Cabaña Las Lilas

Cabaña Las Lilas is a historic steakhouse. Celebrities, diplomats, and the wealthy elite of Argentina all know that no other steakhouse in the city can match the atmosphere, quality of food and service offered at Cabaña Las Lilas. It can hold its own against any of the world’s best. It’s the only steakhouse that is operated by what is arguably the world’s most acclaimed breeder of cattle for beef, the Estancia Cabaña Las Lilas, which supplies beef exclusively to this restaurant and to famous international Brazilian steakhouse, Rubaiyat.

You can expect unequaled service, a luxurious steakhouse décor and ambiance, and meticulously butchered cuts of meat that are the best money can buy.

Let’s be honest … the menu includes some of the highest priced items you can find in Buenos Aires. But for anyone that has paid the tally at a Morton’s in Chicago or Delmonico’s in New York, the prices of steaks at Cabaña Las Lilas will seem a bargain.

Argentina is unique in that beef cuts that are rarely seen in the USA or Europe are available in Argentine steakhouses. At top of that list would be “vacio”, a large, thin strip of beef at the belly and bottom of the rib that includes the flank. It’s butchered to include a cap of fat on both sides. Best cooked “jugoso” (rare to medium-rare) as it is a slightly tougher cut than a “ojo de bife” (rib eye), “lomo” (tenderloin) or “bife de chorizo” (strip steak).

Another good cut, which is also has a bit more tooth than your typical grilling steak, is “entraña”, which is the equivalent of a North American skirt steak. Super flavorful but a tad bit tough so order it “jugoso” (rare to medium-rare). You can always send it back for a few more minutes of grilling if it comes out too rare.

Cabaña Las Lilas is unique when it comes to the service staff. The waiter is something like the pit boss in Vegas. They are clad in black and responsible for taking the order, answering questions and overseeing the tables in their section of the restaurant. They never touch the plates. That task and everything else related to delivering food, removing, placing and exchanging silverware, and keeping the table clean is performed by an army of striped apron-clad assistants that attend meticulously to the needs of patrons.

Service is similar to what you see in a 5-star restaurant serving haute cuisine.

While enjoying your steak, you’ll no doubt want to partake of a world-class Argentine wine and Cabaña Las Lilas has the most extensive wine list in the city. The only other restaurant that comes close to matching the wine list here is Roux.

Explore the highest rated wines in the list below which are offered at Cabaña Las Lilas. Our favorite to accompany a steak is either the Gran Enemigo Cabernet Franc from Gualtallary in the Uco Valley, the Chacra 55 Pinot Noir or the Susana Balbo Nómade Malbec.

All this adds up to Cabaña Las Lilas being the most exclusive high-end steakhouse in Buenos Aires. You only live once. So when in Buenos Aires why not splurge. The experience at Cabaña Las Lilas won’t disappoint.