The call
Start with carne asada fries, and check the restaurant’s current menu before you go.
What to order
- Carne asada fries
Best for
- Some of the best carne asada fries in SD, per Roger
- Pairing with a taro milk tea boba next door
Some of the best carne asada fries in SD, per Roger · Pairing with a taro milk tea boba next door
“This place has one of the best tasting carne asada fries you can get anywhere in SD.”
Mexican
Roger rated this Kearny Mesa location of the Lolita's chain among the best carne asada fries in San Diego, praising ample seating, easy parking and a cleaner dining room than many taco shops, plus its handy proximity to a boba shop just a couple doors down.
Start with carne asada fries, and check the restaurant’s current menu before you go.
Source-backed notes
“This place has one of the best tasting carne asada fries you can get anywhere in SD.”
Praised plenty of seating, easy parking, and a cleaner dining room than many taco shops. Noted it's a couple shops down from a boba shop, which pairs well with carne asada fries.
Stay in the neighborhood

A Convoy District spot Roger rated among the better local options for xiao long bao and pan-fried sheng jian bao, with better-than-typical service to match.

A Kearny Mesa Vietnamese spot Roger praised for freshly made, generous portions — nothing mass-ordered frozen — plus made-to-order coffee and wings he ranks among the only two worth ordering at an Asian restaurant in town.

A low-key Convoy-area grocery Roger called a one-stop shop for a Chinese household: herbal remedies, dried seafood, nostalgic HK/China/Taiwan sodas and whole-leaf teas, tucked in a warehouse half a block west of Convoy.