Ekeko's Restaurant — Restaurant in Puno

The reason why there are so many pizzerias in Puno is because locals love them!… And me too! Apparently its the pizza capital of Peru! So as soon as I arrived here I rush to this highly recommended artisanal pizzeria and was not disappointed! Pizzas here are traditionally cooked in a wood oven which makes them perfect. Thin crust. You must go for the large size because they are so good (large here is equal to small back home in Canada). I actually had 2 medium sized pizzas and finally felt replenished! I had the supreme and the Ekekos and both were delicious. This place has many other items on the menu… not just pizza but rhey are specialized in local dishes. They also make a very good pisco sour that goes surprisingly well with pizza! The waiter was very friendly and helpful. He had the cook make extra fresh hot peppers for me because I told I like them hot! Every Sunday at 1 PM they have live traditional Criollo music which is a traditional Peruvian mix of Spanish and Inca music. I had a great time here waiting for my next...

We stopped just for a drink but then decided to stay for dinner as well. Probably shouldn't have. My husband's pizza base was undercooked in the middle and burnt on some of the edges. They forgot my chicken soup and finally after an hour after I ordered it, and my husband had finished eating, it arrived. The most underwhelming soup I've ever had. There was no flavour whatsoever. I could have been having warm water with a slight chicken flavour and some cardboard noodles floating about. To make it more weird, they sprinkled Italian dried herbs...like the ones you get on a pizza. Please just take this...

We were there for the dinner and were overwhelmed with the reception of the staff members. Sadly it didn't go well with the food, we ordered for a vegetarian pizza and one with ham. Surprisingly, they had ham on both pizzas. I brought this to the notice of the waitress who was quite surprised and she escalated this to the chef. Sadly, not a single staff member walked up to the table to offer an apology or an alternative option, we had to toss the ham away from the...