Location: El Cajon
Top Restaurants in El Cajon
Top 10 Italian food in El Cajon, California, United States
Reviews on Italian food in El Cajon, California, United States. El Cajon (/ɛlkəˈhoʊn/; Spanish: [elkaˈxon]) is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. In a valley surrounded by mountains, the city has acquired the nickname of "The Big Box." Its name originated similarly, from the Spanish phrase "el cajón," which means "the box" or "the drawer."
Things to do in El Cajon
10. Taste of Italy
Overall Ratings
4 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By Stensafriend
The owners of this family-run restaurant have their priorities right. After receiving an ad featuring a pasta special I called to ask if they could have it ready for pickup in 15 minutes. Although this is a sit-down restaurant they accept phone orders for takeout. On entering I was acknowledged, warmly welcomed and made to feel at home. The order was ready, bagged and handed to me in a to-go container. When I offered the owner a tip he waved me off and said, âno, itâs my pleasure.â Unheard of! Arriving home, the trio of pastas were still hot, perfectly prepared and delicious. $15 bucks. On days when my wife and I just donât feel like cooking but want a wholesome delicious and affordable meal, itâs nice to have this quality restaurant in the neighborhood.
9. Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By drewmz8
Service was excellent. The owner (Oleg) runs a very clean establishment as well as organized. The portions were very big, if you are eating by yourself do not order the large portion, it is overwhelming. Overall 11/10 would highly suggest this to everybody in the San Diego area looking for great food with even better quality service. Pricing is fair as well.
8. Sycuan Buffet
Overall Ratings
4 based on 16 reviews
Whether you love to sample seafood or a juicy prime rib dinner is more your style, The Buffet serves up food from every cuisine youâre hungry for. Youâll love our casino buffet selection whether youâre joining us for lunch or dinner. Take a break from pla
Reviewed By traveldan21
This is an excellent buffet that is part of the Sycuan Resort and Casino. It features the typical buffet selections of salad and dessert bars, but the main attractions are seafood and beef. There are hot and cold snowcrab clusters, stone crab claws, langostino, steamed clams, mussels, raw oysters, shrimp, etc., as well as really good prime rib, turkey, brisket and other meats. The Chinese dumplings i sampled were also tasty.Use your Sycuan Players Club card for a discount.
7. Bongiovanni's Italian Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By Challenger007
Home of San Diego's most delicious sandwich and outrageously tasty old stylie Italian American food and great service. On my quest for the ultimate toasted sub sandwich, I found Bongiovanni's. Excellent excellent classic food, reasonable prices in an unexpected location.
6. Mamma Rosa's Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By rovingruz
We had to wait ove 30 minutes to be seated, thought that would have meant that the food would be great. Food was good, but not great. Salad was alright, bread a bit burnt, no garlic butter, place was busy, hard to get attention. Chicken parm was good, homemade noodles were lacking, vegetable primavera needed seasoning. Odd for an Italian restaurant to skip on the garlic. A bit disappointing.
5. DiLeone's Italian Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By grandslamhomer
My wife and I went to Dileone's Italian Restaurant for our Anniversary Dinner, and had a very nice night. Linda A. our server was some nice and had a very pleasant and funny personality. Linda came by our table many times during our meal, making sure we were satisfied and had everything we needed. My wife had the Shrimp Scampi which had Jumbo shrimp sauteed with garlic, white wine, herbs and lemon. Served with a side of sauteed mushrooms an her choice of soup or salad and garlic bread. My wife said it was delicious and finished the entire meal. I had the Linguini DiLeone's, which was Shrimp, Scallops, mushrooms and garlic in a marinara sauce with pasta. My dish was huge and the scallops were cooked perfectly and were so tender. We also enjoyed some of DiLeone's Chianti wine, and Dileone's Co-Owner Franci nicely gave us a dessert to enjoy for our Anniversary celebration. What a Great Place ! Check it out !
4. Marechiaros on 2nd
Overall Ratings
4 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By 10ringtraveler
I have eaten here several times and stopped by today with a couple of friends before heading out and doing some hiking. You can be guaranteed that your lunch will be very good, and very filling! I elected for the meatball sandwich today, the dining area was very clean and there was plenty of room for us to sit. Our orders were taken very quickly and the staff polite and professional. She came by a couple of times while are food was being prepared to see if we needed anything. The food was delivered in a timely manner and as expected was very fresh and filling! We at quickly so we could get to our activity, I think the server picked up on our rush and checked with us one more time to see If we needed anything else. We said we were done, and our check was delivered within a minute! Very attentive staff, very clean dining area and excellent food! Highly recommended!
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3. Dolci Cafe Italiano
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
This unique Italian restaurant nestled in Rancho San Diego is serving up organic foods and free-range meats from local farms. Offering an authentic Italian menu that will meet the likes of anyone who stops by, whether it be for a quick lunch or a relaxing
Reviewed By Marcasso
Four of us went....we had two of the lamb chop specials....one chicken marsala....and a filet mignon. Everything tasted exceptional! I even told the owner to give my compliments to the chef....he needed to know how good we thought it was. And the service was excellent! Wine was delicious too. Nothing wrong here....it was nice to have a fully enjoyable dining experience for everyone.....so rare these days
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2. Antica Trattoria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 182 reviews
Antica trattoria is a modern casual Italian eatery. Using organic and localy sourced Ingredients ,
Reviewed By SallyAnn W
We were luckily enough to be taken here by family who live in the area. Every time we go I feel like we're treated like visiting royalty, but I think they are that nice to everyone! I've never had anything that wasn't exceptional. Last time we split the veal saltimboca. We also had a grilled octopus app that was a special. The others at our table had never had octopus before and, after trying it, declared themselves to be new grilled octopus fans!
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1. Marechiaro's Italian Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 159 reviews
Reviewed By 439pjg
I decided on the Monday night special which was half a lasagna, soup or salad, and garlic bread. The salad was ordinary but that lasagna, so good with amazing cheese pull! I can't imagine how big a normal size piece is because I couldn't finish this half piece. The garlic bread was good for slopping up sauce. Just delicious! I ordered a piece of raspberry cheesecake to take back to the hotel. It looks yummy! Definitely would come back. All this for $13.90, great bargain for great food!
