Midrange
Lo Nuestro
Has a good variety of typical dishes.
You can also go to a restaurant where the best 'encebollado' is sold. The place is called "Encebollado cordero". it is located near the IESS.
Top end
Taberna Libanesa
Is an excellent place, located just behind the supermaxi, via samborondon. cozy and elegant, with excellent lebanese food. they serve lunch and dinner and have a few tables on the veranda of this upscale shopping center.
Urdesa
There is another place called Urdesa. In the Victor Emilio Estrada you can found a great variety of good food and also a nice place to visit.
Samborondon
Is located at the northeast of the city. there are a lot of restaurants with a great variety of food. here you can find japanese, italian, american, and typical food, too.
There are many typical dishes to try from such as encebollado, seco de pollo, ceviche, and caldo de salchicha.
There are also many international fast food chains throughout the city such as:Burger KingKentucky Fried ChickenMcDonald'sTaco BellPollo Tropical
Burger King
Kentucky Fried Chicken
McDonald's
Taco Bell
Pollo Tropical
Parrillada del Ãato; foods such oven cooked pizza, grilled meat,and more are served.
Chinese restaurants Chifas are found throughout the city, and their food is very good.
'El Patacón' restaurant in Urdesa serves typical dishes, mostly based on verde green bananas also known as 'Plátano Macho' on Central America.
Vegetarian food is not very common in Guayaquil, but there is a guesthouse in the Centro called Manso that serves quinoa and lentil hamburguers and other dishes that combine Ecuadorian ingredients in fast food format for veggies.
Budget
There is a lot of great cuisine in Guayaquil's centre. If you are more daring, you can go to this downtown area, near 9 de octubre avenue, there are chinese restaurants called "chifas" and typical restaurants where you can eat the seco de pollo, caldo de salchicha, etc.