About Us
Celebrate togetherness and pass the plate, the bowl or the platter! Expand your palate, explore new foods, and connect with one another over our array of tasty selections meant to be shared ‘ohana-style.
Manta and its postcard views of Kauna’oa Bay from every table are complemented by superbly prepared cuisine.
Meet the Chef
Michelin award-winning Chef de Cuisine Bryan Nagao grew up on Oahu, where he trained and completed his culinary degree at the Culinary Arts School at the University of Hawaii’s Kapi’olani Community College. He spent nearly three decades in Asia serving as head chef for restaurant establishments in Hong Kong, Seoul, Taiwan, and Bangkok. His modern Asian-American culinary style enhanced with fresh locally sourced produce and ingredients provide a distinctive taste and style to our signature Manta restaurant and rich tradition of culinary excellence at Mauna Kea.