In a country known for its steaks, Don Julio ranks supreme. While pricier other nearby spots, the…read morequality of the meal and the level of service are unparalleled. I first tried Don Julio 2 and 1/2 years ago, on the way to Argentina. I remember being blown away by the steaks and even more so by their famous homemade ice cream. It uses Jersey milk, which I understand makes it fattier and more delicious. All I know is, upon my first return to Buenos Aires, I immediately sought out this restaurant and tried to get a walk in. No such luck, so I made a reservation for the following week. Reservations can be made online in English or Spanish. For such a popular place, you can still get reservations a week out. Reservations are for the outside, which include blankets at each seat and heat lamps. They can and often do reach out to you via WhatsApp before your reservation to see if you would like an inside table instead, at different times. Show up on time, and they offer you a complimentary class of moet chandon champagne and mini empanadas while you wait for your table to be ready. The kitchen will send you breads and a variety of little things to taste. We had amazing asparagus, cured meats, and a flaky pastry, in addition to a delightful bread. There was enough for us to say that we would already be content with just that, but of course the meat was coming! We opted for the entrecot, which is like a bone-in ribeye, "a Punto" or a very juicy medium rare. Eat it with the spicier chimichurri sauce and woooooowweee let it melt in your mouth! 1 entrecot was enough for 2-2.5 people. We got 2 for 4 and had some leftovers. We also got the arugula and shaved cheddar salad, which was divine in its simplicity. Grilled mushrooms were also a perfect pairing with the meat. For wine, we had the sommelier choose us a dry Merlot, which was jammy and delightful . For dessert, we had the the dulce de leche (sweet but amazing), vanilla, and egg yolk vanilla ice creams. Everyone said they were the perfect ending to a perfect meal. As we sauntered back to our hotel in the afternoon sunshine, I kept repeating in my head " soy contenta" because boy was I ever. This meal did not disappoint again, and I will be back whenever I can. Worth the hype and worth the wait!!! p.s. that meal cost us each about $100 USD.

This is a great steak house and I went with a work group. If you don't eat beef it has slim…read morepickings. There is a pork piece of meat which is good but they do not have much of a sauce for it. The sides are ok, had a few of the salads, breads, cheeses, and veggies. We tried about four sorbets and ice creams, very good. Lastly they grill the food almost in front of you, pretty interesting.

Wow Argentina, I am beyond impressed. My last supper in this beautiful city and ohhhh how good it…read morewas. The place was packed, everybody was eating and drinking wine and having a good time. 10/10 and well done on a great food

"Parrilla Peña" was the answer I got when querying hotel staff about a good, authentically…read moreArgentinian dinner spot. Nothing seemed more authentic than the big parrilla (grill) that greets you when you enter or the fact that the place doesn't open for dinner until 8pm. A meal in this clean, somewhat industrial-looking space begins with empanadas and chimichurri arriving automatically at your table thanks to the small "cubierto" (per person cover fee, not a tip, of about $2.50 per person). Given the late dining hour I resisted over-ordering, knowing that I didn't want to go to sleep stuffed to the brim. Rib-eye was my choice, along with wine and beer, with the whole thing coming in at a pre-tip price of $90,100ARS (about $63USD). It was a perfect meal that still filled me succinctly and as I left I couldn't help but feel for all those still waiting to enter the restaurant at around 10 p.m. Parrilla Peña proved to be a great and authentic choice for a solid parrilla experience. I went on to have similar meals for more money a couple more times while in Argentina but it was here that I thought the experience most authentic, being enjoyed more by locals and only a handful of in-the-know tourists such as myself.

We were exited to try Fogon Asado again after enjoying a very memorable evening there 4 years ago…read more We were not disappointed. This time we ate in the new room, which is one long counter (the original room has a counter that encircles the fire). It was a 14 course tasting menu with multiple meats, sausages etc all were good but the coup de grace is still the ribeye - it's unbelievably flavorful and tender. The service is absolutely wonderful, the wines - memorable, the conversation comfortable. Do not visit Buenos Aires without eating at Fogon Asado !

Fire. Smoke. Steel…read more No gimmicks. No unnecessary theatrics. Just cooks standing over open flame, moving with quiet confidence while the room watches the ritual unfold. Every plate carried the flavor of fire and patience. The steak was perfect. The vegetables weren't treated like an afterthought. Even the simplest bites had depth, texture, and soul. The kind of place where you lose track of time because you're too busy watching the kitchen work. Buenos Aires knows meat. FOGÓN reminds you it also understands restraint, hospitality, and craft. One of the best meals of our trip. Easy 5 stars.

One of the best meals during our trip: - fair, considerate…read moreand professional service - high quality well executed food - prices reasonable for the value There's a reason why this spot is jam packed all day. Highly recommend if you are a meat lover and even the veggies were magnificent.

One of the Not-To-Miss spots in Buenos Aires! Great food made to perfection with an great wine…read moreselection. Great service that made good recommendations based on how/what ur looking for. The place is pretty small and reservations are highly recommended. Highly recommended!

This is our absolute favorite restaurant in BA! It has a wonderful sampling of Argentine…read morespecialties-incredible breads, the most awesome selections of cheeses,and literally hundreds of salads, side dishes(deli meats like you've never had),quiches(tortes) -all fabulous gourmet from scratch. Then as far as entrees , there is a large area w/ chefs who'll give you your favorite cut if meat(asado) fresh pizza and pasta of your desire( the Gorgonzola nochis are to die for)! There is a chocolate fountain w/ fruits and cake pieces to dip but I always order one of the incredible desserts off the menu. The ambiance is fine dining beautiful tables and the waiters are quick to clear the tables and bring you great wines or drinks of your choice. Go hungry! It's somewhat pricey but not in comparison to something comparable in the USA!

Awesome spot. Great steaks, excellent wine cellar. Make the reservation! The complimentary vino…read morewhile you're in line was a nice treat too!

On his last visit to Buenos Aires Anthony Bourdain came to eat at Don Carlos with francis mallmann…read moreThe setup is unique, you show up, tell Don Carlos how hungry you are and then he feeds you whatever he thinks will be good for you (we were hungry). There is a menu but why order from the menu when you can have Don Carlos feed you whatever he feels you might like? This is the best part of this place, let Don Carlos feed you. I couldn't capture all of the dishes as they kept coming one after another, the meat was grilled to perfection, the baker took her time with every item that came from the oven and the charismatic Don Carlos kept us entertained the entire meal. Also our meal was only $38 (included a 2014 bottle of Malbec, approximately 10 dishes plus 3 desserts)

This small local restaurant provides a wonderful dining experience. The appetizers are delicious…read moreand unique! The bread is out of this world! The entree of beef was a bit fatty but had a delicious flavor and was cooked perfectly. The tortellini is exceptional! The deserts were great and the wine list is extensive and good. Service was excellent!

This place has been luring diners up to the north suburbs for, I think, going on two years now,…read moremaybe more. It's promise, basically... meat, meat, and more meat. It was one of the first places around to start offering dry aged steaks...and "perusing" their meat locker, because, well, you can, is a study in little gasps of surprise... a rack of two-year aged rib-eyes hauntingly beckons from one shelf, as do nearly as aged t-bones and sirloins. One has to be wiling to crack open the wallet, with prices that range from 1150 to 1250 pesos per matured steak ($27-29 - which internationally isn't all that much, but still pretty damned high for BA). The menu, thankfully, offers plenty of other meat options, including other steaks, with prices at least gentler than those - main courses run from 520 pesos ($12) for beef cheeks to 820 ($19) for suckling pig. The room is warm and cozy, there's wood of various varieties stacked on various shelves, along with fermenting and pickled vegetables and condiments. There's an air of what some designer would probably call elegant rusticity to the whole thing. We settled in to peruse...over a couple of cocktails, one a gin and tonic with a splash of mezcal and smoky bitters, the other a sort of mezcal based sour - both excellent, and conducive to considering whether my dinner companion and I were going to plunk down the 1800 pesos ($42) for the seven course tasting menu (plus beverages), or go a la carte. After getting the low down on what was on the menu that evening (it changes every night), we decided to go the latter route, as three of the seven courses were sort of our last choices from the menu listings. We created our own. Sharing everything, we basically put together a five course tasting - with three appetizers and two main courses. Neither of us go in much for dessert, so the extra app replaced that. Here, roasted oyster mushrooms, duck ham, and cubes of smoked and cured egg yolk are clustered over a mushroom puree, and accompanied by a "potato chip". A great start, and all delicious, albeit I felt the mushroom puree could have used a bit more seasoning and brightening - a pinch more salt, a few drops of lemon or vinegar. Appetizers, by the way, run from 210-410 pesos ($5-10). A beautifully smoky butifarra sausage with marinara sauce, fried dumplings, and a parmesan tuile. More please! Perfectly smoked, yes, smoked, sweetbreads. I don't think I've ever had sweetbreads... or for that matter, any organ meat, that was smoked to cook it. Amazing. And accompanied by sundry bits and purees of orange, morcilla sausage, apple, and "sanfaina" (garlic, onion, tomato). This one ranks up there among the best sweetbread dishes I've had, anywhere. The whopping suckling pig, cochinillo, comes as an entire shoulder, lightly smoked and then roasted to crackling perfection, and a rolled loin stuffed with, I think, peppers and herbs. It's all artfully arranged over a medley of romesco sauce, butter beans, black olives, and dollops of roasted apple sauce. Yum. And, a far more austere presentation, but no less delicious, a Flintstonian beef rib, smoked, and delightfully tender, with an accompanying mound of chewy, dark, roasted to caramelized perfection vegetables, and, out of the picture, an array of vegetable pickles - sweet and spicy chilies, and green onions. Who pickles green onions? That works. It all works, in fact. And despite the price tag, which is high, but not outrageously so (there are plenty of more expensive places to eat in and out of town, including my own) - all of the above plus a bottle of decent wine, and tip, ran to 4200 pesos ($99) for two - it's worth every centavo. It's also worth the effort to get there - if you don't have a car (or willingness to shell out about 400-500 pesos for Uber, Cabify, or taxi each way), it will likely involve a couple of bus lines, or train and bus... (my own route going was the 101 bus to Retiro station, then the Tigre train to San Isidro, and then a 20-25 minute walk, though coming back we'd determined that the 168 bus stops right at the corner by the restaurant, taking us back to Corrientes and Pueyrredon, where we transferred to our respective buses home). Figure a solid hour and a half each way by public transit. Would I go back. Oh yes. We were already discussing how many more trips it would take us to sample the rest of the menu. And, the menu changes seasonally, so plenty of meat in the offing! And, anyone visiting who cares to take me out for a dry-aged rib-eye is, of course, welcomed with open arms...!