Guicho's Eatery

THE BEST. Everything is so fresh and delicious. They are awesome at catering. Love all the sandwiches, especially the eggplant and Italian. Salads r fresh and yummy and of course they kill it with pastas. Spaghettini and meatballs.....yum yum. Wish I could make a sauce like that!

An auntie of mine was ravin' about this place and I can see why! Fettuccine was delicious! 3 Cheese Ravioli was all right. Caesar salad was good, more on the savory side. They prepare their food based on ticket orders, and due to the large number of to-go orders, wait times can reach up to 45 minutes. I'd recommend waiting there till your food is ready because it's always nice to have a pippin hot meal than cold, especially when the sauce hasn't settled yet.

Meatball sandwich i bit into a Bone. The flavor was there -ish, not enough sauce and NOT enough Cheese and while we are at this... they should be seared to put a nice crust on the meatballs....who wants bland looking meatballs? Even if i didn't almost break a tooth-it needs tweaking! To make matters and human error which is forgivable worse- the owner long grey haired dude was to chill for my liking with regard to the BONE in the meatball- "Uhh ya sorry about that we use bone in meat and grind our own meat". Who cares! Then get a better grinder with a tighter Siv.No offer to come back on him or refund money....‍ customer service 101, is lacking and it took 20 minutes to get the dry, lacking sauce and cheese bland BONE in meatball sandwich. It's got so much potential.

Guicho's is not my favorite but everyone else seems to like it. What am I missing? The wife loves this place and with it being walking distance to home, easy for a quick meal. Several different friends visiting from out of town always want to order when they are here. Again, what am I missing?I have ordered many different things over the years:Spaghetti and meatballs - has become my go-to. Not bad but not great. Meatballs are pretty good. Never had meatballs with rice in them but it seems to work. I always ask for extra marinara. Fusilli with sausage - sausage is good, broth based sauce is nice change up from tomato sauce. Hearts of Palm Salad - good. Usually a lot of hearts of palm and the balsamic vinaigrette is good. A lot of good and OK from my perspective. Not great, IMHO. This time the wife wanted the chopped salad - mixed greens, chicken, cucumber, carrots, garbanzo beans, tomatoes, mozzarella,oven dried eggplant, balsamic dressing12.95. She LOVES this salad. Most of the time she orders this salad and a pasta and then she has leftovers of both for lunch the next day. This time the wife only ordered this as her meal. They throw in a small slice of baguette that is not bad.For me, I ordered for the first time the sausage sandwich. I have never ordered a sandwich from Guicho's so it was a new adventure. I have had the sausage as a side with spaghetti and with the fusilli. It's pretty good sausage. The sausage sandwich is Guichos homemade pork sausage, roasted peppers and onions, giardinera sauce. 13.50. I ordered some marinara on the side. First impression is that there was not much sausage and the sandwich was kind of small. The giadinera looked good. Overall, the sandwich was a solid OK. Giardinera was the highlight of the meal. Ordering marinara is interesting as they say the side is 8 ounces, but it is much less than that. I am not sure if we were charged for the marinara as I forgot to take a pic of the receipt. Like I started with, I am an outlier in my family and friends that really like or love Guicho's. I think I've tried enough of the dishes to get a feel for what I think is OK. In some cases, when the wife and the kid want Guicho's, I will make my own dinner at home or order from a different restaurant. That's me. Go. I'd recommend somewhere else. HAVE FUN!!

We wanted food to take to the beach, so we decided on Guicho's. My friend and I shared the chopped salad, minus the eggplant and add extra hearts of palm with a slice of Parmesan toast. It was the perfect combination. My son had the meatball sandwich and he devoured it! The food was packaged perfectly, service was swift and we loved it for lunch at the beach.

Guicho's is located in a mall over in San Clemente, next door to a cookie shop and over by TJ Maxx and Sprouts. I didn't know there was seating inside because it says take out only on the website, but you can order at the counter and sit down. There is plenty of seating both inside and out. Staff was super friendly when we showed up, and while there was about a 20 minute wait, it was well worth it. I noticed a lot of phone/online orders and a lot of what were obviously regulars just showing up to pick up their food and go. We had an eggplant sandwich, delicious ciabatta, great flavors all around. The lasagna with house made pork sausage was a good sized calorie bomb portion with lots of cheese, but it was so tasty that even though I was filled up 2/3 of the way through, I had to keep eating. The fusilli pasta with pork sausage was also fantastic. Too top it off, we had a few tiramisu portions which were also excellent. Nothing on the menu we had was second-rate or deserved a pause-it was all excellent, delicious, and generously portioned. I look forward to going back go Guicho's. We had a gift certificate and it worked out to about between $15-20 per person, which is reasonable and a great value for the food they served up. Thanks Guicho's!

I got the pesto pasta and the arugula salad and mixed the two it was so yummy! The food came with delicious garlic bread

I've been here before and am crazy about the chopped salad and the meatball sandwich, but today I thought I'd try the lasagna with sausage. Completely disappointed in the dish. I have had about 8 bites and one may have had sausage. It's EXTRA EXTRA cheesy and there is a good amount of sauce, but I'm disappointed in the structure of this dish. I ordered this to go- lunch break from my nearby job.

Stopped in for a late lunch on our way to San Diego. Easy access off the 5 freeway. Small parking lot is convenient and not filled at the time of our visit. Friendly counter service with a recommendation for salads, sandwiches and pasta for those that have a hard time deciding. There is a counter inside along the wall for eating in, or if it's nice outside, there are several 2-person tables in front. All in all the food was very good and we are seriously thinking of stopping back in on our drive back home.

Love this place. Such great food. Always good service and friendly faces at the door. We eat here often and happy they are in town.