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| - I wish I could be as enthusiastic as the other Rincon de Buenos Aires reviewers, but I just wasn't crazy about the place. The service was fine: friendly, helpful, although a bit inconsistent in their attentiveness. As for atmosphere, not much to say but no complaints either. It's a deli/takeout place in addition to being a restaurant. The TV and a lot of table conversation is in Spanish, which certainly adds to the authenticity of the place.
Service and atmosphere were fine; the food is why I didn't love the place. I tried 2 appetizers, the spinach pie and the Argentine chorizo. The spinach pie portion was huge! It's spinach, eggs, and onions in a flaky pastry. Good enough, and for just $4.95, almost a meal in itself. The chorizo was fine, but nothing spectacular. I tried the skirt steak, again a huge portion for $19.95. Two people with reasonable appetites could share the spinach pie and skirt steak and be perfectly satisfied. The quality of the beef was very good, but the steak tasted too much like the gas flame it was grilled over. Obviously, no wood grill at Rincon. Also, I ordered the steak medium-rare, but it came out closer to medium, a mistake a lot of steakhouses make. The steak came with a choice of potato, soup, salad, or mixed vegetables. The mixed vegetables looked like the once-frozen variety, but at least good quality frozen veggies. I got the huge portion of veggies wrapped because I wanted to try a couple of their desserts. The Argentine alfajor was two thin cookies with a caramel paste in the middle, then dipped in white chocolate, good enough but not great. The mil hojas (the Argentine version of a mille feuille) was what I really wanted to try. Instead of pastry cream, the Argentine version fills the pastry layers with a caramel paste. Even though I have a wicked sweet tooth, this was way too sweet for me.
Despite my tepid review of Rincon de Buenos Aires, I could see myself going back. The prices and quality of their meats make for an excellent value. And I loved the authenticity of the place. Even if their execution isn't always top-notch, I had no doubt that this was true Argentine cuisine. If I have a beef craving but don't want to spend big bucks at one of the Strip steakhouses, I'd much rather spend my $$ at Rincon than some place like Outback. In fact, I'm pretty sure Rincon would be less expensive than Outback.
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