El Mirasol – Buenos Aires
El Mirasol, with multiple locations is the most upscale neighborhoods, offers excellent service and great steaks. Décor in some locations is a bit boring. Wide range of salads to complement the steaks.
Alvear Grill – Buenos Aires
Alvear Grill is the result of a recent change of direction at the Alvear Palace Hotel. The new restaurant, that boasts a more contemporary menu, with an emphasis on grilled fish and beef, replaced the 25-year resident of the hotel, the French restaurant, La Bourgogne. The change was needed. But now, what is essentially a steakhouse wearing a tuxedo is a bit odd. Once you get past this incongruity, everything else is splendid, both service and food. Skip the steaks and go straight to the page with the duck and venison. That’s where the kitchen shines.
Piegari Carnes – Buenos Aires
Piegari Carnes offers excellent steaks and quality service in a sophisticated, albeit somewhat stale ambiance. Very expensive.
La Brigada – Buenos Aires
La Brigada is the quintessential Argentine steakhouse. It’s the "real deal". Despite its humble surroundings in San Telmo and the quirky decor, La Brigada somehow manages to transcend it all and achieve steakhouse stardom. It’s first class from the steak knives to the big, juicy steaks. Do the bone-in ribeye or the t-bone for the experience of a lifetime. It’s very, very good.
Vico Wine Bar – Buenos Aires
Vico Wine Bar, with a well-executed menu full of gourmet-style dishes, a stylish modern décor in a room full of the city’s beautiful people and an impressive collection of wines available instantly through their unique vending machines, offers the competition in the exclusive Gastropub genre in Buenos Aires a run for their money.
Duhau Restaurante y Vinoteca – Buenos Aires
Hyatt’s Duhau Restaurante y Vinoteca delivers well-executed haute cuisine with near-flawless service in a luxurious ambiance. It’s, perhaps, the most upscale and formal dining option in Buenos Aires. Classy and sophisticated.