Johnny Pacific

Fantastic food. Johnny really cares about the food, flavors and most importantly, the customers. Easily the tastiest food I've had in the LA area. What a secret surprise! Try the island skewers... omg.

Reason for visiting: lunch with co-workers Date/time of visit: Friday afternoon, lunchtime (before a long weekend) Parking: shared lot with other businesses, free. Party size: 8 Environment/ambience: chill atmosphere with 80s music and random videos playing on th wall. Theme is beach, surfing, canoes, etc. Black and white color scheme. Sign is black outside so it may be hard to see at night. Restaurant is super clean, so is the restroom. Service: great. Order at the front and food is brought out to you. Food: had #2 combo: steak skewers with fries, one empanada (steak), rice (instead of salad), and cup of water (free). The food was great. The empanada comes with its own sauces: tartar sauce (?), chimmichurri sauce, and a mayo/ketchup dip (looks like thousand island). Portions are pretty good. Cost: not bad but expensive for a reg lunch; total for #2 with taxes was ~$17.

The empanad here are out of this world. Come check out the spot for yourself. You will not be disappointed. Yummy 😋 Great place to have lunch, dinner. Or bring a date.

Johnny, Johnny -- Affirmative, empanadas. I read a couple years ago that Johnny Pacific is one of the best/most reviewed U.S. places on Yelp. That's when it was a minuscule little shop southeast from its incipient location in a minute divest mall center. Likely due to popular demand, Johnny Pacific conclusively relocated only to be caddy corner to their former location in the Saticoy/Winnetka intersection. So it's literally ambulating distance crossing two major streets in the intersection. JP is kenned for its empanadas and they're ambrosial. I've only had them as a main course when peregrinating here. First, years ago I brought a few samples home to the family which were popular. These days, I'll go about monthly for a treat. I'm not a dietician or nutritionist but don't cerebrate the dainty doughy pockets with cheese and other items are the most salubrious. But they are delectable and filling. I've had the two chicken empanada options, cheese and spinach. All have been astonishing and dainty. They've had a lunch special with a diminutive salad and a soda can. The salad is authentically circumscribed to spring lettuce but with a dressing is delectable and light, a great complement to the empanadas. The restaurant is a order counter contiguous to a chalkboard menu and tables. There's plenty of parking in the incipient center. Withal, if you require something at Aliment 4 Less, you can hop on over. Not apologetic about doting Johnny Pacific and its dainty pabulum. Blissful to visually perceive it's still around, in a more sizably voluminous place with better parking and ostensibly doing well. Integrate this to the many positive Yelp reviews.

I'm adding this in to my rotation of lunch spots. They have a nice variety of items while keeping the menu small and to the point. It was super clean and the staff seemed genuinely friendly. I recommend going with a friend or two so y'all can sample a bit of everything. Top three things I tried: -Chicken al pastor empanada - It was delicoiusly seasoned and moist without being soggy -ChimmiChurri - It was flavorful and bright which made a perfect combo with their fried, meaty empanadas. -The Flanada - The outside was crisp and not greasy while the filling was silky and the caramel sauce was sweet and gooey. Mmm!