Having spent an inordinate amount of time in Texas, as well as frequently venturing away from DC to…read moreWest Virginia, the Carolinas, Kansas City, and elsewhere in search of amazing bbq, I can say, with full sapience on the subject, that Bulls BBQ is phenomenal. And why wouldn't it be? Argentina is known for steak, why would they not have amazing BBQ? Look at the pictures I've posted with this review - there were zero leftovers. On our travels, we tend to rarely repeat restaurants as, with the infinite possibility of something new, it would only behoove us to keep choices fresh, with the rare exception of a handful of venues and, without a doubt, Bulls BBQ is one of those exceptions. We'll be back before we leave Buenos Aires and should we return, we wouldn't hesitate to return again and again.

Great find in our area. My husband and I have been to BA often and we have our favs in restaurants…read moreand steak places. This was a great find, the BBQ meats flavored and cooked perfectly. We had the beef ribs & the brisket plate both dishes came with fries, the fries was the best we've had. The meat fell off the bone and brisket was tender. Portion size is larger than we expected, we had plenty left over to have later.

was brought here by a Buenos Aires native and it was amazing! It was also nice to be there in a…read moreplace without any (noticeable) tourists. it respects the name by making you knock on a very obscure and essentially unmarked door ( I was early and even though I knew the address, I couldn't find the place). we had a four course (all meat of course) meal that was so rich and tasty. Two nice bottles of wine and the bill was still really reasonable. Service was outstanding. I can't wait to return, and next time, I'll know how to find it lol

Really good place, great ambiance, helps if you can speak Spanish…read more Food was amazing and service is great.

Taking over the spot that was El Tejano originally, if I understand things correctly, Ronald, who…read moreruns this place, was the chef for Larry, who owns El Tejano (now, as far as I know, only to be found at El Alamo's two bars... the original on Uruguay and a new one on Córdoba). He either bought the place out, or just took over the lease when El Tejano left. He's given it a slight Dutch twist, when it comes to some of his sauces and spicing, and adding in menu items like bitterballen. With three of us at the counter on Sunday afternoon (normally he only opens at night Tuesday-Saturday, but occasionally he's in the mood to open Sunday lunch, and posts it on his Instagram account), and a sampler platter for two on offer, we asked if he could up the sampler to a tabla for three, and he was happy to oblige. This is a whopping sampler of meat - especially for the easy price of 400 pesos/person, a mere $7.25. For that, each person gets a fried empanada filled with his smoked pulled pork held together with Indonesian spicy peanut sauce - yum! - a smoked chorizo - more yum! - smoked and barbecued bondiola, pork shoulder - oh come on now, how many times can I say yum! - and two smoked ribs smothered in your choice of spicy or not "Lekker sauce", which is a slightly fruity, spicy blend that's delicious, though we found the ribs themselves a bit dry. The two smoked meats in the middle are livened up even more by your choice of his own housemade spicy mustard (we all want bottles of the stuff), or his Mortal hot sauce, which is a jalapeño sauce with a kick and flavor similar to Sriracha. Although not on the day's menu, he brought us out a couple of extras to sample - some smoked lomito, pork loin, that he's experimenting with. We liked it a lot - he asked what we thought it might go with - my thought was a sandwich with smoked cheese and kimchi (he's a friend of, and proponent of, Kimchi Buenos Aires, who I buy kimchi from when I don't make it myself. (Delivered to your door usually next day, and very reasonable, with a choice of styles!) He also brought us some plain and spicy curry bitterballen - a new one for all of us - a sort of squishy meatball (basically ground meat mixed with bechamel and spices and then breaded and fried) - both, well, more yum! Overall assessment? Some of the best smoked meat in Buenos Aires right now. (Before someone asks, simpers, or protests - let's see, I'd go to Lekker for the empanada, chorizo, and/or bondiola, and to El Tejano for the brisket, ribs, and chicken. I haven't encountered anywhere else in town that tops either of them in the smoked meat world.)

Myself and my wife Andrea came across this place. We are glad we did, a little hole in the wall run…read moreby a Dutch or Nederlander ex pat Ronald that we had the pleasure to meet. This place has the best ribs and hot sauce I have ever had in Baires. Highly recommended even though the actual place does not give the food any Justice. Try it out the hot sauce alone is worth it. Awesome place!!! Very cool!!! Good job Ronald!!

We wanted steak and our local friend said this place was a sure thing. A small group of us sat…read moreoutside and prepared for a carne fest. We ordered wine and dove into the menu settling on the short ribs, bone in ribeye, fries Provençal, baked sweet potato and a delicious eggplant/onion side that was great for dipping. The ribeye was most tender and with the red wine from Mendoza, a perfect pairing. We feasted like the carnivores we are and enjoyed the entire experience.

Amazing local joint with excellent parrilla, perfectly cooked. Great overall experience and would…read moredefinitely return.

We had an excellent meal and service on a Sunday night. We entered an empty restaurant at 8 PM. By…read more9 PM it was busy, but still some open tables. They bring you complimentary bread with different sauces. The prices are affordable. The wine was a huge pour for a great price. The staff was friendly and efficient. We had the tenderloin and the ribeye. I preferred the tenderloin. It was so smooth and easy to cut. The flavor was excellent. We had a delicious side of smashed pumpkin. We shared a salad that was made with fresh romaine, tomatoes, and white onion. They served it was balsamic vinegar and olive oil. The place has a nice ambiance. Check it out!

Food: 3.5/5.0 Service: 3.5/5.0…read moreValue: 3.0/5.0 Decor: 3.0/5.0 Overall: 3.5/5.0 Nice quiet restaurant in Palermo. The empanadas were okay but needed a little more seasoning or at least salt. The steak was pretty well cooked, but the cut of meat was on the less impressive side. Fine for a casual meal.

Monday lunch in May at Don Julio's in Buenos Aires. We arrived early hoping to snag a table but…read morethey told us there were none and to return in the afternoon to be placed on the walk-in waiting list. So we came back at 3. While we waited outside with the rest of the crowd they gave us champagne and mini empanadas. So good. At 3:30 we were sat at a nice table in a small room with a few others. The ambience was quiet luxury in a rustic setting. No loud music (or any I think), just soft murmurs of conversation and the tinkling of cutlery kissing dishes. I felt like royalty. Before ordering they brought us endive with a delicious arugula pesto (sauce was amazing!!), yummy bread rolls and butter. For starters we ordered provoleta (grilled provolone) and for the entree ribeye and porterhouse with sides of salad greens and baby Brussel Sprouts. And a glass of house wine. My steak was the best porterhouse I've ever had. Period. It was huge, so tender, so delicious. Perfectly seasoned and cooked. My mouth is watering as I write this. The ribeye was perfection! No wonder people come from all over the world to drop tons of money on a meal here. It is sooo worth it. The server kindly cut the bone off my steak and set it off to the side which made for an uncrowded eating experience. The simple salad was delicious as were the perfectly grilled baby Brussels sprouts. Even the house wine was good. We were too full for dessert but they brought us complimentary alfajoritos to end our meal. I highly recommend making reservations when you visit. Which is a must!!

One of the most well known parrillas in all of Argentina and currently maintains one Michelin star…read more It's quite busy and very hard to get a reservation. I check a couple weeks out for any night of the week and only was able to find outside tables online. I came here on a Wednesday night around 10:30 in hopes of getting it less busy than a weekend night. I only had to wait about 15 minutes and also got a free glass of champagne and a mini empanda. As I came in they offered me a tour of the wine cellar which was full of unique and old wines. They have a massive wine offering which I think is one of the things that helps them out on the Michelin guide. It's a classic steakhouse offering, probably best approached by sharing a few cuts with a table. But as I was here by myself I went for the tasting menu so I could try more things. They brought over some bread to start with chimichurri, as well as an odd amuse bouche of a single endive leaf with a pretty bland green sauce. The first course started off with a thinly slice of beef kinda like jerky meets prosciutto. Very flavorful and tender, loved it. Second course was a sausage that was incredibly juicy and exploding with flavor, one of the best sausages I've ever had. Then came a sweetbread course which I've never had before. It was very unctuous and rich, bit too heavy for my taste and sort of made me want to stop eating at this point. It came with a very basic salad with simple vinaigrette. The next two courses were a ribeye broken into two components, the eye and the rib cap. The eye came with another equally bland salad. The cap came with a table side preparation of a sweet potato which was honestly quite comical. Fine dining is known for beautiful table side prep, but scooping out the inside of a sweet potato and spooning over melted butter is amusingly basic. With no other seasoning here but salt it was again, very bland. Steak was fantastic and juicy, a bit on the rarer side than I would normally go for but I think this is never given the unique leaner quality of Argentine beef. Chimichurri was classic, oddly I was offered a spicy chimichurri half way through my meal which I preferred, unsure why it wasn't brought sooner. Bread courses were very standard, again nothing spectacular here. The sommelier helped me pick out a couple glasses of wine and was generally very helpful and attentive. The wine I had was solid but nothing crazy, elected for some of the cheaper choices since this was the most expensive meal I had in all of Argentina. Pumpkin ice cream was nice though oddly lacking in sweetness for a country that seems to take many things very sweet. Overall, this is such a classic and well known place that I felt it would be wrong not to check it out, yet I had heard there are better places at cheaper price points and I would now say that is very true. The beef quality here is fantastic and prepared well. Staff is attentive and helpful. But this really just doesn't present a fine dining experience as you might expect for a Michelin star. It feels like it fits more into the bib gourmand category. And at this price point it's really hard to feel like the price is justified. I dined at other places for way less including another Michelin star that was a true fine dining experience for a little over half the price. Much more courses with each element thoroughly thought out. The bland salads and side elements here don't detract away from the meat but they don't bring anything else to the table either. They feel like they exist to be a line item on a menu and nothing more. While I'm glad I got to try this place out, I likely wouldn't come back. There are less busy places with just as good of steaks for much lower the cost.