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Casa Del Largo is an attractive, villa-style Mexican restaurant, that offers all of your favorites in an attractive, spacious dining room, a cozy bar area, along with a comfortable outdoor patio. The bar offers many varieties of margaritas, mixed drinks and wine, which mixed with the friendly service and great cuisine makes for fine dining! As with all of reviews that I publish, I have no affiliation with the restaurant reviewed, and there is no monetary gain on my part, as I am simply a person who likes to eat, and I love to write-up, and publish my dining experiences.
Photo: It's 11:00 in the morning, the opening time of the restaurant, Saturday, May 25, 2024, and I've arrived at Casa Del Lago, located in the Granite Bay district of Roseville, CA to enjoy some fine Mexican cuisine. Does the building look familiar? Up until about two years ago, this was Cabos Restaurant, which shuttered and Casa Del Lago took over. Under the new ownership, very little has changed with the building and the decor.
Photo: The restaurant features an attractive outdoor patio, complete with a running fountain, potted plants and palm trees. Both the building and the patio offer Mexican style architecture, which lends a feeling that you might be enjoying a margarita in Cabo San Lucas, instead of Granite Bay.
Photo: You enter the restaurant through a foyer and are treated to a greeter, attractive decorations and a "Specials" board that changes regularly. Since I had just "opened" the restaurant, a greeter wasn't present, and I simply made my way to the dining room in the bar area. The main dining room is off to the right, out of the photo.
Photo: The board in the foyer announces the specials of the day. Today, nothing on the board grabbed my interest.
Photo: The full service bar and the bar dining room. Like the entire restaurant, the bar area is paved with attractive tile flooring and is squeaky clean. The bar area features a high ceiling, lots of windows and opens out to the patio. About half of the furniture in the bar area is high tables and chairs, which I absolutely adore when I dine in a bar setting.
Photo: This is the "Combinations" section of the menu, which allows you to mix and match at will. This was a weekend, and the website posts a weekend "Brunch" menu, but I didn't see it, so instead I went to this section of the menu, which was actually my first choice.
Photo: Shortly after I placed my order, my host brought out a basket of tortilla chips, a bowl of salsa and a Pacifico beer. What a great trio for an appetizer! The corn tortilla chips were fresh, and hot from the kitchen. They had robust flavor and just the right amount of "crunch." The salsa was about medium in thickness, robust in flavor and the heat factor was truly mild. Like the chips, the salsa was made in-house and was fresh and delicious. Ten minutes later my lunch arrived...
Photo: Meet Rafael, my amazingly friendly host, who brought my lunch to me with a smile.
Photo: I toast my host Rafael along with the delicious lunch I'm ready enjoy in the bar area at Casa Del Lago with a Pacifico Mexican beer. The "Corona Girl" in the background is my copilot during today's eating adventure.
Photo: Another view of the bar dining room, with my table and food to the right of the photo. The door to the patio is open, just past my table. The room includes a couple of large television monitors and a baseball game was playing on this late Saturday morning.
Photo: My complete lunch of "Combinations," chips, salsa along with a Pacifico beer for dessert. Simply delicious! Great Mexican cuisine in Placer County!
Photo: From the "Combinations" section of the menu, I went with "Two Entrees," Mexican rice, along with refried beans. My choice of entrees were a "Chile Relleno" along with a "Soft Shell Taco." A basket of freshly baked corn tortilla chips, along with a bowl of salsa rounded out my delicious lunch. I did find it a little odd that tortillas weren't included with the meal, which is the norm at most Mexican restaurants, but I really didn't miss them. The "Soft Shell Taco" was a small, DVD-sized taco, known as Mexican "street taco," as similar tacos are sold on the streets of every city, town and village in Mexico. The taco was based on two soft corn tortillas, warm and moist, and loaded with chopped carne asada, diced white onion and chopped cilantro. A little cup of salsa picante was on the side, which made for excellent dipping. This delicious taco held together well, thanks to the two grilled corn tortillas. The combination of carne asada, diced onion and cilantro, with the corn tortillas made for a delicious taco. The bed of shredded lettuce the taco was placed on added to the beautiful presentation and the cool lettuce made for a refreshing contrast to the warm taco and relleno. It had been MONTHS since I'd had the pleasure to enjoy a "Chile Relleno," so that was my second choice of entree for today's lunch. As the menu states, it was a "Fresh fire roasted pepper stuffed with cheese, topped with sauce, pico de gallo and sprinkled with Mexican cheese. The rellano began with a medium size chili pepper, stuffed with lots of Mexican cheese and roasted to perfection. It was topped with chili sauce, pico de gallo and dusted with crumbled anjo cheese. What a combination to make for a delicious "Chile Relleno!" A generous helping of refried beans, topped with melted Mexican cheese and a single olive made for the perfect side dish. These refried were simply amazing and offered a slightly "nutty" flavor - like they were cooked in lard - but I highly doubt lard was used. Whatever the chef did to these beans made for refried beans to remember... which means the chef has talent. The Mexican rice was solidly good, but like most Mexican rice, was unremarkable, but always a staple for a well-balanced Mexican combination plate. My "Combination Plate" lunch was simply delicious! Each selection was perfectly cooked, well presented, well portioned, and all worked will together to made an amazing lunch. Truly great Gold Country dining!
Photo: I took a couple bites into my "Carne Asada Taco" to see all of the goodness. This taco was simply delicious, or "muy sabroso" in Spanish. The food is delicious, the dining is comfortable and the service is both fast and friendly. For delicious Mexican cuisine in the Granite Bay area of Roseville, enjoy fine dining at Casa Del Lago, located in Roseville, CA. Casa Del Lago Restaurant Copyright(c) 2024 eRench Productions. All rights reserved. We've been on the web since December 22, 2002.
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