Our menu
Signature dishes from Andean and Cuencan kitchens.
To share
Empanada board
$8.05Morocho, plantain and corn empanadas with cassava fritters
Blood sausage
$9.20Our house blood sausage, browned to order
Fava beans with cheese
$8.05Tender fava beans with fresh farmer's cheese
Tamal
$2.88Corn tamal filled with pork
Llapingachos
$1.15Griddled potato cakes with pickled onion
Toasted corn
$2.88A portion of crisp toasted corn
Hominy corn
$1.73A portion of cooked hominy corn
Mote pillo
$4.02Hominy corn scrambled with egg, onion and milk
Mote sucio
$4.02Hominy corn tossed in mapahuira, our blended pork crackling
Side of rice
$1.73Steamed white rice
Side of cheese
$4.02Fresh cheese from the highlands
Cuy potatoes
$3.16Potatoes cooked the traditional way
French fries
$4.02Crisp golden fries
Chicken wings
$8.05House sauce, fries and salad
Large salad
$6.90Fresh seasonal vegetables
Small salad
$4.60Fresh seasonal vegetables
Main dishes
Roasted cuy
$27.50Served with potatoes, hominy corn, boiled egg and chilli sauces
Bandeja cuencana
$15.53Grilled beef, blood sausage, potato cake, mote pillo, sweet plantain and salad
Chicken in squash-seed sauce
$12.65Squash-seed sauce with rice, potatoes and salad
Guajibamba beef tenderloin
$16.68Grilled beef tenderloin with salad and potatoes
Chicken fillet
$12.65Flame-grilled with potatoes and salad
Pork loin
$13.23Grilled pork loin with potatoes and salad
Chicken stew
$12.65With potatoes, rice and salad
Goat stew
$14.95Slow-cooked goat with rice, sweet plantain and avocado
Churrasco
$14.95Beef with rice, fried eggs, salad and fries
Lentil rice with pork chop
$13.80Rice and lentils, pork chop, sweet plantain and avocado
Traditional platter
$12.65Fried pork, mote pillo, potato cakes, pickled onion, avocado and sweet plantain
Sea bass
$13.80With salad, plantain patties and sauce
Grilled prawns
$13.80With salad, plantain patties and sauce
Trout
$12.65With salad, potatoes and pickled onion
Grilled meat (1 lb)
from $16.10Beef, pork or chicken, with hominy corn and potatoes
Vegetarian plate
$10.35Salad, mote pillo, potato cakes, fava beans, cheese and sweet plantain
Beef skillet
for 2 · $32.20Tenderloin medallions in cream sauce, fresh salad, potatoes and pasta
Prawn skillet
for 2 · $34.60King prawns in garlic sauce, peppers, potatoes, fresh salad and pasta
Chicken skillet
for 2 · $27.60Chicken in bacon and mushroom sauce, potatoes, fresh salad and pasta
Grilled ribs
$14.95Fries, coleslaw and sauce
Tenderloin in mushroom sauce
$17.83Fresh salad and mashed potatoes
Garlic prawns
$14.95White rice, plantain patties and avocado
Salmon
$18.40Fresh salad, fried cassava and grilled vegetables
Soups
Hen broth
$9.20Rich hen broth with hominy corn and potatoes
Potatoes with pork rind
$7.84Potato stew with tender pork rind in peanut sauce
Potato locro
$6.33Creamy potato soup with cheese and avocado
Desserts
Cane syrup with fresh curd
$4.03Fresh curd cheese with sugarcane syrup
Figs with cheese
$5.15Figs in raw cane syrup with fresh cheese
Meringue with strawberries
$5.17Crisp meringues with fresh strawberries
Brownie with ice cream
$5.17Warm brownie with vanilla ice cream
Ice cream
$5.17Chocolate or vanilla
Tiramisu
$5.17Our homemade coffee and mascarpone classic
Hot drinks
Herbal infusion
$1.73Tea, camomile, mint, lemon verbena or fruit
Americano
$1.73Hot black coffee
Espresso
$2.30Short, concentrated espresso
Cappuccino
$2.30Coffee with steamed milk foam
Carajillo
$4.60Coffee laced with rum
Hot chocolate
$2.88A cup of hot chocolate
Cold drinks
Glass of juice
$2.30Freshly squeezed fruit juice
Glass of mixed juice
$2.88Orange and strawberry
Fruit shake
$3.45Blended with milk
Pitcher of juice
$9.20Fresh juice to share
Pitcher of mixed juice
$10.35Fresh juice to share
Pitcher of horchata
$8.05Traditional infusion of Loja herbs
Glass of horchata
$2.02Traditional Loja herb infusion
Pitcher of lemonade
$9.20Fresh lemonade
Glass of lemonade
$2.02Fresh lemonade
Pitcher of imperial lemonade
$9.78Lemonade with sparkling water
Soft drink
$2.02Bottled soft drink
Soft drink 1.25 L
$5.18Family-size bottle
Diet cola
$2.88Sugar-free soft drink
Still water
$1.73Bottled mineral water
Sparkling water
$2.02Bottled sparkling water
Spirits and beer
Glass of canelazo
$2.88Hot naranjilla and cane spirit aperitif
Small pitcher of canelazo
$12.65Made to share
Large pitcher of canelazo
$20.70Made with milk
Pitcher of mulled wine
$20.70Hot wine steeped with spices
Pitcher of sangria
$20.70Wine with chopped fresh fruit
Pilsener beer
$3.45Ecuador's traditional lager
Club beer
$4.00Ecuadorian premium lager
Corona or Stella
$5.18Imported beer
Glass of house wine
$4.60Red or white
Bottle of wine
from $18.00Selected varieties
Rum
from $30.00By the bottle or the glass
Whisky
Ask usBy the bottle or the glass
Tequila
Ask usBy the bottle or the glass
Children's menu
Chicken fingers
$9.20With a scoop of ice cream and a soft drink
Attentive service
We work hard to give you our best welcome on every visit.
Fresh ingredients
Local produce brought straight from the Andean highlands.
Traditional cooking
Ancestral recipes, still slow-roasted over charcoal.
Planning a special event?
Bring the Guajibamba experience to your corporate or family celebration with our tailored catering service.