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Stumbled across here for lunch and I can't believe I'd never been - awesome atmosphere and decor and a great array of options to choose from on the me…
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Very great place to enjoy the meal. Burger is delicious and the flat white is amazing. Service is good as well. Me and my friends love this restaurant…
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Nice place for brunch!…
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8 Reviews on “El Matador”
Very great place to enjoy the meal. Burger is delicious and the flat white is amazing. Service is good as well. Me and my friends love this restaurant and we’ll visit again
Nice place for brunch!
1-star rating is too generous for ourexperience tonight.We waited over an hour for our meals. When we asked the waitress, she apologised and said the delay was due to the number of tables at the back.When our meals arrived, we were surprised at the chips – they looked like crisps out of a bag. The salad also looked like it came from a bag and needed a tangier dressing.Worse of all both our meat meals were oversalted, with one meal over cooked & tough.When we went to pay, it turned out that our order had been forgotten & re-entered incorrectly, hence we did not receive the meals that we had ordered.Appreciate that they apologised for the wait & offered us olives, potatoes and more drinks.I would have preferred that they were upfront and we would had had an option of leaving rather than discover their error when we paid for a meal that was poor & not what we had ordered.Exceptionally poor experience & very disappointing given the positive reviews we had read.
As the owner of El Matador is an ex-flatmate and chef colleague of mine, who I haven’t seen for decades(!), I have long been trying to get in here to try out the food, and hopefully run across Mike. Unfortunately, he wasn’t in over the weekend, so that catch up will have to wait for another time. Bookings are only made for parties of 8 or more. So when we showed up around 7:00pm, on a Saturday night, naturally the place was already pumping. Seats at the bar, or outside, where it was refreshingly cooler, but not chilly, were offered. Within a short time, 2 buddies arrived to join me, my son and his girlfriend at the table. What followed was a few rounds of ciders, some pints of Estrella on tap, and a bottle of Campos de Viento Tempranillo. The Argentinian themed BBQ’d meats are what many people rave about here, so we too opted for a Parrillada platter of various meats for 4, plus some non-meat options of patatas fritas, calamari, prawns and fugazza (a divine bread dish, not to be missed!). Everything was super tasty, bursting with juicy flavour, and nothing went back from our plates! The cost for all this was a very reasonable $50 per head ($30 food/$20 drinks). Highly recommended! Will definitely go again.
Had our first visit there this past week and unfortunately we were extremely disappointed. We were seated for nearly 20 mins before our drink orders were taken; from the time we sat down until our steaks came, it was an hour and a half, and my rare steak I ordered came out medium. The steak was nice, but was absolutely buried under a mountain of chimichurri and the garlic really overwhelmed the meat. This was a Wednesday early evening, so it wasn’t during a Saturday dinner rush or anything. Extremely disappointing and not feeling very likely that we’ll give it another try.
This place took us right back to the good times and good food we had in Buenos Aires!Then place operates on a first in first serve system and it’s right across the road from our hotel. We turned up just past 6pm and the place already starting to fill up. We were seated at the courtyard with nice La Boca style deco.The waiting staffs were friendly and helpful. Wine was served straight away. After a little bit of wait, our food arrived. We ordered the rib eye steak medium rare and the roasted asparagus with almonds. The steak was cooked perfectly, the best medium rare we had in a long time. My husband even said it tasted better than most steak we had in BA. The servings were proper Argentinian sizes , so unless you have a extra large stomach, don’t be greedy on your orders.The highlight though was the Yerba Maté panna cotta, with a dab of dulce de leche and freeze raspberries. The flavour of the maté works perfectly in this dessert. The slightly bitter green tea flavour mix with the creamy smooth panna cotta! I’m in heaven!We will highly recommend this place to everyone who is looking for a a great night with great food. It’s perfect for every occasion!
The setting for the restaurant was pretty cool, which straight away had us in high hopes. I ordered the Wellington burger and the girlfriend grabbed a succulent looking steak. The burger was a 40cent looking bun, some new world looking coleslaw and a 3 day old tasting piece of rubbery fish, quite awful to be honest. Might sound harsh but just don’t want anyone else to have to taste it. The steak was pretty decent, but it is a steakhouse after all. The cap it all off, the service was very unenthusiastic and lacked any urgency. Shan’t be returning unfortunately. Cheers.