Gaucho

Busy restaurant, good food, yet one of our ordered steaks was over cooked. Manager came by and took the steak off the bill, superb service!

Love the cheese bread, could do with a bit more light is a bit dark in the restaurant

Great started, however the cheese puff bread was delicious which was unexpected. The steak was fantastic, truly up to standard. The sides were fantastic. The service was great over all.

Excellent meal and service. Got steak sampler and enjoyed it all but pleased to narrow down what we will order next time. Excited to return. Excellent service and well described menu.

We stayed at an apartment very close by and chose this restaurant for its location. The food was outstanding. They served a wet aged rib-​eye that had been marinated in olive oil, garlic & parsley for 24 hours.
It was outstanding!
A side of kale with lardons was the perfect compliment.
We were all to full to try dessert.
Dad had the pappardelle with rabbit ragu that was delicious.

The restaurant is lovely. We went on our last night in London, to try something a little different. It is definitely a place for meat eaters. I had the Gaucho sampler and found the meat to be cooked as I requested and very tasty. The pepper sauce was excellent. We also had a sausage sampler for an appetizer. Interesting tastes, although I am not familiar with all the different types they served. My father, the sausage maker, would have approved. The service was good while we were eating. The only downside was getting the check. We sat for quite awhile waiting for the bill so we could finish our evening. I would absolutely go back.

Great service! Greate food!
Love the rib eye always medium rare
And the cheesy bread is great!!!

Below par! booked a table on a Saturday night at 9:30pm was seated at 10:30pm!!!
Waiters and waitresses were running around like headless chickens — not a good look.
The food was okay… certainly not the best steak in London though.

Sexy!!!
I love when it feels like I’m having a private candle light dinner with my main man!
Gaucho delivered!
We black cabbed over, and proceeded to enjoy the best meal I have had in London thus far!
Everything was dim and sexy… the food was sooo freaking good! I hate when I have to go back and try to recall the details… because they escape me and other Unilocal review thoughts begin to cloud my brain!
I know I had steak (with BEARNAISE sauce!!!)…can’t for the life of me remember what else I had… I had cheesecake for dessert… why can’t I remember everything?! Bottles of white wine were abundant, flowed like rain… maybe that’s why I can’t recall…
Seriously! *scratching my head*
All I know is when I left I was feeling stuffed turkey fab!
Steal a little slice of heaven! Indulge a little… or a lot! Have a fantastic dinner and time at Gaucho!

As an American, I am entirely and emphatically underwhelmed with the quality of beef and skill in preparation in Europe. I mean it is really bad. So, you can say I was skeptical when a friend insisted I meet him in Sloan to have dinner at Gaucho — an Argentinian steakhouse chain. Oy, this should be a doozy, I thought.
Ok, I was wrong. Very, very wrong. I had a comprehensively amazing dining experience. From the outside, this Gaucho location does not look like much of anything. I thought it was some sleepy neighborhood bistro — until I went inside. The restaurant was absolutely packed, the bar scene was vibrant with lots of young-​ish people having drinks. We were seated quickly in the ultra-​chic dining room of contrasting black carpet and white leather booths. The walls were made from cow hide, with the cow hair still on it. Really cool.
We got the filet and the sirloin with sides of chips, béarnaise and of course — chimichurri sauce. The chimichurri was fantastic. The chips were fantastic. The béarnaise was fantastic. The steaks were phenomenal. And we washed it all down with a really good Malbec. They had a really deep Malbec selection, as you might expect from an Argentinian restaurant. The service was very good as well.
I have to say I was really impressed with Gaucho and can’t wait to go back again.

For our 5^th anniversary, my boyfriend surprised me with dinner at Gaucho.
While the service isn’t up to savoir-​vivre and protocol standards, it is very very good, refilling glasses of wine and water, bringing things quickly, and explaining everything we needed them to from the menu.
I personally had a Lomo piece (300gr — about £30) cooked «medium». And it really WAS cooked to medium. Not Britain’s usual botched-​up medium-​well or even well-​done. They know their steaks! It was thick, ever so slightly dryer on the outside, insanely juicy inside, and just the right shade of pink. I’m still drooling over it as we speak.
As a side I had the sweet potato chips with chorizo. Yummy!
I’d skip the entrees /​appetizers. Good, but if you’re there for steak, they don’t serve much of a purpose. And aren’t their specialty.
Overall, the best steak I’ve had this side of the atlantic. Only one steak house in Chicago beats it. Same cut, same cooking. although now I’m reconsidering it may well be that Gaucho beats even that. It was juicier. I had to slow down not to swallow the whole piece in seconds! Oh. One things that’s a bit upsetting. They serve the piece of meat on a single white (warm! hurrah!!) plate. No garnish, no sauce, no nothing. It looks a bit… lonely. But to be honest, I’d happily go back and have just that piece of lonely meat.
DROOL

My expectations before going to Gaucho were very high since it is meant to be a very posh place. Unfortunately, I was slightly disapointed by quite a few minor details, but the steak made it all better.
The issues I had are very minor and I wouldn’t even consider them for lesser places. But for Gaucho I was expecting everything to be perfect and it wasn’t: the glasses were dirty, the toilets are way to small for such a place, the appetisers and deserts were nothing to go on about (they were good but nothing out of the ordinary) and lastly after having put so much effort in the interior décor they could have hidden all those A/​C units instead of sticking them on the wall.
What I liked about the place: the service was very good and the waiteress was very helpfull in selecting the wine and explaining the cuts of meat. The steak was by far the best steak I ever had, perfectly cooked, juicy, tender, just amazing.
I would go back to Gaucho, but wouldn’t bother with anything else than the steak. By not eating appetizers and desert, I would be able to eat a bigger steak and that was the best part of the meal by far.

As for the other Gauchos, the steak here is awesome — but same high prices apply

Let’s keep this one quick and short.
The food is excellent. You can’t fault the steak they do, but then again, if they can’t do steak properly, what else could they do? This is after all an Argentinian joint.
That being said, they have this absolutely moronic idea that they must keep the lights in the place so dim, you need to strain your eyes to view the menu. The manager had to lend me his bike light just to place my order!
Enough said …

I had high expectations, but the meal was a resounding ‘meh’…great service though.

To round out my London adventure what else but an Argentinean steak place. Over detailed menu and winelist (similar to craft) but without the chops to fully execute on it. I thought the wine selection was actuallyt pretty cool sorted by variety and then by altitude it was a neat way to think about South American wine but I wasn’t sold on our waiter knowing much about it. The sides and sauces were decent but I was disappointed with the steaks themselves. I was very underwhelmed by the quality of the meats and the quality of the preparation. Pity, it could have been such a neat spot.

Ambience is pleasant but steaks are very average IMHO. If you love steak, go to Jack O’Shea butchers in Knightbridge and cook one of theirs at home — it will blow away anything that Gaucho puts infront of you. Add a little olive oil and red wine vinegar on top for even better results. Bellisimo!

Whow, such a poshy place!!!
The food is amazing, the steaks are perfect, and everything, from the starters to the desert going through the wine and cocktails list is very well done.
The staff is nice, friendly and professional at the same time.
We had a very nice bottle of wine (FOURNIER A CRUX 2003) full bodied, smooth, ripe with silky tannins — very good suggestion from them!
It is not a cheap place but for the quality of food and service prices are fair enough.
What i didn’t like? Few details: the furry chairs (really cheesy for me), the toilets (beautiful, stylish but small for such a big restaurant!), the water glasses (I don’t like to drink water in goblets) and, mainly, the cheeses board (very nice selection of five cheeses but they don’t put them random on the board without suggesting you the flavour order — not everyone could be a gourmet expert!).
But still, I had such a lovely night, I really enjoyed the atmosphere, the food, the wine. I’ll definitely be back

NOMnom.
This is the second location I’ve been to of this Argentine grill — I had good experiences at both.
Basically, same menu, service and décor.
Steak and wine, wine and steak ~ why else would you take a trip to Gaucho? They have a simple selection of meats & cuts — no fuss. They have a meat board where the server explains everything to you, and if you want to see what type of cut & size before ordering. But, if you must fancy something other than steak they have a good variety of seafood & salads.
To go with your order, they have a good selection of cocktails to wines that should definitely be sampled.
On top of all the goodness — starters, sides & desserts are def a must too!
Smart-​Casual attire.
Reservations are a good idea — even on weekdays.
Bring your appetite!

I loved Gaucho Grill.
Expect Argentine Grill at its finest.
We started with the Oysters — they were all perfectly shelled and brought out cold and delicious. The bread that accompanied our oysters and food satiated us until our meat came.
We got the Gaucho Sampler — all four cuts of their beef. Cuadril, Chorizo, Lomo, and Ancho. My favorite was the Cuadril — it melts in your mouth.
A side of salad and potato purée was a perfect accompaniment — but expect to be stuffed for days afterward.
Dessert (yes– somehow we kept eating) was sooo good. We had a dulce de leche cheese cake and a tiramisu cocktail. I have no idea how we had room for all of this food.
I was extremely impressed by their wine menu — mainly because during my stay in London it was impossibly hard to find Argentine wine, but Gaucho Grill didn’t disappoint (seems obvious — Argentine wine at an Argentine restaurant). Their selection of Malbec was fabulous and the wine list was organized by region and altitude. A Fabre Montmayou Gran Riserva from Mendoza (’05) went well with our meal.
The décor is very posh, dark, sleek, and sexy. All different types of dress were present (from smart jeans & tops to sexy dresses and suits) but I wouldn’t feel comfortable in anything less than a pencil skirt and heels.
Service was very attentive — our waiter was available every time we needed him and was on top of things.
Loved it.