Los Tito's Mexican Food — Restaurant in La Mesa

I’ve been coming here for a few years and usually it’s for my cali B and maybe split some rolleds. Being one of the few latenight places it’s never busy, but never dead, kinda always has someone eating after a late shift, trying to sober up, etc. 24 hours

The décor is pretty basic, nothing stands out, but they did redo the menu to both cater more to non animal protein offerings and give it a cleaner look. Everything else is the same from the booths needed reupholstery and cushions to the weird art. The service is consistently mediocre for speed of service to how friendly everyone is. Prices aren’t bad, but have gone up over time.

The rolled tacos have completely fallen off, my last 2 orders were straight soggy, cooked hours ago and warmed. Also ho puts the cheese on top of the guacamole. It makes everything slide off, thanks for the cotija dusting, but it’s cheese, guac/sc, cotija, but that just means they didin’t reheat it enough to melt the cheese. No offering of SC either, just unlabeled cheese/guac for every amount offering.

Carne asada is pretty good and their tortillas for the burritos are solid, not dry and overcooked, pliable and sturdy. I had their surf & turf is pretty legit, but a little wet for my liking. French fries are usually very good, but had one less than stellar fry experience. The fish for their fish tacos could be fresher. The salsas are legit from rojo, verde, aguacate and if I recall a habanero spicy orange one. Unlike all these other plebs keep the pico out of my california burrito.

If all I want is a Cali B or S&T I’ll come here, but anything else I’m going to Vallarta, Pinos, Azteca or Ah-Jijo as a few are...

Posted my review on Yelp but wanted to posted again here so whoever sees these ones see it as well.

Ok so. Food wise (which is what most people wanna know) their food is A MA ZING. as a Mexican AND big foodie myself. Me and my partner always try different taco shops. And we just found THE one to be out go-to! I Highly recommend their shredded beef! 🔥🔥 Chile relleno is also super good. Carnitas are great. The food is just great!

Now that being said, let me move to Customer service experience. As another service Industry myself who works dealing with a lot of people too. I have to give HUGE shoutouts and kudos to Both Gloria and Jane. For being So Young, and working at a taco shop (where usually customers are Not nice to the workers). They're both SO polite and nice. And not even Fake nice. They're genuinely sweet and attentive. They make the whole experience pleasant and we for sure will be coming back to this place for their delicious food. But also hoping one of these 2 amazing workers are there. I really hope the management know the jewels they have working...

Haha I never review restaurants but feel this is necessary. Went in after a night shift around 3:15am and ordered a California burrito... nobody else in the shop, but the bathroom is locked. Sat and waited about 20 minutes and out walks the cook. First, why didn't the person taking my order tell me the cook was the one using the bathroom or that it would take a minute? Second, you think I'm gonna eat a burrito cooked by someone who just spent 20 minutes in the bathroom? They told me they could still cook it and I said no because I don't really feel like eating a burrito from someone who just spent that amount of time in the restroom then come out and cook in front of me... he says "Sorry I didn't have a chance to get my break..." I understand, no worries, just don't want you to cook my food. So I tried to get my money back and they didn't know how to do a refund, $8.16 gone but probably worth it in the end. Would love to try this place again because the reviews seem legit but this was a terrible experience. Please PLEASE take your break somewhere besides the...