It has been a year, my visit to Argentina. I miss the country and I miss their food. So when I went L'Atelier Argentine, I didn't have any expectations. No restaurants can make food as authentic as its countries. But I was still excited!
We had a nice welcome from the hostess, who even had a mini conversation with us, asking us how was our day; impressive!
It's pretty dark, the lights were very dimmed, plus every table has a tea light candle on. There are tables with regular chair; there are tables with couches. We were placed at a couch. What I found interesting is whenever there is couch, is usually one sided in most restaurants, and the other side of the table is a regular chair, but here, in this resto, both sides of the table have a couch to sit. The surrounding are brick all. In the middle of the restaurant; a massive bar, with stools all around. It actually reminded me of the TV series Cheers, Ted Danson was missing... lol.
Our waiter is named Marvin; he was marvelous. I went to the restaurant with my dear friend, since it was Valentine's Day... we call it Galentine's Day, we had a special menu. We had spicy shrimp salad; unfortunately, it was not spicy and the greens had bitter after taste. My friend had a steak with chimchuri sauce. She enjoyed it. I had smoked tuna with fennel. My food tasted flavorless. So I asked for some hot sauce. My waiter forgot about it and got delayed to bring the sauce. Finally, he brought it, and it made a huge difference to my dish. Because of delay, our waiter gave both of us a complimentary glass of wine. I was blown by it. My friend was also surprised, since her food was good, but she got also a glass. We thanked Marvin few times. He said, he must take care of of his clients.
Decor and ambiance are pretty good. The service is beyond excellent. The food needs to be more flavorful as Argentina.