La Roca Restaurant

I am a pretty hard person to please when it comes to restaurants. I will intentionally take it easy on any criticisms, as I grew up in the restaurant business. My father was a cook in a lechonera. His food was perfect every single time.

With that being said there is no need to hold back any criticisms here as there aren’t any. We ordered more food than we needed because I wanted to try the entire menu.

The caldo de bola will make you cry because it’s so good. It makes you feel like a tremendous madrina is doing the cooking in the kitchen. I close my eyes and forget I’m in New Jersey. It was so savory with a hefty amount of choice meat that was perfectly tender.

The llapinggacho meal had a perfect egg over medium on top and the potato was perfectly seasoned. The sausage included in the plate was not overly fatty which made it perfect for me.

The encebollado had hearty amounts of fish and shrimp and they did not overwhelm the dish with red onions. It was a perfect balance.

For dessert, the Ecuadorian cheesecake was perfectly sweet and melts in your mouth.

Finally, the service was phenomenal. Carolina & Antonella were very attentive to all our needs. If we had any questions we would catch someone’s eye and they would immediately come over to see how they can help. Please keep in mind that this was a Saturday early evening and they were packed. The staff was being pulled in every direction. If they got caught up in something they would immediately get back to our needs so we never waited a long time.

The DJ they had at this time just made it an overall good time. He started singing at one point and he was pretty good!

I’d rate this place a 10 out of 10 if I were to score it and it will definitely be my go-to spot as a local in the community. I’m definitely going back to try the humitas which is one of my favorite Ecuadorian dishes.