El Gaucho

My second visit to El Gaucho was a birthday celebration for my man, as it is his favorite restaurant. Reservations were full upstairs, so I decided to make them for the Pampas Room below. I love the atmosphere upstairs and would in the future book up there again, rather than downstairs. There's a certain sparkle that the dining room features that is lost just a bit down below.

The ceasar salad is made table side, but it was coated in too much dressing that was thick with garlic. The taste lingered and interefered with our pallet too much for the rest of the meal. Our filet mignons were delicious but the garlic from the previous course was still too over-powering.

I have high expectations for high-class establishments and, sadly, this experience, while good, did not quite live up to them.