Fun and entertainment Sierra

This cool bar boasts an original setting and decor (elves, fairies and satyrs adorn the walls). You enter into a room with a bar, where you can dance to music ranging from salsa and rock to hip-hop, reggae and electro. Behind, in a courtyard with a large log fire in the middle, there's a second bar. Here, you can chat over a drink, meet new people and sway to the beat. The atmosphere is always good. Interesting choice of cocktails, both classic and inventive (the Bob Marley, for example).

The Wunderbar is an institution in Cuenca since 1995. It is a simple place with a rustic decor (stone and brick walls, wooden tables) where you can relax and enjoy a cold beer or a canelazo, meet other travellers and Cuencanos... and play a game of pool. The place is also recommended for a quick lunch; if the weather is good, you can even sit outside in the small garden. Live music from Thursday to Saturday, with a very modern and eclectic program. Good atmosphere guaranteed!

A micro-brewery that has been offering craft beer in its name, from dark to white, for almost 10 years. To accompany these good beers, the Compañia offers pizzas and very good variations on the cheesecake theme. Lovers will ask for the red fruit cheesecake, prepared on the spot of course, with red fruits harvested in the region. You can eat very good small snacks here, as an aperitif or as a meal. There is a pleasant games room with the traditional pub game of darts.

Located in a pretty square, Goza Café is an Espresso-bar, one of those places that not only serves coffee, but also offers a great menu from breakfast to dinner! We love the large terrace, where you can enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of Cuenca. In the evening, the square becomes a favorite meeting place for the city's artists and skateboarders. During the pandemic, Goza opened two other establishments in Cuenca, demonstrating its determination to become the most widespread restaurant/cafeteria in Equatorial cities. Already two other addresses in town.

Contrary to its name, the Beer garden is a closed room and not a garden. A very pleasant place to spend an evening eating tapas while listening to a concert. And of course with a good beer! Beer garden features an excellent craft beer made in Riobamba called Mestiza (the half-breed), a sure bet. Here too, you can come and watch most of the football matches played by the national team in a good atmosphere conducive to meeting the locals.

El Chiplote looks like a night bar from the outside, but not only! It is above all a very good Tex-Mex restaurant where you can taste very tasty tacos, burritos and quesadillas while having a drink with friends or during a sports event broadcasted live on big screens. It's a good place to meet other travelers or chat with locals who come here in large numbers for lunch or dinner. The atmosphere is very good and the service very friendly.

Next to the main square, the Fútbol Times has set up shop in an unattractive building. On the wall are photos of sportsmen (Maradona, Neymar, Michael Jordan, Zinedine Zidane, etc.). Numerous screens broadcast and re-broadcast sports matches from all over the world. At the bar, there are many drinks. During certain evenings (see the Facebook page), you can enjoy several concerts and animations, especially on weekends. On the food side, you can enjoy relatively simple but well prepared dishes!

This pleasant café is located in the former premises of the Valle del Amanecer hostel and offers delicious coffee from harvests(cosechas) in the nearby Intag area. Harvesting coffee from the Intag region allows them to contribute to local artisanal culture while offering high-quality products. La Cosecha also offers breakfasts and snacks (sandwiches, bagels, salads). If you get thirsty during your visit to the market, don't hesitate to stop here for a good craft beer - from the region, of course!

Are you staying in Otavalo and feel like dancing? If so, this discotheque on party street awaits you on Friday and Saturday nights, where you can sway to the music of a DJ or even a concert. If you're planning to visit the Otavalo market, it's better to go out on Saturday night than on Friday, because once you're there, you don't want to leave early. The atmosphere is friendly, and Otavalo's youth gather here on weekends. As for the music, check out the Facebook page first.

A small bar like one like them: sifted atmosphere, naturelless colors and old classic rock psyche.

A friendly and confidential Colombian enclave. A few tables for drinking a beer or daring pure aguardiente. Some Colombian specialties like the paisa paisa to get the stomach.

Excellent reception.

A trendy bar, reminiscent of the American series cafeterias, offering simple dining: sandwiches, enchiladas, pizza and house specialty, le endiablado. A long map of some cocktails accompanies everything. Friendly and cheap. An institution.

Classic disco.

One of the newest in Baños, opened by the same owner as Leprechaun. The (very) young travellers, along with a few locals, come here to sip one of the many cocktails on the menu and to eat on the go in a well-polished exotic setting. To test: the rafting based on rum, curaçao, orange, coconut, but also archata, an alcohol based on hierbas nativas elaborated on the spot following an ancestral recipe. Commercial music and youthful atmosphere. Then we'll go to the Leprechaun.

A little way from the center of Cuenca, the Piazza Cadillac, as it's known here, is the preferred meeting place for Cuenca's affluent young people on weekend evenings. A bar/disco atmosphere with good music to dance to, impressive cocktails and a menu of fast food, burritos, wraps or club sandwiches, to keep you going through the evening full of energy. You'll need it, because the place is very lively and you'll soon get to know the regulars, who won't hesitate to invite you to the table.