Best Tasting Menus in Quito

Cardó

On Av. La Coruña in Quito's Mariscal district, Cardó earns its following through a wine list that punches well above the city average and a room that settles into warmth rather than formality. Reviewers consistently single out the service and the bottle selection as the reasons they return. For wine-focused dining in Quito, it sits in a small peer group at the summit of the conversation.

Casa Gangotena

Casa Gangotena occupies a listed neoclassical mansion on Quito's San Francisco Plaza, one of the historic centre's most commanding positions. The property pairs Art Deco-styled rooms with a panoramic terrace facing the Avenue of the Volcanoes, and its restaurant under Chef José Tamayo brings Ecuadorian fine dining to one of the country's most architecturally significant addresses.

El Salnés

El Salnés serves Modern Ecuadorian Gastro-Picantería in Quito, with local sourcing, organic ingredients, and signatures like suckling pig, spicy chorizo, and paiche fish broth.

Nuema

Ranked 61st on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list in both 2024 and 2025, Nuema is where Quito's contemporary dining conversation is most seriously happening. Chefs Alejandro Chamorro and Pía Salazar run a seasonally driven tasting menu that maps Ecuador's biodiversity through angular plating, bold colour, and layered flavour. Open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner, closed Sunday and Monday.

QUITU

On a quiet stretch of José Bosmediano in Quito's northern residential belt, QUITU positions itself within the city's growing tier of contemporary Ecuadorian dining rooms that treat native ingredients with the same precision international kitchens apply to European traditions. For visitors working through Quito's serious restaurant scene, it sits alongside names like Nuema and Casa Gangotena as part of a conversation about what Andean cooking looks like at table.

Shibumi

On Ruiz de Castilla in Quito, Shibumi occupies a corner of the city's dining scene where Japanese restraint meets Andean geography. Details on format, pricing, and booking remain tightly held, which places it in a category of venues that rely on word-of-mouth rather than digital visibility. For those tracking Quito's quieter dining addresses, it warrants attention alongside the city's more documented contemporary tables.

Somos

On Avenida Eloy Alfaro in Quito's northern residential belt, Somos operates in a city that has quietly become one of South America's more interesting dining destinations. The address places it within reach of the creative restaurants reshaping Ecuadorian cooking, and the venue draws visitors who approach the city's dining scene with some planning already done.

URKO

Ranked #74 on the 2025 Opinionated About Dining list for South America, URKO sits in Quito's La Floresta neighbourhood and holds a 4.. Chef Danile Maldonado works within a format rooted in Ecuadorian produce and technique. For the city's contemporary dining scene, it represents one of the more consistent arguments for what local ingredients can do at a serious level.

Zazu

Deep wine list

Zazu sits at the summit of Quito's contemporary Ecuadorean dining tier, ranked #48 and #51 in Opinionated About Dining's South America rankings for consecutive years. The menu architecture moves through local ingredients with clear structural intent, supported by a full vegetarian option and one of the city's most serious wine collections housed in an 8-metre-high cellar.