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    El Preferido de Palermo

    4.2 (103 reviews)
    ModeratePubs, Argentine
    Open 12:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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    Casual
    Touristy
    Quiet
    Good for kids

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    Menu/bread
    Haylee O.

    Got there right at 7 on a Monday and was able to get a table for 3 with no reservation. Table bread was perfection. Highlights: Milanese and sole Dreamy.

    mini empanada while waiting for a table
    Sarah B.

    El Preferido is solid but I definitely think it is a bit overhyped. First, we had to wait 30 minutes for our 9:30 reservation which was a bit annoying. They did pass out mini empanadas and sprite (?) though, so that made the wait a little more bearable. I like that they bring everyone their own bread and tray with a couple olives instead of splitting among everyone in your group. We split the chicken milanesa, asparagus, and fries. The fries were a huge portion and were pretty good but nothing special. The chicken milanesa was good, but it is definitely more expensive than I think it realistically should be. The asparagus was good, simple, and nothing life changing. I'm not sure I'd return but it was a fun experience to have. Overall, the food was good but it's not remarkable.

    Angel W.

    If you find yourself in this area, you must stop by. We were eating pizza nearby and watched as people passed us happily eating ice cream. We figured out the direction they were all coming from and went that way! I tried the blood plum and my sister tries the Dulce de leche. It was the perfect treat on a sunny day. They also allow you to try flavors before buying them.

    Ensalada de Rucula y Queso Tipo Parmesano
    Nicolas L.

    My wife and I recently visited El Preferido de Palermo for dinner. We started our meal with a couple of appetizers. First was the Tortilla de Papas Tradicional which consisted of soft savory potatoes and fluffy scrambled eggs that had a nice runny creaminess. We also had the Plato de Quesos which featured a selection of flavorful soft cheeses. For our entrée we split a Milanesa de Bife de Chorizo (one of the restaurant's specialties). The beef was tender with a nicely crisp breading. We also had the Ensalada de Rucula y Queso Tipo Parmesano (Arugula and Parmesan Salad) at the recommendation of our server. Unfortunately, this salad was flavorless and underwhelming. Overall, a good meal but skip the salad.

    Cannoli
    Michelle T.

    The food here was good, but a bit overrated and expensive. We ate here on a very warm day and the street made for great people watching. We did not have a reservation for lunch, but we were able to be seated outside immediately. I got a pomegranate lemonade to start out with and it was quite bitter. As I made my way through the drink, it eventually got sweeter, but initially I was not very fond of it. There were a number of things that sounded good on the menu, so I settled on the rice pilaf, but upon inquiring about it, I was told it would take an extra half hour. So I revisited the menu and being hungry I ordered the cannolis. They were pretty good, but not something I would crave. Overall the food and service were good, but I feel like the prices were just a bit more than what would've made sense.

    Julie D.

    This was the only spot in BA we had the intention of going to. We had just finished visiting a museum so we decided to go back to our favorite neighborhood. The wait was only 30 minutes. It was the perfect amount of time to walk over to a coffee shop, get an iced latte and walk back. We got there just in time. We didn't even have to wait to be seated. They sat us outside where it was bussin. Tourists galore. All up everywhere. We honestly had no business getting all the food we ordered when we had a menu tasting late lr that night. We stay playing. We got the chicken milanesa because duh. The salad was a mo brainer. I will always get a salad. We also got the gambas cos we stay doing too much. They also gave our table olives and empanadas to start. The starters really whet our appetites. The chicken was so good. Topping it with the lemon provided really completed the balance. So damn good. The service was above and beyond. There was always someone walking around outside. Multiple people made sure every table outside was attended to. We ended up having to take our leftovers home. When I say home, I mean back to LA. I legitimately flew back to California carrying chicken. Totally worth it.

    Milanesa
    Anna C.

    We waited about 40 minutes for four on a Monday with no reservations. Service was friendly and pretty fast once we got seated. The space inside is beautiful, spacious with plants hanging from the ceiling over the bar. The milanesas were both decent, crispy and well fried without being oily, and the lemon helped cut into the flavor as well as the sauce. Chicken was on the drier side. We also enjoyed the flan and the table bread--it was so soft and the olive oil served with it was excellent. Price point was on the higher side.

    Ellie B.

    One of my favorite spots during our visit to Buenos Aires! Stopped in for dinner on the recommendation of a friend who said it was the best milanesa they had in the city. We started with the charcuterie plate & tortilla de papas (highly recommend both), then split the caesar salad and milanesa de bife de chorizo. Both were amazing! Everything here was incredible and fresh. Also highly recommend ice cream for dessert, we loved the almendrado (vanilla ice cream, almond toffee, and fried almonds) as the perfect way to end an incredible meal!

    Jack B.

    El Preferido de Palermo is pretty solid. The restaurant serves up classic Argentinian food for tourists who've probably never tried it. Here, you can try dishes like milanesa and fainá (I'm not sure why Porteños love it so much to be honest) that I feel you have to try once in Argentina. One of the best parts of El Preferido de Palermo is the building. The indoor space is beautiful and the outdoor patio is as well. Its location in Palermo Soho is awesome and the street is really pretty. We tried some fainá, burrata, and salami to start and loved every bite. I would order the salami if I came back and the burrata was also really yummy. For a main, we split the massive milanesa and thought it was pretty solid. Listen, El Preferido de Palermo is great if you are in the right audience. This restaurant is a great spot for foreigners who've never had milanesa, fainá, or any other Argentinian dish. That being said, I think you can have way better food at bodegons in the city for much cheaper. Comparing the milanesa to another I had in the Palermo area, the one I got for much cheaper at a bodegon was way better. El Preferido de Palermo is a really good restaurant but the prices are hard to justify when you can get better food for cheaper within a few blocks.

    Great experience. Staff was extremely friendly and the food was exceptional. Their appetizers are far superior to Don Julio's and the atmosphere inside is better as well. I had the fish and it was some of the best fish I've had in years. The reservation process was a little bit of a pain but otherwise a great time and great food.

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    Kristen K.

    I was in Buenos Aires for two weeks and I can say hands down that this was my favorite dining experience during my trip! I saw this place on tiktok and really wanted to try a Milanesa, so I set out to find the best in town. This place is fairly upscale and usually pretty busy, so I did have to wait about an hour to be seated but I just grabbed a drink at a nearby bar and came back at the allotted time and they were ready for me. I sat outside and it started to get a little chilly, so the staff brought out blankets for everyone which was a really nice touch. I ordered Milanesa Pollo and a salad (and a glass of wine, of course) and it was so good! A lot of the salads I had in BA were were underwhelming, but this one was perfectly dressed and paired well with the Milanesa, which was so delicious. The staff was very attentive and patient with me as I butchered their language trying to order in Spanish (there is English on the menu, I just really wanted to practice) and they even threw in some free ice cream. 10/10 experience- this place was great. A must "go-to" if in Buenos Aires.

    Starter course with recommended wine pairing.
    Jimmy H.

    Came here on a beautiful summer's day for an early lunch. I had walked by multiple times day and night, and saw the beautiful interior, the mostly-locals crowds, the intimate vibes, and knew I had to try it. Make no mistake, this is a fine dining restaurant. All of the front of house seem to know English passably well, which I appreciate a lot. This place is listed on some top 50 list of restaurants in Latin America. It's pretty famous. You can google this place to get more of the history, but this used to be an old "bodegone" (sort of cheap diner) from days gone by that had shuttered, but then some restauranteurs bought it and made it a fine dining establishment with upscale versions of the old bodegone dishes. For example, they're known for their milanesa (we Americans would call this country-fried steak, though they make it with ribeye or strip steak! Instead of gravy or ketchup, it's a more delicate tomato sauce on the side). I ended up trying the prix fixe menu that day, and the portions were massive! I recommend checking about portion sizes and maybe sharing if you're with someone. The main course included the equivalent of 2 American orders of steak-cut fries and one gigantic, 12+ oz (maybe larger?) of milanesa de bife de chorizo (i.e. American country fried steak but using New York strip steak and a tad thicker, and more delicately breaded in this case). The dessert course was FOUR scoops of ice cream! At that point, I had to check with the server if that menu was meant for one or two people! (It was meant for one.) And that was the 'corto' (short) menu. There was a 'largo' menu, lol. Anyway, the entire menu including two wine pairings costs ~US$80 on the Visa card plus a 15% cash tip. Expensive by Argentine standards, but by American standards, this was an amazing meal for that price. Anyway, the attached photos are the entire tasting menu from start to finish. I also want to mention that the wine pairings were superb and really complemented the dishes well. The milanese de bife de chorizo (country-fried steak using New York strip cut) was delicately breaded, with an amazing texture. The first bread course had warm, French-style rolls that could be in any fine French restaurant in Paris, with flavorful olive oil for dipping. The dessert course ended up being a 'tasting menu' of ice creams, including classic dulce de leche and something, something Marsala wine, and other good stuff. Hands-down, the best meal I've had in Buenos Aires after over a week here. "Hack" for getting a table: Best to make a reservation well before, but if it's too late for that, call them or pop in early in your visit and ask about their walk-in policy and less-busy times. For example, on my Sunday morning in January, they opened at 11:30am, and there's a line down one end for walk-ins (people started lining up about 10 minutes before), and another one for people with reservations. All the walk-ins got in immediately, and by the time I ate and left, the restaurant was only half full. This is despite the reservations online looking like they were fully booked. I suspect they leave a lot of room for walk-ins at certain times? Bathrooms: Upscale, clean, and spacious. Very nicely done.

    Alesa W.

    El Preferido was our first sit down meal in Buenos Aires, and it was definitely one of the best (if not the best) meals we had in Argentina. The overall ambience of the restaurant is an upscale version of a traditional bar notable, and the service was impeccable (think Michelin worthy). The milanesa and morcilla were great and exactly what we hoped for, the tomato salad was fresh and packed with flavor, and the fries were super surprising; despite being large, they're somehow super crispy but also soft on the inside. We thought about those fries for weeks! We definitely come back here the next time we're in Buenos Aires.

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    Phenomenal restaurant. Food and service excellent. Milanesas were perfectly done. Canneloni also great. Appetizers excellent.

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    Very nice old schoolnrestaurant. Extremely attentive. The food was quite good. Servings are quite large too, so keep that in mind.

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    AMAZING meal! Meats, veggies, service everything was 100% highly recommended. Modern and young feeling,

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    Best beef fillet i've ever had. Enormous and tasty. Owner also comped me chocolate ice cream desert which was made in house, highly rec

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    Nola - 3 wings

    Nola

    4.2(263 reviews)
    0.9 kmPalermo
    $$

    First saw this restaurant featured on one of the Netflix documentaries so decided to check it out…read morefor myself. Food 5/5 Let me tell you that this chicken here is amazing. I did not expect to get this quality of fried chicken in Buenos Aires. I have had many chicken sandwiches in my life, and this is by far one of the greatest tasting juiciest chicken sandwiches I've ever had. The menu says it is spicy, I didn't get any spice from it maybe just a hint. Chicken nuggets Great breading on them, once again, just as with the chicken sandwich, these were incredibly moist. They do also have sauces I highly recommend the jalapeño cilantro, and if you're into super spicy there, Fuego XXX. Gumbo The gumbo had a great flavor to it. Tasted super authentic with spices, although not overly spicy, even though they stated it on their menu. I love my gumbo, flaming, hot, and if you do as well be sure to put their Fuego XXX sauce on it to your liking. But forewarn that the Fuego XXX is incredibly spicy. 3 wings These wings are great. Just as it was with their chicken sandwich and nuggets, some of the juiciest wings you'll ever have in Buenos Aires and the United States. I can't keep stressing enough. How good this chicken is here. Drinks Forgot to take a picture of our drinks, but we fell in love with their "Tinto del Verano" imagine a sangria in ice. It was so refreshing on a hot January day.

    Very yummy! Sandwich was a bit sparse on toppings though, basically fried chicken and onion rings…read morebut the abundance of self serve sauces made up for that. Slaw was yummy, I'd go again! I also appreciate that the WiFi info was readily available. However stout beer was on the menu but not available, personally, I love stout so was a tiny bit disappointed.

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    Sullivan's

    3.2(45 reviews)
    0.5 kmPalermo
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    Sullivan's is your generic Irish pub. It's what people expect when they think of an Irish pub, not…read morea real Irish pub. Come here for a drink and to watch a game but avoid the food. It's all pretty mediocre or even bad. Everything is dry. At best, adding tons of sauce can save the dish but that shouldn't be needed. Stick to beers. They're cheap and easy without having to worry about flavor. Staff is actually excellent. They're super prompt and very friendly. I wish more bars had staff this great. Indoor and outdoor seating is available.

    Sullivan's was a random visit on our walk around Buenos Aries trying to find a place for lunch. I…read moresaw that they had bangers and mash and I've been craving that for sooo long. We decided to grab a seat outside and drink some of the Sullivan's beer on tap. We ordered the tots, bangers and mash, nachos, and veggie perogies. The beer was really good and the food was also good for the most part but it was not authentic at all. I thought the bangers and mash would have brown gravy but it was more like salsa. The tots were fried mashed potatoes and though they were good, it wasn't what I thought it would be. It definitely left me still craving bangers and mash. The service was quick and friendly (probably the quickest service we had in Argentina). However, the food is not authentic at all and honestly should not be titled as an Irish restaurant. Though the food is good, it just left me a little bitter. I guess that's what I get for getting "Irish" food in South America.

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    Menu as of February 2024

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