La Gualacena — Restaurant in New York

The service was great and friendly. They had a wide variety of food, however it was not that good. We ordered morocho and not only was watery, it tasted like water with sugar and vanilla- with a hint of coconut 🤷🏻‍♀️ The bandera - the guatita was so watery, but it was tasty/ the goat also watery but tasty. The ceviche needed salt - had no taste, I had to add the non spicy-hot sauce (delicious) for flavor. The hornado was delicious. We also had the arroz marinero which was just okay - it had imitation crab & tuna (WHY?!🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️). I am Ecuadorian and know my food and people, and it seems that the folks that cook are from the Sierra which are not the best at making food from the coast. I recommend to have food from that region such as the Horando which was delicious. I wouldn't recommend to bring children either, it's more like a sports bar feel... they had a soccer game on and all the intoxicated guests were screaming like maniacs and cursing. They not only scared me, but the 3 year old we were with. We only stopped by because it had good reviews in Google. Needless to say, I will not be...

Food is as awful as the service. Quaker was watered down leaving it with no flavor. Ceviche de camarón looked good but had absolutely no flavor. If i am honest all the dishes we asked for looked appetizing but had no flavor to back it up. Won’t be coming here again. On to the next...

It took an hour n a half to bring a ceviche and a shrimp salad. It wasn't even busy. The ceviche tasted like dirty water and the salad was horrible too. I'm sorry for the bad review but you need to fix up this customer service and hire a cook that can a a tually cook good...