About

La Gloria

Our Story

Since our arrival from Lima fourteen years ago, we have dedicated ourselves to offering a place where enjoyment and joy reign. We love to celebrate life with exceptional Mediterranean, Peruvian, and local cuisine; an extensive variety of fabulous wines, warm hugs, contagious laughter, and shared moments among friends and loved ones.

As we move forward, we hope the party continues and that we can continue to share special moments here, at La Gloria de Quito.

Our greatest wish is that our dear friends fully enjoy their visit as much as we enjoy welcoming them every day. In our home, dishes come and go, glasses are filled, emptied, and filled again, and that is an opportunity to create new experiences.

May joy and camaraderie continue to flow as we toast to life. Nothing pleases us more than seeing you enjoy!

Cheers!

Our Premises

The Great Terrace

The Grand Terrace is our brand-new space where the joy multiplies and the smiles are amplified. This fresh Terrace is modern, inviting, and full of life. We’ve crafted an innovative selection of ceviches and crudos, platters, rice dishes, and much more.

Accompanied by our Lively Bar and the astonishing Ceviches and Crudos Bar, you can savor the finest pisco sours, gin tonics, wines, and bubbles. It’s the loveliest open setting in the city, and it’s right here at La Gloria!

Main Salon

The main dining hall of the restaurant pulses with the joy of people, while our music wraps around the festive ambiance. Tables overflow with exquisite dishes, always accompanied by their wine bottles, as laughter and lively conversations intertwine in the air. Like a synchronized ballet, the waitstaff glide back and forth, attending our guests and ensuring that every smile is genuine.

The atmosphere embraces warmth and hospitality, yet carries a mischievous touch of fun. The walls are adorned with bottled art, creating a gallery of stories captured in glass. From this privileged viewpoint, the majestic La Gloria wine cellar unfolds, inviting you to select the perfect wine to complement each flavor of your meal.

This corner is the perfect stage for a romantic dinner, for weaving nights of laughter with friends, and, of course, for sealing those anticipated business deals. Regardless of the occasion, in the main dining hall of La Gloria, you’ll always find the melody of happiness.

The biggest wine cellar in Ecuador

The dream awakens with a clinking of wine glasses, as two friends who share an immense passion for the world of wine – the “namesakes” or the two Santiagos: Vintimilla and Jarrín – both wine enthusiasts and sommeliers, one a wine merchant and the other a restaurateur.

They are seated at the Bar of La Gloria Restaurant in Quito. Surely, under the enchanting influence of various uncorked bottles, they begin to weave a grand and ambitious project to extend the concept of the now existing Wine Shop of La Gloria Restaurant. This shop provides diners with all wines at retail prices, reaching towards a much broader and contemporary realm.

Patricio Zaldumbide, the CFO and also a partner of the restaurant and the project, gives even greater wings to the dream, ultimately transforming it into the largest wine eCommerce platform in the country, an enterprise achieved collectively.

The Great Bar

The Bar at La Gloria is sheer delight! It’s unique, the very heart of the restaurant. A place for tapas, for dining, for sipping, for laughter, for dinner, for conversations, for enjoyment, for celebration, for before and after, for relishing, for reconnecting, for falling in love…

An intimate space frequented by regulars and friends of the establishment, the bar welcomes everyone with open arms. One of Quito’s most iconic and renowned bars, it boasts a distinctive atmosphere that captivates

Private Room

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What they say about us

Satisfied Customers

Definitely the best restaurant in the city and the country! A delicious mix of Peruvian, Spanish and Ecuadorian food, fine-tuned by international chefs from Colombia and Peru and the magic touch of Ecuador. We enjoyed an exquisite ceviche carretillero, an incredible ceviche Jipijapa, the glorious Fideua and could not miss the Crocante Cuy. The atmosphere is one of the best in the country and the service is incomparable. 150% recommended

A traditional gem with a modern twist. I have eaten here several times and it never disappoints, in fact, it always surprises. Whether it's the callos a la madrileña, a Peruvian ceviche, a juicy cuy or suckling pig. At La Gloria you are always treated better than at home. A huge selection of wines, flavors and tastes for everyone. Worth every penny and every visit. They have a loyal customer"

Undoubtedly one of the best restaurants in Quito. 1300 wine labels. Top quality. The tuna as a starter is excellent.

Great place ! We were already desperated after dining mediocre minus food at Quito But this place with their very professional and friendly service and delicious food saved us ! We enjoyed every dish ! Also we bought a bottle of wine and drank only a half so we left it at the restaurant for tomorrow dinner ( of course we will come back ) It’s very close to our hotel The Swiss We are shrimps as an appetizer, ceviche tuna , a rack of lamb and fish the catch of the day All were very very delicious! The lamb was very soft and the fish ( see bass Rombalo they call it in Spanish) was very gentle and full of taste! The service was very helpful and we accepted the recommendation of the waiter and it was great! Thank you so much guys!