La Puntilla Ecuadorian

Delicious food! Had a craving for Ecuadorian food and checked out Unilocal.Did not disappoint! Our table had guatita, skirt steak, breaded chicken, bandera, salmon and chaulafan. The lentil was wonderful! It was pretty busy for a Sunday night and our waitress was very sweet and helpful. Highly recommend!

If you want Authentic Ecuadorian food this is the place to come. They never disappoint with the great flavors and fresh food. If your looking for a fancy getup this is not the place for you. If you want delicious food and great service at great price then come on an empty stomach !

If you are looking for exceptional Ecuadorian food look no further then La Puntilla. Their seafood and meats are to die for the bolon is like no other. Been a regular since they opened and consider the staff family. Awesome service from the waitresses and excellent party atmosphere on Friday and Saturday nights. La Puntilla has it all.

Authentic Ecuadorian restaurant with great portions for an even better price. Highly recommend the sango and chaulafan!

Meh. Nothing special. Came here after looking at the other reviews and was pretty excited to try this restaurant out. I am Ecuadorian. Upon arrival, everything looked very clean and the Dominican hostess attended us with patience and kindness. It was four of us. Our orders were chaulifan, ceviche de pescado, ceviche de cammaron and guatita. The chaulifan was delicious and eventually the whole table ended up digging in because we were disappointed with the rest of our orders. The ceviches were mediocre. No flavor. I felt like I was consuming water with oil and could barely eat more than a third of the plate. The waitress noticed and asked me if I didn’t like it. I told her it wasn’t flavorful and not actually ‘Ecuadorian’ and she basically said she didn’t know about Ecuadorian cuisine… When I asked for the check I could not believe the waitress had taken her pen and written in a 18% tip in for herself… I did not like that. When we get back the check, I see no reason for the waitress/​server to fill in that portion. Overall nothing special to ever come back to. I’d have a more delicious meal cooking at home and I’m not even that great of a cook.

Just drove my Ecuadorian mom over for lunch all the way from Long Island. Restaurant was very clean but it was a bit chilly… Need to crank up the heat. The service was quick and to the point. After bringing out the food, waitress never came back to inquire or refill water. The flavor of the food made up for this though. I ordered the bandera special with came with beef tripe, rice, fish ceviche and two slices of plantain. I could have done with a lot less rice and more tripe. My mom had Caldo de Bola… delicious.

Great food! Delivery was very fast and hot. Guatita is one of the best, my friend order the entrena (skirt stake) he was amazed! He was so happy with the food that he said «where is this place?!!». My daugher ate sopa de bolas, she finished everything ! Which she doesnt do that often. Great great place! if you are craving Ecuadorian food go here !!!:)

This by far was one of the best Ecuadorian food place! Give them a try! All the typical dishes including the guatita is the best.

My favorite place for Ecuadorian food! Everything is good on their menu and I love the lunch time varieties!

This is a really good restaurant, I went here for my birthday. I had the entraña with rice and beans. It was great and delish I left smiling. I would totally recommend this place to anyone that wants a great Ecuadorean meal. Now the only thing is that I have given this place 4 stars not 5 cause when I got the check, these people forced tip on my check, now I’m a tipper I usually tip over. But in this instance I was like «no these people didn’t» I was disappointed and I tipped just what they wanted which was below what I was going to tip.
p. s. Try the caldo de salchicha.

Great seco de chivo, right flavors! Would definitely go again!
Only thing to improve is the aji (spicy sauce) didn’t feel ecuadorian, it tasted more like a mexican spicy sauce.

Serious gem. The lunch special is unparalleled. Locals and insiders only

I love this Ecuadorian little place. La Puntilla Ecuadorian has lots to offer. The food here is delicious, I have been here only 2 times, however on both times, while ordering different items off the menu, the food that we ordered would come out great! So tasty and full of flavor. It is a hidden jem, that not too many people know about, for sure. The location is great too, close to the 7 train, quite easy to get here from Manhattan. The service was very nice and friendly, our waiter helped us a lot with choosing the right food. Came here with a friend last time, in his mind this is the best Ecuadorian food that he ever had, we both left very happy.

I really liked the service, they were really attentive. I had a shrimp ceviche but it didn’t meet my expectations, it wasn’t bad but it lacked flavor and it was a little too cold for my taste and made think it wasn’t made fresh. Also, it was a little pricey for a small bowl. The patacones were good but needed salt. The juice was good, tomate de arbol. It was tasty and hit the spot. Will go again and try something else.

Went there last weekend and left very satisfied! I’m such a sucker for good quality Latin American food with exceptional service and this place truly did that! I order Guatita (beef tripe in peanut sauce) with rice and it was soooooooo DELISH! In addition, I had Sopa De Pata or Cow Foot soup! Oh man, talk about hearty wholesome goodness! The décor is okay and the service was muy bueno! Gracias por todo! Me encanta delicosa comida Ecuatoriana! Estoy muy contentó!! Jajajaja! :)

I intentionally came here because of a friend from Ecuador.
Its a dead zone area with not much activity. Of course I expected that from this area of Queens. However I didn’t expect so many blacklights on the walls nor did I expect to be watching a telenovela while being served with intermittent random excerpts of music from the speaker/​jukebox system.
I had the llapingachos… which are mashed potatoes formed into a cake with cheese topped with a peanut sauce, a fried egg, and served with either grilled pork or chorizo. I wouldn’t eat the pork. It was a little tough. The potatoes were delicious. I couldn’t stop eating them.
My friend had the guatita which is Ecuador’s version of tripe soup. It was creamy and hearty and yes, very tripe-​y. So if you don’t like that chewy texture, you should stay away.
Overall I probably won’t be headed back here because I’m a Brooklynite and queens is just too far away. There are a bunch of other things I’d like to try however so if another Ecuadorian friend decides to drop in, I’m coming back…

Hands down the best in Ecuadorian cuisine. From their breakfast plate of calentado con lentejas with chorizo to their seco de chivo, caldo de bola rellena, ceviche de camarones, to chaulafan fried rice everything is always fresh, explosive in flavor and never disappointing to your palette. Most important, and I can’t stress this enough, they are never out of QUAKER. The wait staff is charming, friendly and always greet you with a smile. Anyone interested in great Ecuadorian cuisine or Latin American flavor in general, I highly recommend La Puntilla. Go and explore!

I have only been here a few times. but I have to say. they have some of the greatest food I have had in a while. I am not Ecuadorian but I have been to the country, this is the first place in NYC were the food taste the way it does when you visit a good eatery or someone’s home. I recommend everyone try it…

A delicious seco de gallina for $ 8? This is my new favorite place.
To anyone that wants to have a taste of Ecuadorian cuisine at a warm restauranswith attentive staff, this is the place I would recommend.
Much better than Barzola

I love this place I thought it wouldn’t replace the previews restaurant that was in this location but it did its the same place just different owner my family and allways go there for the lunch special and it was good. The only thing that I didnt like was the caldo de pata it had to much fat around. but all was good