The best restaurants Loja

If there is a small local restaurant to discover in Loja, it is this one. Opened in 1996 by the Poma Medina family and located in the street of 18 de noviembre, the calle de la comida, it has become a local institution. It is here that you can taste good specialities difficult to find elsewhere in the city: humitas, tamales, quimbolitos and empanadas de verde... The place is clean and the service is attentive, it's a safe bet and the bill is never difficult to digest. Very good batidos too (fresh fruit juice with milk).

Literally a muddy earth oven, the Forno di Fango is a good restaurant-pizzeria where many of the dishes are cooked over a wood fire in the earthen oven that gives it its name. This is the place to come for lunch or dinner with friends or family. The setting is perfect and you can mix with other local families. Good and wide selection of pizzas cooked in the wood fire, but also of pasta. Lasagne, cannelloni and wood-fired ravioli are absolutely delicious. The wine list is not to be outdone, there is a good selection.

The Libertador Hotel restaurant is one of the best tables of Loja. Local and international cuisine, a classic setting.

A traditional restaurant, breakfast and Ecuadorian cuisine.

The framework is impersonal and devoid of charm, but you can eat the right international dishes.

Before or after visiting the gallery where exhibitions of local artists are held, you can take a break in its cafeteria. On the menu: A few dishes and snacks.

Behind a large bay window, a welcoming and colourful cafeteria ideal for breakfast. Homemade ice cream, milkshakes, cakes and other snacks. For more than 30 years, the Topoli café has been a meeting place for the locals and has also become a place where many foreign tourists pass through. If you like desserts, don't hesitate to try the excellent queso de coco con caramel, a kind of flan with caramel and coconut that is absolutely delicious. The waffles, specialties of the house, are also very good.

A cultural bar-bar with small concerts; theatre, dance. This coffee is also an art and crafts gallery.

Small corner of Mexico in the heart of Loja; simple but delicious food. In particular, we recommend taco and or, and those who love spicy cuisine will be able to taste the pungent salsa walnut. Economic almuerzos.