Croque Madame Recoleta - Colegio de Escribanos — Restaurant in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

I'm sure this is not always like this but this was my experience:

we had three issues during our stay:

The waiter gave us the menus but never came to the table to take the order. We had to go to the bar and announce we were ready for order. The place was empty, we were one of three tables and we were on direct sight from the bar area.

The order took like 45 minutes to arrive (3 coffees, an avocado toast and a stuffed croissant)

I ordered a double coffee and I got a coffee that looked like a tea (watery brown color). I mentioned to the waiter that the coffee tasted awful. He changed it but said that then he would make a small coffee (not double), because apparently double coffee means double water and not double coffee shot. They serve Nespresso coffee (capsules), so I'm not sure how can it go wrong.

The place of course, is beautiful but not a must-see.

There are so many other nice places in the area, I don't think I'll come back...

The food was just OK. We wanted the menu of the day. They had 2 options and we ordered one of each. The salad was very good but the chicken fingers that went with it were way over cooked. The milenese was really tough and over cooked as well. The resturant wasn't busy, but it took about 45 minutes to get the entree. We had to flag down a waiter to come get our plates. We used google translate to ask if desert and coffee were included and he said yes. In the end, we got charged for the desert and coffee. We were also supposed to get wine, but it was never offered. The whole experience took about 1 hour and 45 minutes. We take some of the blame because of our poor english, but the waiter knew we wanted the menu of the day but he didn't...

En el corazón de Recoleta, dentro del imponente edificio del Colegio de Escribanos, se encuentra Croque Madame, una joya que combina gastronomía y arte en un entorno de otro tiempo. Desde la entrada en Avenida Callao 1540, la elegancia se respira en cada rincón: pisos de parquet, boiserie exquisita, bibliotecas de roble, vitrales en puertas de dos hojas y antiguas reliquias como una máquina de escribir y un teléfono de época.

La gran protagonista del salón principal es una obra monumental de Raúl Soldi (12 x 4 m), pintada en 1962 para una escenografía de la presentación "Las Mujeres Sabias" de Mollière, del Teatro Nacional Cervantes que nunca se utilizó debido a un incendio. Hoy, este legado artístico brilla en la Sala Soldi del edificio, aportando una mística única al ambiente.

En el segundo piso, antes de ingresar al comedor, se puede disfrutar de una exposición de Milo Lockett, agregando un toque contemporáneo a la experiencia. Allí, entre luces cálidas y una atmósfera refinada, nos deleitamos con suaves Croquetas de Papa y Mozzarella, tiernas Rabas y crocantes Langostinos Apanados, todos acompañados de salsas cremosas irresistibles. Como broche de oro, un Aperol Spritz refrescante.

La velada se coronó con un espectáculo en vivo de Bandeventos, un cuarteto de jazz que aportó sofisticación y ritmo a la cena. Croque Madame no es solo un restaurante, es una experiencia multisensorial que combina arte, historia y buena gastronomía en un mismo lugar.

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