Bongiovanni's Italian Restaurant

Bongiovanni's is located in a quiet, out of the way place somewhere in El Cajon. The parking lot is spacious, if a bit bumpy, but convenient nonetheless. I found a nice spot just a few steps from the front door.\r \r The decor is nice. Large brick arches form several windows that surround most of the building. We enjoyed seeing the realistic grapes (or maybe just grapes?) hanging from above and the large barrels forming a wall beneath the bar counter.\r \r A host was available within a few minutes of stepping inside. We requested a booth and were seated at one that had a few crumbs and what looked like a piece of a paper straw wrapper, but it was more or less clean after one or two hand swipes.\r \r Plastic cups, disposable napkins and menus that looked like they were printed from your old noisy printer from 1993 and laminated at Kinko's. My date didn't use the ladies' room, so we can't say anything about it, but the men's room had one urinal and two toilet stalls, one of them handicap more

Bongiovanni's Bongiovanni's is located in a quiet, out of the way place somewhere in El Cajon. The parking... more

Bongiovanni's Bongiovanni's is located in a quiet, out of the way place somewhere in El Cajon. The parking lot is spacious, if a bit bumpy, but... more

Zino Bongiovanni is almost always at the front desk, smiling and welcoming his friends and neighbors. His pizzas are delicious and the pastas are wonderful.The prices are very good and the Tuesday nite specials are fantastic. PROS: great food, great service CONS: more

It may be a little challenging to "find" this restuarant tucked amongst the more industrial -feeling side of Lakeisde, but ionce inside it you will never know! The service and food are excellent, and there is never a long wait or a shortage of parking. more

This small restaurant is tucked away to the side of Old Highway 80 out of Lakeside. Once you find it, you will enjoy their good food (try their shrimp pizza- Yummy!) and reasonable prices. Kids are welcome, as are groups. I love sitting next to the big windows- even though it is right near the road, they have landscaped it so you cannot see the road from inside. more