Buenos Aires

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"Named after the capital, Buenos Aires is a classic, small-scale Argentine steakhouse, with a menu that runs to several cuts butchered in a way different than American steaks. Also check out chorizo, morcilla (loamy blood sausage), pickled eggplant, beef tongue, and the stuffed veal breast called matambre." - Robert Sietsema

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"This traditional Argentinian spot in the East Village is about as close to Buenos Aires as you can get without leaving New York, and serves a wonderful mix of parrillada, pastas, langoustines, and salads, along with plenty of traditional empanadas. The special hand-cut, sizzling skirt steak empanada is a meal onto itself, whereas the Caprese is lighter, but still plenty buttery. If you’re looking for something a little creamier, go with the espinaca, filled with spinach, ricotta, and mozzarella. This is also a great spot to meet up with friends or a date - just make sure to place an extra order of empanadas." - monica prestia

Buenos Aires - Review - East Village - New York - The Infatuation

"This traditional Argentinian spot in the East Village is about as close to the capital as you can get without leaving New York, and serves a wonderful mix of parrillada, pastas, langoustines, and salads, along with plenty of traditional empanadas. The special hand-cut, sizzling skirt steak empanada is a meal onto itself, whereas the Caprese is lighter, but still plenty buttery. If you’re looking for something a little creamier, go with the espinaca, filled with spinach, ricotta, and mozzarella. This is also a great spot to meet up with friends or a date - just make sure to get an extra order of empanadas." - Monica Prestia

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"The classic Argentine steakhouse is less common in the city than it once was, though some fine examples remain. One need look no further than Alphabet City to find Buenos Aires, where the cattle of the pampas, or plains, provide inspiration for a major portion of the menu, from grilled organ meats such as sweetbreads and blood sausage, to skirt steaks, rib eyes, and filet mignons. But why not try the traditional parrillada, or mixed grill, dabbed with verdant chimichurri? Salads, pastas, and seafood fill out the menu." - Robert Sietsema

Maria Sarasino

Google

It was amazing, felt like back home, I really appreciate. Service the wait staff was delightful. It’s been a long time that I been to a restaurant and people pay attention to detail. Service industry is not like before anymore well Patricio and he’s team are trained very well. Thank you 😊 from the kitchen all the way to the owner. It was an honer. Viva Buenos Aires

Jenn Z

Google

This place is incredible. All fresh food. Waiters are friendly. It was my first time to eat food from Argentina. Please make sure to make reservations.

George Huey

Google

Ordinary avoid restaurants for New Year’s Day meals given staff are usually hung over resulting in poor food and service. NOT AT Buenos Aires! Took my mother for her birthday with my two kids and we had a great time. We ordered an Argentinian rib eye, strogonoff, Salmon, spinach and mashed potatoes with a chorizo and cheese tomato appetizer. Food was amazing. The Strogonoff was probably the weakest but only relative to everything else. Steak was medium rare and I thought it would be stringy when cutting but it was so tender and juicy it was amazing. Steak melted in your mouth. The char was outstanding. Salmon was nicely grilled too with a nice char and still juicy inside The cheese tomato appetizer was delicious. Chorizo was grilled perfectly and super flavorful without it being too salty like a lot of chorizo. OMG - the chimichurri sauce was soooo GOOD! Service was old school as was the decor and we loved it. Really family feeling in the place and love it hate it, they had TVs for sports as I would imagine futbol/soccer would be a big thing but in lieu of that, the Knicks game was on! Awesome! Waiters were attentive and I think the owner or manager stepped in a bunch of times to help us. Sweets after were delicious. Flan had this homemade whipped cream and caramel sauce and the molten chocolate souflee wasn’t really molten but it was delicious! The whipped cream actually had more flavor than the ice cream which was really fun. Will definitely head back here next time I was a steak. Total gem!

ReedH

Google

One of the best Argentine steakhouses I’ve been to in NYC, I had a fabulous meal here. I love the vibe - lively but very homey. They do have a couple of tvs and imagine this place can get pretty wild when an Argentinean soccer match is on. Service was friendly and the food was great. Notably they do carry Argentine beef. They were out of picanha on my visit but the ribeye I ordered was perfectly cooked and delicious. The empanadas were also excellent as was the flan with dulce de leche. I will return!

Aixa Lacroix

Google

Came here for my brother’s birthday, as my family is Argentinian. Was very disappointed. Service: Very slow on a Thursday evening. Appetizers (6 empanadas) took over 30 minutes, and our entrees another 20! Although they knew we were here for my brother’s birthday, no one even wished him a happy day - let alone offer to take a photo or give him a little treat. Food was MEDIOCRE. I ordered an Argentinian steak, it was extremely overcooked - what a way to ruin imported meat… I cooked better steak as a first year college student with literally no cooking experience. I expected the meat to be the “star of the show” and remind me of home, but alas. The photo speaks for itself. The pasta dishes were nothing special either - my mom’s ravioli wasn’t firm enough, kind of falling apart in the sauce which I’d rate a 3/10. Dessert also wasn’t impressive - the dulce de leche ice cream tasted the same as (or even worse) than grocery-store quality. I will say the decor of the restaurant was pretty awesome, and overall good ambiance towards the back of the restaurant. Although the server turned off one of the TVs mid- soccer game right before Argentina scored against Chile…. Will NOT be returning and certainly DON’T recommend coming here for any special occasion.

Lion & Poodles adventures

Google

Very friendly service, steaks were exquisite and appetizers were delicious. We highly recommend you to eat here if you’re in the East Village. It’s a little pricey but we thought the steaks were fairly priced for the quality.

Keh Elle

Google

I have gone here for years, steak is pretty consistent. They didn’t rest my skirt steak and it came on a plate of juice. Like an excessive amount (rushed cooking), I could see it bothering someone else but I’m easy. You cannot go wrong with any of the Malbec on the menu. However, disappointing to take a friend here recently and the service was horrible. I’ve seen them way more busy. Whatever they are doing for their system is not working, it’s very disjointed and chaotic. I love chaotic but this was not in a good way. No communication going on within the team. They didn’t check on us or come when we needed something, only to try to get us out of there. It didn’t make sense to me as we waited a long time for the steaks to come out, not even a third of the way through and someone tried to give us the dessert menu. Plenty of empty tables so I’m not sure what was going on. For $350 meal, very very disappointing service. Hopefully just a bad night for them. Go during off hours if you don’t want to be sat next to frat and finance bros going off in your ear.

Miguel Aguilera

Google

The picanha was over cooked and dried. Russian salad, chimichurri and empanadas was delicious. Was expecting a great grilled meat but was totally disappointed. Atmosphere and service was very good. The sangria was delicious don’t miss it.

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