Café Mishiguene — Restaurant in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

What a HUGE disconnect. We were there two nights ago...and the food was stunning, not to be missed. The waitress was so amazing and we felt as we walked out that we had found one of the best restaurants in Buenos Aires. We went again last night. HUGE MISTAKE. The waitresses were completely bored, sauntering around like zombies, not looking at anyone or their tables. And it was not busy at all. We ordered two dishes each. We later learned they were out of the pickled beets. Did the waitress tell us as she dropped off the menu? No! Did she tell us when we ordered it? No! 10 minutes later, she sauntered over, completely checked out, and staring into space, we asked for the menu again. 15 minutes later she came to see if I wanted something else (there were 4 tables in the restaurant), and yet they stood, the 3 of them gossiping at the till, all this time. I said I would just have my one course, but please bring it with my companion's two courses. Which she did not. And when she dropped off the two dishes for my companion, I asked her again and she said it was two minutes away. This was 730pm. I had a total of 3 beers waiting for my lamb sandwich. My companion finished his two courses and when he wanted another lemonade, she said , they could not make it. (8:00 closing time?). And I thought, I am going to check if the reason was 8pm or were they truly out. But I could not get her attention from her riveting conversation with her co-workers, none of them would look up? So I walked up to the till and asked. She brought it right away. I noticed walking back to my table, a table outside (all 4) waving frantically to get someone's attention - they wanted their bill. So I walked back up to the till and pointed it out. The 4 waved in appreciation. At 805 I asked for the bill and she brought both the bill and my sandwich. I said I did not want it now, given they were closed and my companion was finished (we had been there 1 hour and 30 minutes by then). She took the sandwich away and I saw, what I thought was the manager rush to put my sandwich into a take away container (thinking they might make the decision to give it to me anyways, but no again, someone clearly wanted to take it home) Did the manager on duty come over at any time to see what the delay was about? No Did the Manager on duty (there were only 2 tables at this point), try to figure out what happened and what they could do to fix it? No. The manager on Duty should be let go. And the owner should lose their business if they can't figure out how or what happened? The service completely ruined our evening (no matter how good the food is, and we paid $75 for lunch, not a small price). Avoid this place...

Edit 16/7/2022: bajo mucho la calidad.

-Las papas pasadas y llenas de aceite. -papas y falafel salados de más y sin salsa. -pedimos una salsa bastante simple (morrones y tahini). Salió una fortuna (1200 pesos), era diminuta y también vino salada de más. Jamás me cobraron en ningún lugar una salsa lo mismo o más que lo que sale el plato. -el espresso "chico" venia en taza de flat White (muy grande), ergo no era espresso, era americano a lo sumo. -el lugar estaba menos lleno que cuando hice la reseña anterior y sin embargo todo tardó el doble. De los cafés se habían olvidado y sin embargo habían venido en la cuenta.

Eso si, los precios siguen en la línea de los 50 Bests. No me pedí la baklava de vuelta para no comerme el garron de mi vida. Quiero recordarla en su mejor momento. Una lastima.

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No es cafetería de especialidad.

Dicho esto, el lugar es muy lindo, bien decorado, linda vajilla, cocina a la vista, barra de mármol y almacén donde venden sus productos.

Es "cocina de inmigrantes", pero centrado en la cocina y estilos israelí.

Genera admiración ver la cocina. Todos concentrados sabiendo lo que tienen que hacer y haciéndolo con mucha maestría. Todos los platos salen parecidos, pero con una espontaneidad que lo hacen parecer fácil.

La atencion muy buena también. Las chicas siempre pendientes y atentas a los pedidos. Y observé que ningún pedido pasó más de un minuto sobre la mesa de despacho.

El sánguche de pastron es su especialidad. Si bien me gustó mucho, la mezcla abundante entre la mostaza y los encurtidos lo hacen un poco ácido de más y por ende empalagoso. Las papas que vienen de acompañamiento son las papas más perfectas que comí hasta ahora y hasta donde se, no se podrían hacer mejores. Tienen que probar esas papas.

De postre, baklava rellena de pistacchios con helado de americana. Una cosa increíble. No me olvido más de esa baklava. Necesito ir a otros lugares a compararla porque si hay mejores, me declaro oficialmente fan de la baklava. Tienen que probarla porque es una de las cosas más exquisitas que van a encontrar en CABA.

Algo malo: los jugos. Muy aguados y vinieron tibios. Nos ofrecieron hielo y todo bien, pero en un jugo licuado me parece mejor el hielo picado.

Los precios son elevados, pero les aseguro...

The quality and taste of the food is out of this world delicious! We enjoyed a poppyseed bagel with tomato and avocado, a bagel with scrambled eggs, a sandwich and a wrap - it was all incredibly delicious. It is Greek-style and just perfectly done. The atmosphere was on point and quite enjoyable.

The service was not overly impressive. I found the food and drinks to come quite slowly. I requested an additional chair to satisfy one seat per person in our party. The chair never came. The waitress was more concerned with moving our bags , that we’re already tucked under our seats and table. However, lack of interest in getting a seat for all of us. I think the service priorities are not in order. The food was so fabulous it does outweigh the...