Cavitena Bistro Filipino Restaurant — Restaurant in Lomita

Came here around 5pm on a Friday night to have family dinner with my mama. We loved the ambiance and the kind service. The lumpia is amazing that I even put in a lumpia catering order in for my birthday! Definitely going to be a frequent patron of this establishment!

Update: February 11, 2023

It's Superbowl Sunday and my family decided to order from Cavitena for lunch over Postmates. We were missing 2 entrees out of the 4 we ordered. My mom told me to call them because it must be a mistake and also because we're filipino. Cavitena apologized and offered to deliver the 2 missing dishes. It was an honest miscommunication that they cleared up. I really appreciate a small business making things right, especially in this economy of inflation. I know the titos and the titas are upset with how much good filipino food cost now. It's to a point where if I do spend money on eating out, I'd spend money on good mom and pop shops. Also, if you're looking for good quality filipino food that's not fatty,...

Service- was very slow. The servers are somewhat lost. We are a party of 4 but they served us water for 2. Seated right away but no one has attended to us until I went to the other server. NO utensils nor plates. We were served 2 glasses of water, I requested multiple times... after 30 mins I had to approached two servers just to have water served.

Food- 2 menues out of five that we ordered was served after 15 minutes but again no plates, utensils. So the food was cold and oily already the time we were able to eat. The rest took almost 30 minutes. Lost the appetite and enthusiasm considering it's our first time.

The food was not as bad somewhat tasty but the system just drag down any positive feedback on this establishment.

Our server was apologetic and pleasant but I can't help myself not to get frustrated due to poor service and follow-up. It felt like it's a self-serve restaurant.

Utensils, plates, water are very BASIC things but it was...

Party of 3 ~ Wow! we were so impressed with our lunch order. Martha greeted us with a big smile.

Pinakbet 5/5 : right amount of saltiness from the shrimp paste and sweetness of the squash. it's literally like my mom's pinakbet. Vegetables are not overcooked.

Ampalaya 5/5: Cooke with egg and meat, very delicious. Right amount of salt and umami.

Sinigang na Pampano 5/5 : lots of veggies. The soup base was perfection.

Crispy Pata 4/5 : A little burnt outside to our liking but still moist inside.

Halo Halo 4/5: very refreshing not too sweet.

Bilo-Bilo 4/5: Good taste but too sweet for our taste.

We truly enjoyed our lunch. According to Martha, they have karaoke 🎤 on weekends. They are busy at night. Try this place you will not be disappointed. I'm sure we will...