Lorna's Italian Kitchen - S San Diego

Highly perfected Italian recipes. many many options to choose from. service is very good. ambience is so, so.

LOVE this mom and pop restaurant. Great for small and large groups with lots of delicious options on the menu. Consistently amazing.

Great little spot in a strip mall for dinner. Casual with a nice italian grotto feel. Checkered tablecloths and tight seating with outdoor tables and heaters as well. Wide array of pasta dishes, pizza, apps, and salads. Their Tortelloni is home made but no other home made fresh pasta. We tried a penne special in a rosa sauce w/ mushrooms, sausage, peas $18-20). It was tasty and the sausage had excellent consistency but lacked any flavor at all. Just needed some salt basically. We also tried a Ceasar Salad $9 or so) that was tasty but swimming in dressing. Kind of felt that everything was swimming in sauce. But the sauces were very good. The Garlic Knots $7) are huge and very good. Lastly, we tried a giant home made meatball $8.95)which again had a very nice texture and consistency but lacked any flavor at all. Service was better than average although one of the bussers who brought our drinks was a bit short snd seemed irritated. Our waiter was very kind and helpful. Total Bill was $60 Overall I think we would return to try some other dishes. Seems like small mistakes that were probably isolated incidents. Thank you for a nice meal.

Lorna's Italian catered our 100 person backyard wedding effortlessly. Ethan and his staff were amazing through the entirety of the process. The food was delicious and we got so many good reviews from our guests! They took care of our appetizers, main course and dessert. Everything we ate was amazing. The price also felt very fair compared to many catering companies we looked at. It seemed like they truly wanted us to have a great experience and not just looking for a sale. I would recommend them to anyone and use them again for any event!

It's all about the tagitelle Bolognese here. I've been eating this dish since I was a kid. It's one of the best ones in San Diego. Lorna's is a neighborhood Italian restaurant that's been around for a long time and has always been consistent and delicious. It's located off of strip mall on Governor drive and it's really only known to a locals and their friends. My friend bought me here 20 years ago and I'm still coming back here now. They're Bolognese gets me craving it each time I'm in the area. I'll even come and get it to go even though I don't live in the area anymore. Everything else here is fairly good but the Bolognese is what gets me coming back. Also the service is very nice here you get a strong family vibe whenever you're dining here.