We came here on a random day. We are part Ecuadorean and wanted to try this place out. Great choice. What I really liked at this place was the owner, really nice accommodating guy. The food was also very delicious nice choice of food and good presentation. The walls are nicely decorated with everything Ecuador and of course soccer on tv. When my mom asked why no music, the owner ran to the back and played some for her. All in all would go again.
Review Source:I used to work close to this place, and would come here for lunch regularly. Â Now that my office is not so close, i still bring friends here!
Art and pictures from Quito fill the place. Â It's warm and welcoming, and often the owner himself is waiting on tables and making you feel at home. Â Full bar with wine, the only thing i dislike in the decor are the two TVs constantly going! Â But...at the same time, it helped keep the kids with my party, and with other groups at bay.
The hot salsa that comes with the bread and butter is addictive. Â I love the empanadas, the corncakes with cheese (i'm totally forgetting the name now), and ceviche. Â All solid appetizers. Â The steaks are reasonably prices and yummy and the soups great. Â We once ordered the Ecuadorian fried rice, which was just okay -- that would be the only dish i would not order again.
Riquisimo!!!!
We got so excited and we order so much food... That I now have left overs for days! The staff is friendly and we where even waited on by the owner himself! Todos eran muy amables!
The food was yummy and the portions are big. Prices are reasonable. Remember big portions.The empanadas where the only small items... Nonetheless they were soo so good! The Huminta al horno ...was deli! Delicious!
Mi Cuidad also has a variety of Ecuadorian soda... Tropical Fresa is my favorite! My Caldo de Bola was amazingly fantastic and so was the Plato Criollo a little bit of everything equals yummyness.
I'm Bolivian and everything reminded me of our food. On my next trip to Chicago I'll definitely be make a another stop!!
Enjoy!
Some times in life you get more than what you paid for and I found dinner at Mi Ciudad was one of those times.
I was late (which never happens) so it was a late lunch/early dinner, had the place to our selves.
My date was starving, the menu looked great and wanted to order everything on the menu.
We ended up having Passion fruit juice smoothie and Guanaban juice smoothie for our drinks and the Parrillada Ecuatoriana (Beef ribs, pork, Ecuadorian sausage, chicken, potato pancakes, fried pork, grilled sausage and shrimp) that was served on a small table top grill.
Loved the smoothies, dinner was enough for 3 and was excellent. My favorite the Ecuadorian sausage and meat was perfectly cooked and the Shrimp was just right.
Here's the best part, we loved the owner more than anything else. He was so sweet, welcoming and realized it was a date and made sure he was seen but not heard.
The complimentary wine of our choice was a sweet touch and was very well received :-)
The beautiful room, reminded me of a neighborhood cantina, filled with handicrafts from Ecuador, helped us tune out the busy street and gave the feeling of a far away place.
I even loved the bathroom.
I know we will both return.
I will say my first impression was favorable. The restaurant looks well decorated and pleasant. The staff is polite and very sweet.
Unfortunately, the meal did not live up to the setting. The soup that was brought out for us was downright cold when it wasn't meant to be. We ordered rice with seafood, which was pale and unappetizing. The clams were rubbery and didn't taste very fresh. The combination of grilled meats was equally bad. The meat was just tough and I barely picked at it. By that point, I just couldn't eat anymore and I am usually the person who will eat anything...
We all regretted eating there pretty quickly, which is sad because I always want to like small places like this. They have a nice setup, but they really need to pay attention to their food and perhaps, freshness? Was our food prepped too long in advanced? Â I don't know, but the place was empty at peak time of the day on a weekend, so they need to take another look at what they are serving.
Hola! Â Este comida es tan saboroso!
I love this Ecuadorian Restaurant ! Â We had beef and cheese empanadas , salad with house vinaigrette, my friend ordered corvina, and I had Ecuadorian shrimp with plantains and rice, then for dessert we had figs and cheese. Â Everything we had was fresh, and delicious!
I went last night after a visit with Santa and the kids. Â We had been wanting to go here for weeks. Â From the minute you enter you are greeted if not once, twice, the owner and staff are super friendly, attentive and great with kids. Â The service was fast, the food was hot, the food was seasoned correctly. Â The food was very authentic compared to the other two restaurants in the area. Â The pricing was even very fair for a family of five hungry people.
I've read some of the other reviews and unless your willing to really go their blind and have them order for you, then your doing yourself an injustice. Â Do your homework on Ecuadorian food if you've never had it.
If you really want to try something traditional but not be afraid of the taste like the "guatita" or "goat" dishes. Â Then try the churasco plate, the menestra, seafood soup, fritada. Â Those are probaby the more simpe but tasty dishes you can slowly start with. Â And don't forget the madurors fritos, hmm hmm. Then you can be a bit more adventurous on your second visit.
You'll have a great time, if you go on Friday night after 9pm they have music and karokee. Â
My biggest plus was the kindness, family atmosphere, parking is easy street parking. Â
Have a great time!
This is a case where I wish I a zero-star review were possible, because I only want to give them the minimum-plus-one, and two is a bit too kind. Â
They get a zero/the minimum for the food. Â Plus one because I ordered something I know I don't like so I have to offer them the benefit of the doubt. Â The service was good - as I guess it should be in a place with zero other customers. Â He was watching Maury Povich when I arrived so I don't think that in my case his attentive service can really earn extra stars. Â
What I "ate" was his recommendation - the goat. Â I said I wanted to try something typical/authentic/uniquely Ecuadorian. Â He said to get that. Â It was disgusting. Â I mean, I had to eat lunch again afterwords to get the taste out of my mouth. I usually don't like goat but he said the sauce was good - the goat was probably the most overpoweringly "goaty" goat I have ever had, and that flavor annihilated any sauce or preparation they did to it. Â So many tiny bones and gristly bits it was just totally nasty. Â And salty - that was the one flavor that came out besides goat. Â It reminded me of this sheep intestines thing I got once in South Africa that made people at the table gag and plead with me to send it away after tasting it.
So I don't know - maybe their other food is good but if they are willing to serve something as nasty as what I got, I have to assume you can find a better restaurant someplace else.
I went here with my brother and niece and nephew when they were in town a few weeks ago. Â The person who he was staying with, recommended the place. Â The owner (the older gentleman that will be waiting on you if you go for lunch) brought over is mothers/grandmothers recipes from Ecuador. Â I had NEVER had Ecuadorian food before. Â If not for living in the suburbs, I would go there more often. Â As a matter of fact, I would pay the $5 for parking at the Kiss and Ride, and $5 for a CTA fair JUST to go there! Â
We had a salad, some meat (kind of tasted like beef steak to me...GOOD though) with rice dish that he recommended, And for dessert I had this corn fritter stuffed inside of a banana leaf thing. ALL of it was delicious. The service was attentive and the owner was an incredibly nice guy. I WILL be going back for sure!
I was excited to come in here because I've never had Ecuadorian food before. Â With the 80% off gift certificates from <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a>, how could one resist? Â A different food experience while saving a good amount of money is always a plus.
I loved the bread and salsa that came as we were deciding to order. Â The salsa was creamy with onions and cilantro...it had a nice kick to it. Â That was my favorite part. Â It was so good that I was tempted to dig in and eat it with a spoon. Â The empanadas were warm, fluffy, and surprisingly good. Â However, it went downhill with the entrees. Â Salty and dry is pretty much the best way to explain it. Â
I don't think I'll be coming here again. Â On the upside, the service was attentive and sweet.
This Ecuadorian Restaurant has great service (our waitress was quick and super sweet)... unfortunately, their entrees aren't half as good as their service.
The meal started off pretty promising ... a little bread and an usual creamy salsa (sans tomatoes, heavy on the onions). Then we ordered some empanadas. These were different, in a good way; light, fluffy empanadas filled with cheese (crab for me) ... delicious!
My friend ordered Marisocos Con Arroz (the seafood with rice) and I ordered the something Paradillas (basically a meat sampler plate with rice). I was excited to see so much food on my plate, but man ... everything was overcooked and over salted. Even the plain white rice was too salty! The meats were tough and charred at times ....
I would visit this restaurant again, but only for appetizers.
The prices were okay, but a little high considering the quality of food that was served. Sorry!
I went here for dinner on a Wednesday night. and we were one of two tables with the other one being two guys watching a soccer match on the big screen. We ordered a beef empanada which was deep fried. It was tasty, especially with the hot salsa that they serve. We also had the fish ceviche which wasn't really ceviche. The fish was clearly already cooked (not with citrus) and added to the tomato based sauce with onions etc. It was missing the citrus alltogether. It was ok, just not what I was hoping for. The entrees were also OK. This is the type of place that you just can't rip. You feel like you are in a different country when you eat here. The food is good and at a reasonable price but you get nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary here. The server appeared to be very shy and even though I speak spanish, it was not really easy to communicate. It added to the experience. Otherwise the service was fine. I have been to one other Ecuadorian restaurant (La Humita) and thought that was better. Mi Ciudad is just OK.
Review Source:me, myself, and i's review is outdated. Â
i went there on a whim one day because it was the closest and best sounding restaurant close to the antique store we were going to. Â it was mid afternoon and what seemed to be regular patrons sprinkled the place. Â an older, very nice gentleman (possibly owner) was our waiter and he was very accommodating. Â really good food, good prices, good staff. Â i thoroughly enjoyed this place.
I've only been here twice, but after reading Me, Myself and I's review, I felt I needed to defend this quaint and pleasant restaurant. Having lived in Ecuador for five years, this is my favorite of the Ecuadorian restuarants I've tried in the city. It always strikes me as expensive (compared to Ecuadorian prices), but the food takes me back across the equator to the beautiful land of Ecuador. As a vegetarian, I usually order several side items which I'd like to list but I can't remember exactly what items they carry and I can't find a menu online. I also found the owners to be delightful, very friendly people. I hope others will try this gem of an Ecuadorian restuarant.
Review Source:I'm posting my 1st <a href="http://Yelp.com">http://Yelp.com</a> posting in quite some time to notify all readers of one of the WORST restaurants out there....
Mi Ciudad (Ecuadorian Cuisine).
I went there last week and everything that could go wrong (in terms of food and service) did. Â It was a truly abysmal experience. Â DON'T ever go here, it's just awful......the food was barely edible, the service horrendous (and my dinner companion and I were THE only two patrons in the restaurant).
I have seldom been so disappointed in a restaurant as I was at Mi Ciudad.
Ugh~
The 5 best restaurants in the 2015 Denver Restaurant Week
3,608 Views | Category: Denver
The complete list of 2015 Denver Restaurant Week businesses
1,970 Views | Category: Denver
The tourists' guide to Portillos: 5 must have dishes
3,309 Views | Category: Chicago
Pho = Pronounced "fuh" not "foe" for pho-king sake
2,906 Views | Category: Denver
Indulgery selected to exhibit at Collision Conference
2,985 Views | Category: Press Releases
Not Logged In
BUSINESSES
Local Businesses
Near Me
My Favorites
SOCIAL
Blog & News
MY ACCOUNT
Login
Register
Contact Us
Add Your Business
