almuerzo sábado al mediodía : ambos platos estaban…read moreriquísimos: vegetariano y con carne : nada Servicio: excelente y rapidísimo Deco: tranqui, cantina de comida rápida Tip: comida al paso con sabores alucinantes lunch Saturday noon : both dishes were great: the vegetarian and the meat : nothing Service: excellent and quick service Deco: chill, fast food canteen Tip: amazing flavors in a fast food service

I was downtown last week and happened to pass by the corner of Esmeralda and M.T. Alvear, and…read morespotted this sign for a soon to be opened (December 12) Korean spot. I mean, is this the start of a new trend? Will we (hopefully) start to see Korean spots opening in various parts of the city? Met up with a friend for lunch to check it out.... Mostly a business crowd, several Koreans having lunch. A lot of people wandered in while we were there and looked bewildered by the food. Each person entering was greeted with some variation of, "hi, we serve Korean food, do you know what that is?" Most didn't, and most left after a brief introduction, especially the part noting that "pretty much everything is spicy". I'd venture to guess... no, I'd bet, that 99% of locals have never actually eaten Korean food and have no idea that it's different from Chinese or Japanese or any other Asian cuisine (things tend to get lumped together here and people get incensed when they can't find sushi at a Thai place or sweet and sour chicken at a ramen bar). The menu is short and sweet - three versions of deopbap - rice bowls - with either beef, pork, or salmon; two types of bibimbap - classic beef or vegetarian; four types of la-myeon (Korean style ramen) in egg, beef, shellfish, or sausage & kimchi, and two poke bowls, not a Korean dish, but both salmon, one made with wasabi mayo and one with wasabi soy. Classic beef bibimbap, as good as I've had at pretty much any place in town. Only criticism would be that I'm used to the egg being pretty much raw when mixed in, or just barely poached, and letting it cook with the heat of the other ingredients - but I also usually order the dolsot bibimbap which comes in the hot stone bowl, that helps it do that. Reasonably spicy gochujang paste on the side to mix in. The jeyuk deopbap was a nice, mildly spicy, heavily sesame sort of barbecued pork over rice. Very similar in many ways to the pork dish I had at Namu, above. Again, a touch of the chili paste gave it a heftier kick. And, each main course is accompanied by a small bowl of kimchi, if you want - they ask, warning you it's spicy if you've said you haven't tried Korean food before. Really good kimchi too. This was the only banchan we were offered, not surprising given the style of food being served. But, it looked like they had small bowls of other things that weren't spicy, like pickled vegetables, probably for the peole who say no to the kimchi. Overall, nice casual space for lunch or early dinner (they're open Monday through Friday from 11.30-3.00 and again from 6.30-9.30). Really good food. Very reasonably priced (280 and 250 pesos, respectively). Good selection of both soft drinks and beers, plus a variety of sojus (rice wines) from Korea. Highly recommended.

Great little place for lunch that we stumbled on on our first day in BA. We were just wandering the…read morepedestrian streets and came upon this place which is on a quieter street and seems to be a hangout for the business type lunch crowd. They have an extensive sushi and Thai menu. I had the Moriawase combo sushi boat and my wife had pad Thai. Both were delicious. The sushi was generously cut and as fresh as can be. The rice for the nigiri was just sticky enough with a hint of rice wine to set off the fish flavor. We each had the local Imperial Rubin lager which went perfectly with the meal.

Was walking around looking for a good Japanese style restaurant and this place was highly rated…read more Glad to see that someone else reviewed this place as I truly enjoyed it! I started the meal with some salmon nigiri and was pleased with the salmon freshness and size. I then moved on to the shrimp tempura and what an amazing presentation. Lastly, I had to try the homemade ramen noodle soup and was thoroughly pleased with the taste. This was a great meal to feed my urge for some good Japanese food in Buenos Aires! There is also free WIFI those who feel the need to surf.

Overwhelmed but surprisingly good…read more This is a surprisingly authentic Japanese place in downtown Buenos Aires. It's got a lot of cool decorations inside, and even has an area with tatami mats (no shoes allowed, of course). The food itself is pretty solid. I had a katsu cutlet on a whim, which I found excellent. The service here is SLOW, so don't come in a rush. This place seems ever so slightly understaffed, such that service will be slow (even though everyone is seemingly working as fast as they can!).

Came across this restaurant on Yelp and decided to give it a try. I saw on the reviews that service…read morewould be slow and boy were they right. Once we got seated, it took a waiter around 10 minutes to get our order and another 45 minutes for our food to come out. Mind you this place was not busy at all. The food was decent. It didn't blow my mind, but it wasn't too bad. I got the Wakame ramen which was okay. The soup was a little bland and the noodles. I likes the noodles and chashu. My dad got the fried rice and that was okay too. Also was lacking in flavor. I liked the ambiance of the restaurant. There's a lot of Japanese themed decorations. Waiters were friendly. Also read this review with a grain of salt. I'm from Los Angeles so my taste are a little different.

We were excited to take a break from the usual fare when I saw good reviews for this place and it…read morewas right around the corner from our hotel. Now several reasons for the rating - 1) the hostess who seated us and all of the servers had no energy or smile. It literally felt like they were forced to be there 2) absolutely no help with the menu 3) we got vegan dim sums , bao and ramen. All of the bao, dim sums and noodles were uncooked. And there was no soy or any other sauce available for the dimsums or bao. Would not recommend this place at all.

My brother and I were looking for a noodle bowl dish after a long day of walking around in the…read morepark. We settled on this restaurant after reading the reviews on Yelp. The interior and decor of this place seemed really cute. The restaurant opens at 8pm and we got there around 8:30pm. The place was already packed and so we waited about 10-15 mins to be seated. The menu is pretty simple. They even have English menu on the backside. We decided on the #Huangbrothers Bao and #Keepitreal ramen. The Bao were pretty good although I would leave the pickles out of it next time. It was a weird mix. The real loser of the meal was the Ramen. The pork bone broth was underwhelming and my noodles were undercooked. I decided to take a chance and bit into the block of noodle but realized quickly that was a bad idea. When the server asked me if the meal was okay I pointed to the block of undercooked noodles and she just smiled and nodded. I blame the language barrier. Would probably skip this place next time. Don't be fooled by its cute interior.

Very good restaurant! Food is good, service is good! For…read moresure I will back again if I have a chance to visit Buenos Arias.

Excellent Japanese fusion restaurant in the Palermo area of Buenos Aires. We went there for lunch…read moreafter searching for diverse cuisine during our week-long stay in BA. The restaurant is small and sports a modest front but the food is amazing. They have ramen, sushi, teppanyaki and bento box style lunches. Beer and wine are available. I had a mixed salad which was huge and a good mix of crisp, fresh vegetables. I also had the braised tofu which was perfectly done with a load of sautéed vegetables and a delicious brown sauce on it. The service was attentive and friendly, though knowing enough Spanish to communicate with the wait staff would be most advantageous. We were able to get by with our limited phrases. Overall, a fabulous lunch.

Sushi was great and nice atmosphere. Really expensive for what you get. There are better values…read morewith equal or better quality

Es un clarísimo ejemplo de un lugar sobrevalorado. La comida está ok pero les puedo recomendar…read moremontón de lugares más jugados, más ricos y más baratos! El precio es muy elevado para la calidad q ofrece. El servicio estuvo muy bien y el ambiente es lindo.

A fantastic ramen spot in BA! We arrived right around 7:15 PM and were lucky enough to snag a table…read morein the first seating, which is highly recommended since it gets busy fast. We tried the tonkotsu and miso ramen, and both were outstanding--the broths were incredibly rich in flavor, and the noodles had that perfect bouncy texture. The portions are super filling, so we didn't even have room to try their sushi this time around. The service was fast and friendly. Just keep in mind that because of the high demand and quick table turnover, this isn't the place for a slow, lingering dinner. But if you want some of the best ramen in Buenos Aires, this is definitely the spot to go!

This restaurant was recommended by my partner as a place he remembered really liking. The…read moreunfortunate part is that we went as a group of four without a reservation (but we did get seated!!) so we sat at the bar. But the worst part is the food. It just didn't have the taste of something I would expect from a ramen shop. The broth was fine but soooo oily. I normally drink the broth on these kinds of ramen dishes but I couldn't do it this time. There was a line out the door when we left, I wanted to tell people it wasn't worth it. Granted I could tell they were training a few new people but if you're paying €25 for dinner I think I expected a little more.

The food reminds me of shukodo styles back in Japan. The Japanese restaurants that served…read moretei-shokus, and dining room style food for busy lunches and cheap dinners. Don't get me wrong, it is very authentic tasting and the waiters/waitresses don't speak Japanese but seem to understand very well, for example when I asked for the shichi-mi. But they seem to prefer to reply in English. The food is very good and cheap for a Japanese style restaurant, but it is not the kind of place I would take people for "settai" or for business dinners. I would definitely recommend it to anybody who wanted to try Japsnese style food that is NOT sushi or sashimi. I have not tried their fish, so I cannot comment on that.

I was staying a short distance away and in the mood for sushi. At dinner ordered the sushi sashimi…read morecombo. While it was all good I'm not a fan of several of the rolls they included, but that's a personal taste. The place gets crowded and is popular with locals, as my apartment host told me. With a beer the bill was 500 pesos Went back for lunch and ordered the #1 menu combo, which features tonkatsu. Everything fresh and tasty. With a bottle of water the bill was 250 pesos. Good service during both meals.

It was another outing of the Roving Ravenous Horde, #38 to be exact, and a spot that opened up…read morerecently, Komyun, located at "Arch #9" of the Arcos de Rosedal (formerly, but still to most folk here, the Paseo de la Infanta), officially Av. del Libertador 3883, in Palermo. This is the strip of restaurants and bars that have been nestled under the railway track bridge that climbs to a peak up and over Av. Libertador at the north end of the Rosedal, the rose garden. Four of us hit the table for this outing, and as it was such a beautiful day, we opted for an outdoor table, rather than inside in the "Kitchen & Hi-Fi Bar". I'm not sure I want to know what a hi-fi bar is anyway. Komyun, Japanese for "commune", is owned by the same folk as own the next door Avant Garten, at Arch #10, a burger and beer bar that did not exactly impress me last year, vying for one of last year's, and actually, all time in BA's, three worst burgers. I didn't know about the connection between the two spots when we organized this venture. And thankfully, because otherwise we might not have come to this spot, and it turns out to be quite good. At lunchtime there's a limited menu - a choice of drink, appetizer, main course, and dessert and/or coffee (the pricing scheme is a little odd - there are three main courses for an option at 350 pesos, and the dessert/coffee is an "or", while at 390 pesos there are three different main courses, and the dessert/coffee is an "and"). Excellent hibiscus infused iced tea (more or less homemade Red Zinger), and ginger-mint lemonade, or a typical soft drink, water, or small glass of beer are the drink options. All four of us went for the bao, a prawn, salad, and sriracha mayo filled one for that particular day, excellent. None of us opted for the green salad or bowl of vegetable soup alternatives. (Though later, a different waitress told the table next to us the soup of the day was a Thai chicken soup, which we might have tried.) Everything very prettily presented. A decent tonkatsu, basically a Japanese pork milanesa, although this was, unusually for tonkatsu, a bone-in pork chop, breaded and fried, and not sliced as is more common. A poke bowl, perhaps the first, perhaps the only, in Buenos Aires, absolutley delicious, with fresh fish, veggies, rice, and a very good sesame dressing. And, two of us went for the tonkotsu ramen, with a light but flavorful broth, some corn and bean sprouts, lovely slices of roast pork, and a slightly gooey egg. The noodles seemed more spaghetti and ramen, but were good in the soup. And, since one of us had opted for a "premium" menu, the pork cutlet, we got one dessert on the table, a little mini-trés leches cake that was surprisingly good. All told, a fun outing, decent food, and intriguing enough to want to go back and try their full dinner menu options one night.

Little restaurant in the heart of Chinatown. As starters…read morepork dumpling (great seasoning and flavor) After that Ramen. Two different types, they were OK. It's not my prefer Ramen restaurant in Buenos Aires. I would recommend to go ones, thats all

This is one of my favourite places for lunch during the week. The menú options are A, B or C and…read morethey have a vegetarian one too; includes apetizer, main course a drink and a coffee for around 150 Argentinean pesos! I always choose A or C, which are delicious!!