Sinclair

[BadMan]

This gives me hope they have moved somewhere else and I just don't know about it or they plan to in the near future.

But for the moment Sinclair is no more.

Regards,

BM.

Strangely, the web site is still working.

[JuanCaminante]

Sadly I went here the other day with a friend only to find out it had closed.

There is a very good restaurant (Francesco) in it's place, but I will miss this place. It is (was?) one of my favorite restaurants in Buenos Aires.

I will make a new thread in order to review the new place.

Regards,

BM.

Strangely, the web site is still working.

[BadMan]

Sadly I went here the other day with a friend only to find out it had closed.

There is a very good restaurant (Francesco) in it's place, but I will miss this place. It is (was?) one of my favorite restaurants in Buenos Aires.

I will make a new thread in order to review the new place.

Regards,

BM

[BadMan]

Went here again the other night.

The food was again amazing. Three of us ate, we all shared the stuffed mushrooms, we all had salads. I tried the Taste of Florence salad, and it was delicious. I had the Rib Eye this time and was glad I did, One of my guests had the Salmon and I was told it was also very well done. We all had desserts and a bottle of Malbec. Total price was just about 300 AR. But what a meal. Gourmet appetizers, salads, entrees, desserts and a nice bottle of wine.

Here is the website for more info on the menu, location, reservations, or the chef.

http://www.sinclairresto.com.ar/

[Exon123]

Quite possibably the best restarunt in Buenos Aires.

Exon

[BadMan]

After Hunt highly recommended this place, I had to give it a try since all his other suggestions were on the mark. Anyhow, I went here with a friend last night around 9 pm. We were seated by the chef, and were almost instantly offered water by our waiter. My guest asked for a Coke, they brought Pepsi, and I had the water. The only gripe I have at this point is, when I asked the waiter for a Mijito bez alcohol, I was told that they didn't have a full bar, they had liquer but no bar for mixed drinks, no big deal, so I drank water for the rest of the night. Though they did seem to have a large wine card, but the Dom Perignon was overpriced at 770 AR.

Well now onto the food and service. The service was great, very european, they don't hang over you but the moment you need something, they are always within earshot. For starters I ordered the Italian salad 22 AR, that had arugula, mozzarella, eggplant, tomatoes, parma ham and drizzled with olive oil, simple and well done, and as an entree I ordered the Patagonian rack of lamb in a mild curry with fried potatoes and sweet potatoes and my friend had the Grilled chicken with lemon and some other stuff, I forget, My dish was 36 AR and my friends was 22 AR. My food came out about 25 minutes later and it was delicious. Perfectly cooked and flavored. To be honest, I wanted more. For dessert I had the fruit soup 20 AR I think, which was amazing and a perfect ending to a perfect meal. My guest had the chocolate souffle with rasberry sorbet also about 20 AR, I didn't try it but it looked good. All total we paid about 137 AR with tip 157.

Excellent food, real top quality, great service, good looking location and not at all overpriced or expensive. A similair meal in the US would set you back at least 120 US. I think I have found a new favorite, it is only about a 6 peso taxi ride from my house and there are still many things I want to try on that menu. Thanks Hunt for recommending this place.

Bad

[MiddleAgeGuy]

I have eaten here a few times and my observations would be:

Fairly Expensive.

High Quality.

Non- Argentine in nature.

The Chef is well renowned from the Gato Duma cullinary school. A good place to go if you are getting tired of or want a change from the typical Argentine grill fair. The lamb is my favorite.

MAG

[Coach 245]

Based on DH and Stormy's posts here, I accepted an invitation to try out Sinclairs. I went in a group of 5 of us and had a very pleasant time. I enjoyed the rack or lamb with my date for the evening having the same. I must say it was not real pricey and we found the food and wine to be very good. The chef, Sinclair himself came out to greet and welcomed us. His very large portrait was hanging in the foyer as we entered. I was told by my host and invitee to dinner, that he is a famous Argentine chef. I have to recommend Sinclairs to anyone wanting a mid-priced dinner and pleasant dinner surroundings.

Coach

[Moore]

And, Moore, you are a ******* *******.

El Alemán

I hope that was a compliment that was edited above. Some people are so sensitive - I try to make a good natured joke and am already getting hate mail. I recommend a 30 minute "lighten up" session every morning.

[El Aleman]

To answer a few questions out of fresh memory:

Prices are in the A$R 20 to 45 range for starters, 25 to 50 for entrees (with I think one exception of something exotic for 80) and 12 to 20 for desserts. The wines cost the same as at all other restaurants, impressive list ranging from about A$are 30 to 300.

I can confirm what spomebody said earlier, expect spending about A$are 100 per person, 3 courses, plus the wine.

And the water is not Evian, but Villavicencia, and as I would have ordered some anyway, I don't care if it is included in the cpoerto, or not, or whatever.

And, Moore, you are a ******* *******.

El Alemán

[Stormy]

The stuffed mushroom appetizer which we split was 25 p. The roasted rabbit was 30 p and the Salmon was 32. The sauvignon blanc was Luigi Bosca Reserva at 50 p. They charged 8 pesos for two bottles of water, one with and one without gas. There was a complementary glass of champagne while I waited. Thus the total without tip was 145. We did not have dessert. I have eaten at Sinclairs about 6 times plus at a corporate event there that took over the whole place. It has been uniformly excellent and in my view a very good value.

[Hunt99]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Moore]

I recently tried Sinclair and have the following fucking comments. As soon as I sat down, this faggoty waiter instantly brought two bottles of Evian water, one gasificada (500ml) and another sin gas (490ml). Strike one. This was a very aggressive and offensive transgression. After berating the waiter in Castellano and English to ensure he understood me, I accepted the sin gas bottle but was not given a 2% discount for the reduced literage even though the water was free. Strike two. My salmon dish was decent, but the server dropped 2 grains of pepper on the asparagus when he should have only dropped the optimal 23-26 grains on the salmon and none on the asparagus. Strike three.

I took a piss and there were only 4 scent pebbles in each urinal when ideally there should be 6. Also the urinals were not spaced properly - there should be 8 inches space between each one but there were only 5.25. Already struck out at this point, so I'll give them a D minus in this department. I did strike up an interesting political/racial conversation with a 57ish Porteno in the men's room, though. There was a nice looking gal sitting on the ground floor and I saw clevage from my seat via a 3-way mirror that was not correctly Windexed and got an instant boner.

Regardless, I wouldn't piss in their mouth if their teeth were on fire.

[Dickhead]

Those prices are in the ballpark, HF. Can't say as to the water as I did not see the bill. Thanks, Stormy.

[Hobby Fan]

Jaimito:

Check the place out for sure, Sinclair is not all that expensive. I have eaten there a few times and while it is towards the top of the BA scale it is certainly still super cheap by US standards. Maybe 20 pesos for first courses, 25-40 pesos for entrees. Like Sucre, which is also great. Dickhead, did you notice?

I do recommend that one be careful ordering potentially fatty or rich sauces if you are not used to them. I had indigestion after eating a Brazilian seared tuna dish drenched in clarified butter. They cooked it all so well that I did not taste the butter, and probably ate more of it than I can handle. My fault, unless it was the fish.

The fruit soup for dessert was just outstanding. Capt Dave agreed.

I do not recall them tracking water consumption or charging for it separately. They walk around with bottles of water con why sin gas like US restaurantes walk around with jugs of tap water. Maybe included in cover charge. I vote with the majority, I think this is plain old good service.

I will return.

Bon Appetit!