Lomeli’s Italian Restaurant

Gardena, United States

4.5

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20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 310-323-7993
Website:
www.lomelis.com
Address:
2223 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Gardena, CA, 90247
Torrance
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.3 mi5
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2.8 miCrenshaw
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Good For
Dinner
Parking
Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
No
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Gardena) 13:03 Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Description

Specialties

We’re a cozy, romantic restaurant in Southern California that serves up remarkable Italian favorites. You’ve gotta try our fettuccini with alfredo, our shrimp scampi with Italian-​style garlic butter sauce or any one one of our lasagnas. We’re really known for our pizzas where we make our own dough and sauce, and use a 3 cheese blend. Our Margarita Pizza is very popular!

We also offer party trays, packaged professionally, to make your next company party, picnic, or any kind of get-​together a treat for everyone!

We cater as well to anyone within a 10 mile radius.

History

Established in 1979.

On December 11, 1978, Carlo Lomeli bought Big Joe’s Italian Restaurant. In 1979, he changed the name to Lomeli’s Italian Restaurant. He celebrated the name change and the first anniversary by giving his customers a 50% discount on all dine-​in bills between the hours of 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM. This has become a tradition which is celebrated every year. The actual anniversary is in December, but because he is so busy with holiday parties during December, he usually has the celebration the second Tuesday of January each year. Anyone interested in knowing the actual date of the anniversary celebration should call Lomeli’s in mid-​December.

Meet the Business Owner

Carlo L.

Business Owner

Carlo Lomeli, founder of Lomeli’s Italian Restaurant, started his restaurant career in 1968, at age 14, as a busboy for Sala’s Italian Restaurant in Lawndale.

By age 16, Carlo realized that he had a tremendous passion for cooking. While at Sala’s, he learned how to cook and became their main chef. He loved every minute while in the kitchen, and he decided from his experience that his life-​long career would be that of a restaurateur.

As a result of his close working relationship with Arthur, John and Ted Sala, they became good friends. Carlo was fortunate to have worked with these wonderful employers who were willing to teach him all they knew about running a restaurant. At age 18, Carlo became Sala’s manager and worked for them until 1977.

He was now 23 years of age and felt he was mentally and financially ready to venture out on his own. First, he wanted to gain more managerial experience so he went to work for Shakey’s and enrolled in a night course in business management.

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20 reviews of Lomeli’s Italian Restaurant

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Place rating: 5
Inglewood, CA
Came to this restaurant as a young kid years ago. Returned about two weeks ago and I sure defenitely appreciate the food now more than I did 8 years ago. The pasta and pizza are delicious. Very dim lighting inside, kind of bothered me at first but then got used to it. It gave the restaurant some character. Servers were nice and had a great time. Sure to be back again soon.
Place rating: 5
South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Love love their margherita pizza. Fresh basil on top with a combination of delicious spices. Small quaint location. And you can get a complementary glass of wine with your meal.
Place rating: 5
Gardena, CA
I ordered the chicken ravioli with pink sauce. I thought they gave me a plate of thousand island sauce haha. The ravioli was actually pretty good and well cooked. The pink sauce is rich and creamy as well. It comes with garlic bread and ice cream after. I’ve lived in Gardena for more than 10 years and this is the first time I’ve been. It really is a hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurant with no windows and one very, very unassuming door. Inside is a very homey and atmospheric scene with dim lamps producing that sleepy, sepia-​toned light. Service is prompt and polite. Oh and this place smells like a Chuck E. Cheese. Not a bad thing.
Food 2.5÷3
Service 1⁄1
Venue 1⁄1
4.5 stars
Place rating: 5
Carson, CA
My favorite Italian restaurant. It’s a small place and there’s normally a wait for a table 20 – 40 min. Food consistently taste great don’t think I have ever walked away disappointed. Staff is friendly and the prices are average.
Place rating: 5
North Royalton, OH
Delicious food at awesome prices! $ 1.99 extra for salad, garlic bread, ice cream and a glass of wine is a deal that you shouldn’t pass up, especially the strawberry cheesecake ice cream! Quick service also! EAT HERE!
Place rating: 4
Torrance, CA
Food was delicious, garlic bread perfect! Hard to see restaurant clearly from street, but don’t give up, look closely and you will see it! Well worth looking for and trying. Enjoy!!!
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
I have been coming to Lomeli’s for 10years plus. I only order two things, Lasagna and Fettuccine Alfredo. I have used them for food trays for a birthday party’s, a bridal shower and a funeral. I order the two main courses and then different salads and garlic bread. We have used their delivery service which is an extra $ 100 and they can send two severs for an additional $ 200. The quality is consistent every time and everyone loves the pasta! I will use them every time since pasta is so easy to mix with other foods, GOOD FOOD friendly staff. The food is always on time for pickup or delivery.
Place rating: 5
Gardena, CA
One of my favourite restaurants in town.
Rich and tasteful ranch with some carrots served as a pre-​appetizer. Any of their pasta dishes are above average and their pizza is just extraordinary. I would highly recommend this place to anyone without any concern. I certainly will be back again for more.
Place rating: 5
Torrance, CA
This place has the best italian food for the best price. Everytime i go im never disappointed.
I usually get the dinner for two which is a great deal or one of the combo plates. Their garlic bread is also the best.
I recently tried the shrimp scampi pizza and it was really good, no surprise!
Place rating: 4
East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
I’m the type of person who tries to avoid Italian food restaurants because I assume that I can easily make it at home. However, I am so wrong because true Italian food does not taste anything like what I make, or try to make I should say. Well any who, my friend who is also a big foodie suggested this place for our dinner plans. When I first saw the name of the restaurant, my foodie instinct immediately asked the question «is it good?» And boy, he said he was kind of offended that I would think of him suggesting a bad place to begin with haha
Environment — The outside of the restaurant is so mysterious! There is only one door, but other than that, no windows whatsoever. It’s so interesting. When you walk in, there is the hostess desk/​front desk to your left. You can tell that it’s a mom and pop shop because they sell little candy and goods at the front. There are choices between either booth seating or regular tables. It’s nice and dark inside and creates a calming atmosphere. While looking around the restaurant, it seems like a pretty popular area for regular customers.
Service — Everyone from the hostess to the waitress were all really nice. I don’t have a complaint whatsoever for them. I feel as if Lomeli’s would be the type of restaurant to have a family meal before service or at least treat their workers as if they are family members.
Food —
1) Meatball and Spaghetti — since this was my first time here, I thought it’d be best to start with a simple yet classic dish, the meatball! The restaurant was also very kind to separate the order onto two dishes since I was sharing it with my friend. I have no complaints about this dish. I simply added a little bit more salt before consumption.
2) Pizza — we added sausage, olives and mushrooms; and got a medium pizza. The cheese was amazing… I’m almost drooling as I am writing this review. The cheese was so gooey, delicious, salty enough and was warm. The pizza itself was in great shape because I was able to hold it without everything fall apart or slide down the dough haha
3) Garlic Bread — Y.U.M. I wish I had eaten more.
All in all, this is a very nice family restaurant and I would come here again if I was craiving Italian food :) yummy.
Place rating: 4
Huntington Park, CA
Nice quaint spot for good Italian food. Good selection of pastas and pizzas. Service was great and food portions are abundant. Be careful with the Italian garlic sauce, it has A LOT of garlic!
I had the linguini with the Italian garlic sauce. Another Unilocal user rcomended it.
Place rating: 5
Artesia, CA
Bomb! Lasagna game on point.
Real authentic Italian food and reasonably priced!
I recommend the beef lasagna, spinach and cheese ravioli, and mozzarella sticks.
Meatball sub is bomb too!
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
This is still a great hidden gem right off of Van Ness and Redondo Beach Blvd. in the plaza where the Ralphs is in so there is a lot of parking available. The staff is always SUPER NICE, running around, getting people’s orders and providing good customer service! I normally come by around dinner time, which is normally busy, but we get seated fast and the food comes out quick too. Their fettuccine Alfredo is excellent with thick creamy sauce and cheese! Every visit I order a pepperoni pizza, side of garlic bread, and for dessert I get cappuccino ice cream. Their 10″ and 12″ is good enough for two people depending how hungry you are, and it’s always cooked to perfection. Their garlic bread is nice and crunchy with some garlic spread on top, and the cappuccino ice cream is the cherry on top to dinner! I’ve had their house red wine and it is delicious. Overall our bill is decent (about $ 20), and the quality of food is enjoyable! I love coming to Lomelis!
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Lomeli’s is a local gem, the family owned establishment has been in the business for along time and the experience shows in their consistency of good food and great service.
The menu has a variety of italian favorites, accompanied by a list of daily specials — for all of you on a budget, this list is godsend. Plus, everything comes in LARGE (and when I say large, it’s a rare commodity of a emphasis that I use) portions.
A few of my favorites are their lasagna, spinach ravioli, baked pasta, and anything with their pink sauce. The pizza is well made, thin crust, lots of cheese — what’s not to love?!
Lomeli’s provides a tasteful, intimate, wholesome experience with good food and reasonable prices — you get what you pay for. If you’re looking for the stick up your ass, «pinky up» experience, go to Capo and cry them a river of your complaints.
Place rating: 2
Long Beach, CA
I’ve been craving Italian for quite some time and have been fairly vociferous about my desires. My mom told me that whenever her work people have a party or go out to lunch, the get spaghetti and pasta from Lomeli’s. She said it’s always busy and pretty good.
Monday was her day off, so I decided to drive her over to the restaurant for some dinner. The exterior of the building is not very appealing — no windows, just one door in a wall.
We got there pretty early, but the place filled up very quickly. They didn’t want us to take a 4-​person booth, so we got a small table next to the kitchen breezeway.
I ordered combo #1 with beef lasagna, chicken ravioli, and spaghetti and meatball (yes, singular). I added the deal, which includes soup or salad (my mom wanted soup), garlic bread, ice cream, and a glass of house wine for $ 1.99. It seemed like a good deal. My mom got the fettuccine alfredo and beef lasagna combo (number 5, I think).
The first thing served was a plate of peppers and carrots with ranch dressing. We ate the carrots, but they were literally frozen, which was odd. Next came the soup — minestrone. It was warm, but not hot, and it tasted like nothing. The pasta shells were overly cooked and very soft.
Garlic bread was next. When I bit into my piece, butter started flowing out into my mouth. That sounds gross, but the bread wasn’t at all bad. That’s the one thing we finished.
The actual food itself… I’m not really sure what to say. It was okay. Nothing stood out, and I don’t have any inclination to return. I’m glad I tried this place my mom was talking about, but I wasn’t at all impressed. I wonder why they get so much business.
Now the ice cream — we got some sort of coffee flavor (I’m not sure if it was cappuccino or what) and it was fantastic. I would eat just that if I came here again.
Place rating: 4
Orange County, CA
I could have only find this place through Unilocal because this restaurant is so inconspicuous from the outside. We could tell it was Lomeli’s from the crowd of people waiting outside.
We started off with the mozzarella sticks appetizer and it was delicious. Totally worth the price, it was under $ 5. Then, I got the combo #5 which came with beef lasagna and fettuccini Alfredo and it was delicious! The portions are huge, there was no way I could finish and probably took half to go. We also tried the deluxe pizza. We were pretty disappointed in the pizza. There was nothing special about it and it didn’t taste that great. Just stick with the pasta dishes here! I am so glad I got to try this place!
Place rating: 4
Torrance, CA
Great service!!! Great prices!!!
The lunch special was only $ 6.50 for meatball sandwich, spaghetti and a glass of wine!!!
The Margherita pizza wasn’t bad!
The spaghetti was very good!!!
I didn’t like the veggies on my sandwich that made the bread soggy but my date sure liked it…
We will be back!
Place rating: 4
Torrance, CA
This place is truly a hidden gem in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Lomeli’s is truly a local’s place and you will see the owner, Carlo Lomeli, on almost every visit. Carlo opened this restaurant back in the late 70’s and from what I hear, it’s always shared this amazing popularity.
Everything I’ve tried on their menu over the years has been fantastic and reasonably priced. They have dinner combinations that include a glass of wine, salad or soup, garlic bread, pasta with choice of sauce, and ice cream (spumoni or vanilla) for dessert, for around $ 9 — $ 12.
Their ravioli is another awesome option — they are the BIG ravioli’s stuffed with either cheese, beef, chicken, or spinach. I definitely recommend the cheese ones. For those who are not big garlic fans, you can get plain bread and their other options are pretty mild.
Be warned, peak times like noon and around 6 – 8 PM can elicit a wait time, but trust, it’s worth it. The restaurant is very small, located in a strip mall off Van Ness and Redondo Beach Blvd in Gardena.
Place rating: 3
Los Angeles, CA
Great prices for their lunch specials, but lack luster in flavor. I ordered the pesto instead of their marinara sauce… Meh… the chicken parmigiana was too salty and very dry. My daughter ordered an anchovy mushroom pizza. She said it was good and it was loaded with anchovies. Hubby had the breaded cutlet which he devoured.
The ambience is dark and small feeling, not good for infants in carriers. There is ample parking spaces. The customer service is mixed. Our server was Wonderful, but the host and hostess weren’t very friendly. They seemed put out because we had an infant in a carrier that we needed to accommodate.
Not sure I would come back for average cuisine.
Place rating: 5
Torrance, CA
Been going ever since I was a kid and it never disappoints! We always did take out at home or dine in. My go to is always the Baked Shells or Linguine and Clams dinner with their minestrone soup. Sometimes when I’m in the mood I switch the baked shells with pink sauce! The Deluxe Pizza is also delicious. It’s not too doughy and has lots of toppings! Today I tried the Chicken Parmigiana with multigrain pasta and that was good as well. I wanted to try something different but it looks like I’ll always stuck with baked shells or linguine and clams :)
If you get the dinner get the a Strawberry Cheesecake or Spumoni ice cream mmmHMmm
Service is ALWAYS super friendly and they always recognize my grandma when she comes here a lot! The dinner is their best deal! A little pricey if you’re a youngin like me, but have someone treat you out to this nice place and you’ll love it!