Espectacular Restaurante • Fontabella — Restaurant in Guatemala City

This restaurant is located in Cayala. We were seated in the courtyard with an amazing view. Upon arrival I ordered a Quetzalteca (tamarindo). The cocktail was ok, nothing spectacular. I then ordered a pina colada again It fell flat. We had the Guatemalan sampler and for my main course I ordered the Lomito espectacular and my friend ordered a Pechuga de Apollo. Initially we needed some alternatives since we had a few restrictions. Sylvia was kind enough to make the requests for us and to our surprise Renato (chef) came to our table to provide us with options. The food was authentic and flavorful. What could have been a bad experience was turned into a positive one. The house even gave us arroz con leche which was exquisite. Thank you 🙏 we...

At this venue, a dance troupe portrays the story of a young couple going through certain stages in life such as the courtship and marriage ceremony. There is also a nice reference to the Mayan culture.

I enjoyed watching the dance, but I was longing for live instruments versus the recording we heard. At times, some of the theatrics became a little cringy, but it was all in celebration of the Guatemalan culture, which made it bearable.

The announcer was stumbling through a script and reminded me of a soccer commentator.

Fortunately, the traditional food was excellent and after the show, the dance floor opens with plenty of loud modern music pumping. This is a great place to come with a group for a bit...

(+) The pepian was great and we enjoyed about half of the items in the Sampler de Sabores Guatemaltecos. (?) Prices were fairly high, but pretty average for the area (-) We didn't enjoy the Salpicon. We just didn't like the meat in it. (-) They were quite pushy about ordering drinks, appetizers, desserts while we were just trying to look at the menu. We had to say three times "Can we just have a minute to look at the menu?" (-) The waiter put a 10% tip on our card without asking us, using the card machine. We thought this could be a service charge, but it wasn't on our bill... so a bit...