The Places · Ecuador
Quito
Made By profiles 5 places in Quito, spanning avant-garde ecuadorian tasting menu, cafe, hotel — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Avant-Garde Ecuadorian Tasting Menu
Nuema
Quito, Ecuador
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.
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02.Hotel
Casa Gangotena
Quito, Ecuador
A 31-room boutique hotel on Quito's San Francisco Plaza, Casa Gangotena occupies a listed neoclassical mansion rebuilt between 1918 and 1926. Rates from US$279 per night place it in the upper tier of Old Town lodging, with Art Deco interiors, a panoramic rooftop terrace, and a restaurant programme built around Cocina Mestiza, the blend of Ecuador's indigenous and Spanish culinary traditions.
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03.Modern Ecuadorian Steakhouse
Tributo
Quito, Ecuador
Ranked No. 68 on Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 extended list, Tributo is Quito's most focused expression of fire-based cooking, built around dry-aged Ecuadorian beef and hyper-local sourcing. Chef-owner Luis Maldonado anchors the menu in nose-to-tail technique and Andean terroir, from a 120-day dry-aged cut raised at 4,000 metres to a 48-hour smoked rib broth. Among Quito's growing tier of serious dining rooms, it occupies a distinct position.
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04.Modern Peruvian-Ecuadorian Fine Dining
Zazu
Quito, Ecuador
Zazu sits at the top 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.
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05.Cafe
FANKØR
Quito, Ecuador
FANKØR is a specialty coffee roastery and café, accompanied by its own gastronomic offering, which includes cuisine, bakery, and pastry. In every area, they champion the origin and care of the ingredients to guarantee quality, traceability, and a memorable experience. They believe in the importance of knowing what you consume and where it comes from. Above all, they seek to recognize the work and commitment of every single actor in the production chain. Their most important intention: to ensure
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