The Owner Should be Embarrassed - El Che Steakhouse & Bar Chicago - Buy Reservations
Getting a Reservation at El Che Steakhouse & Bar Chicago for Today or Tomorrow is Easy!
Buy a verified reservation at El Che Steakhouse & Bar Chicago from someone who doesn't need theirs anymore.
If there is nothing that fits your schedule, you can bid on your preferred time.
We only list verified Reservations!
All listed Reservations are reviewed by our team before appearing in the calendar or being allowed to answer a bid you place. That's why AppointmentTrader comes with a included Money Back Guarantee for each transaction.
![Read Less Action Icon](/images/ios-arrow-up.png)
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Chicago's Best Restaurants that are most frequently booked by customers of El Che Steakhouse & Bar Chicago
Booked 3 times by El Che Steakhouse & Bar Chicago customers.
Ranked #6 in Chicago's Best Restaurants.
Booked 1 times by El Che Steakhouse & Bar Chicago customers.
Ranked #28 in Chicago's Best Restaurants.
Booked 1 times by El Che Steakhouse & Bar Chicago customers.
Ranked #18 in Chicago's Best Restaurants.
Booked 1 times by El Che Steakhouse & Bar Chicago customers.
Ranked #3 in Chicago's Best Restaurants.
🤮 1/5 - The Owner Should be Embarrassed
By 👻 @Luna, 01/25/2020 3:00 am
|
|
I went there with two friends looking for an Argentine dinner experience. Full disclosure, I am from originally from Argentina, my friends are not. First, let's address the lack of a bread basket at the table. This is a universal staple of any dignified argentine restaurant. Appetizers - we ordered 3, the "olives", the "provoleta" and the "prawns". The olives were served alone, no crackers, etc. The prawns where actually shrimp (only 4?) and covered with a cold tomatoey sauce, and again, no bread. At this point, we asked the server to get us some bread (for the olives and prawns), he seemed to have a prepared answer of "would you like additional bread", as in extra charge. The provoleta was cold when it arrived, and covered in oily peppers, this came with bread. The bread is another topic, it was burned at the bottom -- I think for the ownership this is something unique and culinary, to us it was plainly inedible -- and not the kind that an argentine restaurant would server (french, mignon, grizines). Drinks -- the only good drink is a Mezcal -- which is a Mexican drink. No fernet-con-coca, Gancia with soda and limon, or Argentine beer. The waitress told us they had an Argentine beer called Aguila (I had never heard of it, but thought why not try it), but when she brought us 2 bottles it was from Chile. We also had the house drink, the Che Martini, and it was sad. Main Course -- We decided to try the Parrillada, since it should be the most traditional and was advertised as the thing they do best. How can I say this nicely? A Parrillada should have good meats and come to the table sizzling hot. A parrillada is like getting fajitas, if the plate is not sizzling and making noise, then you are capturing the zeitgeist of it all. Besides the fact that is was served on a cold tray, the cuts were subpar: - chorizo: links usually served at Texas BBQ joints, not Argentine chorizo (which has special seasonings, and it is much plumper and composed of 70-30% pork/beef) - blood sausage: don't know where they got this stuff, could not eat more than a bite as it was tasteless and dry. Blood sausage should have green onions and chunky pieces of pork mixed with the blood and spices. - sweetbreads: perhaps the only edible thing there, but it was cold, lacked crunch from good grill heat. - asado angosto (short ribs): these were cold and chewy (rubbery). My Argentine grandma would refer to the texture as "asado hervido" (boiled grilled meat), because it is what happens when the grill is not hot enough. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to have an extremely hot grill for doing good Argentine cuts, and the importance of having those cuts arrive to the table -- and remain -- hot while you eat. My friends and I had difficulty eating this stuff, in part we were embarrassed for the restaurant (verguenza ajena) and lost our appetites midway through this meal. Needless to say, we did not want to have any of their desserts, we could see some of them at the tables nearby and they like something that you can buy at an Aldi. Both my partner and I woke up in the middle of the night with upset stomachs, and the price of this discomfort was only $275. Hope this review helps you avoid this place, I wish I would have read something like this before taking my friends along.
0 Replys
0 Comments |
Be the first to Reply |