Cuenca Restaurant Recommendation

After three weeks in Ecuador and having grown jaded by the regular set meals, we have been trying some slightly more expensive restaurants (i.e. about $5 - 10 for a dinner). As a result of eating in a half dozen such restaurants, I have a recommendation for a very nice place in Cuenca: Café Austria.

The owner, Frank, is a German man who recently moved the place so some of the guide books have the wrong address. It is now on the corner of Simon Bolivar and Hermano Miguel – in the main tourist area (parques and cathedrals) -- and it is well worth finding if you are looking for some place clean and spacious with excellent food, friendly service, and a nice low-key jazzy ambience.

Thank you, north_boy. I'll be in Cuenca in April and appreciate the culinary advice!

After three weeks in Ecuador and having grown jaded by the regular set meals, we have been trying some slightly more expensive restaurants (i.e. about $5 - 10 for a dinner). As a result of eating in a half dozen such restaurants, I have a recommendation for a very nice place in Cuenca: Café Austria.

Cafe Austria fortunately has closed. The food there was either really bad or just plain blah. I don't know what kind of restaurant you're looking for, but let me know and I'll give you some recommendations.

Hi, jk:

You must have misunderstood my post. I was actually recommending the food at the Cafe Austria. I have to admit I am contrasting it with the typical Ecuadorian "set meal," but I quite enjoyed the food at Cafe Austria: nicely prepared, nicely presented.

I might be biased, too, because I enjoyed the ambience of the place. I am sorry to hear it has closed -- is it possible you were looking at the old location rather than the new location?

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