El Mercado Argentino

Dry food, they did not have a salad to serve with the meal. I ordered from the menue and did not have the all you can eat. And how can you serve hot soup in Europe without Bread? Disappointed !

Amazing big Argentinian restaurant located in a few minutes from Old Town square with cosy cheerful interior design, very good service, delicious food and decent prices (which is a big surprise considering the rich meat menu and location). They have «all you can eat and drink» menu, usual menu and discounted lunch offers during the week days. The meals are very tasty and really don’t leave you disappointed. They also have a nice selection of Argentinian wines (together with other wines). This place is of course pretty much focused on the meat dishes, but the vegetarians can also find some suitable options.

How can any one short of royalty give this place anything less than 5 stars. I have visited prague 5 times and this is a deal you cannot beat. Before i rave about the food, this establishment is owned by the same group that owns la casa argentina which has high reviews. For all the negativity, here are some facts, the service is excellent and the meat is argentine steaks (non hormone meat) and Aussie rump steak. This is very different from the hormone infested corn fed/​other feed American meat (low grade). Lunch is 490 czk and dinner is 590 czk. What does this include? All you can eat and drink for 3 hrs. The meat incl argentine /​aussie rump, awesome duck, pork, trout and chicken. All you can drink wine or beer, salads, soup, Salami sides, deserts incl cakes, pies and fruits. Finally, you can end the meal with a cappacino or choice of tea. I had 4 glasses of good quality red. In any establishment this cost about apprx 70 czk per glass. Add the maths and the quality of non hormone meat, plus all you can drink czech beer or argentine wine and combine the excellent service it is a non brainer.

As an American who regularly travels through Prague, I stopped in today to check out this restaurant. In the US, this style is closer to that of a Brazilian churascaria, but with the food out at grill you walk up to.
SERVICE. The servers were good. I went at 2 in the afternoon on a Saturday and the grill wasn’t very well manned. Had to wait a bit a few times, which is fine, as my goal was to
ALL-​YOU-​CAN-​EAT. This is a novelty here in CZ (no local Golden Corral), and El Mercado delivers. There are no catches and the wait staff keeps the food coming, clearing plates and serving beverages.
PORTIONS. The portions of the meats that you order from the grill were all very robust.
NON-​MEAT. The warm up, typical Churascaria food was good. Nothing to rave about, very solid.
RIBS. These had been boiled and were very wet. They were served from a bin and not prepared fresh. They were not very good.
FLANK STEAK. This was freshly prepared. It was good. I had ordered it medium rare and it was appropriately prepared. It was lightly seasoned with large pieces of rock salt.
PORK SKEWER. This was the hit of the meal. It was very tasty, well seasoned with paprika and garlic. Cucumber and red peppers were on the skewer.
DUCK. I ordered the duck breast, the portions were good and the seasoning was good.
HOT APPETIZERS. French fries, potatoes, grilled mushrooms, etc. were prepared to order. They looked good. I did not try them.
SAUCES. I had two kinds of salsa, a salsa rosa and a salsa picante. The former was mayo-​based and the latter was what would be called sweet chili sauce in the UK, US or Australia. They were good, but not what was expected.
NOVELTY. If you’re a guest and in town, this is okay, but not great place to hit up.

Nach einem langen und kalten Sightseeing Tag wollten wir den Abend mit einem schönem Essen ausklingen lassen.
Aus dem Essen wurde dann zwar eher ein fressen, aber was will man anderes bei einem All you can eat erwarten.
Auch ohne Vorbestellung hatten wir Glück und hatten kurz nach 18 Uhr noch eine gute Platzauswahl. Der erste Gang führte uns zu den Vorspeisen Roastbeef, eingelegter Käse, eingelegte Oliven, eingelegte Paprika, Empanadas, tschechische Spezialitäten, Argentinische Spezialitäten, Italienische Spezialitäten 10 verschiedene Salate uvm
Besonders die Tortilla Chips mit passenden Dips hatten es mir angetan. Njam :)
Das Angebot an Steaks lässt kein Auge und Mund ;) trocken. In sämtlichen Varianten sowie gar Punkten werden die Steaks perfekt zubereitet. Neben Steak können Fleisch Liebhaber aber auch Schwein (Spieß, Rippchen, Nackensteak) Huhn (Spieß und Steak) und gegrillte Ente genießen. Das Angebot gebratene Forelle rundet das ganze ab.
Auch die Vegetarier kommen hier nicht zu kurz. Gegrillter Käse (große Portion), sämtliche Zubereitungsart der Kartoffel (Pommes, Ofenkartoffel ect), gegrillter Mais, gegrilltes Gemüse, Knobibrot (1 ganzes Baguette, also keine kleine Portion) …
Der Nachtisch geht nach all den ganzen Vor-​und Hauptspeisen fast unter. Leider waren wir schon so gesättigt das wir den Nachtisch nicht mehr testen konnten.
Neu für uns — das all you can drink Angebot.
Einige Biere, ein paar Weine, Softdrinks und sogar ein paar warme Getränke sind im Preis enthalten.
Mein Favorit hier: Der Birnensaft. Sehr lecker
Das Personal war steht´s freundlich und aufmerksam. Auch manch Sprachliche Verständigungsprobleme lösten sie gelassen.
Ein wirklicher Geheimtipp den anscheinend noch nicht viele Touristenguides in ihr Programm aufgenommen haben. Wirklich sehr sehr lecker.
Sehr zu empfehlen.