General tips about eating in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

The Grant's serves all kinds of meat in a variety of ways through a buffet. It was not the best restaurant I went to in Buenos Aires, but I was satisfied. I find it interesting that, of all the American Presidents to name a restaurant after, the owners selected one of the most mediocre Presidents in the history of the U.S. At any rate, I'm pretty sure there will never be a "The Bush's" in Buenos Aires.

I have to say that the steak we had in Buenos Aires was second to none and coming from Australia that’s a big statement!! Argentina specialises in beef and you will be hard pressed to find better steak (and leather) anywhere else in the world.

You will find good steak restaurants all over the city but we found a fantastic steak house down on the waterside that we fell in love with. Be aware though that when you order you are just ordering the steak (which is HUGE), any side dishes will have to be ordered separately. Enjoy!!

The place is very nicely decorated.The lightning is excellent as well as the food and the home-baked bread! The dishes are exquisite. I had a spinach balls in cheese sauce...! Fullyn Italians. And the "rabas"( fried slices of squid) were really tender. My daughter had chicken kidneys and fiied sliced potatoes. Yummie...! The place is quiet but lively and full of nice people. It is located in a fashion place near the Zoo, the Botanic Garden, Polo Field and the Golf Course. A beautiful neighbourhood.

The Italian spata is their special. You can have pasta stuffed with sqaud. Never had before...! And the griled tenderloin or any meat is out of this world...!

Favorite Dish: Pasta and meat. No way...!

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The best restaurants we found were on the water. Service and food were excellent, while the prices are shockingly LOW. We were downing wine and eating away. Waiters in tuxes. Probably around $25 per person total (many times cheaper than something comparable in the US.

Behind the water was another strip of restaurants that also appeared to be very good

My 2nd & 3rd pictures are random; nothing to do with their restaurants

Empanadas are tasty pastry turnovers that can be stuffed with any number of ingrediants. The most common of these are pollo (chicken), carne (beef), ham, cheese, boiled eggs, olives or just plain old vegetables.

The pastry is cooked either by baking it (horno) or you can go with the heavier fried version (fritas). We stuck with horno when we ordered these delightful little treats at various stages of our Argentine journey.

Favorite Dish: For our in-room meal, we ordered a mixture of ham & cheese, chicken and meat (piquant) empanadas, washed down with some of great Argentine wines that we had earlier bought at the local supermarket. We determined that we seemed to prefer the juicy meat empanadas, and usually ordered them later in the trip (something quick at an airport restaurant while waiting for our flight departure).

Aquellos Años is located in Costanera Norte (Av. Rafael Obligado y La Pampa).
Style: intenational, local (parilla - meat)
This is a great place to have local food. The average price is $30 ( around U$S 10) without wine.

las cuartetas, una de las pizzerías mas antiguas de Buenos aires, sigue manteniendo su estilo antiguo…

Las Cuartetas is one of the oldest pizzerias in Buenos Aires. It carries on
serving pizza in its old style.

Favorite Dish: I like all pizzas...

Subway, faad food ubicado en pleno centro, tipico de Ee. Uu. Donde se comen unos exquisitos sándwich.

Subway, fast food located front and centre, typical of the United States where
they eat exquisite sandwiches.

Favorite Dish: I like vegetarian sandwiche