El Marinero Restaurant — Restaurant in City of Yonkers

Just tried food from this restaurant yesterday for Mother's Day. Normally my family and I order Ecuadorian food from another restaurant in Upper Manhattan but they were not available on the phone so we weren't able to place an order. Plus, their prices have slowly gone up over the years. I looked up other Ecuadorian restaurants near me and El Marinero came up in the results. I don't live far from Yonkers at all and sent the info to my family who called in and placed a pick up order. When we finally went to get our food everything was ready, nicely packed up and hot with these incredible scents coming from the bags! The young lady behind the counter was so sweet and came over to help us as I wanted to make sure everything we ordered was included and nothing was missing. Our platters included sopa de gallina, caldo de bola, seco de chivo, carne asada and humitas. There were sides of rice, mini salads, and beans included. I had the seco de chivo and it was very tasty! Big pieces of meat on bone, hearty fluffy rice and a slice of plantain. My family members enjoyed their food as well. Good thing I grabbed some menus for all of us because we will DEFINTELY be ordering from this restaurant again! Prices are affordable for such great food and also big servings! Muchas gracias a la jovencita que nos ayudo el Domingo, 12 de Mayo a las 8 de la noche. La orden era para Hector Santiago. La comida estaba excelente y riquisima! Tienes nuestro apoyo y seguiremos ordenando de tu...

I ordered a churrasco grilled. She looked at me nasty & said 20 mins. I wanted to sit down and eat however her attitude towards me and my child is like “ why this black girl here “ . Ignore her because I been wanting to try them. No problem went to McDonald’s with my 6 year old cam back. Waited another 10-15 mins (30 mins total). Paid even tipped the waitress. When I arrived home I received over cooked thin sirloin steak with a fried hot dog on side with fries. I called to complain because I spent 25 on the meal. She tells me the meal is called churrasco . I said miss I love to cook, I know my steaks if I went to Argentina Colombia Cuba whatever a churrasco steak is skirt/flank steak. She treated me very nasty and even more insulted me trying to tell me that’s the name of meal not the steak. Whattttt Little did she know I love Colombian , Ecuadorian , puervian foods . My in-laws are from Ecuador. Just disrespectful and disappointing as well. Worst customer service and meal was horrible after...

In fairness to this restaurant, I'm hearing it got off to a shaky start but had improved in recent months. That's why I went with my aunt to check it out, we are both Ecuadorian. To make a long story short, looks like the food quality has improved markedly and the menu has been significantly expanded. I had the chicken seco and she had the escudo (goat seco, guatita, rice and sweet plantains). They were both excellent. I really found the chicken seco to be as good as it's gonna get in NYC. We also added tostones which were nicely fried, and Tropical soda which was refreshing. At first I found the prices just slightly higher than I wanted but the portion sizes were big and made it a good value. Expect to pay around $35 dinner for 2, $20-$25 lunch for 2. The place was clean and so small there's no way to get bad service. Overall a...