El Manaba — Restaurant in New York

Absolutely the worst Ecuadorian food I've ever had here in NYC. I ordered the chaulafan. It was dry and full of salt. All the meat and shrimp tasted like it was at least a week old. I guess they used the salt to hide the old dried out meat. And then there's the confusion with the check. So the chaulafan was 25 dollars!!! A word of advice, don't ever come here for the food. Just dance and maybe a few beers. So we have 2 different waiters one for the food and one for the drinks. Not sure what kind of scam they are doing at this place but they seem like they add drinks on to your drink bill and hope you're too drunk to realize. Just be very attentive to what this place is doing with the drink waiters. Extremely hard pass on this...

The cold and uninviting atmosphere was matched by the cold food and uninviting attitude of our waitress. If I could give 0 stars, I would.

Everyone’s food arrived cold. Rice was clearly left over from a previous day. They tried to get around not having one of the dishes we ordered by adding some of the ingredients to a very different dish and claiming it was what we ordered.

Waitress kept rubbing her nose while taking our order. Disgusting. There were people so drunk they were practically falling off their stools at the bar at 1 in the afternoon but still being served more drinks. Irresponsible.

Food is too expensive to be such a low...

It's ok but you can find better. It's decor is not the best. It looks like a run down bar. It's dark and dosen' t look clean. Lots of clutter. Many men drinking and ogling at the waitresses. Which all they can do was look pretty and not provide great customer service. The food is good but it's not great. I had pork chops and they were a little bland. My husband had the encebollado, he was pleased with it. My sons enjoyed the view more than the food. One had steak and the other chicken cutlet both came with rice and beans. Prices are a little expensive. It's not the first place I...