Your Go-To Ecuadorian Restaurant in Newark, NJ
From hearty breakfasts and warm soups to fresh ceviche and filling platters, enjoy the flavors of Ecuador’s coast and highlands on Bloomfield Avenue.
About Us
Imperial Restaurant 2 is a neighborhood Ecuadorian restaurant in Newark, NJ, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Our menu includes seafood, grilled meats, rice dishes, soups, natural juices, fruit shakes, and many well-known Ecuadorian favorites. Stop by for a morning meal, meet friends for lunch, or sit down for dinner with family.
Traditional Ecuadorian Food for Every Appetite
Our menu has options for a quick bite, a full meal, or a table filled with dishes to share. Start with an empanada, order a warm bowl of soup, or choose a complete platter with meat or seafood, rice, plantains, beans, salad, and other classic sides.
Some of our main selections include:
Bolón, motepillo, humitas, chicken tamales, tortillas de verde, and egg plates
Hornado, fritada, guatita, llapingacho, seco de pollo, seco de chivo, and Bandeja Paisa
Shrimp, fish, red snapper, black clams, and mixed seafood combinations
Caldo de gallina, caldo de patas, caldo de bagre, caldo de bola de verde, seafood soup, and albacore encebollado
Natural fruit drinks, tostones, maduros, yuca, rice, beans, empanadas, and more
Flavors from Ecuador’s Coast and Highlands
Ecuadorian cooking brings together a wide range of ingredients, recipes, and local traditions. Our food reflects that variety with coastal seafood, highland favorites, grilled meats, stews, and rice-based dishes.
Guests who enjoy seafood can choose ceviche, encebollado, shrimp in garlic sauce, seafood rice, fried fish, whole red snapper, or sudado de mariscos. Our ceviche is available with shrimp, fish, black clams, or a mixed combination. Encebollado comes with albacore and red onions, with options including shrimp or black clams.
Other popular choices include hornado, fritada, guatita, llapingacho, bolón, and seco de chivo. We also serve carne asada, grilled chicken, churrasco, lomo salteado, and chaulafán made with mixed meats, shrimp, eggs, and seasoned rice.
Start the Day with an Ecuadorian Breakfast
Our breakfast selection includes simple morning plates and filling Ecuadorian favorites. Enjoy home fries with fried eggs and bacon or salami, or try calentado with rice, beans, grilled beef, and eggs. Motepillo combines cooked white corn, scrambled eggs, and beef for a hearty start to the day.
Bolón is another popular breakfast choice. Made with mashed plantain, it can be filled with cheese, chicharrón, or both. Other options include bolón con carne, humitas, tamales de pollo, tortillas de plátano verde, tortillas de yuca, and sweet plantains with cheese.
For something casual, try salchipapa, salchipollo, or papipollo served with French fries.
Seafood, Soups, and Comforting Classics
Seafood lovers can choose from grilled shrimp, breaded shrimp, garlic shrimp, fried white fish, seafood rice, red snapper, and mixed seafood cooked in sauce. Bandera Sierra and Bandera Costeña are also available for guests who want several Ecuadorian flavors together on one plate.
Our soup selection includes hen soup, beef-foot soup, catfish soup, seafood soup, and beef soup with a stuffed green plantain ball. These warm, filling dishes are a great choice for lunch or dinner.
Complete Your Meal with Sides and Drinks
Choose from tostones, sweet plantains, yuca, white rice, beans, mote, chifles, toasted corn, cheese, avocado, chorizo, French fries, and house salad.
Natural juices and fruit shakes are a refreshing way to complete your meal. Flavors include passion fruit, mango, papaya, blackberry, strawberry, soursop, guava, banana, lulo, pineapple, and tree tomato. We also serve natural juices: orange, carrot, beet, green, and mixed.
Why Choose Us?
We offer a broad selection of Ecuadorian favorites in a comfortable neighborhood setting.
Dishes inspired by Ecuador’s coast and highlands
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner options
Seafood, meats, soups, ceviche, and rice dishes
Classic sides, natural juices, and fruit shakes
A convenient location on Bloomfield Avenue
Serving the Newark Community
Located on Bloomfield Avenue, our restaurant continues the location’s tradition of serving Ecuadorian and Latin American food to the local community. We welcome guests from Newark and nearby areas who are looking for familiar meals, regional specialties, and plenty of choices throughout the day.
Enjoy the Flavors of Ecuador Today
Experience the vibrant flavors of Ecuador in Newark, NJ at Imperial Restaurant 2! Enjoy authentic Ecuadorian breakfasts, hearty soups, fresh ceviche and seafood, grilled meats, regional specialties, refreshing juices and shakes, and a delicious selection of fresh-baked bakery favorites. Whether you’re craving a comforting traditional meal or a freshly baked treat, there’s something delicious waiting for you!
Contact Imperial Restaurant 2
Have a question about our dishes or current menu availability? Reach out before your visit, and our team will be happy to help.
Visit us at 23 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07104, or call (973) 230-7877.