Goya Bar Histórico — Restaurant in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

The place only accepts cash in pesos. They will change money for you at a decent rate close to blue rate. This was great for us as we just arrived in the middle of the night and had no cash so they helped us resolve a problem. The food was overall quite bad, especially the steak which was so tough and oozing with blood even though we asked for well done. The toilets were filthy! The waiter was very attentive and lovely but when he brought us the bill, we were asked for a 40% tip! I guess it was more of a (voluntary) commission for exchanging money for us. But still quite steep as it was like 14% of the total money we exchanged. We paid as we didn’t want to upset him and they’d solved our problem after all. Won’t go...

The waiter had difficulty understanding me so I used the translate option, this helped marginally. I was not directed to the English menu, though there was one. I chose the stuffed pumpkin and a Roquefort empanadas. I was concerned when I saw a staff member walk through the door with a shopping bag of pumpkins. It was about 20 minutes & I was served what appeared to be a delicious stuffed half pumpkin. It was delicious when I started but it had been microwaved so I wasn't half way through before it was cold. It could have been beautiful: butternut pumpkin, champignons in a spinach sauce covered in cheese. Very disappointed after a marvellous start. Oh and they DON'T...

This place accidentally became a regular neighbourhood hang due to the fact that it was the perfect spot to watch the World Cup soccer aka futbal games, not too busy but still full, decent food and service, and two relatively large television screens. No air conditioning though and on days when it was 38 degrees Celsius it was problematic but still manageable with copious amounts of beer :) Price point is good - I got a good bottle of wine for 2000 pesos and the food is tasty. I had empanadas and pizza, of course what else?! There’s an upstairs section and the ambiance is casual yet trendy. According to history, I should become a well known regular in about a week -...