Marea Pizzeria Bakery - Cuenca

On the side: Delicious wood fired bread. Delicious fillings in a sandwich. Ok service and cheap prices. Buy some bread before you leave $1.75 Ciabatta loaf. We want to go back to Pizza. Downside: 3 of the things we wanted to order were not available, maybe because it was a Sunday? Don't think they're talking English, but I think you could do it.

Breakfast was ok, drinks came after food, food not at the same time, but still was delicious. Waiters speak English and are really attentive. Coffee is strong. Wish to have been there for pizza because the oven looked sooo nice!

Overpriced soggy pizza with nice atmosphere. Cute ambiance with piped light rock music, but fare is substandard with north-american prices: I've eaten better frozen pizza. It may be a fancy oven, yet what came out of it was soggy in the middle (as in waterloggled) instead of being crunchy. Perhaps the outer 1-inch of crust was better than completely uninspiring. The caprese salad we ordered was largely tomatoes with several dry mozzarella slivers lining the rim of the platter. If the intent is loitering in a pleasant environment, then this may work; but there are better options for self-respecting food.

The crust fell apart beneath the pizza toppings. Maybe it had been frozen or something? I had to taco two pieces together to gain pizza strength and get it into eating position. So, meh.

Tried to eat here after a long day of hiking in Cajas. We were starving and really wanted pizza. We showed up 20 minutes before they closed for their lunch time, and were turned away. Normally if a restaurant advertises “open” hours and you come during that time, they are happy to serve you. Regardless, we really wanted pizza so we unfortunately decided to come back for dinner when they reopened. Something to note: you can not choose what you want on your pizza. They have toppings which you can pay extra for, shown on the menu. BUT, you are only allowed to add them to their menu choice pizzas. The cheese pizza has a note next to it which states that you are not allowed to add toppings. To further explain, the large cheese pizza is $10. The pizza with mushroom, garlic and parsley is $16. That is a $6 (60% upcharge to add only these three items, two of which are not even really toppings. One is garnish and the other should be in the sauce already. For example: as noted, the large cheese pizza is $10. Toppings are either $2 or $2.5 additional. If you wanted a pizza with only mushrooms, you would be forced to purchase a $16 or higher menu priced pizza which had mushrooms already, and ask to remove all other toppings. We wanted a pizza with mushrooms and eggplant only. I asked the waiter if this was possible, and he stated what I have previously explained. I pointed out that there were no pizzas on the menu which had both of those toppings, and any one which had either of these also had things which we did not want. He said that our only option was to choose one of the $16 pizzas with mushrooms and trade a topping for eggplant... When I pointed out that we were paying for things we didn’t want, he responded “that’s what the menu says”. Ok, got it. Our pizza came with eggplant and without parsley, per his suggestion. The eggplant was extra thick sliced and crunchy. It also had a very thick skin which was hard to bite through. There were very few mushrooms. When we went to pay, our bill came to $17.50. When I inquired, he explained that the extra $1.50 was for adding eggplant. Despite the fact that he had just told us we could trade one topping for another, which we had already begrudgingly agreed to. We didn’t even know how to respond. I explained that he had just told us we could trade a topping, and he acted like we were crazy for thinking we could trade parsley for eggplant, even though that was his exact suggestion. So now, we had paid $7.50 to add a few mushroom pieces and thick crunchy eggplant to a $10 cheese pizza. We rarely write bad reviews, but this was some of the worst customer service we have experienced anywhere, and by far the worst in Ecuador. They should think more about service and less about profit. Forcing people to pay for things they don’t want is not a good model.