El Manaba in Ridgewood
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Ridgewood, Queens County, New York, US
- Monday:9AM–12AM
- Tuesday:9AM–12AM
- Wednesday:9AM–12AM
- Thursday:9AM–2AM
- Friday:9AM–4AM
- Saturday:9AM–4AM
- Sunday:9AM–12AM
$18.99 for an 16 onz. Ceviche??? Yeah right . and they said is because everything is expensive... Last time that i order from here
The cold and uninviting atmosphere was matched by the cold food and uninviting attitude of our waitress. If I could give 0 stars, I would.Everyone’s food arrived cold. Rice was clearly left over from a previous day. They tried to get around not having one of the dishes we ordered by adding some of the ingredients to a very different dish and claiming it was what we ordered.Waitress kept rubbing her nose while taking our order. Disgusting. There were people so drunk they were practically falling off their stools at the bar at 1 in the afternoon but still being served more drinks. Irresponsible.Food is too expensive to be such a low quality experience.
Food is good. They charge you if you want to take food home like wth? Who does that. Service was okay... music was very loud in our ears and it was like 5 o’clock on a Sunday. Will most likely order to go next time.
Terrible place! Not family oriented at all! The waitress was rude and careless. She forgot about our order and when we asked for it she disappeared. She spent most of her time flirting with the guys that were drinking than actually serving. The food was terrible as well, the rice was burnt, th ceviche we ordered was all vinegar instead of lime. First time reviewing a restaurant and this place definitely deserves 0 stars. We spent $200 (I would’ve left no tip if I could have) in food that was not even worth $10.
The service was good. But the food...I got a churrasco that was salty AF, mom had in encebollado which had tuna that was clearly from a can, dad had sopa de bolon de verde wasnt really great. Up to you guys. Waited an hour for the food. Wait time was fairly long in my opinion.
Worse service ever. The waitress had to be rude and kept saying you guys should have come another time . Who says that not welcoming at all wont be going back .
Worst new years event of my life.Buffet took an hour to restock for about 200 people and only about 25 people got their food every hour, insane wait time would never wish to comeback for an event ever again and anybody reading this should not come to any event this place offers.
Waitress forgot about us.... and my raspberry juice was 90% water.The event on the second floor was crazy too. Payed $30 for the tickets and then was forced to spend $80 minimum on drinks just to get a table... people where so drunk by the time I left, and it wasnt even over there was two more artist left. Tried to use the bathroom but that was disgusting as well (mad I didnt take a picture).
Terrible food, great service....
Bad service. Food isnt consistent. Had fresh food the first time and then old rice and random meats the second time. I ordered shrimp chalaufan both times.
Someone in this restaurant is scamming. They charge over $2200 on my card and I haven’t even been near New York. Close them down!!
Been here just one time and was rushed out from eating and drinking because a live band was about to perform and the employees were asking for $20 from each person from my table in order to stay. My tab was already well over $100 but we were told if we didnt pay $20 per person me must leave
I really want to eat ceviche today. So I ordered a ceviche with plantain chips (assuming is homemade) I got a tropical max plantain chips bag instead. After all I enjoyed more the chips than the actual ceviche. The shrimps were over cook and unclean, onions were old. Im sorry but I DO NOT recommended this place to anyone.
Slow service unruly Cust nearby order mixed us w next table good food
Very bad.... ceviche is made with French dressing and lettuce inside, no lemon at all, and the guatita full of pieces of potatoes almost no tripe , the sweet plantain “ crudos” inside ... my wasted $40.00😱🤢
They forgot my food.
Terrible service. Cold food. And unbelievably packed, there was barely enough elbow space to eat. 0/10 would not come back.
Good food. Great service. Very accommodating staff and the owner is great. Would always go back. Felt like home
Dirty forks, a piece of plastic in my salad, and still pay more than $100. The food cold. I dont know but am not going back there. Sorry.
Horrible place. Food was old and nasty. The waitress were as bad as the food. Very rude and treated clients poorly. Place needs cleaning and more lighting.
Bitter coffee but decent bites. Great empanadas de verde. Idk what cheese they are using but it is so good. The bolon mixto seems to be made with Canadian bacon instead of regular pork. The encebollado is decent and so is the quaker.
Disgusting service and pieces of shrimp shell in the ceviche. There are many better places in the neighborhood. Dont waste your time or money.
Best ecuadoria restaurant. The looks and decoration can improve, but the food is AMAZING. ONE THING THO. Do not get the llapingacho
This start is about delivery only from their workers I been ordering lunch many times to this place but they don’t come on time Once they took more than 3-1/2 hours to make a delivery for a simple lunchTo get worse the last time I ordered they didn’t even show up and saying by phone they are 5 mins awayThe delivery people from this place start to suck about it
Awesome place!!! Food was phenomenal!!!.... The staff was superb!!!... Great food and drinks!!!... Excellent quality for your money!!!!
The Food was good, but the staff doesnt speak English so it made it a bit difficult!
The service is great, but the food has changed from previous owner the wait time is long and could do much better with the place it’s a little outdated
I give 5 stars because the pina colada is heavenly.but i wonder if ceviche is supposed to warm?
Wasnt my best experience food was cold the dish I order was incomplete. Service was ok but food was disappointed😕😕😕
Owner always present and greets costumers lobe their food and nice atmosphere
Came here on thanksgiving with my family they give big portions but the food is really not that great and the price was pretty high
My bolon was filled with cilantro it ruined the experience wish the menu would state it had cilantro so i would have asked not tobbe put in.
Good food. The waitress was kind. Food just takes a long time to come is all.
Food was just ok, but the place was no clean, not going back 🤷♀️🤷♀️
The best experience that you can have.Highly recommended
If there was a 0 stars I would give this a 0. I had to wait an hour for food and the food finished.waste of my time and waste of my money.😡
Delicious food and big portions...
Prices are good, the service is good..the food, mehhh. Overall, not bad.
Awful smell coming from kitchen..Service is no good.Food smells bad.. i believe it had gone bad..
Terrible service . If you want to eat Spanish food and dont want to wait long , go to the Spanish place across the street .
Food was ok, couldnt get a lemonade right so not sure about other drinks.
Food was not that good
Very friendly staff good food and good times
Food is very good but service is really bad.
Fun vibe... just wack dj
Not good food..not worthy. ...burguer king is better. .than el manaba...is that bad..
Food is descent but no consistent. Price is middle of the road
Good friend of my had a 🎉 there
Went to a show. It was good
Exquisite..!!Delicious Ecuadorian seafood..You should try it.
I love it. The food is delicious!!
Really good Ecuadorian food. !!
Excellent service. The music remind me of my city Guayaquil
Great food, great atmosphere. A must see
Big portion, good place for family dinner.
Food was ok service sucks
Good food great portion
Great food and nice place
Good food and nice place
Nice place good food.
Great place with free parking.
I like this is my favorite restaurant
Nice place,Nice Music...Love it
Good food, good service
Good food
Good spot
Very good
Very nice
Best Ecuadorian food
Could be better alot better.
The food is not good
Not too bad
Good food here ...
No good at all
I like the lunches..
Very good services
Close this place down!
Love it
Nice Ecuatorian place
Nice
Delicious food
Good
Great Food
Food is good
Not so good
Food
God
Nice place
Nothing to say 😑
Did not have what we wanted..Simple place..ridiculous prices.
Terrible attention, there is nothing left of the restaurant to go to eat with the family, now it is a canteen, they have preference for the gentlemen who go to watch football matches, where they pass by insulting regardless of whether children are present, they turn up the volume too much and turn off lights. How awkward to eat like this. Too bad the food is very good but the place is not good.
My wife and I wanted to have a nice time and decided to go to this restaurant. The people who attended us were fast but you could tell that they were past drinks. So we decided to order take out. Then they had the nerve to overcharge us and when we got home and sat down to eat. We realized that we didnt get everything we ordered.In short, they charge too much for the lousy service.PS: They made the ceviche with French dressing! Horrible!
Exquisite Manabita-style food, you can not let go and try their delicious dishes.
With all due respect they have to improve the attention.I entered with my family and I had to leave that place because the attention is very impolite!!
Good food but the only one but is that it was a bit cold so three stars
Terrible attention those who attend are rude they have no patience the food is goodBut the bad attention
Bad food, cold rice, I ordered a mixed ceviche, it was inedible, very strong acid, a lot of lemon, not even putting tomato sauce on it could I eat it. I asked to change it. They changed it after waiting 20 minutes and thinking that someone was going to spit it out for me for complaining, they brought me a fried fish toast, I mean, the fish is like toast, dry and half burned, god that very bad cooks or the owners are the bad guys who follow those recipes? With me they lost, one less client.
For the events they organize and the drink is good
That place. They also rent one for events. Bad experience. Supposedly it is rented. Until 1 am Alas. 11:30 pm. It ends us. The event. Really one. Bad. Experience. I do not recommend them to. Nobody is not a trustworthy place.
Very rich! Very friendly and attentive staff! My husband and I arrived from the United States to try the food of this restaurant and the charm! We hear from him for some friends who are fans and so are we alone now. The dishes are very large, very fair for what you pay per dish! I recommend them 100%
Excellent attention and very good meals
I do not recommend it, they are a scam at concerts, he only sings 3 songs and the audio was damaged and everyone went out I spent 400 more tickets on drinks and I had to vote for them because I could not take it if you go lose your dibero
I have always had a good experience eating Ecuadorian food. Today we had breakfast here, I ordered a mini churrasco, which was salty. Medium cold and coffee alike, milk for coffee alike. And to finish the waitress used the accessory mask on her neck. Im sorry I didnt read the reviews before coming to this place.
Horrible place to eat, the music is very loud it looks like a canteen and not a restaurant. The service is terrible, the waitresses do not use the masks properly. And when we ordered they didnt have anything we wanted. Dont vote your money in this place.
Bad attention has to change waitress
Terrible service. At first they give you chips that is not Ecuadorian I asked for arroz marinero and I waited 46 minutes for a tasteless rice full of achiote the waitresses think they work in a night bar several years ago I ate in that place and it was very good but after today I didnt I would recommend to anyone
Disappointing, yesterday I ordered a mixed rice and roasted meat to pick up, when I opened it for what they charged $ 18 they served little (that seemed to have ordered a lunch) when it is an à la carte dish. And to culminate my good experience the stew was sour that could not be eaten, it showed that they have kept it, the green was badly made, and lets not talk about the pure lemon sauce without salt. What kind of service do they give? No more for this place really felt bad to have paid to eat rich and go out with these antics.
The food was a little bland. Something bland. The sangria is hot and with little fruit. Expensive what they are for.
The terrible food horrible disque cocktail shrimp 3 dry chicken shrimp with legs and wings and neck without lemon the worst recommendation do not eat at this place
Horrible the place and the terrible service the concert of the Binomio de Oro was terrible they should return the money they did not even let the orchestra finish singing they should close this place, if I could give zero star I would give it
No star really deserves the food other than that it had no taste it was served cold. The rice that touched us on the plate was not cooked completely and in the smoothies it didnt taste like the fruit it had. A total deception manaba food has a lot of delicious flavor and for a restaurant to represent it so bad abroad it is a shame. The only thing that was good was the juice the special of the day had.Also on the other side of the restaurant they began to give massages and the whole restaurant was full of smell like menthol oh any type of cremate I was using. Who can eat with that olo very bad experience. The only thing that is good is to go with a group of friends to drink a couple of drinks but to eat do not spend your money.
They advertise a band ... they charge you 40 dollars to enter and after 4 hours they never came and you feel helpless and ripped off.I recommend any other place but this one.
The events that they hold are bad and another for they charge the tickets if they are good but there is nowhere to sit they have to consume a bottle to give them a not good table
Terrible service more for the concerts and I speak for Binomio I really never felt cheated in life in this way THIS PLACE IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT THE ABSOLUTE
About 2 years ago the food was OK but lately it is fatal, I ordered a delivery came a diluted chicken and guatita ... The chicken aguado was smelly and smelled like sour I bought it to feed my baby sopita and was impossible to give that that neither an adult is recommended to eat. Unfortunately, it is no longer recommended.
I was sharing in a meeting but what I did not like at all was the dirt in the bathrooms That made the place look bad
A good place to enjoy live shows. A little small, but comfortable.
It is a place bad attention to part the food saved to part they serve you raw and expensive this place because I asked for it but I did not eat anything everything was ugly the waitresses serve you in dirty dishes what a bad experience I do not recommend the place is not worth that food can hurt you from saving 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤧
Blessed late my people a nice place to enjoy it in a family together with a couple IF I know you want xq there are performances of several musical groups. And the fast and exquisite food I recommend them 100%.
The attention was very bad, I asked for one thing and they bring you another, the bad food, the disgusting bathrooms, a public bathroom is cleaner, not hand soap. Just really bad
I loved it and especially for the celebration of our president Lasso and also because I met a proud Ecuadorian Margarita
Great place to share with family or have a good time with friends
The truth is the fatal attention and the sky-high prices in the letter said a price and they charge gold. And the food is lousy
The new administration is changing the composition of the sets.Onion when served with rice. Its always chifles or pataconesAnd the worst do not give you the option to change the Rice. 😞😞😞Do not say that prices have risen. Although that is normal
Terrible they should close the place we were waiting more than 4 hours for the golden binomial to only sing 3 songs 😡 totally disappointing no one gave an explanation and only for the place to be closed I will not return to that place again ...
It is the first time I go and the attention was terrible, the disgusting bathrooms and the floor slippery a lot
Good food, Nice enviroment .. Very friendy waitresses and staff, Its a very good spot specially if you love ecuadorian food !!Very good food with an atmosphere and waitresses very helpful. A very good place, especially if you like Ecuadorian food !!
Good place to enjoy, excellent security good music exquisite food I recommend it
Excellent food. Very good attention. Fully recommended
I ordered lunches and the salad arrived damaged, a mini ripe and the horrible seasoning the only thing rich was the chili pepper in peanut sauce.
I did not like the place, I found a splinter of plastic and immediately left the place of course I had to pay and already included the tip in the bill, and the face that put the waitress mmm I will not return there
The food is not very good apart from paying the tax plus 16% tip, thats not all with that kind of service do not have to put tip included is a lack of respect to the customer
Very bad food and very exaggerated prices before the food was better and cheap I did not like it at all
The lousy food especially the ceviche and the flag that shrimp super cooked and very saved the burned rice the service more and less and the tip included $$$ for a service that is not good ... I never come back there ...
A pleasant experience the waiters were very attentive and friendly, we made a small meeting where they have space for special events, I only ate a croaker but it was good. Recommended
A robbery of concerts and expensive tickets and waiting 6 hours so that they only sing half an hour that happened in the concert of the golden binomial
The place is fine but the DJ is not very well tuned, does not hit with the songs, and when he does the short x half, and you hear more background noise than the song
Too hot that you cant even dance? and the bathrooms or toilet paper very neglected,
Very good atmosphere but terrible food they need to change cooks
Season and prepare Ecuadorian type ion.
Excellent space to enjoy Ecuadorian food in Queens, good bolón ..
Very cozy .. good food .. excellent service .. recommended
Bad food they do not know how to make a stew and apart they charge expensive for something bad bad bad😡
The place is ugly the dirty bathroom the things face no good that restaurant don’t liked 😝
The service is terrible on Wednesday I waited too long for someone to take my order but no one came to my table so I left the place and for the type of food the price was too high
Pity service I go to the bar and they charge me for tips without asking and tax and waitresses are a few pillars do not want to return the change I did not like at all too expensive
An unpleasant, dirty and abandoned place, splintered dishes, dirty tables, delayed and greasy food. Bad sound, lousy service. Disastrous. I would never go back to a place like that. Unpleasant experience
The food is very good but the service of the regular girls because they do not approach the table to ask how is the food they need something more etc.
It looks like a good restaurant, but the food is greasy and the disgustingly disgusting kitchen is not going to eat there please
Bad service you pay to be cared for and served what you ask, and they are shameless they still bill you tips
The worst chicken broth I have ever tasted a leg a wing swimming on a plate with little pasta a bowl of poor quality juice $ 21 dollar
The atmosphere is very good and the girls give good customer service
With excellent attention from Rubencito
Good atmosphere, good food, congratulations
Very nice, varied dance music, family atmosphere.
Excellent place delicious food and unique service
The food was very good, I had a bouillon broth and my son ate a leg broth.
The food tastes good but the goat meat too hard I do not think they can prepare the goat meat
Excellent music for dancing and good Ecuadorian food
Excellent and cozy family place rich food, friendly attention
Restaurant delicious typical Ecuadorian food. Healthy and fun environment.
The onions are not bad but they took a long time to serve. The place is a bit remote.
Very good on weekends
You have to eat and leave if you stay hesitating and some spoiled pito turns off everything and they cut the hesitation taking everyone out
It is very expensive for the ugly place
Onions are yucks !! Change chefs that make it look bad.
Very good bowls of green I recommend everyone for that bowl of green
Excellent environment to be with your family
Nothing of the rich coastal foodHow awful the food in this place
I do not recommend this place bad service and the food is not very good
Ecuadorian food with good flavor and good attention
Nice good service and very good food 🍤🍛🍻🍴🍽
The rice was very rich😋😋😋😋😋
Excellent Hispanic and especially Ecuadorian food
I didnt like their food at all
The food is so-so and served cold to me.
Excellent food! We will definitely return.
I did not like the food very much
Good afternoon a question how much does vodka bottles cost
I love food for the season
Now its useless I drink bad
Good atmosphere, friendliness and cleanliness
Nice place to eat and dance
Excellent atmosphere
Muy amplio
GOOD MUSIC GOOD ENVIRONMENT GOOD FOOD
More or less Im not convinced.
Total reviews rating 3.5
197 Reviews for El Manaba 2023:
Review №1
2021-05-08Best Ceviche I have tasted in Ridgewood , Queens -- the vibes were great , esp if you want some music , lounge/club atmosphere for a night out. Weeknd date nights too! I was exhausted otherwise I would of stayed way longer! Ill be back #aroundridgewood #LifeWithJess
Review №2
2017-12-31Its ok but you can find better. Its decor is not the best. It looks like a run down bar. Its dark and dosen t look clean. Lots of clutter. Many men drinking and ogling at the waitresses. Which all they can do was look pretty and not provide great customer service. The food is good but its not great. I had pork chops and they were a little bland. My husband had the encebollado, he was pleased with it. My sons enjoyed the view more than the food. One had steak and the other chicken cutlet both came with rice and beans. Prices are a little expensive. Its not the first place I would choose.
Review №3
2022-03-03I bought a caldo de bolato take out. At home Im looking at it broth and mix vegetables. They forgot to put the plantain ball. I gave them one star because it not the first time they messed up the order.
Review №4
2019-06-30The food is excellent but the service is absolutely awful. Sat for 10 minutes before a waitress came to our table asking if we had ordered yet and they were standing right in front of us eating. Then she dropped off the food and didnt come back until 5 minutes after I had piled the plates on the end of the table. We asked for the check and apparently one lady told the other and in the end we had to get up to get the check from someone at the bar because no one brought to us. Sad thing is that it hasnt been the only time. If their food wasnt so good I would never ever go back there.
Review №5
2022-06-01After hiring a new cook, definitely one of the best Ecuadorian restaurant in Brooklyn.
Review №6
2022-03-18Good spot to go to dance to spanish music. Drinks are pricey tho
Review №7
2021-07-15I find it extremely hard to believe that no one in this establishment speaks English. I called twice because somebody there charged my card for 2 transactions of almost $450 each!!! We will see who speaks English when an attorney shows up at your door. Fraud!!! Fraud fraud!! How can I order food at a restaurant that I am 19 hours away from??? And for almost $900??? Fraud!!!!
Review №8
2021-11-22Ordered food for pick up. Came in and they said the kitchen isn’t open and they didn’t make the food yet but they munching on bolones(same thing I ordered) soo I will go to Rossy 4 blocks away and eat their bolones there.
Review №9
2021-07-01First & last time coming to this lounge ! It’s connected to other establishments so instead of them giving their exact address, they give the block’s address. I took an Uber here and couldn’t find it. I ended up having to walk a block by myself close to midnight because I was meeting my friend there. The flier did state that ladies free before 11:30 but because of the thunderstorm, I got there a little after. When i got to the door, I was told that the entry fee is $30. This is Queens, not Manhattan & ladies should NEVER have to pay that much! $10 - $20 max! Then when I got there , I was seated and asked if my friend and I wanted hookah. We agreed and then asked for a menu. The waitress pulled out a folded piece of paper that had the drinks written down along with the prices next to them . On the top, it read 5 different bottles and their prices & then on the bottom it read “drinks $15” but didn’t specify what drinks they had. I asked for a frozen drink, they didn’t have . I asked for a fruity drink, they didn’t have . I asked for Casamigos & the waitress said they only sell the bottle . I asked what drinks she didn’t have in a bottle and she told me so I asked for Don Julio & pineapple juice . She said they don’t have pineapple juice only orange juice & cranberry juice. I didn’t want neither but just went with the cranberry. I asked for a food menu & she laughed then said that the kitchen was closed . This is the first lounge I’ve ever been to in my life where the kitchen closed early. I came here on an empty stomach expecting an appetizer . I went to a lounge in Astoria two weeks ago & was told by the waitress that NY has a state law that requires customers to purchase food with their drinks so I’m surprised that this establishment wouldn’t have food. Now to the dj….there were two dj’s. The first dj was okay but the second was bad. He did not let the songs play!! He’d play a song for a min each and would skip to the next song ! I’m not a dj nor do I aspire to be but as a dj you have to let the songs play especially the good songs that make people want to dance . His music was all over the place for. He went from Fantasia to Pop Smoke to Vybz Kartel to Cardi B to Cassidy to Migos and then to old hip hop songs. It was 2am & at that time , he should’ve been playing twerking music or music to get people to get up and dance . 95% of the people were sitting down & the other 5% were dancing by themselves . There were enough men & women there for the spot to be lit but the dj didn’t make that happen.
Review №10
2021-10-07I am let down - the platers werent up to par ... the almuerzo & merienda were on point...Great vibe to hang... todays event cubetazo was over priced...I may not return ...