Gaucho Chancery

anthonykennedy

A truly average experience 1st December 2008

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This was my third visit to a Gaucho restaurant and it will be my last.

We arrived and ordered 3 cocktails and a beer that took 25 minutes to arrive. Following that the 'beef board' was presented orders taken for a variety of steaks with roasted vegetables, sauces and sides. Wine was ordered, a 2005 Pinot Noir, but a 2007 was presented to the table. I queried this was told that they were out of the 2005, fine - what would the revised price for a wine that was possibly under a year old, and was told that the same price would stand? (Sidenote: on my previous visit to Canary Wharf it took three different selections of wine to find one they had in stock).

So, main course delivered, still no wine, and the roasted vegetables is actually a selection of vegetables that 'could be roasted' but are in fact pan fried. To make this worse the butternut squash is stone cold, uncooked and raw, the carrots are still cold and almost snap frozen crunchy in the middle. The waiter took these two items away and removed them from the bill, leaving us with an expensive steak and chips.

So on to dessert. Be warned that the description of pancakes is misleading and should read 'pancake' in the singular, that is filled with caramel from the bottle that you would put on ice-cream at home

In addition, our first selection of dessert wine was no longer available either.

When asked if we would be paying the 10% service charge we firmly said no, to which the waitress was surprised and asked us why. I refreshed her memory of the above.

Overall, it took 3 hours and 15 minutes for cocktails and two courses - no coffee.

Total bill, four people, without service £239.

There is no way I will return to this chain of restaurants.

Snowy

Gaucho Chancery 3rd September 2008

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I enjoyed my trip to Gaucho Chancery. It was expensive but the food and the staff were good. We were met at the door and they had our booking and took as to our table in a nice friendly way. We went for my boyfriends birthday so it was a special occasion and with a friend. I don't eat meat so the selection was small but the options were exicting and I was happy to try truffle oil for the first time. The waiter bought steaks to our table and explained each one which was good. And the boys enjoyed their choices.

beanstar

26th August 2008

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Was not at all sure what to expect from this restaurant!

In the end it was fabulous - lots of detail, down to the cowskin seating to add to the ambience! Service was spot on - not too slow, not too pushy and not too cheesy polite!

The tray of raw meat brought out so you could see what the steaks looked like pre-cooking was an eye-opener but added to the experience.

There is, obviously, a lot of steak/beef on the menu but there are other options including fish and chicken. The meat is cooked to perfection and exactly as ordered.

This is quite an expensive place to eat but the quality shines through. All side orders have to be added to the main course so can be quite expensive - we have found that we prefer to order and share three different sides between us rather than adding, say, potatoes and veg.

Well worth a visit - and having eaten at a couple more in the chain, I can vouch for consistency!

t0m

excellent food and service 30th September 2007

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I'm not a big fan of expensive restaurants, but a trip to the Gaucho this week changed all that. The food was actually incredible (on a table of 8, all 8 people were blown away by the taste of the steaks!).

Really, you have never experienced a good steak until you go to the Gaucho.

The service was also excellent. Highly attentive, but not pushy.

Highly recommended.

ProfMagellan at 15/06/08

I have been to two Gauchos, the one in Hampstead and the one off Bishopsgate in the City. The former is very pleasant but the latter horribly noisy, a discotheque with food. The steaks are indeed fabulous; but be warned they are unbelievably, even by London standards, expensive.

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HelenMary

14th June 2007

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I'm not a big meat eater but I love the Gaucho Grill, probably because the steaks are so well done (in a perfect medium rare way). Probably best to skip lunch because its a lot of food. Our waiter was so lovely, and recommended the most delicious bottle of wine, it was a stunning meal and a very lovely evening.

NikoTheFinn

Juicy Argentinian steaks 17th August 2006

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Wow. Short of flying to Argentina, I am not sure it is possible to find better steaks in London (though I am very open to being proven wrong!). The Gaucho Grill on Chancery Lane serves up fat, juicy, giant Argentinian steaks, and very little else. If you order a steak, that is all you get - all sides are extra. They cook the suckers to perfection, exactly as I wanted it (I asked for it done "rare-to-medium-rare, with a touch more emphasis on rare", and that is how it came). The wine list is great too, and is naturally geared towards the full, rich reds that go so well with meat. This place is a carnivore's dream. Only downside: it's quite expensive. But worth every penny!

sokratis at 17/08/06

Which type of steak would you recommend then?

NikoTheFinn at 03/09/06

I think I had a sirloin, but I don~t (damn - no apostrophes on a Portuguese keyboard!) think you can go wrong with any of them.

sokratis at 03/09/06

No apostrophes on a portugese keyboard???? u sure? look again, there must be one

NikoTheFinn at 04/09/06

Aah, it's cunningly hidden under the "?"! I was looking where it usually is, next to the "Enter" key, and all I could find was the "~".

walid at 05/09/06

Niko, have you the steaks at "Le Relais De Venise L'Entrecote", not only they make great steaks and fries, they have this secret near magical sauce which is just wonderful!!! Check out the review done by natharfouche and mine (coming soon)!

NikoTheFinn at 05/09/06

Walid, I have not, but next time I'm in London I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks for the tip!

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