The best restaurants Pacific Coast

The hotel's restaurant of the same name, with its exuberant style imitating an Indian palace, enjoys a privileged location, right on the beach. On the (shaded) terrace, you can enjoy the house specialties: tequeños de ají de gallina (Peruvian rolls filled with aji), chicken, meat and cheese nachos or ceviche, and other fish and seafood dishes. The service is impeccable, very smooth. The menu is original and worth a visit, as is the general atmosphere of the place.

A room all in bright, lit room, three tables arranged in front of the street, a typical typical kitchen, cheap. The dishes are simple, but have the merit of being very economical and the service is fast. Wait to eat chicken or beef with rice, patacones and a salad.

This grill restaurant, located in a very lively part of town, is very popular with the locals, as the meat is delicious. You can sit on the (open) veranda or in the pretty flower garden and enjoy your often hearty meal. The Beach Comber opened in 1979 and has been a great success ever since. The room is not very special, but the open kitchen allows you to watch the grill at work. To accompany your meal, we recommend the very good house sangria served in jars. Enjoy your meal.

A grill restaurant as we like them and we are not mistaken, we are not the only ones. You will find many regulars here, often large tables, who know that the meat is excellent. You can eat on the terrace or in a large room decorated with paintings, but not very warm. You will be served meat - steak, sausages, chunchullo (Chinchulines), beef liver and heart, etc. - accompanied by sautéed potatoes, meatballs, and a variety of other dishes. - served with fried potatoes, salad and fries. The portions are copious, and the quality is there. One of the best addresses in Esmeraldas.

This restaurant which serves good Italian food is very well known in Esmeraldas. And for good reason, Toni has been delighting customers for many years! Red walls and wooden ceilings, family atmosphere and a variety of dishes: wood-fired pizzas, pasta, lasagne, salads and alcoholic drinks. Live music on Saturday nights, and sometimes on Fridays. Possibility to sit outside, around a table installed on the sidewalk. Note that for every two dishes ordered à la carte, a half jar of sangria is offered.

In a large, well-lit room, you can enjoy ceviches, grilled meat or fish, seafood, chuletas and good almuerzos. We come here for lunch as well as for dinner, the trick is to have a good appetite, because the portions are copious! We recommend the parrilla mixta to try a bit of everything. And don't hesitate to specify that you want the meat rare if that's your taste, the griller is experienced, he has been working here for 30 years. A good address, much appreciated by the local population.

The hotel's restaurant serves good and unusual food. You can choose from a pasta salad, eggplant and cheese with tomato sauce, calamari a la romana, grilled prawns and Galician dry meat. A tempting selection of sandwiches with home-made bread. Some desserts and wine list. The setting is also very pleasant: wooden tables spaced out in a room, bright during the day and dimmed in the evening, decorated in a refined bohemian style. You feel good here, you come back.

This small restaurant with a baba-cool look serves delicious breakfasts prepared with natural products: cereals, fruit salad, coffee, home bread, etc. To start the day! On the map, good vegetarian dishes, cakes (cakes, moelleux…) if you have a little sweet after a day of playa… Inside, in a cosy but somewhat dark room, or around a terrace on the street side.

Established in 2004, strategically located at the beginning of Calle de las Luces, Marea is a good restaurant set up under a palm tree hut where the pizzas are cooked over a wood fire. On the menu, about fifteen pizzas, homemade pasta and desserts (apple crisp and chocolate brownie with ice cream). Friendly and quiet setting. At the bar, there is a wide choice of local drinks and cocktails and above all, a special feature: at Marea, it's happy hour all the time! And since January 2020, Marea is also in Olon.

A trendy place with Tahitian decor and Jamaican music, specializing in seafood where Montañita surfers meet. High wooden tables, a totem pole and surfboards at the entrance set the tone. The dishes are very varied, combining local specialities with the best international recipes. Good vegetarian dishes too. So, this restaurant is a good option if you don't know what you want. The target clientele is exclusively tourists, so the prices are quite high

This charming little restaurant, decorated with care, offers a variety of pleasures, since it serves Colombian specialties. The patacon, this accompaniment of crushed and fried plantains is in the spotlight. The dishes are also prepared with seafood, but somewhat different from what you find in other establishments (you will find here the Colombian version of patacones). The owners themselves are from Cali, Colombia, and will make you love their food. Good choice of cocktails too.

The Barceló Colón Hotel has two restaurants and a bar. The Café Colón offers an all-you-can-eat buffet in the morning, at lunchtime or in the evening, with a wide range of salads, hot dishes, fruit and desserts in a pleasant restaurant room with an outdoor terrace. The Sushi bar offers quality Japanese dishes (open from Wednesday to Sunday, mainly in the evening). There is also a poolside bar where you can enjoy a quick bite to eat.

All products of the sea are at the honour of this modest restaurant where local clientele meets. On the menu, dishes and specialities from the coast.

The chic restaurant of the Hotel Continental serves tasty gourmet dishes based on modern and fusion cuisine. It is the meeting place for the city's wealthy classes, businessmen and politicians. The plates are beautifully laid out and the taste buds are in for a treat. Formal setting. The other restaurant of the hotel, La Canoa, serves a more typical Ecuadorian cuisine, also of very good quality. The Continental Hotel is closed until October 2021, let's bet that the restaurants will outdo themselves in the coming months to find their customers.

In a cosy and pleasant atmosphere, one can enjoy a variety of typical Swiss specialties, including fondues and raclettes. This is quite surprising in such a hot region, but many Guayaquileños come here for a different experience in a nice place.

Le Gourmet, a restaurant located in the same hotel, offers French gastronomy in an elegant and refined setting. Wide selection of dishes. For those who are homesick. Tuesday to Friday from 12pm to 3pm and from 7pm to midnight and Saturday from 7pm to midnight.

In the same genre as Frutabar, this chain has several addresses in town. Fruit juices, fresh drinks and all kinds of snacks are served. 

One comes here to taste - without moderation! - yucca flour rolls with cheese, reminiscent of a gougère, with frozen yoghurt made from mixed fresh fruit. A real delight, very refreshing. This chain has now crossed the borders of Ecuador (Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, etc.). The chain also offers a few savory dishes: Yucca bread with bacon, beef or chicken, served in small jars, like the sweet yogurts. Original idea, very reasonable prices. Several addresses in town.

This place is the product of a dream that Erika Garaicoa had 25 years ago. After 14 years as a flight attendant, an experience that allowed her to be inspired by cuisines from all over the world, she settled in the Zona Rosa and opened this vegetarian restaurant that can be described as gastronomic. The place is charming, a small dead end where it is good to rest, at the exit of the Muegano theatre, and the food is delicious and very healthy. The menu is different every day and very inspired. Special mention for the aubergine escabeche, a delight.

This bar-restaurant serves a more original cuisine than its neighbors. The menu mixes Peruvian, Argentinean and Ecuadorian flavours for a very satisfying result. The dishes are flavoured and some are reserved for vegetarians. To note, very good burgers also. We sometimes meet here to have a drink with friends. La Facha is one of those places where you think 100% about surfing, ideal to meet other aficionados of this sport if you practice it. The hotel is also nice and the surf shop is well stocked.

An original and elaborate menu that makes your mouth water. We don't know what to choose... In addition to being beautifully prepared, each dish is tasty, fragrant, and sometimes surprisingly new. The fish is unquestionably fresh. We recommend the tuna(atún) à la parilla. The red meats are imported from the United States, an excellent Angus. If you are hungry, the Picaña d'Angus importado (grilled beef) should satisfy you... A very good address and a good value for money.