally back in town and having BBQ as a weekend option, we decided to head down to Manhattan Beach to check this joint out. And boy were we glad we did!
The meats are great and they also don’t stop there. They have seafood as well. We were luckily not hungry and would have purchased everything if we had been! We saw huge tomahawk steaks from Harris Ranch that were enticing (way too big for us at the moment… but we will be back for those some time!), debated the meats for tacos, and seriously struggled to narrow it down. After over ten minutes of gawking at foods, we opted for the stuffed pork chops (which were amazing on the Q!) and the shrimp skewers for a little surf/​turf, while my cousin took home some salmon also. (It looked great, but I can’t speak to how they tasted because he didn’t invite us over to enjoy that with him haha.)
I’d also add that it is a general store with groceries, the basics for tourists, and alcohol. I checked the beer section and the prices weren’t fab, so we ended up just hitting the local grocery store later for that part of our meal.
Bottom Line — This place is awesome! Can’t wait to return for some more good meats … and that tomahawk steak!!!

This is an epic place! Always good.
Tonight for example we had swordfish kabobs, pork kabobs and beef sticks.
The swordfish was out of this world!!! So was the pork. We have also tried chicken that’s stuffed and bacon wrapped filets!!! Fantastic!
The best is they get to know you and recco stuff you might like!
Service is top tier and the product is consistently good. Sounds like 5 stars to me!

Went in this morning to buy a piece of fish for my son. Just moved to the neighborhood a few weeks ago, and have been here every Sat and Sun to purchase something for my son’s lunch.
This morning, for the first time, the owner, Dean Tribble, and was astonished at what ensued.
I didn’t have any cash. When I handed Dean my credit card, he explained there was a $ 5 minimum for credit card fees. I explained I had no cash and offered to pay with a debit card instead. Dean sternly replied he had no debit card machine and wouldn’t take a credit card. I could purchase more things if I wanted.
In today’s economy this is absurd.
First, Dean insisted he would lose money on the charge. As business owner myself, I am aware that the fees are 2.5% plus ~ $ 0.25 fee.
On my $ 3.50 piece of fish, Dean probably still clears a good 20%+ margin on fish he purchases from the local fisherman. So even after paying my «massive» card fee he would have cleared $ 0.38.
Let’s assume for argument sake I’m wrong and he breaks even and see what the long term implications are. This was my sixth trip to Manhattan Meats. Over the course of the next 3 – 5 years while I live here, I probably would have gone another 200+ times. At an average revenue per visit of $ 8 (I usually buy more) and an average margin of even 5%, that means Dean lost $ 80 in profit from me as a customer over his insistence on being too cheap to cover my $ 0.32 credit card processing fee this one day that I had no cash and needed to buy lunch for my son.
This is why small business owners remain small business owners and never become big business owners. Short-​sighted policies and no grasp of customer lifetime value and the benefits of customer service.
Lame Dean.
This is why Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and Walmart can crush local businesses.
This doesn’t have to be the case, and in fact I much prefer to support local businesses. I just won’t support Dean anymore.
For an awesome counter example, check out how Ann Arbor, MI based deli Zingerman’s crushes the big chain competition by offering awesome customer service.

Vegetarian or not, you MUST try the veggie kebobs. The garlic (+secret goodness) marinade is so good I literally lick the bag they come in.
The teriyaki short ribs are a crowd favorite anywhere I take them.
I haven’t generally had anything bad here, but at times one cut of meat looks fresher than another. If they unassumingly grab for the older one don’t be ashamed to ask for the exact one you like. They’re great guys.

I recently tried out Manhattan meats when I found out my favorite bakery was closed for the holidays. Manhattan meats has all kinds of meats (as the name suggests) but I was just there for a sandwich. The price is reasonable and the sandwich was good, but it was on the smaller side (which is fine for 1 but my hubby and I usually split a sandwich).
The main drawback is that although the meat counter is in the grocery store, they are separate. So if you say, want chips and a drink to go with your sammie you have to pay for your sammie at the meat counter then go wait in line at the grocery store register to pay a second time.
A good option and probably a great place to pick up meats to take home, but I’ll likely stick with my regular sammie joint.