Los Chanchitos Parrilla

Located near one of Buenos Aires Capital's most popular green areas, and serving meant to be shared abundant dishes, Los Chanchitos is the place to truly fall in love with Argentina's rustic, Italian influenced cuisine. The floor gets packed very quick, so do be prepared for both sharing closed quarters with everyone and, probably, waiting outside for a bit. They accept all kinds of debit and credit cards. Also, with your seat you will immediately get a 40 pesos charge (as of this date) for their "Cubierto" service which included a packed assortment of wonderful bread varieties and some pink wine as appetizers. During our visit, we had a delicious pizzanesa for two and were not able to finish it, so we had it packed to go along some msseh potatoes on the side. For dessert, we had a huge Tiramisu with was pretty good as well. Shoutout to the waiters that are kind even in a place that is packed to the brim. Would recommend anyone wanting to have traditional Argentinian food and a good experience to give this place a shot. Loved it!

Just too good, great value for money, high quality ingredients and the best service. This place is a local's go to place, that's for sure.

We went for lunch. Looks like a place where the locals go for lunch. Huge portion, good food and non-tourist prices.

Very affordable and huge portions. A very traditional restaurant in the area. Full of locals that have been coming for ages.

Friendly service and huge portions. You get a lot of food for your money, and most of the options are to share.

Typical bodegon resto, has been around for ages, very good milanesa or pizzanesa, great old school service, prices are reasonable.

Best place to eat in Buenos Aires Excellent service and delicious food!!!

Great food, but when you ask to take the left overs they mix it all up together between all the dishes

We came here on our last night in town. We heard that it gets crowded with locals so we came a little early about 8:30 I think. Staff was super friendly and it was full of locals, we did not see a single tourist there. They give you a complementary 2 ounce pour of their sweet wine which was nice, but not something I would drink regularly. We ordered the skirt steak (entraña) with french fries and to start we had the grilled provoleta. It was probably one of the best grilled provolone cheese appetizers we had in Argentina. Their bread basket was fantastic also. The server was very nice and interested in taking our pictures with the food etc. For dessert we ordered the berries with ice cream. It was nice because the berries were quite fresh and a little muddled in their own sauce and not too sweet. Highly recommend the place for people that like local flair but don't expect anything fancy. Most important thing about this place is that it is owned by the staff, there's a little story you can read about it on the menu where they bought the restaurant from the prior owner to keep it going after it was going to close. That makes them very vested in how well the service is and how good the food is. If you get there too late the door will be locked even though people will be waiting outside. They will have put their names in earlier and are waiting to be called in as people leave.

This place was on my list as a recommended steakhouse, particularly for their matambre and matambrito de cerdo, basically, thin flank steaks. But review after review mentioned their pizzanesa, which is, more or less, just a milanesa (weiner schnitzel) in a big round pizza shape. And, apparently these guys are the originators of the concept. I do love a good milanesa, and, as one reviewer put it - "If you think you know pizzanesas, come here. You know nothing." Old school steakhouse feel, waiters as old as the restaurant, but friendly and helpful. The pizzanesa comes in two sizes, one for 2 people, one for 3-4 people. My waiter asserted I could always take the balance home for dinner, and I'd want to, he assured me. And damn, he was right. Pounded thin rump steak, still juicy and flavorful, in a paper thin, absolutely crisp fried to a golden brown crust, topped with zesty tomato sauce, plenty of good mozzarella, prosciutto, arugula, shaved parmesan, and olives (they have other selections of toppings as well). I actually made it through about 2/3 of it and then dutifully packed up the balance to eat later. It ain't cheap - 580 pesos - but it really is enough to feed two, so it's not all that expensive. And, absolutely delicious!