L'Equateur - Rouen

This restaurant is 5 minutes away from the cathedral center of the city, towards the river. It is cosy and well decorated. The service is excellent and the fixed price menu, €18 (starter, main course and dessert) is also excellent value for money. The taste or spiciness is a little reduced for the French palette in my view.

We went to this restaurant as we were tired and it was close to our hotel. We were given an immediate really friendly & warm welcome. As it was a Mexican restaurant we started with a couple of delicious Margaritas and were looking forward to some tasty food. I don't think, or can't remember the last time I had such totally bland food. It wasn't unpleasant, it just wasn't anything - just completely tasteless! Still we were hungry and tired so eat.We did order ice cream deserts. I'm not sure if these were good or we were just excited to have something to taste. We did though surprisingly have a really good evening. The restaurant has tables outside which was lovely eating al fresco and the waiter was really funny. I would probably return for a Margarita but maybe give the food a miss.

The restaurant is pretty funky looking and has some interesting décor. We had been here twice for some stupid traditional reason, however never again.The first time we went the service was so bad, waiting for ages and there was only another couple in there. We ordered steak that was massive and quite good, but the service let it down.The second time we when there (1 year after, July 2014). The service was fast but the food was bad. We all ordered Mexican food and it was like it was microwaved. One of my mates found a massive hair in there food.If your a big person you probably will not fit in to the toilet. They are so small!I am pretty sure there is better places to eat, so I would advise NOT to go here.

I visited this "restaurant" with a friend of mine a few years ago during a trip to Rouen (around 2011 but I can't review that far back on trip advisor)we were looking for someone quick and easy to eat at and we spotted this little Mexican place near to the river. Safe in the knowledge no one can mess up Mexican food, in we wentFirst of all i'd like to congratulate the owner on the incredible decor. I have never seen so many inflatable cacti and sombreros in one place. It was like being in Mexico but without all the drug related beheadingsAnyway, the incredibly enthusiastic waiter made us feel very welcome. the fact he only seemed to know the word "two" didn't put us off and as we were only at the drinks order stage this actually worked quite well. we chose a couple of dishes from the menu and settled down to start drinking the 8 bottles of Corona we each now seemed to have in front of usthe food arrived not long after ordering and strangely a few seconds after I heard a "ping" from the kitchen area. I have to say I was somewhat surprised to find that along with what appeared to be microwaved rice and chilli, I also had lightly microwaved salad in front of meFuelled with an unusual level of bravado (itself I think fuelled by the numerous bottles of Corona) I tucked into my "meal" and ate most of it (except the microwaved salad)Both my friend and I ate our meals, paid our bills and headed off into the night and both agreed this was probably not somewhere we would go back to in a hurryAll was well until the next morning. OH MY GOD. Words cannot describe the trouble I was in. I woke up in the early hours of the morning with excruciating stomach cramps and rushed to the toilet. I just about made it and the second I sat down all hell broke loose. The world literally fell out of my back end. My friend was fast asleep in the hotel room but the noises coming from the bathroom rapidly woke him up and had him calling reception as he was under the impression that the sewage system had suffered a major malfunction and at the same time his room mate was being violently assaulted in the bathroom.around an hour later I stumbled out of the bathroom, a sweaty dishevelled mess, collapsed into bed, drank around 4 litres of water and passed outapproximately 4 hours later my room mate ventured into the bathroom and nearly passed out. when he eventually regained consciousness and I felt I was able to venture more than 3 feet from a toilet, I made the best decision I'd made on this holidayI went to Mcdonalds and ate 20 chicken nuggets. I genuinely believe if it wasn't for this dramatic course of action, I would have died of dysentery in that hotel room in Rouen as a result of that meal at L'Equateurdraw your own conclusions from this but unless you want to go on a dramatic weight loss regime, I'd try somewhere else for a meal !

It all started out so well. We usually have difficulty finding vegetarian food in France. Sometimes it is so easy. Other times it is impossible. The evening in question was proving tough. However, we found L'Equateur in a side street. Mexicans always have vegetarian food and this was no exception. We sat down and ordered. I asked for the Burrito and my partner asked only for the cheese quesadilla. I know that ‘cheese quesadilla’ is tautological but that’s the way it is. The first thing my partner noticed was how dirty both the waiter and the walls were. We waited and they brought the wine. Then it kicked off. The waiters informed everyone that it was karaoke night. In a restaurant at 19.30? At this point I said 'let's go'. She of a milder temperament persuaded me to grin and bear it, as we had so much trouble finding a place to eat. As the waiter was murdering another Frank Sinatra classic, our food arrived. My surprise was that my burrito has no accompanying rice, salad or dips - just a burrito sitting on my plate like a cheesy turd. Its taste mirrored its looks. It was full of French veg out of a jar. There was no spice whatsoever. Watery, tasteless veg in pasty.The quesadilla was two beige frisbees joined with unidentifiable glue. It was tasteless and threatened the integrity of her dental wear. Most of 'the food' was left.We ate, finished the wine and left. Never have we been so glad to vacate a supposed place of rest, relaxation, and repast. This place is an absolute disgrace.