Buba
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In two words: utterly disappointing.
Let me tell you why:
We had made a reservation at 10.15pm for two people. We got in, greeted and seated almost immediately in the upstairs area to the right of the kitchen. The place where we were was cozy and comfortable. A waiter brings us the menu and after some time they come to take our order (all good until here). As we tell the waiter what we want, a manager (I assume he was a manager since the waiter only looked at us apologetically) whooshes in and commands the waiter that we are to be moved immediately to a different sitting area. At no point does the manager ask what we want to do, if we are okay with it, or apologizes for 1) interrupting the conversation or 2) moving us abruptly without explanation.
We awkwardly shuffle towards a different sitting area, this time to the left of the kitchen, where the conversation of the others is SO loud that for the most part my partner and I are silent, and to add to it, it is also colder. When we are able to finally tell the waiter our order; we pick la “Parrillada para 2”, specifically ordering the meat on the rare side, since the waiter informs us that the plate is brought out in a portable grill, so it will cook as we eat- perfect.
They take some time with our food and by the time it arrives we are famished, so we dig in immediately. It was awful. The meat was all overcooked (it wasn’t just slightly, it was incredibly well-done), practically inedible because of how tough the cuts were (my jaw still hurts 2 hours after from the ridiculous amount of chewing we had to do), the chorizo was incredibly greasy and the chicken (somehow) tasted like it had been boiled and cooked in chicken broth, which was rather odd.
Regardless, we trudge on and eat what we can, we’re hungry and don’t want to make more food waste. They take away what we can’t eat and ask us if we want desert, to which we say we’ll have a look at the menu. They forget to bring us the menu and eventually we have to ask again, we order the dulce de leche coulant with vanilla ice-cream.
I have NEVER, EVER eaten a coulant this vile. It was cold (fridge-type cold), rubbery (the type of rubber that you find in a dish-washing sponge) and had so much dulce de leche that by the time we were done with it, if you looked at the plate, you could see an uneaten pool of the sauce. The ice-cream was good.
We asked for the bill and it was promptly brought to us, we said we would pay in cash, and after waiting for about 5 minutes for them to charge us, they have a look at what we’ve set on the dish and tell us that we have to go downstairs if we want to pay in cash.
All in all, I’ve taken the time to write this out of pure disbelief that others have given this place a high rating. Safe to say, we will not be coming back. It was overpriced, and the quality poor.
