Recent visits to El Establo
I have been going to El Establo (Paraguay and San Martin) since 2001 and I can recomend the place. I have noticed a significant increase in prices, but then again this has happened in most places. In the winter months (from mid May) they have at lunch a special daily menu of Spanish dishes which will cost you about Arg$30 pesos including a non-alcholic drink. In my opinion the best days are Thrusday and Friday. On Thursday they serve fabada, a dish made with big beans and cooked with chorizo, blood sausage and cured ham. It is very good. On Friday they serve cocido madrilleno, essentially a caserol of peas, which comes with all kind of boiled meats. This dish you must eat with at least another two persons as it is very large (ask for the 1/4 puchero)
Otherwise, today I had a bife de lomo and water and it cost Arg$55, not bad for developed country prices, but much more than it used to be.
Finally, I recomend that you ask to be seated in the lower section of the restaurant, as the guys there are much faster and friendly than in the other section.
Enjoy.
Lunch today at El Establo
I had a good lunch today with a couple Forum members and enjoyed the "chimchurri" sauce on my 1/2 Ojo de Bife. The Salad was very good and fresh also. Another good experience in dining in BA, this time for lunch!
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Still Willing for Some Shilling
[QUOTE=Thomaso276]Cost was high without any liquor, desert or coffee and we ate a SIMPLE meal. I believe that tourists from surrounding hotels are continuing to drive prices. Didn't see too many "locals."[/QUOTE]I'm actually a fan of this place (corner of Paraguay & San Martin) though I can't really put my finger on why. I think it might be that it feels sort of like a homey like diner to me and I come here at least once a week and always feel oddly welcomed. It's lively and not overly full of itself and I almost feel like I'm in a trattoria off of some back alley in Milan (again, don't ask me why) I've caught myself a couple of times speaking to the waiter in Italian, too. Usually the times I go it's mostly locals in the place and I don't really go for anything fancy. I almost always get the Lomo Completo Sandwich (p$15) and a half a bottle of decent red wine and always really enjoy it. It does have a long menu, but I haven't really delved into it much. Since it's a block from Cafe Orleans (just follow San Martin towards the direction of Santa Fe) some of the gang might find it interesting.
P.S. No chica posts lately because I've been totally been tied up (literally) with a smokin' local porteņa. Mind you, a report should follow tomorrow.
El Establo sucking some wind
The bife de ojo was tough! And prices have gone up tremendously since my last visit.
I think I will stick with the Alliance when I have an urge to have steak. Ramiro's bife de lomo is still great.
Expensive. OK steak but not great
I ate here with my lady friend last Sunday and was not all that impressed. Steaks were pretty good, service was good but the place was empty, and when the bill came it was pretty damn expensive. I had bife de chorizo ($35) lady had 1/2 lomo ($45) sauteed mushrooms, mixed salad, and half a bottle of cheap wine. Total bill was $165. $5 table fee was obnoxious.
Not worth it!