The best restaurants Sierra

On the first floor of a large house. This paradilla with its rustic decor serves tasty meat. The prices, higher than elsewhere, are justified by the quality of the dishes. Big appetites can opt for the parrillada personal (4 different meats cooked on the barbecue) or the churrasco (beef with two eggs). The soups are also very good, especially the crema de tomate. Special mention for the shrimps on the grill. This is a very popular place for families from Latacunga who often come here on weekends. Buen provecho!

At the bottom of a courtyard, this charming restaurant is often full of lunch. Normal, the menu is good (but may not fill the stomach of the big eaters) and not expensive! The restaurant is spread in several rooms, the service is fast and the warm welcome. The almuerzo consists of an entrance (usually a small salad), a dish (rice, vegetables and meat or fried fish), a dessert and a fruit juice.

In a warm atmosphere, you can enjoy all the correct traditional pizzas (wide selection). Practice Sunday and evening when everything is closed in town. Possibility of taking away.

This small cosy pizzeria, in the centre of Riobamba, where you can sit in wooden boxes, offers about fifteen good pizzas of 4 different sizes. Also spaghetti (including an amazing recipe with vodka). Large choice of wines, natural fruit juices and batidos. On football match nights, people gather here to support the Ecuadorian team, come what may! The address is popular with the locals and is very convenient on Sunday nights when everything is closed. Many promotional offers on the Facebook page.

A pleasant and relaxing stop. This cosy, modern style cafe opens its doors for a gourmet break or late lunch. There are all kinds of snacks and drinks (coffees, fruit juices…). Often live live music evenings on weekends.

It nestles in front of the hotel of the same name. There is a simple restoration of sandwiches and hamburgers, not given, in a cosy atmosphere. Practical and well maintained.

Just a stone's throw from Maldonado Park and the cathedral, an excellent address (which doesn't look like much) for a little hunger after a good walk. The homemade ice creams with all the exotic and natural flavours, the fresh fruit juices and the pastries are pure marvels. The coffee is not to be outdone, prepared with an organic coffee from Loja in the south of the country, it rivals the best Italian coffees. It is here that you will probably have the best breakfast in Riobamba. A must-see.

Among the few Chinese restaurants occupying the station, it has proved to be an excellent option. It offers all Chinese specialties at derisory prices, including delicious soups. The servings are more than generous and a dish of rice or fried noodles is sufficient for 2 people. Kitchen and family atmosphere.

A good menu of Italian cuisine served in a careful setting. Good service.

This brand new café kept by a Syrian makes the young Ecuadorians (and sonorities) oriental taste. On the menu: shawarma, falafel, hummus, and chicha ($ 5). You can sit on the benches, in a beautiful room with ochre walls. In essence, art and test film screenings are organised on Sunday afternoon.

The hotel is located in the heart of the city. Ideal for breakfast.

All the Viennese specialties are on the menu: wiener schnitzel, Sachertorte, strudel, and even espresso as it is served there, on a small steel tray, with the spoon balanced on the cup! Run by an Austrian woman, this tea room looks like the ones in old Europe and you'll enjoy tea, hot chocolate (the best in town), pastries and light dishes for lunch (heartier in the evening). Everything is home-made. Large varnished wooden tables in an impeccable and warm setting, where you can read your newspaper peacefully.

This is a very nice coffee. Warm decor with wooden wood and green plants. Light meals and snacks.

The Argentinean restaurant is popular with local families. The large tables lend themselves to family and business gatherings often accompanied by live music. Good meat (beef, chicken and pork) and fish are served, cooked over a wood fire, in a very friendly setting. The portions are generous and the menu tempting. Pasta lovers will be delighted with the option of creating their own pasta dish. But we particularly recommend the T-bone for those who love beef, it is excellent.

This elegant restaurant with Swiss chalet decor is pleasant for a dinner or a lunch break. It offers traditional and international cuisine (pasta, soups, grills and regional specialities such as empanadas or llapingacho, for example), as well as good coffee and sandwiches. Wide selection of alcoholic beverages. The service is fast and friendly.

This popular restaurant prepares good pizzas cooked on a wood fire (in a large brick oven). The ingredients are fresh, which probably explains the success of the place, which is very popular with the inhabitants of Ambato and the surrounding area. The other dishes are just as tasty. 3 types of cannelloni, very nice mixed salads and a choice of pasta worthy of an Italian mama's den. As the name suggests, there is a wide selection of Italian ice cream. A very good quality-price ratio.

Two restaurants of traditional Ecuadorian, economic and local cuisine. Attended by families and locals.

A small restaurant takes you to Argentina… For an aperitif break, a charcoal roast or a hamburguesa al carbón (to take).

National and international cuisines. Long card of grilled pasta. A practical address

A nice restaurant that transports you to Mexico. The wooden garden is original, the music is festive, the map offers a wide selection of Mexican, local and international dishes. You can dine on the terrace on the ^first floor, just above the street animation. It's a pity that the staff is not a bit nicer…

The former Rincon de Suiza has become a warm coffee bar run by Juanito (an Ecuadorian) and Juliana (a German). Comfortable sofas, colourful bar, original and classic decor, subdued lighting and a pool table. The perfect place to read, chat with friends and meet new people. Especially popular with foreigners. On football evenings, you will find all the aficionados on holiday in Baños! Homemade cakes and pastries, desserts, sandwiches, snacks. And the little extra is the selection of original beers on offer.

Friendly cafeteria open since 1996, close to the central park, offering a light menu of vegetarian dishes, pastas, tacos and breakfasts. Good coffee and zen-like background music. The place is really pretty, and it's great to stop in for a moment to rest or chat with other people. Some evenings, films are shown. You can also swap books for new reading material. In short, an ideal place to meet other travelers interested in the country's culture, which is omnipresent here. Vegetarians will love it too.

Ivan manages this good table of Ecuadorian cuisine with a welcoming decor. One of the specialities is the roasted cuy, to be tasted with good Chilean wine. Breakfast is plentiful and rich. Excellent service and pleasant atmosphere.

Marian's French and Ecuadorian cuisine is so popular that you often have to queue. It is therefore advisable to reserve a table. The restaurant is nestled at the end of a flowery garden where you can sit down; unless you prefer a table by the fireplace... Warm decor, excellent meats and fairly reasonable prices for the quality of the dishes on offer. An address to remember and return to. El jardin de Mariane also offers 6 comfortable rooms with private bathroom, TV and WiFi connection.

A café-resto with a friendly, wooded, intimate setting, honouring the famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. You can enjoy sandwiches, tacos, tortillas and cheese platters in a relaxed and arty atmosphere, seated on solid wooden tables. The owners pay particular attention to helping the most disadvantaged inhabitants and offer, for example, the café pendiente, allowing you to pay in advance for a coffee that will be offered to those who ask for it.

To taste the local specialities and to eat at low prices, go to the market of Riobamba. Here you can be lured by the sellers who will entice you with their hornado (the famous roasted pig) served with white corn. The dish to try. You will also taste smoothies concocted, it seems, with snow from the Chimborazo volcano! You feel good here, in the heart of the most traditional population of Ecuador. The first contact is sometimes complicated, but once it is taken the smiles arrive and the tongues are loosened.

In Cotacachi, we advise you to do like the locals and have lunch at the market (Mercado de los Andes). A pleasant place, full of life, where you can taste typical Ecuadorian and more precisely Andean food. Grilled pig, chicken soup with vegetables, quinoa soup, so many family dishes that are rarely found in traditional restaurants will delight your taste buds at the corner of a very local table. The cooks will be delighted to help you discover their ancestral recipes.

This property belonged to the Ordóñez Mata family, a family that in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries had an important political and economic influence at the national level. It has been completely renovated and now houses a dozen different cafes and restaurants. From Dunkin Donuts to the traditional gourmet restaurant El Consuelo, you can also taste local products in small stalls spread out on the ground floor of the building. A beautiful heritage restoration not to be missed during your stay in Cuenca.

On the beautiful San Sebastain square, a little away from the centre of Cuenca, this pretty Belgian bistro offers a very nice terrace to taste various Belgian beers, Lambic, Dubbel or Quadruple, a vast sample chosen by the master of the place, Belgian of course. You can also taste culinary specialties typically from the flat country such as Frikandel, meat croquettes cooked in beer and of course the famous Brussels shrimp croquettes. It's like being on a Brussels square and the atmosphere is young and friendly.

A small local restaurant, very well located, right next to the Villa Tacunga hotel, 50 m from the Santo Domingo square. It is a pizzeria, but the food is also very good. The place is part of the historical building of Villa Tacunga, but the management is independent. A good place to have dinner after a trip, the staff is friendly and the products used are of good quality. On Saturdays, Teddy's often offers delicious braised beef in a very affordable menu. Every day there is a different menu.