Casa Adelita – Hawaiian Gardens California

Casa Adelita – Hawaiian Gardens

It seems as if every good chef has migrated north from Mexico to take up residency in Southern California. Many good Mexican Restaurants have opened; yet, many compromise their Mexican heritage cuisine to cater to the North of the boarder neighbors. That’s not the case with Casa Adelita. Casa Adelita ignores America’s views on Mexican food and serves tradition Mexican & Seafood at great prices.

"La Adelita" came to be an archetype of a woman warrior in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. An Adelita was a soldadera, or woman soldier, who not only cooked and cared for the wounded but also actually fought in battles against Mexican government forces. In time the word adelita was used for all the soldaderas, who became a vital force in the revolutionary war efforts. The term La Adelita has since come to signify a woman of strength and courage.


I have visited Casa Adelita several times and on almost every visit I have found fresh ingredients served hot to the table by friendly staff. However, on my most recent visit, I will have to take the restaurant rating down a notch as it was not as fresh and the service was neglectful. I am hoping that it was a onetime fluke.

Of all the food we have dinned on, by far the most impressive is the Caldos, broths. Almost any combination of seafood is served in a soup as well as meats.

Albondigas, meatball soup, is rich broth with plenty of thick cut vegetables and the broth is sweetened by the use of cactus. The Chicken Soup came with a large chicken breast cut into four pieces and as the other soups, had large thick cut vegetables also.

A wide variety of Mexican cuisine awaits you at Casa Adelita. Tacos, burritos, fajitas, molcajetes, tostadas, rellenos, and tortas, served in large portions with rice & beans. The Menu is vast with all types of authentic Mexican favorites. Combination plates are offer variety and Platillos Grandes, great dishes, of various cuts of beef, and chicken are grilled to order.

Casa Adelita features Mariscos, seafood and nothing says seafood more than a cocktail made with your favorite catch. Large schooners of freshe shrimp, fish, oysters, and octapus are nicely arranged in thin cocktail sauce and garnished with lime and cellery sticks. A seafood cocktail is a great way to start a meal and satisfy the desire for fresh seafood. The menu features many types of seafood cocktails for your enjoyment.

Being a seafood lover, I ordered Ensalada de Mariscos, Seafood Salad, and it came with oysters on the half shell, grilled octopus, shrimp, crab meat, abalone and ceviche. Served on a bed of lettuce with plenty of lime wedges it became a wonderful showcase of South of the boarder Mariscos cuisine.

Also ordered were fajitas, which came with grilled beef and chicken and then sautéed with bell pepper and onions in a wonderful rich sauce. With every dish you can expect a place of traditional refried beans rice and a dab of guacamole and sour cream. Of five trips to the restaurant each had its own charm.

For the most part the staff is warm and friendly. They invite other nationalities to ask questions about annunciation & preparation of their Mexican delights; however, on the fifth trip we got the one person who was in a funk.

Casa Adelita is a restaurant you should try and they have four locations to chose from; Hawaiian Gardens, Paramount, Norwalk, and La Habra. The clientele is mostly Hispanic, but you will fit in quickly during your first visit.

Rating (1-10)
Service 7.5
Food 8

Casa Adelita
11976 Carson St
Hawaiian Gardens
CA 90716

562-420-2620
No Reservations.
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