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Cuenca Eats
Cuenca Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurants

Cuenca has a thriving vegetarian scene that rarely makes the tourist guides. These restaurants serve plant-based food that locals actually eat.

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Reviews quoted with the author's permission. Buy the book for the full reviews.

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Vegetarian Cuenca Eats
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Arugula

El Estadio

"The offerings are also diverse, varying from curry, burgers, tofu and, one of our favorites, cauliflower wings."

Florencia Astudillo y Av. 12 de Abril

Vegetarian Cuenca Eats
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Comer Sanar Vivir

Centro Histórico

"The inspired all-vegetarian lunch menu changes each day."

Honorato Vásquez y Presidente Borrero

Vegetarian Cuenca Eats
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El Nuevo Paraiso

"This incredibly popular vegetarian chain is packed each breakfast and lunch with locals who are rightly proud of its place within the Cuenca food scene."

4 locations

Vegetarian Cuenca Eats
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Formosa Taiwan Picantería Vegetariano

"The buffet offers a daily rotation of vegetarian options so that those who return can enjoy a variety of options every week."

Loja y Alfonso Borrero

Vegetarian Cuenca Eats

Fratello Cafe Vegano

El Estadio

"These cooks know how to be creative with seitan and opened my mind to possibilities that I didn’t know."

Av. 12 de Abril y Remigio Tamariz Crespo

Vegetarian Cuenca Eats
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Good Affinity

Centro Histórico

"The tofu and seitan are as good as any we’ve had in China and Hong Kong."

Los Capulies y Gran Colombia

Vegetarian Cuenca Eats

Mikhuna

Hermano Miguel

"A bright green restaurant attached to an Ecuadorian boutique hotel near Mercado 9 de Octubre."

Hermano Miguel y Mariscal Lamar

Vegetarian Cuenca Eats
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Pura Vida

Remigio Crespo

"Our rice, for example, was delicious, nutritious, and glutinous brown rice, rather than the more common, nutrient-free white rice served elsewhere."

Remigio Crespo Toral y Jose María Rodriguez

Vegetarian Cuenca Eats
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YúA Restaurante

El Vergel

"We can vouch that they make an excellent yuca-based hamburger."

Vega y Daniel Palacios

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James Li, MD

James Li, MD is a retired emergency physician and former assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. He spent much of his life traveling and working in the developing world and the wilderness regions of North America. After years of writing for medical journals, he now writes and produces music for fun, and counts among his favorite hobbies what his wife calls "puttering without pressure." His music is published under the artist name Cipherdash and is available on the major streaming platforms.

Reviews on this page are quoted with permission from Cuenca Eats by James Li, MD. Opinions are the author's. Restaurants may have changed since the book was published. Please verify current hours, prices, and ownership directly.

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