El Guayaquileno — Restaurant in New York

This place was terrible. Overpriced and food was not fresh. I ordered Caldo de Salchicha and it was salty it didn’t have cilantro it had scallions!! They also served it with rice? This caldo is not served with a side of rice. They did not give me limes either. I told the waitress and she said the cook tasted it and it wasn’t! Didn’t even offer an apology or an option to change my dish. This caldo also had a pigs feet in it…?!! The quaker wasn’t a Quaker it was too watery. The food presentation was awful I ordered a carne asada with plantains. The one piece of meat was in a plate 4 tostones in a bowl. In other restaurants all meats come with a salad. And the waitress was sweeping right next to our table lifting the dust up…. Just terrible the food was not authentic what a disappointment. I was really looking forward to eating at this place. I came from far … don’t go to this place! Oh and on top of that they wanted $ 18.00 - $25.00 tip!!!...

The purpose of this review is not to hate or harm this restaurant in any way, shape, or form. That being said, I hope you take this review as an informative review.

Atmosphere: The restaurant's exterior and interior are well organized. Clean for the most part. However, the music they have there makes it feel like you're not in a restaurant but in a nightclub.

Service: Honestly, service was okay. I went there because my cousin invited me. I did not feel like the waitress went beyond to make us feel at home. In other words, it was an average service.

Food: I ordered the Guatita, and my cousin ordered the Encebollado De Pescado. They tasted okay, neither bad nor good. I felt like something was missing, probably a little more flavor.

Price: It could just be my personal point of view. Considering the factors mentioned above, I think their prices are kind of high. You can go ahead and experience it yourself. You may have a different...

Only reason I’m putting one star is because both of the waiters that were serving my brothers and I were very rude and in a way were rushing us to decide what we want and to leave quickly. Since that’s what we felt we decided to make the food to go. We ordered 2 encebollados 2 chaulfanes and a ceviche de camarón. Come to find out the encebollados don’t come with chifles? If you’re a real Ecuadorean you know that every encebollado comes with chifles. For the price that we paid we atleast expected that. Food wasn’t bad but wasn’t the best either. We came from out of state in hopes of eating something that reminded us from home but it wasn’t at we expected. would definitely not come back again. I’m only saying this so people don’t make the same...