El Jacalito — Restaurant in Lomita

A great find in the South Bay after a surprise birthday at the Torrance airport. Was craving Mexican and was way out of our neighborhood, so went to Yelp who was spot on again.

Food was awesome. Very authentic and delicious. Tried a carnitas taco, Chile relleno plate, a milanesa torta and menudo for later. The taco was good, but everything else was on the exceptional side. Just really good home style, with restaurant quality good.

Service was also top notch. Due to Covid we decided to call in our order and got there so quickly we were parked up front before we ended the call. They must have had some mix ups before because they were wanting to make sure we knew their address. We told them we were calling from the car our front which they thought was pretty cool. We went in for our order and paid hit part of the order wasn’t ready so they gave us the option to take what was ready to the car. We were starving so we agreed and they brought the rest of the order to us when It was done. Nice car side service!

If your in the neighborhood, give them a try and you won’t be disappointed.

Pro tip: menu says menudo on weekends only but we were there on a Wed and they...

We walked in at lunch craving some good Birria. The place was not full for lunch. We were welcomed and promptly served. The menu here is diverse and authentic (pipian verde, mole, nopales, chorizo, etc).

We saw Dos Tacos de Barbacoa con cabra and decided to order this for lunch. The goat barbacoa tacos were filled with meat- such a generous portion and it truly was Cabra! The flavours were authentic and the meat was delicate…beautifully done and so tasty! I loved the finely diced green chilies in this preparation. I’ve been craving an authentic Mexican sit down restaurant each time I visit here and I am glad I finally found one! Go...

This is not your typical "Mexican" place like "El Torito" or whatever you are used to, with the typical rice beans, enchiladas plate.

This place specializes in authentic Oaxacan Mexican food. So Moles, tlayudas, memelas, alambres, Molotes, amarillos, cecina, tasajo, etc. Probably things You have never tried before!

I Highly Recommend that You check this place out. Just know that if You Want the typical stuff, like SO MANY other places have, you're not going to find it here.

Everything is made in house. Pretty much Everything is good. Try something new.

This place is great and I highly...