Pizzeria Trattoria El Italiano. — Restaurant in Máncora

Unbelievably good Italian food and atmosphere. We were on vacation from the US and visited Mancora for an afternoon. Looked up places to eat near us and was surprised to see an Italian place nearby. It had good reviews and my daughters were craving pasta, so we tried it out. Loved the atmosphere. Lots of murals on the walls and the classic red and white plaid tablecloths. But the food is why I'm writing this review. That was the best lasagna I've ever had, and the pizza was perfection. Crispy bottom to the crust and big billowy bubbles of chewy crust on the top. And the spicy olive oil/Italian herb mix they put on the table is addicting. It was excellent on the lasagna and everyone was dipping their pizza crust in it. I even asked if they sell it (they don't). Highly recommend. My girls want to come back tomorrow...

We went especially because we saw that the comments were good, we arrive at 5:30 pm nothing was ready. We ordered a Hawaiian pizza and a pepperoni. The ingredients are not typical of a classic Italian pizza, the ingredients and sauces were uncoordinated, they had no texture and were bland. They were just ingredients and a bread dough, It had more ham than pineapple to be Hawaiian and without flavor. I have tried pizzas all over the world and this one is far from being a normal pizza. Flat service and without the typical Italian warmth. The location is no problem, it is behind the main avenue. The price is too much...

Really disappointing. Read all the nice comments so we went there with my husband. He asked for pasta bolognesi, I ordered pasta with tomatoes and garlic. As we asked a starter bread with garlic. His pasta was flavorless and dry with little sauce and meat and mine was only with garlic flavor. No tomato flavor. My pasta also came 10 min after my husbands. The waitress was not friendly and kind of bored when we asked to give us cheese...