Continental Gourmet Market - Lomita — Restaurant in Lomita

At least I can say I tried it.

I was getting my hair cut and I'm hearing talk about getting Empanadas for lunch. I haven't had one in a long while so I thought I would give the bakery they were talking about a shot. There were alot of choices for the filling some were unexpected so I thought I would buy a dozen and sample each at least once.

I have to say your experience will depend on the filling the dough is paired with. The dough taste rather flat so it pairs well with the spicy fillings...the spicy beef is awesome. Unfortunately the dough didn't pair well with some of the other fillings. If they had different dough mixes specific to the type of filling ...this place could be awesome. Stick with the savory beef, chicken, spicy chicken, spicy beef and spinach...the rest are pretty pedestrian because of the dough.

I would skip the pepperoni entirely....the cheese taste like cheese whiz and didn't agree with the dough...

Went for the empanadas and was disappointed. They offer 9 different ones on the menu, but at only 2 pm on a Friday they were out of the first 3 kinds that I tried to order. We settled on trying 3 that they did have and they weren’t great. The dough was raw on the bottom of all 5 that we ordered. It also tasted like they were previously frozen. A man came in while we were waiting and he tried to order other items on the menu and they were out of what he wanted, too. The menu is very limited, so this is really surprising. The people were nice, though, and they offer a decent variety of beverages in the cooler and a selection of...

I'm going to start with saying I do like their sandwiches or their score would be much lower. The Service is ok, the workers aren't the friendliest and don't seem very happy at their job. My main issue is that we pay $30 for a dozen of Empenadas and not only do they not come with small chimichurri or even able to buy the small containers for $1.99 they force you to buy a $8 jar of Chimichurri that is 85% oil and hardly any herbs and spices. Spending $40 for some reheated frozen Empenadas and oily Chimichurri is robbery. I used to dig the place but I won't be ordering Empenadas from here ever again. I might be back for a...