Casa Gangotena Restaurant

Quito, Ecuador

Welcome to one of Quito’s finest hotels: a stately grande dame on Plaza San Francisco, surveying the Unesco-listed centre. You don’t have to be staying here to try its restaurant, which is one of the city’s best, whether you’re heading to the rooftop terrace for a strawberry and smoked shrimp ceviche, or taking a seat in the grand dining room (all snowy tablecloths and swagged curtains). The cooking celebrates what the kitchen calls ‘cocina mestiza’, melding Andean tradition with colonial and contemporary influences, in dishes like chulpi corn-crusted tuna with plantain and coconut purée, or confit crispy duck leg paired with chocolate-infused rice. Exemplary local ingredients casually dot the menus, from river prawns and Andean lamb to Amazonian macambo (white cocoa beans). Vegetarians, it’s worth noting, will find plenty to feast on here, while the elegant afternoon tea is well worth skipping a few sights for.

Key Information

• Average price per person $62
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner: Mon – Sun
• 593 97 999 9995
• Visit Casa Gangotena Restaurant's Website

Location

Bolívar Oe6-41 y Cuenca, Centro Histórico, Quito, Pichincha, 170401