The Las Vegas Review-Journal's food critic Heidi Knapp Rinella described the Las Vegas location as not breaking "new culinary ground" but still serving "good, solid renditions" of Mexican classics. The guide calls the menu "comforting" with dishes "prepared with care." The guide cites the relleno de picadillo as a highlight dish. The guide praises the restaurant's ocean views and "magical" ambiance. Michelin Guide gives Javier's "The Plate" rating. Johnson calls the restaurant ambiance as being like "a five-star Mexican resort" with "exquisite" carnitas and an "encyclopedic" selection of tequila. The Orange County Register has described Javier's as "pioneering the gourmet Mexican food movement in Orange County." In 2019, the newspaper named Javier's Crystal Cove location as one of the best restaurants in Orange County. A signature cocktail is the Diamante Negro martini with Maestro Dobel tequila, agave nectar and lime juice served in a glass with a black salt rim. Margarita flavors include tamarind, cucumber, jalapeño, and pineapple. Javier's locations have large tequila selections and specialize in margaritas. Desserts include a corn cake with vanilla ice cream. The mole poblano is served with an airline chicken breast. Įntreés include dungeness crab, Maine lobster, and shrimp enchiladas and chiles rellenos. Design Īppetizers include queso fundido with pasilla peppers, mushrooms, chorizo, onions and chipotle and ceviches. Javier's opened a location at the Westfield UTC in San Diego, California in January 2019. Another location opened in Century City in 2017, taking over the space of a former Seasons 52.
To open the restaurant, the Sosa's brought staff from their California restaurants to assist with training the staff. The restaurant opening was overseen by Omar Sosa, Sosa's son. In 2012, Sosa opened a restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Aria Resort & Casino. A restaurant at John Wayne Airport was opened soon thereafter, called Javi's. That year, he opened a location in Newport Beach, California. He opened his first restaurant in Laguna Beach on April 10, 1995. Eventually, he was fired from Tortilla Flats. In 1980, he started "Taco Tuesday" and is credited with being the first person to introduce the concept of discounted tacos on Tuesdays in the United States.
He worked for the company for 24 years as the company grew. At Tortilla Flats, Sosa became cook, followed by assistant manager and then general manager of Tortilla Flats' three locations.
While working at the restaurant, he met a woman who was a line cook. He started working as a dishwasher at Tortilla Flats restaurant in Laguna Beach, California. In 1969, Javier Sosa left his family home to find work.
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