That's right, steak fans, 2 goals were reached that night. First, we took over an entire restaurant for the first time! Brilliant! Second, every ticket to this event went just 24 hours after the event was published a month in advance!
About the restaurant
Buenos Aires is situated right on a cross roads in South End, Croydon. It's a cosy little venue with a nice feel about the place. It's size would maybe lend itself to a small cafe or a take away, so converting it to a proper sit down restaurant was a brave move. It really pays off though. There's not a lot worse than sitting in a cavernous, empty restaurant. In here, you'd never feel like that.
About the food
Overall the quality of the produce seemed to be pretty good. Unfortunately, a common theme among everyone was that their food was too cold. This is probably because they were getting through everyone's meal at the same time, rather than a more typical service.
The portions were a good size as part of our 3 course meal - there wasn't that unpleasantly full feeling at the end of the meal.
Service was ok for the night, although it seemed that there were some communication barriers between us and our waitress. Often we had to repeat our orders and ask for clarification.
Afterwards we meandered down to the Half & Half bar just down the road, which stocks a really good selection of drinks.
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