Vegan-friendly
Lacto
International
Juice bar
Beer/Wine
Ecuadorian

In the Mariscal suburb. Serves a wide range of foods from Ecuadorian in addition to Chinese, Mexican, Italian, and American. Has veggie burgers, fruit smoothies, vegetarian version of Ecuador's national dish, soy steak, white corn, potato cakes, beet root, veggie chorizo sausage. Free wireless internet. Open Mon-Tue 11:00am-9:00pm, Wed 10:30am-10:30pm, Thu-Sat 11:00am-10:30pm, Sun 8:00am-5:00pm.


Venue map for El Maple
© OpenStreetMap contributors

100 Reviews

First Review by erinmack

Timforanimals1

Points +169

Vegan
13 Oct 2023

Great desayuno

Great breakfast menu with every item offered with full vegan option , best coffee in a restaurant in South America so far!

Pros: Options, Price , Coffee

Jackie_vegan

Points +41

Vegan
13 Sep 2023

Very Moreish!

We ate here three times during our stay in Quito. The food was delicious and we enjoyed the Ecuadorian options in particular.. The (friendly) server spoke English and they also have an English menu so that helped us a lot. Their seitan meat was great (especially the spicy sausage) and the cheeze was good too. The portions were large, so we didn’t eat dessert there, but we did take some cake home one time. It looked amazing in the cabinet, but was quite dry.

Pros: Lovely space with a nice patio, Lots of vegan options, Reasonable prices and good portions

Cons: Cake was dry, Service was slow (but friendly)

Sophie&Nico

Points +235

Vegan
26 Aug 2023

Overpriced and a bit overrated

We ordered empanadas, a burger and a ecuadorian dish - the ecudorian dish was really tasty. The empanadas were good but so small and overpriced with barely any filling. The burger was bland, dry and small - especially for the price.
This resturant was okay, but to be one of the top rated resturants we were very dissapointed.

shiraL7

Points +1470

Vegan
02 Aug 2023

Cute restaurant, part was so so

This is a cute place with a nice and attentive staff.
We had the samosas and filly cheese steak (waiter recommended), the vegan pizza and the mushroom hummus.
Samosas were AMAZING. Filly cheese steak and pizza were nice, we did not like the hummus very much.
I would advise to listen to the staff’s recommendations:)
They said everything can be made vegan which is of course super great.

Pros: Many vegan options (and all vegetarian), The samosas!!!

Cons: Hummus was not very good, Some of the dishes did not meet our expectations

vegansoul88

Points +646

Vegan
24 May 2023

Great ecuadorian vegan options

The food we had was overall tasty but was missing on spices. It was a bit strange however that they have served our first main dish at least 7 minutes before the second main dish without making us aware that the second one is still coming. The service generally is not the fastest despite just having a few guests and the packaging of the take away boxes consists of plastic and styrofoam😒which I hope they will soon replace with more sustainable materials. We really appreciated that we could finally try the typical ecuadorian dishes and that the restaurant seems to be run by a family.

Pros: Almost all dishes can be made vegan, Typical Ecuadorian dishes, Great choices

Cons: Service staff is a little slow

ItsHappyCow

Points +627

Vegan
15 May 2023

Really nice food

Nice place and friendly staff. We got Empanadas de Morocho, the Locro Quiteño soup and another dish, whose name I forget.
The soup was delicious and the empanadas were nice. The other dish was alright, and I really liked the protein.
Portions are big. Two dishes would have been more than enough.

Pros: Tasty, Big portions

maleorosol

Points +246

Vegan
13 Apr 2023

El mejor restaurante de Quito

El mejor lugar para comer en Quito mis amigos no veganos pedían repetir el maple 🍁 quedaron encantados nos encantó todo el menú delicioso muy buena atención, buen vino y la mejor comida de Ecuador 👌🏼

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-08

Velo

Points +2797

Vegan
22 Feb 2023

Great food

We had the hotdog and altiplanos dish. Both were great and the service was not as slow as some reviews make it out to be. To top it off we had some of their cakes, which was also excellent.

Edit: went here a second time three years later and the food is still great.

Updated from previous review on 2023-02-22

thsbcf

Points +83

Vegan
19 Feb 2023

Perfeito

Minha primeira experiência gastronômica em Quito não poderia ter sido melhor. Fui muito bem atendida, o prato veio rápido, ambiente super gostoso com uma decoração lindíssima! Com certeza voltarei mais vezes.

Pros: Muitas opções veganas e vegetarianas , Sem demora , Preço acessível

happylittlevegan

Points +1471

Vegan
19 Feb 2023

Just ok experience

I was really looking forward to this place from the reviews but maybe I just ordered all of the wrong things because I didn’t love it and I probably won’t come back during my stay here. I ordered the Mac and cheese with veggie nuggets because I wanted comfort food and it came with one nugget and I believe the Mac and cheese was just a box of daiya with dehydrated corn and peas. My partner ordered the Ecuadorian dish which was tasty! I wanted to make up for my not great dish so I ordered a chocolate shake and chocolate cake since vegan dessert has been super hard for me to find here. I do not recommend either but the shake was ok.

unruly_traveller

Points +287

Vegan
09 Feb 2023

Delicious food, amazing space!

Located in the Mariscal suburb, this vegetarian restaurant has it all. Their menu carries on displaying their wide offering of traditional Ecuadorian dishes, Mexican food, Italian food, and more. They serve up lasagna, burgers, sandwiches, rice and veggies, pizza, nachos, soup, milkshakes, ice cream, and more. I was delighted to realize that they have a whole vegan pastry case full of pies, cakes, and small desserts. In addition, there is a full organic health shop inside of the restaurant stocked with medicinal teas, organic body products, mock meats, and plant-based snacks.

LaAcida666

Points +379

Vegetarian
01 Feb 2023

Great place

Buena atención, comida deliciosa autóctona, porciones suficientes, buen precio. #Veganuary

ndines

Points +551

Vegan
09 Jan 2023

Gorgeous restaurant with quality food!

The inside of this restaurant is so cozy and beautifully designed! Solid food as well, I’d definitely come back

Southghost

Points +43

Vegan
01 Jan 2023

Soooooo tasty

Oh my god this food is delicious 🤤

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Vegan versions of local Ecuadorian food

Vegandario

Points +1408

Vegan
25 Dec 2022

5 stars!! 🤩

This place is one of my favorite places in Quito to eat vegan! This place is self-proclaimed 95% vegan. The variety of local traditional Ecuadorian food as well international food is amazing. We were a large group and we all ordered vegan food. We ordered empanadas, samosas, ceviche, Mote pillo, fritada, double burger, and a Philly cheesesteak. Everything was so good. This place deserves more than 5 stars.

Updated from previous review on 2022-12-23

Pros: 95% vegan menu, Friendly staff, Cozy atmosphere

muzzest

Points +378

Vegan
18 Oct 2022

Imposible to give this place a better review

Just so perfect. Food, amazing. Ambiance, amazing. Staff, so kind. Vegan milkshakes, in Quito, Ecuador! Reasonably priced for how big the portions are. Ecuadorian food and global cuisine. Even got it delivered Uber Eats and it was great. My go to spot!

Cinthymtg

Points +52

Vegan
28 Sep 2022

Comida ecuatoriana vegan

This restaurant offers us several options of vegan ecuadorian food its hamburger is really amazing 😋

Livia_g

Points +19

Vegetarian
13 Sep 2022

Leckeres und abwechslungsreiches Mittagsmenu

Das Tagesmenu war sehr lecker und der Service war schnell und freundlich. Die Auswahl an vegetarischen und veganen Menüs ist sehr gross und die Preise sind fair.

Pros: Faire Preise, Grosse Auswahl

CamilaGalvez

Points +1335

Vegan
30 Aug 2022

Comida típica deliciosa

Me encanto la variedad del menú, para probar un poco de todo. Casi nunca encuentro tofu y aquí había y estaba delicioso. Los postres tan buenos que tuve que volver

Pros: Comida típica versión vegana , Postres variados, Servicio excelente

joannatapuy

Points +178

Vegan
03 Jul 2022

Very good food

The flavors of the food were so good.

Pros: Tasty

Cons: Service could be better

Daniela1989

Points +62

Vegan
15 Jun 2022

Entrees were good!

I can tell they are figuring out the flavors but I enjoyed the entree which was their traditional plate of corn, plantain, avocado, and some vegan meats. Skip the chocolate cake and hot chocolate though! Both of those items were one star!

Updated from previous review on 2022-06-15

Cons: Chocolate cake

xxemkyxx

Points +270

Vegan
27 Apr 2022

Terrible service but good food

Such a shame had a table of 10 and I was the only vegan so an opportunity to create a good experience but this was not achieved. I had to ask 3 times if we could order mains.
When the food arrived it was tasty but took over 20mins to get the drink we ordered and more than 15mins to order food itself. When the food did arrive 3 dishes were wrong..

Pros: Lots of options , Taste , Ecuador based menu

Cons: Service , Whole experience

Libbytes

Points +522

Vegan
17 Apr 2022

Great traditional Ecuador food

It was really great here, I had the menestra, which is like some kind of soy steak served with frijoles (beans) and plantain, it comes with rice and salad. I really enjoyed it. I also got the enpanada which were really tasty too. Not too expensive overall.

Pros: Pretty much all vegan, Lots of traditional dishes, Friendly service

Veganvoyagers

Points +1798

Vegan
11 Apr 2022

Tons of vegan options

The whole menu is essentially vegan, but I think they serve some real cheese, so just double check. They have a wide array of dishes to choose from. We tried the Philly cheese steak, which was made from seitan- had good flavor, nice and juicy. We went back again to try some more local dishes which we are glad we did. We tried the mote pillo- which is like a hominy dish- super unique flavors- kind of like amc and cheese but not quite. Came with avocado, plantains, and some soyrizo. Then we tried the locro, which is a squash soup that was super hearty and delicious- it’s local to the Andes region. Definitely try some of the local dishes for an authentic experience!

Tada

Points +230

Vegan
02 Mar 2022

I loved this place and will be back

I was so excited to try vegan versions of Ecuadorian food that aren't usually accessible to vegans.
I ordered the empanadas, ceviche and a chocolate cake. All good.
The food isnt cheap ( my bill for all of it was 16 usd) but the portion sizes are very generous. I'll be back to try more things!

Nieve

Points +3853

Vegan
30 Jan 2022

Decent cafe!

El Maple has options such as burgers, juices, a few ecuadorian plates, a stir fry, etc. Two friends and I tried a few different dishes and I can't say we were super impressed by any of them but they were alright. The restaurant is conveniently located if you're staying in the area, and nice to have a vegetarian restaurant in Quito that's currently open. It was cool to get to try ceviche, I would suggest to share an order as it's a bit much for one person.

RohitBhatia

Points +349

Vegan
09 Nov 2021

Great food and good vibes

Several vegan options, including deserts! I got the vegan asiático and it was tasty. The place has good vibes, good music, and - in case you're bored - it has lots of books.




This page has been viewed 16443 times.