Cheap Yummy Healthy Lunch in Loja – Hotel Saraguro’s

Well, we finally found this place, totally by accident. On the main avenue (avenida Universitaria, by the river),  Hotel Saraguro’s, entre Eguiguren y 10 de Agosto, now offers this type of buffet lunch.

I don’t know about you but at midday, I do get hungry and I want a decent lunch and I don’t have the money to go and spend $8 or more a head for a decent “a la carte”. I get tired of the “cuarto pollo a la brasa”and even then for a quarter chicken you end up paying $4 or $5 a head for something a lot less healthy (french fries, coca cola, very little salad and who knows what’s in the chicken?) and there is no desert nor coffee.

On the other hand, the $2 to $3 worth typical Ecuadorian “almuerzos”are usually disappointing in my view, I mean biiiig serve of white rice to fill you up, a microscopic slice of meat, and let’s not even mention the greens.

Well, our lives changed the other day when for the first time we step foot in the newly redecorated cafeteria run by the new owners of the Saraguro’s hotel, meters away from the centro comercial.

The buffet is beautiful, they give you a good serve with anything you want (I usually ask for everything because I am a good eater).

It is all fresh. There is plenty of greens you can help yourself of. It is not a vegetarian restaurant but it is nevertheless suitable for vegetarians or vegans because they can just leave the meat out and serve themselves more veggies.

Juices and horchata. Desert and filter coffee (“cafe americano”). All this for $2,99.

The atmosphere is nice and relaxed. People are friendly. The cafeteria is clean while at the same time not chemically loaded with disinfectants. I don’t feel claustrophobic as there is ample room. I like it.

AND YOU WON’T  BELIEVE THIS …. THERE IS NO TV !

Which makes this place quite unique indeed. Unfortunately, this might change anytime, as Miguel the owner told me that he was thinking of putting one because people want it. Luckily, the place is huge and one can always escape the TV with his plate to some remote corner.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

They did not pay me to write this. So I am just doing them a favor because they deserve it. Please do give them a try and by all mean, do post a comment in the comment section below this article once you’ve done so. That would be greatly appreciated. This way I can show them that my “marketing campaigns” work, it motivates me, and I can look out for more such gems around Loja.

O yes, I was about to forget, if you go, please ask for Miguel or Teresa, his siter, the owners, tell him or her that you are sent by Pierre (el hombre extranjero de Belgica) who recommended the place. I am sure they will give you special attention and an even better serve.

Bon appetit !

Pierre Volter
todoloja

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