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| - I understood this place was popular so upon checking yelp, I thought ok why not. But as I watched everyone being served I realized I had made a grave mistake. NO PINEAPPLE why!?
It's nice to get a break from meat sometimes and a bit of sweetness brings back all appetite for the savory. The salad bar was also subpar. Apparently it is possible to fail at making white rice.
The list of meats:
Top Sirloin, Rump Steak, Beef Ribs, Beef wrapped with Bacon, Sliced Steak
with Garlic, Parmigiano Beef, Pork Loin, Pork Ribs, Sausage, Chicken Wings,
Chicken Wrapped with Bacon, Chicken Hearts & Lamb.
Sad to say, none of these were stellar with the exception of the steak with garlic and chicken wrapped bacon. But you really can't fail at anything with bacon in it. Everything else was dry or "just meat."
Service was also subpar, and it was hard to get anything, including a setting which one of our diners had to go without for a bit. Then we decided to steal it off another table. At this rate, Gaucho should be tipping us for service, not the other way around.
Finally to end it, we saw pineapple dessert. The pineapple dessert was literally 3 bites. Why bring out sharing spoons if there isn't enough to go around? It was also the most expensive dessert I've ever had.
Maybe Gaucho has seen better days, or I visited on an off day. Either way you still need reservations because the hostess will make you stand and stare at the half empty restaurant and tell you it's all reserved. The restaurant remained half empty throughout our entire meal.
2 stars for good concept, -3 for poor execution
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