Reviews for Zarlitos Family Restaurant in National City, CA

It's our go to filipino restaurant after church. They have silogs options. They also have Karaoke nights during weekends i... guess. The owners are very nice and friendly. The staff service is awesome as well. Read more

Always a delight eating here???? good, considerate service! Had some longanisa, pancit and lumpia shanghai definitely recommend... ???????????? Read more

Delicious Filipino food open late! This place is the spot for traditional Filipino comfort food. They have the usual choices but... the quality and flavor is awesome. We normally order crispy lechon and kare kare here but there are so many other good optionson the menu as well. We recommend getting whatever dish you want as the combination plate so it comes with fried rice, pancitnoodles and lumpia. Would give it 5 stars but the waiting time for the food is kinda on the slower side. Otherwise, great foodand friendly service! Read more

No clue as to why this place isn't a perfect 5 Star! Food is very good and the service is top notch! Took the family there after... a full day at Sea World. Was hungry for Filipino Cuisine so I searched for the nearest Filipino restaurant. Mind you a bunchcame up on Google Maps but all but one was open late, Zarlito's Filipino Restaurant. Although they were rated at 4 Stars Ididn't care. I was missing Filipino Food! So we drive a few minutes into Downtown San Diego. Long story short, we immediatelyfelt welcome. Food was made fast and hot. The Lechon Kawali was hot and crispy! The Bangus was great, Pork Adobe on point! Thewaitress was very attentive, quick, and very friendly! She even sang for us to some Filipino music playing. Ilocano and Tagalogspoken here, felt like back home in Hawaii, we were on vacation. Left feeling very satisfied and full. We even ordered extrarice to balun back to the hotel. Left a generous well deserved tip! Will definitely return for another visit! Mahalo to thestaff at Zarlito's. Hoping this review brings big business! You guys deserve it! Read more

I was CRAVING Filipino food, but the family and friends always wants to eat somewhere else...yay!!! My wish came true. I love it... when I don't have to pay the bill, too!! U want amazing authentic food? The meat was made so deliciously in my book. Beef wastender and flavorful! The vegetables, yeah...so good. The pork (lichon) had such delicious, crunchy skin. Mmmmmm. The pancitand lumpia, yes this is how you make it!!! OMG the turon (fried banana in lumpia wrapper) was incredibly fresh! I wish myfamily were here to enjoy it. We love karaoke ???? ???? music ???? It was such fun! There's lots of room! I'M GONNA EAT HEREAGAIN AND AGAIN!!! Read more

Hidden gem! First thing we noticed was how clean and spacious this place was. Greeted warmly by one of the staff members. We had... fried calamari, Crispy pasta and Zarlitos' mixto fried rice. Calamari was good. Crispy pasta was perfect! Served with deliciousgarlic rice. The Zarlitos' rice was surprisingly, the flavors exceeded our expectations! Every had flavor and served at propertemperature. Enjoyed the whole experience! We'll be back! Highly recommend this place!!! Read more

Authentic Filipino food. I used to live in Cali and the Filipino food I remember eating would blast with flavor. I was expecting... my taste buds to sizzle! Was flatly disappointed. Idk, maybe my memory played tricks on me or my palate changed. Probably thelatter. Anyhow,,, Squid rings. They were fried and shriveled up, kinda tasted like fried chicken skin...now I like friedchicken skin, so don't get me wrong...they tasted great but was not what I expected. Expected crispy tender rings. Chickenadobo. My sister makes it better! Garlic fried rice. Now THAT was delicious! Never had it and loved loved loved it!! I'd comehere just for the rice. Pancit. Well, again disappointed as the flavor fell flat for me. One thing that brighten up the nightwas the live karaoke. If you feel like you want to let go and don't care about embarrassing yourself, don't worry, everyone elsewill be embarrassed for you. But you'll have loads of fun !! ???????????? Read more

If you?re looking for authentic, homemade Filipino food, Zarlitos is it. My friend and I ordered takeout, and eating this... reminded me of going to a friend?s house and trying their parent?s delicious food. Disclaimer: if you are health conscious anddo not like to eat pork, this review may not be for you, but don?t worry, as they have other options available! I always getthe lechon combo from Zarlitos. You get pancit bihon, garlic fried rice, lumpia, and a generous serving of lechon kuwali. Thelechon is crispy, melts in your mouth, and tastes great with the garlic fried rice and mang tomas sauce. This is Filipino soulfood at its very finest, and I never leave Zarlitos feeling dissatisfied. The sisig plate is crispy, juicy, and has the rightamount of zest and spice that makes this sisig great. This is a lot of pork to eat in one sitting, so I definitely recommendeating a portion of the meal and saving the rest for the next day. Zarlito?s generous servings, tasty food, and homey customerservice always bring me back for more. Read more