Overall, the food was a tad disappointing. It wasn’t because it didn’t taste good- it was just a bit boring. After eating at Bardot a few days earlier, where the food was fantastic and creative, this seemed sort of uninspired. PozoSanto’s best dishes were the Peruvian ones. The ceviche was very nice and balanced and made picante as we requested. We love spicy food and were glad the kitchen responded to our wishes. The main of lechal cordeiro was not as tender as I would have expected and the sauce was rather one-dimensional. The seafood paella-like dish my wife ordered was tasty but also uninspired. The dessert we ordered- some sort of chocolate mousse with another fruit mousse tasted like a a good chocolate pudding- nothing more.

Overall, we enjoyed the experience more for the ambiance than the food. This is an expensive restaurant for BA with drinks costing $40, dessert $40+, cubierto, etc. I do not feel the Mediterranean twist makes this place interesting- perhaps because I lived in Barcelona and Bilbao for three years and have become pretty demanding with this type of cuisine. The Peruvian food is quite good but not at the level of Bardot. The only problem with Bardot in my opinion is the atmosphere- too bar-like and not very comfortable. If I could get Bardot’s food in the PozoSanto space, that would be perfect!

The room, still pretty empty – around a dozen people the entire evening – though it was a Tuesday at the end of February vacation time. Chatted a little with the chef, who popped out to chat, and he says they’re packed on Fridays and Saturdays, but still very slow the rest of the week. Personally, I still think that’s a shame – this is, as far as I’m concerned, the best high-end Peruvian restaurant in the city – both food and ambiance better than Astrid & Gastón, Francesco, Libellula or Sipán.