Traditional Ecuadorian Food in Newark, NJ
Finding one restaurant that works for breakfast, lunch, dinner, seafood, soup, and a quick snack can take some time. Imperial Restaurant 2 brings those choices together at one neighborhood location. Our traditional Ecuadorian food in Newark, NJ, includes morning favorites, meat platters, seafood, ceviche, encebollado, soups, sides, natural juices, and fruit shakes.
Stop by for a simple breakfast, share a full meal with family, or pick up something smaller during a busy day. Our menu includes dishes inspired by Ecuador’s coast and highlands, with plenty of choices for different tastes and appetites.
What You Can Find on Our Menu
Our menu covers the main meals of the day, as well as snacks, sides, and drinks. Some guests come in for bolón and eggs. Others are looking for grilled steak, seafood rice, red snapper, ceviche, or a warm bowl of soup.
Our main food and drink categories include:
Ecuadorian Breakfasts: Bolón, motepillo, humitas, chicken tamales, plantain tortillas, and egg plates
Traditional Platters: Pork, beef, chicken, goat, rice, plantains, corn, eggs, and salad
Seafood and Ceviche: Shrimp, fish, red snapper, black clams, and mixed seafood
Soups and Encebollado: Hen, beef, catfish, seafood, albacore, vegetables, and plantain
Sides, Snacks, and Drinks: Empanadas, sandwiches, natural juices, fruit shakes, and bottled drinks
Our main food and drink categories include:
- Ecuadorian Breakfasts: Bolón, motepillo, humitas, chicken tamales, plantain tortillas, and egg plates
- Traditional Platters: Pork, beef, chicken, goat, rice, plantains, corn, eggs, and salad
- Seafood and Ceviche: Shrimp, fish, red snapper, black clams, and mixed seafood
- Soups and Encebollado: Hen, beef, catfish, seafood, albacore, vegetables, and plantain
- Sides, Snacks, and Drinks: Empanadas, sandwiches, natural juices, fruit shakes, and bottled drinks
Ecuadorian Breakfasts
Our breakfast section includes familiar morning plates and filling Ecuadorian favorites. Papa dorada comes with home fries, two fried eggs, and a choice of bacon or salami. Calentado combines rice and beans with grilled beef and eggs. Motepillo is prepared with cooked white corn, scrambled eggs, and beef.
Bolón is one of the best-known breakfast items on the menu. It is made with mashed green plantain and can be filled with mozzarella cheese, chicharrón, or both. We also serve bolón made with green and sweet plantain, as well as a version with steak. A fried egg or jugo de carne can be added to select orders.
Other morning choices include humitas, chicken tamales, green plantain tortillas with cheese, cassava tortillas with cheese, and sweet plantains with mozzarella. Guests looking for something more casual can order salchipapa, salchipollo, or papipollo with French fries.
Traditional Platters and Meat Dishes
Our traditional platters combine meats with rice, plantains, corn, eggs, salad, and other familiar sides. Hornado features oven-roasted pork leg with cheese-filled potato tortillas, white corn, rice, and salad. Fritada includes fried pork rib pieces served with the same sides.
Guatita is made with slow-cooked beef tripe, potatoes, peanut sauce, and rice. Llapingacho comes with chicken sausage, cheese-filled potato tortillas, eggs, rice, and salad. Seco de pollo offers stewed chicken with rice, while seco de chivo features goat stew.
Bandeja Paisa is one of the largest meals on the menu. It includes rice, beans, pork belly, grilled steak, sweet plantain, avocado, Colombian sausage, and eggs.
Guests can also choose churrasco a la plancha, churrasco al jugo, lomo salteado, carne asada, or grilled chicken breast. Chaulafán combines rice with shrimp, pork, beef, chicken, eggs, and soy sauce. Arroz mixto con pollo includes yellow rice, shredded chicken, chicken sausage, vegetables, and eggs.
Seafood and Fish Platters
Our seafood section includes grilled, breaded, fried, and slow-cooked dishes. Camarones a la plancha are served with rice, fried green plantains, and salad. Camarón apanado features lightly breaded shrimp, while camarones al ajillo are prepared in garlic sauce.
Rice dishes include arroz con camarones and arroz con mariscos. Sudado de mariscos combines mixed seafood with vegetables and sauce, served with rice and tostones.
Fish choices include grilled white fish, fried breaded fish, and fish slowly cooked in sauce. Whole red snapper can be ordered fried or prepared as sudado de pargo with vegetables, rice, and plantains.
Guests who want to try several flavors on one plate can choose Bandera Sierra or Bandera Costeña. Bandera Sierra includes shrimp ceviche, goat stew, guatita, and yellow rice. Bandera Costeña combines shrimp and fish ceviche, black clams, and yellow rice.
Ceviche and Encebollado
Our ceviche selection includes shrimp, fish, black clams, and mixed combinations. The triple combines shrimp, fish, and black clams. Other choices pair shrimp with fish, shrimp with black clams, or fish with black clams.
Encebollado is another important part of the menu. The regular version is made with albacore and red onions. Mixto de camarón adds shrimp, while the triple includes albacore, shrimp, and black clams.
These dishes offer several ways to enjoy coastal Ecuadorian flavors, from a cool seafood combination to a warm bowl of albacore soup.
Traditional Soups
Our ceviche selection includes shrimp, fish, black clams, and mixed combinations. The triple combines shrimp, fish, and black clams. Other choices pair shrimp with fish, shrimp with black clams, or fish with black clams.
Encebollado is another important part of the menu. The regular version is made with albacore and red onions. Mixto de camarón adds shrimp, while the triple includes albacore, shrimp, and black clams.
These dishes offer several ways to enjoy coastal Ecuadorian flavors, from a cool seafood combination to a warm bowl of albacore soup.
Sides, Empanadas, Sandwiches, and Drinks
Complete your meal with tostones, sweet plantains, yuca, white rice, beans, mote, chifles, toasted corn, French fries, mozzarella cheese, avocado, chorizo, or house salad.
Empanadas are available with cheese, chicken, or beef. Sandwich choices include pan con queso, ham and cheese, bacon and cheese, and chicken breast.
Our natural juice selection includes orange, carrot, beet, green juice, and mixed combinations. Fruit shakes come in tree tomato, papaya, blackberry, strawberry, passion fruit, soursop, mango, guava, banana, lulo, and pineapple.
We also serve chicha morada, coconut water, horchata, Quaker, apple juice, passion fruit juice, mango juice, soda, and other bottled drinks.
Plenty of Choices for Any Meal
A broad menu makes dining easier for individuals, families, and groups. One person can order seafood, another can choose a meat platter, and someone else can have breakfast, soup, or a quick snack.
Guests can enjoy:
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner choices
- Small bites, warm soups, and complete platters
- Beef, pork, chicken, goat, seafood, ceviche, and rice dishes
- Recipes from Ecuador’s coast and highlands
- Traditional sides, natural juices, and fruit shakes
How to Plan Your Order
1. Start with a Menu Section
Begin with breakfast, a traditional platter, seafood, ceviche, soup, encebollado, or a lighter bite. Each section offers several dishes with different ingredients and portions.
2. Choose Your Dish and Sides
Select your main item, then add plantains, rice, beans, yuca, salad, corn, or another side. Many platters already come with several sides.
3. Add a Drink
Finish your order with a natural juice, fruit shake, or bottled beverage. Guests can stop by the restaurant or call with questions about current menu availability.
Serving Newark and Nearby Communities
Imperial Restaurant 2 serves Newark, NJ, and surrounding communities from our Bloomfield Avenue location. Guests can visit for an early breakfast, lunch with friends, dinner with family, or a meal to take home.
Our restaurant gives the local community one place to enjoy Ecuadorian breakfasts, meat platters, seafood, ceviche, soups, encebollado, sides, and fresh drinks.
Find Your Next Favorite Dish
Choose from Ecuadorian breakfasts, traditional platters, seafood, ceviche, encebollado, soups, sides, natural juices, and fruit shakes. Imperial Restaurant 2 offers plenty of choices for your next meal in Newark.
