Getting better every time. The service is very good and the ambiance has improved as well. The food: we visited on a Saturday to eat Caldo de Salchicha. It was excellent, very well made. Those who know, understand it is a very difficult/laborious soup. Seco de Chivo and Caldo de Bolas was very good. To seal the deal: Barzola hot sauce and Club verde. Try it yourself! read more

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Estuve por primera vez a comer a este restaurant, para empezar nos atendió Katty, solo había 3 mesas llenas, nos tomó la orden, pasaron como 30 minutos, la llamé a preguntar por la comida, pasaron como 5 minutos más, solo trajeron un plato el otro no, la volví a llamar, esperamos 8 minutos más, finalmente trajeron el otro plato, después de eso nunca regresó a preguntarnos como estaba la comida, si queriamos agua o si necesitabamos algo, me levanté a agarrar sal, nunca trajeron agua, cuando pedimos la cuenta, ya habían puesto el 20% de la propina, así cualquiera, como ya tienen la propina segura, no te atienden, la actitud muy mala, primera y última vez, esta chica no debería trabajar con público, aparte ví agarrar un plato y le pasaron la mano para limpiarlo, casi muero, NUNCA MAS... Personas como esta, son las que hacen quedar mal a los Ecuatorianos. read more

Cuanto a mejorado!! Seems like owner has changed and for the better. Have not been to this location since 2019 and glad i came back! La comida estuvo deliciosa. Me gusto mas que Mi Lindo Ecuador, el sazon fue unico. The service is good, the 18% is added in regardless so just know that much. Espero regresar. read more

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This was my first time having Ecuadorian food, and I absolutely loved it. I went for breakfast, and had the Bolon de maduro, which is similar to mangu or mofongo. It also came with a side of thin steak, which was cooked perfectly and with a savory sauce similar to a ropa vieja sauce. It also came with an egg and a choice between coffee americano and cafe con leche. The presentation of the coffee was very cool: they gave me a clear glass of coffee and a glass of milk to pour in. read more

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I normally order here as take out, while the prices are a bit high, I leave it alone and deal with it. However yesterday I placed an order to pick as I normally do, and the total was nearly 20 dollars more than usual. To make a long story short, the reason for the higher amount was due to the fact that they raised there prices, again, but they did not update the menu prices on their website. Had I known this as I was paying, I would had disputed this, but I was on the Florida Turnpike heading south to my home. All I got was an "I.m sorry" and that they were going to look into this. Will be a long time before I order from them... very disappointed. JLS read more

Come here to give into my Ecuadorian cravings and it does the job, food is pretty good BUT their prices are So Overpriced and Im not comparing to Ecua prices for Miami prices AND not only that they automatically add 20% gratuity to any order. If you say something about the added tip they say it's written on the menu, can't do anything about it. (And the prices on the menu do not match your bill, raised again but not updated the menu) Can't wait for more Ecuadorian restaurants to continue to open because I think they price like this because they know there aren't options. Id normally Love to support an Ecua restaurant pero abusan. read more

pésimo servicio al cliente ... mesera fue muy descortez haciendo caras todo el tiempo y ruda nada recomendable por servicio al cliente

El dueño no permite sustituciones. Si usted quiere cambiar por ejemplo mote en vez de maduros, la respuesta es NO. Le pueden QUITAR los maduros y ya. Aunque sea una orden para llevar, le obligan a dejar 18% de propina. Los precios de los ceviches son ridiculamente caros. Por último, la comida es mediocre. La última vez que fui, las conchas estaban en mal estado. Eviten este lugar! read more

The food is great but the staff members they have such an attitude and I can't believe they charge ahead 20% tip without letting you know or giving you a choice for a different percentage. Son unas ratas don't go. read more

Wish I could recommend, but can't. Good things... ambience was fabulous. Drink list is great. Our server for our visit was fabulous, hardworking and helpful. The food was not so great. I was expecting five star food for the price of the meals. I did not get that. I will return soon to try other meals and see if I am able to update my review to a four star. read more

Everything is delicious! A bit pricy but worth it if you like Ecuadorian food. Pictures are for the following dishes: Caldo de Bola (peanut, meat, veggie stuffed plantain ball soup) Carne apanada con arroz y lentejas (breaded steak with white rice and lentils) Side order of maduros (sweet plantain) and chifles (crispy plantain chips) Humitas dulce (sweet maize stuffed with cheese) Cazuela de pescado (peanut and plantain dish stuffed with fish in a specialty pot) Barzola desayuno, con bolon de Maduro mixto. (their signature breakfast with sweet plantain ball stuffed with cheese and fresh pork belly and rind (chicharrón) Encebollado de pescado (fish and onion soup usually a hangover cure!) Empanada de verde (plantain empanada stuffed with melted cheese) Drinks were colada (a sweet cinnamon oat drink) and Ecuadorian Pilsner. Coffee not pictured is delicious and strong! Naranjilla or Lulo shake is spot on, citrusy and tart but sweet. read more

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I went there today for lunch with my girlfriend. At first I thought the food was going to be good. I ordered a churassco, they gave me a skinny piece of cheap steak a plate full of French fries and two eggs. It was as rubbery as a tire. Well at least the beer was cold. This place is straight Junk don't waste your money. Straight junk...,My girlfriend also ordered a steak and she complained it was junk rubbery. She said even the sides were not well cooked read more

My fiancée showed me this place for their caldo de bola. It is absolutely delicious with yuca, corn, oxtail and a yummy plantain ball stuffed with meat and veggies. The "broth" is my favorite part. I would just get that and mix it with rice and lime and that could be an entire meal by itself. We usually get it delivered on Uber Eats and it still arrives hot after a 20-minute drive. I highly recommend. For $18 it is 2 meals. read more

Horrible and overpriced food. On top of that they will add an extra 20% and expect another tip on top.

This is an updated review from my original 2017 one. I was there yesterday, and the food was excellent, I had a bolon of chicharron, encebollado mixto and my husband had seafood soup. The restaurant opens at 9am, we arrived at 10am. The employees greeted us with an annoying look in their faces. It took them 45 minutes for them to bring the bolon,, no water until we ordered a quaker drink. Almost an hour later for our food to arrive and we were the only customers there!!! Customer service and speed has not improved since the last time I was there and they don't seem to care. If it wasn't because I was having a huge craving for encebollado, I would not go back. Oh, the 2 soups +2 drinks +1 bolon= $80 read more

Barzola - Encebollado mixto, shrimp & fish - Seafood Near Me - Pembroke Pines, Florida

The food was subpar at best. Service was the worst service I have ever experienced. We were seated at 4:03pm, did not get any utensils or water until 20 minutes later as no one came to serve us. Finally someone came and took out order and took it wrong as we had to go over it several times. 15 minutes go by and we are made aware that they don't have passion fruit juice and 2 dishes we ordered. After we go our substitute orders in; food did not come out until 5:12pm. Throughout all of our time waiting, not once were we asked if we needed something more nor asked if everything was fine. Moreover, I wanted to add 2 things and I had to get up as no one would walk but our table. There must be something super interesting behind the counter. We will not be returning here. read more

My Ecuadorian friends took us to this amazing place. I had never had Ecuadorian food. It was amazing!! We truly loved it, the drinks were very good too. I just didn't like the service added to the bill. read more

Barzola - This was my favorite - Seafood Near Me - Pembroke Pines, Florida

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Service here does not exist, it's as if they know that they are one of the few Ecuadorian restaurants so the patrons have no choice. The Bandera could have had more protein. read more

I drove 30min from my house to get a soup (caldo de pata) due to a recent procedure I can only have clear broth. I explained this to them showed them my medical card however; they wouldn't accommodate me. they wanted to charge me their HIGH price for the soup just giving me broth. I then asked for the Owner Giovanni "Oh he's too busy". Poor Mgmt. Lastly what's sad and infuri is that I personally know him and his family because MY family helped them start their business in Brooklyn NY. Oh how we forget. I won't be back!!! read more

Drove all the way from west palm beach, online it says they close at 4pm, got here at 3:20pm. Staff was very rude saying they are already closed. I wonder if the owners of this establishment know about how staff treats customers. My boyfriend even called ahead of time to let them know we were on the way. Unreal. read more

Barzola - Seafood Near Me - Pembroke Pines, Florida

The food was delicious but a little pricey because it's not an elegant place! The humita was to die for and so was the bolon! Also had Ecuipicada Barzola which has fritada (pork) and sea food enough for two people! My husband enjoyed the Beer from Ecuador Pilsner! read more

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Que pena! No hay comida ecuatoriana en Florida y no pienso regresar. La comida no es mala, uno siente que se están aprovechando de el cliente: los precios son caros, no enseñan la cuenta final a la que le agregan 18% propina, pedimos algo para llevar y al llegar a casa nos dimos cuenta que la porción era la mitad de el mismo encebollado que comimos en el restaurante. Hemos comido en el de Pembroke Pines donde fue peor y fuimos a Miami porque dijeron que era mejor pero no. read more

Ecuadorian restaurants are very scarce in South Florida, which makes Barzola's competition null. There food while pretty good comes with a mandatory 18% tip regardless of the service. Today we went to dine and we were very impressed with the meal, however, the same could not be said about the waitress (Alexandra) she was very rude and condescending. Upon paying our bill she had not informed us that the minimum credit card transaction was $12 (which is very hefty) inhibiting us from being able to split the bill. Rather than attempt to give us other options (we were even going to order extra food) she was just very annoyed and told us we had no options. I don't mind tipping. Ever. especially since I've been a server in the past. But her lack of customer service had me request her to take off the tip, which she said she could not. We tried to speak to the manager, she said there wasn't one. Honestly service was so bad that I really don't think I'll be returning to this establishment. Especially if the staff is as terrible as Alexandra was. read more

Barzola - Seafood Near Me - Pembroke Pines, Florida

First time in this place and the caldo de salchicha was horrible and for that price even worse. They don't even give you white rice that goes with that plate. I won't buy from them again. Mi lindo Ecuador has better food. We also had Bolon and it was dry, not enough chicharrón. Please check your food before you pay. read more

Que pena que el servicio ni deja a uno comer en paz y todavia piden 18% con solo dos Gente comiendo. Entendido si son grupos grande pero uno ni puede disfrutar la comida bien cuando llegamos a 4:45pm y el restaurante dice que Cierra a las 6pm..pero ya la mesera nos dice que la Cocina va cerrar pronto entonces que nos apure en ordenar y comer. Por favor, asi nunca se le atiende al cliente. Educen a su servicio para ser mejor en su actitud, si no quieren trabajar..no le de Mal gusto a la comida que voy a estar pagando $80 y casi el 20% va ir a Este servicio horrible. Comida Buena y si esta carra..pero el Bolon y empanada de viento Seria la Unica razon que regresaria.. read more

La comida no estaba mala pero tampoco buena para el precio. El servicio es muy pobre y prepárese a pagar el 18% de servicio que le imponen a la fuerza. Ahhh si va a llevar le cobran los recipientes ! Nunca hemos tenido que pagar por esto en ninguna parte.!!! read more

If you like Ecuadoring food this is one of the few places you can eat. The food is amazinggg and very authentic. But get ready because the service sucks they take long to take you order once they take your order they take long to get you your drinks. Food comes out separate not everyone together. But the food is so good it makes up for the bad service. There is no kids menu btw and portions are nice and large. read more

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I'm Ecuadorians and. Or ally try to come here when in town since I don't get to eat traditional food where I live. Happy to say the food was great as usual and the service had improved from previous visits. Two reasons why I'm not giving them 5 stars. 1) the inside has been "under repair" for at least 2 years. This place would be much more popular if it had a complete finish. And 2) what I felt like was sneakily charging tip for our party of 4. I'm used to restaurants only charging tip for larger parties so although I should have noticed on the check, felt it was a bit dishonest. To pay they bring an iPad with the square app for you to pay as the server holds it and as we know it automatically recommends tip amounts. I mistakenly tipped, not thinking it was already charged. When I mentioned it she stated that I should have looked at the receipt with a bit of attitude. While I did not expect for the tip to be returned, I would have appreciated a nicer response. Hope she needs it more than I do. read more

These restaurants is horrible. The tale for ever to serve you and they are very rude. On top of that they automatically charge you 18% tip even if it's a party of two and if you tell them to remove the 18% they refuse. Quality of the good has gone down in the past year and their prices have gone up. The last time I went they charged me even for the to go box for my left overs. That was the last time me and my family go back to that restaurant. read more

Food was mediocre, service was bad. Don't let Yessenia be your waitress. She's atrocious. Forgot plate and still tried to charge food. Got mad at me when I told her to take off the food that we never received. Forced to leave 18% when it wasn't worth 3%. Comida más o menos, servicio pésimo. Se le olvido un plato y ni pidió disculpa. Yessenia se portó mal. No dan opción de poner la propina apropiada por mal comportamiento. Como no dan opción de dar el adecuado propina, la mesera se porto como le dio la gana. Sabe que gana su 18%. Si el dueño le importa que sobreviva COVID debe hacer unos cambios. read more

Ordered delivery to our hotel and the food was fresh and very delicious. I can't wait to go to this restaurant and experience the total package. read more

Unfortunately the overall experience here was awful. The staff was unpleasant, they add an automatic 18% gratuity on every check, regardless of how many people are dining, & they charge you for take out boxes without notifying in advance. I have been to this restaurant in the past, & comparing the 2 experiences, the portions are significantly smaller, & the prices significantly higher. The flavor of the food became irrelevant considering the overall experience. read more

Consumer beware! They are adding a 12% fee that shows up as "Gratuity" on all orders (including take-out) and not telling customers when they order or when they pay. They get away with it because they also do not share an itemized receipt with you when it's time to pay, the receipt you get only shows the total amount due. We have had to ask for an itemized receipt both while eating-in and taking-out and quickly realized we would've paid a tip TWICE had we not asked for the OTHER receipt -- and that's what they're banking on. I don't have a problem tipping at all, especially these days. The problem here is, if it's going to be mandatorily included in my bill, I should be made aware of it so I don't end up tipping twice. I called the restaurant to ask why they included gratuity on my take-out order and the owner said it's due to COVID-19. I told them that if it's going to be an added cost to the bill, the CONSUMER should be made aware of it BEFORE they place their order, or at the very least when they pay (give the itemized receipt)! Put a sign on the door, then the burden is on me to read it. Very, very shady business practice. We've dined in and ordered many times from this place out of desperation because there's nowhere else to go for Ecuadorian food, I've ignored the TERRIBLE service from the people that serve you and the lack of attention before but I will never visit this place again. FYI, the fish in the cazuela and the pork of the fritada tastes like it's been stored for days. read more

Barzola - The SECOND tip I would've added had I not asked for the itemized receipt. Terrible business practice! - Seafood Near Me - Pembroke Pines, Florida

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Love their food, if you haven't tried this place you're missing out!! It's one of those small places you wouldn't think it's good and surprise, surprise.... awesomeness!! read more

Terrible! It's sad that the only Ecuadorian restaurant has horrible service. They should definately not offer food to go. One they don't know how to give proper directions to heat uncooked "humitas." They also forgot my drinks to go (bill to go was about $48). I made another trip the next day and was told they can't do anything but reheat it there. Isn't that against the health code. Wouldn't it have been better to apologize and give me ones that are warm (they are $4.95 each, I bought 2). HORRIBLE. As an Ecuadorian who has recommended this spot several times as I have been here 4 times (dine in and take out) I will definately stop coming. I'll sticl with the wonderful Peruvian restaurants I know. read more

Barzola - Seafood Near Me - Pembroke Pines, Florida

I have only order take out, and they add tip to the bill without my consent. I think is disrespectful and very sneaky. If they want to charge a pick up fee (which is ridiculous) they have to let the custom know read more

Delicious, tasty food! The bandera plate is phenomenal. I wish they had empanadas de morocho, but everything else is absolutely exquisite.

The food has gone down in quality and on top of that they charge 18% gratuity for a group of 2 and even just one person! They already include it in the bill but the receipt they give you to sign has an empty gratuity line as if it was not already included!!! I also noticed that even for pick up they add 18% too....that is just not right! I'm never going back to this restaurant! read more

The food is amazing definitely got that Ecuadorian flavor or as close as you can get but....the service is hi horrible. The two Venezuelan girls are super rude with a bitch face and no matter how shitty they treat you there is a mandatory 18% gratuity charge for 2 people or more. They do not deserve to make $9 on a típ when they don't come and check on you once. I wish they would hire some real evuadorian women who would treat customers with much more affection. These girls look miserable just staring at the customers from head to toe. read more

Unfortunately the overall experience here was awful. The staff was unpleasant, they automatically add a 18% gratuity on every check, regardless of how many people are dining, and they charge a fee per takeout box without notifying in advance. I have been to this restaurant in the past, & comparing both experiences, the portions are significantly smaller, & the prices are significantly higher. The flavor of the food became irrelevant considering the overall experience. read more