That’s what’s cookin’ at Joes’ Secret Garden this week … or as most seasoned expats call it, just plain Joes’ – “meet me at Joes’.”

Award-winning BBQ – Joes’ Secret Garden

What sets us apart …

• a beautiful dining area and restaurant starting when you walk thru the front garden

• greetings by a friendly staff

• a fully stocked bar: Angel is ready to pour your favorite drink

• a social hour where you meet other expats from around the world

• dining where everybody soon knows your name

• a comfortable lounge and garden to enjoy social hour and make new friends

Great food and award-winning BBQ for 14 years … we are seasoned and experienced! It’s a BBQ dinner served family style!

Your dinner includes:

Social Hour Onion Rings … served until 5:30 PM

St. Louis Ribs (the best ribs to BBQ) hand-rubbed, slow-smoked for hours and finished on the grill with mopping sauce, finished with house recipe barbecue sauce.

Pulled Pork – prepared much like the ribs to a moist, smokey BBQ treat.

Grilled and Smoked BBQ Sausages

Sides: Texas Style Baked Beans, Mom’s Potato Salad

Honey Corn Muffins

Dessert: Old Fashioned Peach and Apple Cobbler with Sweet Cream…

Local Coffee or Intl Tea Selection

Not into barbecue this week?

We offer our popular Herb and Garlic, Rosemary Oven-roasted Chicken as an alternative main course and Vegetarian requests are always welcome, just give us a heads-up at least 24 hrs in advance.

Saturday, in-house restaurant dining … open 4:30 to 5:30 PM with cocktails and wonderful onion rings and socializing … dinner about 6 PM. Dinner $17.50.

Sunday, we do the cooking for you – the same menu for pickup or delivery – 11:30 AM – 5 PM

Come join the fun

KP & Ken, http://www.joessecretgarden.com 096 950 6605

Address: 199 Los Pinos y Tres de Noviembre, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador    Ken Vix

Come join the Joes’ Experience on:

Saturday, January 17th, for in-restaurant dining, bar, and social hour. The event starts at 4:30 PM, with dinner around 6:00 PM. Enjoy cocktails, wine, and beverages in the bar, lounge, and garden with some great people.

On Sunday, January 18th, the same menu selection is available for pickup or delivery from 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Let us do the cooking for you.

“We had a great time at Joe’s on Saturday. It was such fun meeting new people and seeing old friends. We even met a couple that we’d run into in town just that day – one is a resident, and her friend is exploring to see if she’s really going to take the plunge and relocate here to Cuenca permanently.

Joes’ is not just a restaurant; it’s a gathering of people who are willing to share their lives and experiences. Such a convivial group of people – the bar and lounge, the garden, the dining, and the wine and friendships make eating at Joes’ an evening to look forward to and return to frequently.

The Dinner:

• Starts with a Café Salad of Mixed Greens, tomato, cucumbers, sweet red onions, and honey-mustard vinaigrette.
• Main Course – choose one –
  • Old Fashioned Meatloaf with creamy mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, garden vegetables
  • Chicken Cacciatore with Fettuccini Hunter style – an Italian Favorite with a hearty vegetable-marinara ragu sauce
  • Herb, Garlic, and Rosemary Roasted Turkey pan jusst, Creamy Mashed Potatoes, and garden vegetables
  • Vegetarian Grilled Eggplant Parmigiana on a bed of Fettuccini with Melted Parmesan Cheese
• We finish it all off with a Southern Banana Pudding with vanilla wafers, Local coffee, and international tea selection

Blue Plate price of only $14.50. Reservations and details on our website or call for more information. Remember to vote…

KP and Ken, http://www.joessecretgarden.com 099 950 6605

Address:
Los Pinos, San, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

Voted Best Fried Chicken in Cuenca by GringoPost Readers. Joes’ Secret Garden. We are very proud of our award-winning down home Southern “Fried Chicken” dinner. Mixed with the comfort and friendly atmosphere -. it’s a real treat.

Saturday, January 10th, restaurant dining … full bar, salon, garden and fun begins at 4:30 PM… bring your friends or just mix it up and make some new ones … dinner about 6:30 PM … come join us.

Sunday, January 11th – leave the cooking to us … only take-out, pickup or delivery – 11:30 AM to 5 PM.

The menu –

Crisp fried chicken, biscuits and gravy … that’s down home … 

Crisp, crunchy, craggly and subtly spicy golden chicken served with creamy coleslaw, buttery garlic mashed potatoes, light country biscuits ending with a ‘warm, chocolate puddin’ cake” makes for real good eating. Check out the flyer and click on the reservation button to reserve your place. Also available –our Herb Garlic Roast Chicken is always a healthy option … Vegetarians and special food requirements are welcome with 24 hours advance notice – we cook it just for you.

Dinner is just $14.50

Yes, dinner is by ‘reservation only’ at this community/neighborhood gathering place. it feels like a private club without the membership fee. Come, join the fun.

Party rentals, birthday parties, celebrations of all kinds – we’re happy to assist you in planning your event.

Gift certificates available for someone special…

More details, pricing and reservation on our website …. and while you are there click on “subscribe” to receive our weekly colorful menu email

KP and Ken, http://www.joessecretgarden.com 096 950 6605

Address: Los Pinos, San Sebastián, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador  Ken Vix

Here’s what’s happening and cooking this month …

The restaurant is festively decorated – a beautiful tree and holiday decor throughout the house and garden capture the spirit of the month …

We start this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20th and 21st with our well known BBQ. in-restaurant dining followed by Sunday take out so you can rest up before the big days.

Wed., Dec 24th, a traditional Christmas Eve dinner menu, same as Christmas day, for pickup or delivery. Let us do the cooking for you so you can rest up for Christmas day …

Thurs., Dec 25th – Our traditional Turkey dinner – starting with a petite shrimp Louis, followed by freshly cooked golden turkey with herb bread stuffing, house recipe cranberry sauce, creamy scalloped potatoes and ham, fresh vegetables with slivered almonds and pomegranate syrup + ginger glazed carrots. Pan rolls, finished with an Elegant Christmas Tiramisu with coffee laced panettone and Dutch chocolate dust. $25.50 + iva and svc

Wed., Dec 31st – New Year’s Eve … off to a fresh start with a wonderful dinner featuring Our Signature Beef Wellington or Holiday Dressed Seared Salmon Filet. Dinner starts with a Cuenca Caesar Salad with an Avocado Aioli Dressing, … dinner is compliment with a Gratin of Broccoli, Joes’ Twice Baked Potato and finished with a gold dusted White Chocolate Mousse … Loja Coffee and Intl Tea, of course. $28.50pp+iva and svc.

So visit our web site, for each complete menu and reservations forms … too much info to fit here.

Joes’ Secret Garden – where you will meet and make new friends … a neighborhood and community gathering place.

Happy Holidays!

KP & Ken,
http://www.joessecretgarden.com
096 950 6605

Address: Los Pinos y Tres de Noviembre, C
uenca, Azuay, Ecuador

  Ken Vix

Thanks to all those guests that gave us their support throughout the year and during the polling weeks.

Restaurant Dining – Saturday, Dec. 20th …. Social hour starts 4:30 PM in the full bar, lounge and garden hosted by Angel, your friendly barrister, and Janet- famed photographer. Dinner at about 6 PM.

Take Out – pickup or delivery – Sunday, Dec. 21st. Take a break and leave the cooking to us. from 11:30 AM to 5 PM.

Complimentary Joes’ Onion rings served from 5- 5:30 PM (not included with take out orders)

Dinner includes …

BBQ St. Louis Ribs – the very best! Smoked slow and low over real wood after a hardy brine and rub process –

Pork Shoulder, Pulled Pork … hand rubbed with our custom seasonings, rested, slow smoked, mop sauced then finished on the chargrill and BBQ Grilled Sausages … that’s what’s cookin’ at Joes’ Secret Garden this week … or, as most seasoned expats call it, just plain Joes’ – “meet me at Joes’.”

included with your BBQ dinner …

Texas Style Baked Beans – in a tangy, sweet, and savory sauce.

KP’s House Recipe BBQ Sauce

Mom’s Potato Salad – there’s none any better …

Honey Corn Muffins – southern style

Dessert – Old Fashion Peach and Apple Cobbler with Sweet Cream…coffee and tea, of course!

$17.50 pp.

What a dinner, what a deal!

You’ll soon see why voters choose Joes’ Secret Garden as Cuenca’s best.

Not into barbecue this week?

We offer our popular Herb and Garlic, Rosemary Oven Roasted Chicken as an alternative main course and Vegetarian requests are always welcome, just give us a heads up at least 24 hrs in advance.

Reservations are required. Just visit our website. You can also book Christmas and New Years Eve while you are there.

Come enjoy the food and friends.

KP & Ken, http://www.joessecretgarden.com 096 950 6605

Address: 199 Los Pinos y Tres de Noviembre,
Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador 

Ken Vix

Saturday: Restaurant Dining… bar, lounge and garden open 430pm, dinner about 6.

Sunday: Delivery or Pickup, …we do the cooking for you from 11:30 AM to 5 PM …

Sea Bass (known here as Corvina) English Pub Style …that’s how we cook our fish and chips … sweet and tender white fish filet seasoned and dipped in our own special beer batter, then fried to a golden crust … then we add Coconut Shrimp tempura style – crisp and crunchy battered shrimp studded with sweet coconut … a Western favorite … we think you’ll like it.

Served with Joe’s special apple horseradish slaw, a pile of chips (French fries In the US), house recipe tartar sauce and Thai Sweet/Hot Chili Sauce.

We finish the dinner with an English classic … KP’s version of Strawberry Fool, a creamy fresh strawberry delight studded with chunks of pound cake.

Not into fish or seafood?

Herb, Garlic and Rosemary Roast Chicken dinner …. always an option if ordered in advance accompanied with all of the above side dishes …

Vegetarians – it’s a pleasure to cook something special for you… just tell us a day ahead of time…

Dinner including dessert, coffee, or tea – price per person $16.50

Make your reservation or order today and check out the colorful menu at with prices and more descriptions and while you are there, check out the Christmas and Christmas Eve menu … book now.

Remember bar opens and social begins at 4:30 pm …meet old friends/make new ones … in the garden or our comfortable salon offering all of your favorite cocktails and beverages. we have a full bar hosted by Angel, our talented barrister and floor manager…. dinner 6pm… come and enjoy your neighborhood community gathering place.

Pickup and Delivery all day Sunday.

KP & Ken,
http://www.joessecretgarden.com
096 950 6605

City: Cuenca

  Ken Vix

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Visit our website for menu, details.

Dinner is $25 pp+iva, and reservation forms.

http://www.joessecretgarden.com

KP and Ken
http://www.joessecretgarden.com
096 950 6605
Address: Los Pinos, San Sebastián

Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

  Ken Vix

That’s what’s cookin’ at Joes’ Secret Garden this week … or as most seasoned expats call it, just plain Joes’ – “meet me at Joes’.”
a note from a guest:

     ‘First time at Joes’ the other night. The meal was wonderful. Joes’ is very nice…
Scrumptious food and a wonderful place to meet people’.

What sets us apart …

• a beautiful dining area and restaurant after you walk thru the front garden
• greetings by a friendly staff
• a fully stocked bar ready to pour your favorite drink
• a social hour where you meet other expats from around the world
• dining where everybody soon knows your name
• a comfortable lounge to enjoy social hour and make new friends
• a beautiful garden to enjoy while relaxing with a beverage …
Great food and award winning BBQ for 14 years … we are seasoned and experienced!!!

The menu changes weekly …
This week we feature award winning BBQ dinner served family style.

Your dinner includes:

St. Louis Ribs (the best ribs to BBQ) hand-rubbed, slow-smoked for hours and finished on the grill with mopping sauce then our own barbecue sauce.

Pulled Pork – prepared much like the ribs to a moist, smokey BBQ treat.
Special House Recipe Sausages – char grilled
Texas Style Baked Beans
Mom’s Potato Salad
Honey Corn Muffins
Old Fashioned Peach and Apple Cobbler with Sweet Cream…

Not into barbecue this week?

We offer our popular Herb and Garlic, Rosemary Oven-roasted Chicken as an alternative main course and Vegetarian requests are always welcome, just give us a heads up at least 24 hrs in advance.

Saturday, in-house restaurant dining … open 4:30 to 5:30 PM with cocktails and onion rings and socializing …. dinner about 6 PM.

Sunday –for pickup or delivery … we cook the same dinner minus the onion rings (they don’t travel well) and beverages for you to enjoy anywhere … from 11:30 AM to 5 PM.

Reservations necessary … pictures, menu, prices on our website:
http://www.joessecretgarden.com
KP and Ken: 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

Joes’ Secret Garden
That’s what’s cooking at Joes’ Secret Garden this Saturday and Sunday…your neighborhood-community gathering place.

Saturday is restaurant dining … bring your friends or comfortably make some new ones.
Full Bar always available – cocktails, wine, beer or soft drinks – in the lounge or garden.

Open 4:30 PM. Dinner 6 PM.

Don’t feel like cooking Sunday? Just fill out the ordering form on our website and kick back and watch your favorite team … dinner will be ready for pickup or delivery.

Dinner includes fresh, crisp-battered corvina (seabass) and our popular tempura battered coconut shrimp, apple-horseradish coleslaw
crisp chips (fries), Joes’ tartare sauce and Thai sweet-hot chili sauces.
And, a classic English dessert – Creamy Strawberry Fool
Coffee and Tea, of course.

Not into fish? Herb garlic rosemary roasted chicken or our eggplant parmagiana with Bolognese sauce always available with advance order.

Sunday pickup or delivery 11:30 AM to 5 PM.
Reservations required.

More details, pricing and reservation available on our website-www. Joessecretgarden.com
Questions – call me,
Ken.

Address at time of booking, Cuenca, Ecuador.
KP & Ken 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca

Ken Vix

Delicious Chicken Cordon Bleu, Shrimp Alfredo and more … all in a neighborhood community gathering place, club-like restaurant where everybody knows your name. Cocktails in the beautiful dining room, cocktail lounge, and garden . If you haven’t been here before, you owe it to yourself to join us, mingle and make new friends.

Cocktail Specials – Gin Cocktails and Wine Spritzers – $5

This week’s menu:

Mixed Café Greens Salad with Italian Vinaigrette

Choice of –
• Chicken Cordon Bleu … boneless, skinless breast of chicken lightly breaded, filled with ham and cheese with a savory sauce …with fettuccini and fresh vegetable garni
• Creamy Shrimp Alfredo Fettuccini Pasta
• House Recipe Herb Garlic Roast Chicken with Alfredo Pasta

Finish dinner with French Crepes with Banana’s Foster and fresh Strawberries

• Vegetarian dinner available with 24 hours’ notice.

Saturday in-restaurant dining. Cocktail and social hour 4:30 PM – dinner at 6.
Sunday – pickup or delivery – not in the mood to cook, let us do it …11:30 AM – 5 PM

Reservations required.
Details, price, pictures and reservation on our website
http://www.joessecretgarden.com

Questions – call us.

Address at time of booking
KP and Ken
096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

That’s what’s cookin’ at Joes’ Secret Garden this week … or as most seasoned expats call it, just plain Joes’ – “meet me at Joes’.
”Joes’ is not a ‘newbie’, but an expat institution where everyone is welcome.

Saturday, in-house restaurant dining … open 4:30 with cocktails, chatting, meeting new expats – enjoying the garden – socializing – soon onion rings come by …. dinner about 6 PM.

Sunday –for pickup or delivery … we cook the same dinner minus the onion rings (they don’t travel well) and beverages for you to enjoy anywhere …from 11:30 AM to 5 PM.

This week we feature our GringoPost 2025 Award Winning BBQ Ribs Dinner or our popular Herb, Garlic and Rosemary Oven-Roasted Chicken dinners.

You owe it to yourself to indulge in this dinner among many friends, new and old, to bring back memories of home, summertime barbecues and backyard parties. Community dining at it’s best.

Dinner includes …

Complimentary Joes’ Onion rings served until 5:30 (not included with take out orders)

All three mains . … St. Louis Ribs, Pulled Pork and BBQ Grilled Sausages.

St. Louis Ribs, the best ribs available, hand rubbed and seasoned, slow smoked for hours and finished on the bbq grill with mopping sauce and our house barbecue sauce.

Pulled Pork – prepared much like the ribs to a moist, smokey bbq treat.

Special House Recipe Sausages – char grilled

Texas Style Baked Beans
Mom’s Potato Salad
Honey Corn Muffins
Old Fashioned Peach and Apple Cobbler with Sweet Cream…

What a dinner, what a deal!
You’ll see why voters choose Joes’ as Cuenca’s best.

Not into barbecue this week?
We offer our popular Herb and Garlic, Rosemary Oven Roasted Chicken as an alternative main course and Vegetarian requests are always welcome, just give us a heads-up at least 24 hrs in advance.

Book today. Come and meet other expats and bring your friends. Joes’ is a community gathering place … you’ll be happy you did.

A recent note from a guest …”First time at Joes’ the other night. The meal was wonderful. Joes’ is a very nice…
Scrumptious food and a wonderful place to meet people”

Reservations required, orders, pictures, pricing, and details, visit our website, http://www.joesssecretgarden.com

KP and Ken 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

We’re pretty sure the drought is over… but when will the rain stop so we can use the garden? Until then, Joes’ is here to fill the gap with KP and team braving the drizzle and downpours to keep the BBQ sizzling.

That’s what’s cookin’ at Joes’ Secret Garden this week — or as seasoned expats call it, just plain Joes’.

The Bar Joins the Celebration

Margaritas — Up, Over, or Frozen — just $5!

Saturday: Join us in the dining room, bring your friends, and meet some new ones.

Sunday: Prefer to stay home? We deliver or offer pickup! Leave the smoking and BBQ to us — you deserve a meal that brings back the best flavors of home.

Dinner Includes:

Start with our complimentary Joes’ Onion Rings (served until 5:30 PM — dine-in only). Dinner begins at 6 PM and is served family-style, so you can pick and choose your favorites.

BBQ Menu Features:

• St. Louis Ribs – hand-rubbed, slow-smoked for hours, finished with our signature BBQ sauce
• Pulled Pork – tender, shredded pork butt, drizzled with sauce and perfect for mini sandwiches
• House Recipe Sausage – our own signature blend, char-grilled to perfection

Sides to Match:

• Texas-style baked beans
• Mom’s potato salad
• Honey corn muffins

Dessert and Drinks:

• Ecuadorian coffee or international tea selection
• Old-fashioned peach and apple cobbler with sweet cream

Not into BBQ?

We offer our popular herb & garlic rosemary oven-roasted chicken as an alternative. Vegetarian options are always available — just let us know in advance.

Reservations are required.

Visit: www.joessecretgarden.com

Check out the photo gallery — you’re bound to spot a few familiar faces! Menus, pricing, and reservation forms are all available online.

Need help or confirmation?

Call KP and Ken: 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

This week at Joes’ Secret Garden

Dine-In, Saturday … bar, garden and lounge opens 4:30 PM Dinner at 6… Come early, socialize and make some new friends.
Sunday, Just want to stay home? —-delivery or pickup from 11:30 AM to 5 PM.

Sea Bass (known here as Corvina) English Pub Style… that’s the catch we cook our fish and chips. Sweet and tender, white fish filet seasoned and dipped in our own special beer batter, then fried to a golden crust finish. Then we add, Coconut Shrimp tempura style – crisp and crunchy battered shrimp studded with sweet coconut, a Western favorite. We think you will like it. Served with Joe’s special apple horseradish slaw, a pile of chips, house recipe tartar sauces and Thai Sweet/Hot Chili Sauces.

We finish the dinner with Blue Ribbon Carrot Cake …Chef KP’s style … moist and delicious with pineapple bits and chopped toasted walnuts.

Not into fish or seafood? Try our popular Roast Chicken dinner: herb and garlic roasted always an option if ordered in advance accompanied with all of the above side dishes.

Vegetarians – it’s a pleasure to cook something special for you… just tell us a day ahead of time.

Make your reservation or order today and check out the colorful menu at http://www.joessecretgarden.com with prices and more descriptions

Questions? Call Ken – 096 950 6605

KP and Ken http://www.joessecretgarden.com

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

This Week at Joe’s Secret Garden

Dine-In – Saturday: Bar, garden, and lounge open at 4:30 PM. Dinner at 6. Come early, socialize, and make new friends.

Sunday – Takeout/Delivery: From 11:30 AM to 5 PM for those who prefer to stay home.

Sea Bass (Corvina), English Pub Style – tender white fish filets seasoned, dipped in our special beer batter, and fried to golden perfection.

Coconut Shrimp – Tempura Style – crispy shrimp with sweet coconut, a Western favorite.

Served with Joe’s apple horseradish slaw, a pile of chips, house-made tartar sauce, and Thai sweet chili sauce.

Dessert: Blue Ribbon Carrot Cake – Chef KP’s moist and flavorful version with pineapple bits and toasted walnuts.

Not into fish or shrimp? Try our Garlic and Herb Roasted Chicken.

Vegetarian? Give us 24 hours’ notice and we’ll prepare something special.

Full bar service and a friendly social hour before dinner.

More info, pricing & reservations: www.joessecretgarden.com

Questions? KP and Ken: 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

Join us for a special Easter celebration — a gathering of friends, neighbors, and family — at Joe’s Secret Garden in Cuenca.

Sunday, April 20 — Social Hour at 2:30 PM | Dinner at 4:30 PM

Start the afternoon with a social hour at 2:30 PM featuring a wonderful cocktail selection created by Bar Master Angel. Dinner begins at 4:30 PM with a classic Easter menu served family-style — just like when you were a kid.

Saturday, April 19 — Takeout Option Available

Hosting Easter at home? The same menu is available for pickup or delivery on Saturday, April 19.

Easter Dinner Menu Highlights:

❖ Freshly Cooked Turkey with Traditional Sage Stuffing and Cranberry Compote

❖ Scalloped Potatoes with Ham — a nostalgic comfort food favorite

❖ Family-style sides and additional delicious menu items to complete your Easter feast

Advance reservations are required. Seating is limited.

For the full menu, pricing, and reservation form:

Click here to Visit Joe’s Secret Garden Website

Contact: KP and Ken — 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

This Saturday & Sunday!

We’re pretty sure the drought is over, but when will the rain end so we can use the garden? Until then, Joes’ will fill the gap for you, with KP and staff running through the drizzles and downpours to keep the BBQ going for your dinner.

That’s what’s cookin’ at Joes’ Secret Garden this week … or as most seasoned expats call it, just plain Joes’… and the following weekend, it’s Easter. So, remember to visit our website, www.joessecretgarden.com, soon to reserve your spot.

Saturday, April 13 – Dine in the restaurant, bring your friends, and meet some new folks as well.

Sunday, April 14 – We deliver or you pick up. Leave the cooking to us!

Dinner includes:

Complimentary Joes’ Onion Rings served until 5:30 PM (not included with take-out orders), followed by dinner at 6 PM – served family-style so you pick and choose your favorites.

Menu Highlights:
• St. Louis Ribs – hand-rubbed, slow-smoked for hours, then finished on the BBQ with our own sauce.
• Pulled Pork – shredded pork butt or shoulder, drizzled with our BBQ sauce – perfect for mini sandwiches.
• Special House Recipe Sausage – char-grilled to perfection.
• Texas Style Baked Beans, Mom’s Potato Salad, Honey Corn Muffins to complete your meal.
• Dessert: Old-Fashioned Peach & Apple Cobbler with Sweet Cream, served with Ecuadorian Coffee or an International Tea Selection.

Not into BBQ this week?
We offer our popular Herb & Garlic, Rosemary Oven-Roasted Chicken as an alternative main course. Vegetarian requests are always welcome!

Dinner is by reservation only.

Visit our website www.joessecretgarden.com to check out the menu, photos, and reserve your spot.

Easter Dinner is also available—reserve now!

Questions? Call Ken: 096 950 6605 Ken Vix

Join us for this special family and friends holiday gathering, starting with an early afternoon social hour at 2:30 PM, featuring a wonderful cocktail selection created by Bar Master Angel, along with a few snacks. Dinner starts at 4:30 PM on Sunday, April 20th.

Entertaining at home? We can provide the same delicious feast for pickup or delivery on Saturday, April 19th, from Noon to 5 PM.

Bring your family, bring your friends, and join other expats for a wonderful gathering filled with great food and memories.

The menu features freshly cooked turkey with traditional bread stuffing and cranberry sauce, plus that favorite comfort food—scalloped potatoes and ham—all served family-style, just like when you were growing up. It’s a meal that brings back memories of Easter baskets, fancy dresses, youngsters in suits, and the excitement of an Easter egg hunt. Plus, we have plenty of delicious sides to complete your feast.

Our guests love our food!

“It was the greatest chicken I’ve had so far. It was a big chicken haha! I think I ordered too much! But it was delicious.” — LD, 06/04/25.

Advance reservations are required, and seating is limited.

For the full menu, pricing, and reservations, visit: www.joessecretgarden.com

Contact: KP or Ken, 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

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Get ready for a mouthwatering Southern Fried Chicken Dinner at Joe’s Secret Garden!

Every week, we bring you a unique dining experience, from our Award-Winning Southern Fried Chicken to international delights like Chicken Marbella and the ultimate Italian comfort dish, Osso Bucco.

🔥 But Fried Chicken reigns supreme! It takes over our restaurant every first Saturday of the month!

🥩 And don’t forget… Every 5–6 weeks, we fire up the grill for our legendary, Best of Cuenca award-winning BBQ dinner!

🍷 More than just a meal… it’s a gathering!

Join us for an evening of great food, lively conversation, and community connections. Meet old friends, make new ones, and enjoy the warm ambiance of our bar, lounge, or beautiful garden.

📅 This Week’s Event:
📍 Saturday, April 5th – In-Restaurant Dining
🍹 Cocktail & Social Hour – 4:30 PM
🍽 Dinner Served – 6:00 PM

🚗 Sunday, April 6th – Pickup or Delivery (No cooking tonight!)
🕛 Available from 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM
📜 Check out this week’s full menu on our flyer!

🔗 Reservations & Details:
👉 www.joessecretgarden.com

📞 Questions? Give us a call!
KP & Ken – 096 950 6605

📍 Location provided upon booking

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

“We had a great time at Joe’s on Saturday. It was such fun meeting new people – and seeing old friends. We even met a couple that we’d run into in town just that day – one is a resident, and her friend is exploring to see if she’s really going to take the plunge and relocate here to Cuenca permanently.

Joe’s is not just a restaurant; it’s a gathering of people who are willing to share their lives and experiences.”

Such a convivial group of people – the bar and lounge, the garden, the dining, and the wine and friendships make eating at Joe’s an evening to look forward to, and return to frequently…

Come join the Joes’ experience this Saturday for our 2 on 1 Pasta Dinner, 2 different pastas on your dinner plate … Start dinner with a wonderful salad styled after that other garden restaurant in the USA…followed by 2 wonderful pastas on your plate…Lasagna Bolognese (Italian tomato sauce with ground beef) – Classic Northern Italy with a touch of white Béchamel sauces, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses and Creamy Shrimp Alfredo and a spattering bunch of roasted vegetables … (for our vegetarian guests – grilled vegetable fettuccini Alfredo). All this … ‘save room for dessert’ … fresh fruit ambrosia with an Italian cookie … perfect for dunking in your Ecuadorian coffee or Ceylon tea …. That’s a dinner!!!

Our Garlic and Herb Roasted Chicken is always an alternative … please order in advance…

Vegetarians, please tell us you are joining us and we’ll cook something special just for you!

For more info, full menu, pictures, and prices … reservations required …
Visit our website…www.joessecretgarden.com.

KP and Ken: 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

Joe’s Secret Garden lights up the smoker and grill …

Thanks to all of our friends and guests that have enjoyed Joes’ Award-winning BBQ and voted for us. We work hard to earn your support.

Join us and your friends in the restaurant Saturday as we light up the grill and create Award winning BBQ just like back in the States … when families and friends gather to celebrate.

Sunday we take the same menu and prepare it for you to pick up or we deliver it where ever you like (local, of course).

Saturday we open at 4:30 PM for cocktails or wine in the garden, dinner begins at 6 PM offering slow smoked St. Louis Ribs with our own Memphis Style BBQ Sauce and moist Pulled Pork and savory Grilled Sausage – all from your host and chef, KP, and, of course, all of your favorite BBQ standard sides – Mom’s Potato Salad, BBQ Baked Beans, and Classic Corn Muffins. and finish it all off with a chewy, moist Fruit Cobbler with Sweet Cream. 

It brings back so many memories.

Reservations required… flyer with detailed menu, prices and detail at http://www.joessecretgarden.com. Click the reservation button.

KP and Ken: 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, Joes’ Secret Garden

Eat like you’re Irish at Joes’ Secret Garden – in-house dining, Monday, March 17 – on St. Patrick’s Day and Sunday, opening from 4:30/dinner at 6:30. 

March 16th for takeout, 11:30 AM to 5 PM delivery or pickup, if you are dining or entertaining at home.
Let’s color it Green and Gold and see if we can find a Rainbow.

For vegetarians we offer our beer laced vegetable ‘shepherd’s pie’ and for non-beef eaters, our trademark garlic and herb roasted chicken … tell us when you book, please with at least 24 hours required.

Full menu, details, price and reservations at http://www.joessecretgarden.com

KP and Ken: 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

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A real treat for you and your palette … a culinary tour of Asia with the favorites of many Westerners’ …coupled with some new experiences …

This week’s drink special: coconut mango frozen daiquiri.

Saturday, dine in restaurant … bar and lounge from 4:30. Dinner begins around 6.
Sunday, the same wonderful dinner delivered or picked up … 11:30 AM to 5 PM.

The Menu …
Starting with Thai Khao Sol – a coconut curry soup with shrimp … the chefs’ favorite.

Next comes your dinner – char grilled teriyaki beef skewer or teriyaki chicken, choose one .…a soy, ginger, garlic marinade with more spices and herbs, sweet peppers, pineapple and spring onion on a bed of wide rice noodles and stir fried vegetables.

Asian fusion …
we finish dinner with a dessert that mixes Asia and France …a Chinoise Crepe ..a delicate batter with toasted sesame seeds filled with grilled honey-ginger seasoned bananas and pineapples …
Coffee and Ceylon Tea … 

You’ll have traveled a lot with this dinner …

Vegetarians … no problem … advance notice please, or for a simpler meal, our popular Garlic Herb Roasted Chicken. Advance notice required, please!

Join us … Joes’ is always fun and a great value.

Reservations required please. Easy to do at www.joessecretgarden.com

KP and Ken: 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix

Thanks to all of our friends and guests that have enjoyed Joes’ Award winning BBQ and voted for us. We work hard to earn your support.

Join us Saturday as we light up the grill and create Award winning BBQ just like back in the States … when families and friends gather to celebrate.

Sunday we take the same menu and prepare it for you to pick up or we can deliver it where ever you like (local, of course).

Saturday we open at 4:30 PM for cocktails or wine in the garden, saluting our fallen warriors; dinner begins at 6 PM offering slow smoked St. Louis Ribs with our own Memphis Style BBQ Sauce and moist savory Grilled Chicken, all from your host and chef, KP, and, of course, all of your favorite BBQ standard sides – Mom’s Potato Salad, BBQ Baked Beans, Old Fashioned Macaroni Salad and San Francisco Style Sourdough Garlic Bread. Finish it all off with a chewy, moist Fruit Cobbler and Sweet Cream. It brings back so many memories.

Reservations required… flyer with detailed menu, prices and detail at http://www.joessecretgarden.com. Click the reservation button.

Margaritas. $5
Questions? Call us.
Hope you will join us Saturday or let us bring the memories to you on Sunday.

Address at time of booking, Cuenca

KP and Ken, 096 950 6605

City: Cuenca Ken Vix