Zarlitos Family Restaurant is my favorite Filipino restaurant in California. Zarlitos is a great traditional Filipino food and restaurant that stays open late, as late at 3am on weekends.

Beef tapa here is yum!
The staff is a bit “spacey”.
The tacos are only on certain days so if you’re making a trip to Zarlitos just for the tacos, call first!

Great place to eat early in the morning or late night on weekends.  Service is ok from time to time, bathroom is filthy so I hope you have a penis and can point or have strong thigh muscles to hover cause it’s as clean as a Seafood City’s bathroom in Chula Vista.  Eeww!

For those who are not familiar with filipino food, please bring a friend and have them help you order.  Don’t miss out on a great artery clogging cuisine.

This is just plain good food in a nice, neighborhood eatery.

Quality meats, clean grounds, fast service.  Not the fanciest, and the folks are more businesslike than fawning, but hey, you knew that by the time you walked in.

Good stuff–I’ll be back!

I don’t eat at enough traditional Filipino restaurants to give an extreme rating either way… so let’s go with 3 stars. I like the tocilog… delish! If I am in the area and am in the mood, I would definitely come here again. But I wouldn’t go out of my way. I was told that service here is pretty good compared to that at other Filipino restaurants — in other words, the staff isn’t as rude and brisk and irritable. Yay!

Decided to try a new place for supper. I ordered the chicken adobo platter for $7.25. It comes with pancit bihon, lumpia shanghai, and fried rice. The restaurant was empty except for 2 philipino ladies. The lady who helped me was really nice. My order was ready in about 5 minutes.
Well, the service was great, the food was served fast and hot, and the price was reasonable. I tried a new place and unfortunately I did not care for the food, but maybe someone else will like it.

Zarlitos Family Restaurant

83 reviewsRating Details

Categories: Filipino, Fast Food

505 E 8th St
(between Cummings Rd & E Ave)
National City, CA 91950

(619) 474-1144

www.zarlitos.com

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