Comments on: To the Contrary… https://www.saltshaker.net/20190206/to-the-contrary Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:43:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: dan https://www.saltshaker.net/20190206/to-the-contrary#comment-261984 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:06:06 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=27229#comment-261984 In reply to Isa.

I kind of feel like it’s one of those places that people who are die-hard foodies arrive at, having been convinced that it’s amazing, and committed to spending a lot of money, and simply can’t say that it ain’t so. Looking at reviews for them in places like TripAdvisor and Yelp, even the people who say they like the food, and give the place 4-5 stars, complain about the poor service, and the attitude of the staff, the high prices and small quantities. I don’t see how you can give a place 4-5 stars, even if you like the flavors, when you find that much wrong with it. And we didn’t even like most of the flavors.

Now, at the same time, I realize this is one of those places that completely changes their menu regularly, so it may just be that we hit four dishes that we happened not to like, but with all the rest, I can’t recommend it, even if four different dishes might have been more to our tastes.

]]> By: Isa https://www.saltshaker.net/20190206/to-the-contrary#comment-261983 Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:48:39 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=27229#comment-261983 What a surprise, this review! I had read about it for ages on expats forum, with commends such as ‘there is nothing similar anywhere else in Buenos Aires’. The place is blocks from our ‘new’ home in Capital, so it was one of the first we tried when we were still moving boxes. Terrible mistake! Small portions for hungry movers was a poor choice. When they started sending the dishes to our table I though it was an appetizer because they were running behind. We had an all vegetarian menu, and with the amount we spent in one night we could have eaten one week worth of vegetables at our home. The value for the money is simply not there, in my opinion.

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