La Casa de Enrico — Restaurant in Flores

Flores has dozens of restaurants which all have the same menu. They all make hamburguers, pizzas and pastas and many times not good ones. Then some also have fish, shrimps… I went to enrico hoping I could find something different. A chef… maybe doing something creative using local ingredients sounded great. But unfortunately wasn’t the case. Asked several mayan traditional dishes, they all looked the same, the base was the same and the meat wasn’t the best, especially the rez was too rough (should had slow cooked more..). The chef was always out of the kitchen just hanging out.. music was too loud and just with American hits - really killing the vibe - there’s a beautiful lake just in front.. why disco time while having lunch? Gave another chance, went for the night, asked fish pasta (btw if you want to eat local, shrimps are all frozen from abroad), said to be “al dente”, not.. it was too much boiled.. maybe the chef needs to go back to the kitchen and spend more time there.

Anyways, many things look with fresh made ingredients, tomato bases.. nachos.. which is great, because nowadays everything’s from can’s.

Ps: in case of Mayan dishes the price is very high for the quality. A normal dose rez meat plate for 90Q in Guatemala has to have superior quality meat. If not, I go to any comedor.

Tip to the chef, the space is great, especially at night in the first floor. Rethink the concept of the menu and add something with personal touches, creativity and local ingredients. I had friends who told me about the food before the pandemic and saw photos and all, and I think...

We decided to go here for a special occasion. It was extremely hot (no air conditioning) which is okay. We had 1 alcoholic drink. The food was honestly not good at all.

The pizza was comparable to the 99 cent pizza you buy at a supermarket in the US and the pasta had no flavor, and was extremely bland. The horchata was really good but unfortunately nothing else was. Service was really not good.

We tipped the workers very well as they don’t set the tone.

I likely wouldn’t have reviewed but the $150.00 USD they charged was absurd and upset myself and my wife.

The owner stated in another review “YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT PAY FOR IT” if that is true let me know and I’ll dispute the charge and be open to trying your restaurant again when back in Flores.

If you would like more details regarding the food I am happy to share them. Coming from New York i enjoy and am open to all types of food and my wife being from Peten allowed for an independent opinion. We had items from both the indigenous and Italian menus and sadly neither...

Perhaps the best restaurant in Flores. A classy place that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, located in a house right on the waterfront of Lake Petén Itza it has three terraces facing the water as well as several dining rooms. The food here is excellent and as close to fine dining as you're likely to get in the jungles of Petén. The food is both Italian-inspired, as well as local Mayan-inspired cuisine. The presentation is top-notch, service is friendly and attentive, though servers seem to mostly speak Spanish. Prices are very reasonable considering the quality of food, service, and surroundings. Main dishes range from less than 10 USD to just under 20 USD. beer goes for around 2 dollars while the most expensive cocktail is around 5 bucks but most are closer to 3 dollars. We had dinner here the first day, then breakfast the following day. A really nice...