The best restaurants Coca

A parrilladas cafe-restaurant, in the Amazon fashion. A large area with terraces allowing to enjoy a little freshness at night.

This is where you can enjoy the best asado (grill) in town. On the menu, good meats, grilled with care, including a very good lomo (beef tenderloin) that browns on the hot stone. French fries and yuca on the side. It is a very popular place with the locals, the atmosphere is friendly and the meat delicious. Each table has a very practical plate warmer to keep the grilled meat at the right temperature. It takes about ten minutes to walk to the restaurant from the centre, but the meal is worth the effort.

We meet at the house of the "maito" to taste this typical specialty of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the " Maito de pescado de agua dulce ": fresh fresh water fish (today, it is generally tilapia) rolled up in a banana leaf that is cooked on the grill. The whole thing is accompanied by yucca and plantains. The place is very simple, with rustic wooden furniture and a terrace surrounded by fences, as is often the case in the remote towns and villages of the country. Delicious, typical and very economical!