El Encebollado de Rossy — Restaurant in New York

I’m Ecuadorian American and this restaurant caters to traditional Ecuadorian families - new arrivals. You will not find American style customer service here, the music might be loud, the people might be loud, and the waiters don’t understand customer service (typical experience in Ecuador too). They don’t mean to be rude, but if you are not from Ecuador they have a tough time connecting. For all those reasons I gave the atmosphere low ratings.

However, the good part, some of the items on this menu are absolutely worth the awful service, the long wait and the feeling of being in a place that is not accustomed to American standards. They have some of the best traditional dishes. Their Bollos are phenomenal, the fish & shrimp one is hands down an experience — the best I have tried in the States without having to go to Ecuador.

The Encebollado is a hit or miss, you have to dress it up (like Vietnamese Pho) and grilled items will be overdone as Ecuadorians do not eat meat with medium well redness, so don’t expect a proper pink steak. We cook meat all the way, but trust the process if you want something different.

This restaurant is definitely for the American adventurous foodie, the type of person who is okay running around in Chinatown or in food markets abroad tasting different food not bothered by the fast movement, loud sounds or lack of English. It’s worth it for some of the traditional dishes, but be prepared for an experience that isn’t going to cater to all your American needs. For better or for worse, you do get a traditional Ecua experience here. The wait time is long, this is typical of Ecuador too.

Good dishes: Stews, Casuelas, Bollos, Soups Needs Improvement: Encebollados...

ECUADOR 🇪🇨 Excerpt from Eat the World NYC: There are stretches of Wyckoff Avenue, of course, that you should steer clear of these days. A combination of dangers and threats from fixed-gear bikes chained to every surface; large, apparently unshowered and unshaven men in plaid roaming everywhere, and the ever-present risk of drowning in craft beer get worse the closer you come to Flushing Avenue.

Luckily as you near Myrtle Avenue, and especially when you cross to the other side, the ubiquity of women dressed like they live in the 1980's goes down, and the chances to find excellent food goes significantly up. One such restaurant to eat well and avoid the dangers of all these other things is a small Ecuadorian nook named for the dish it features most prominently: Encebellado.

On a second visit, with an unexpectedly buzzing late afternoon crowd, a bowl of encebollado regular ($12) was tucked into and savored. The regular version of this popular soup is filled with meaty whitefish, cooked of course with onions as the name suggests. With maritime themes painted on the walls, it is easy to close your eyes and smell the Pacific Coast as if you were sitting in a seafood shack...

Were can I start. They USED to be my favorite place to go eat. But now they have been losing their value. First off the waiters take so long to wait on you in the weekdays. Once I had to wait there for 30 min and we were one of the only ones at the restaurant. Then on Sunday ( their busiest day) I ordered seco de Chivo, the sauce on top of the Chivo was watery, it looked like water and oil. Then the meat was raw inside, like it was red. Tasted so bad. I obviously sent it back right away. They gave me another plate after that. But they had the audacity to tell me oh it comes from the same pot. We serve everyone the same thing. But I am an Ecuadorian, my grandma make it for me a lot, it’s my favorite dish and I know that’s not how it tastes. And every time I go to a restaurant it’s not as my grandmas but it’s not as bad as the one we got served .The meat tasted old and not fresh. Never ordering again. Very...