which Argentinian restaurant in London for the weekend?

[johnfm]

Me, wife & son in London for weekend.

Always fancied Santa Maria del Sur after seeing it on Gordon Ramsay - but reviews now suggest it has gone down a bit.


Anyway, recommendations please.

[Pothole]

http://www.buenayre.co.uk/

[Wadeski]

yeah buenayre is cool. A bit hard to get to though (East london, not near any tube stations unless the new branch is open?)

Gaucho Grill is a safe bet, but quite "city boy".

[Pothole]

55 Leyton - Old Street - Holborn - Oxford Circus.
48 Walthamstow - Liverpool Street - London Bridge.
26 Hackney Wick - Liverpool Street - Bank - Waterloo.
106 Finsbury Park - Stoke Newington - Whitechapel.
254 Finsbury Park - Stamford Hill - Aldgate.
D6 Hackney Central - Mile End - Poplar - Crossharbour.
388 Blackfriars - Bank - Liverpool Street - Hackney Wick.
394 Islington - Angel - Hoxton - Hackney Central - Homerton Hospital.
236 Dalston - Newington Green - Finsbury Park.

By tube
Bethnal Green Station, Central Line (15 minutes walk). Walk up Cambridge Heath Road until Regents Canal, then take left after the canal and follow Andrews Road over to the market.

By train
London Fields, 5 minutes walk.
Hackney Central, 10 minutes walk.
Cambridge Heath, 10 minutes walk.

or, as it's North of the river, cabs will go there too!

[Mobile Chicane]

Avoid Gaucho like the plague. (Or at least the one on Sloane Avenue.)

The 'chefs' are minimum-wage fktards who don't have a clue.

[ClaphamGT3]

La Pampa on Battersea rise is excellent

[Glassman]

El Vaquero in Lullington Garth (between Finchley and Mill Hill)

Northern Line + cab as this place is in the middle of an equestrian centre.

[swiftpete]

Rodizio Rico. The meat is fantastic and you can have as much as you want. Amazing place.

[swiftpete]

Sorry that's brazilian. Either way it's a good place.

[BatterseaV8]

A thumbs up from me for Santa Maria del Sur, I live almost next door and the standards certainly haven't slipped always a great evening.

Agree with the previous Gaucho post, I was always a fan though have seen the service and food go downhill.

[jeremyc]

BatterseaV8 said:

A thumbs up from me for Santa Maria del Sur, I live almost next door and the standards certainly haven't slipped always a great evening.

This. Went recently (post Ramsay ) and had a fabulous evening: sublime food, attentive service and very welcoming, relaxed atmosphere.

Don't go if you want a formal evening out though - it's much more relaxed than that.