Don Luis — Restaurant in El Calafate

The moment I walked into the shop, I was just amazed by the things I saw inside. There were so many things to choose from I was literally at a loss at what to pick. I realized this is probably the biggest branch of Don Luis in El Calafate because I actually walked past a smaller branch a few blocks away. Service could be improved. I was standing at the display shelf for quite a while the staff were chit chatting and didn't attend to me until a while later. Asked them for recommendations and I didn't like to hear the comment "everything is good", and only when I picked an item the staff said the one next to it was good. Eventually I decided to go with my feeling and picked a few of the items. Everything was packed nicely except for the lime tart which they tried to pack delicately, but as you walk out of the store, with the strong winds in El Calafate and the tart just swinging in all directions, the tart just looked disastrous when I got home. Was still good to eat but just too ugly for photos. The other pastries were pretty good too, am surprised I actually liked the empanadas from...

Like a moth to flame it is the perfect place to start your morning before going to the glacier, El chalten or any other day trip. You walk in and are assaulted by the smell of fresh baked cakes and breads. There is ample seating and the selection will make you swoon. Therr is a bit of a learning curve as to terminology of said bakery. There are of course empenadas fried and baked. All are excellent, BUT the caprese is best out of the oven. It doesnt carry well. The beef and mutton are excellent, there is an egg in it. Delicious! There are facturas... savory and sweet breads. Medialunas skinny croissants. Vigilantes, churros, gamelas and others. Masaseco... cookies. There is a great variety a lot with italian influence. Something very argentinian... for lunch try the arollado primavera. What is it? Something good. One last thing... the cafe con...

We originally went here to pick up a packed lunch for the following day, but ended up returning another two times while in El Calafate.

Their pastries are particularly good, at very decent prices. Especially anything involving dulce de leche... No idea what they add to it to make it so delicious.

Also try the purple covered alfajores, which are filled with calafate berry jam. Absolutely delicious.

So good, in fact, that when we returned to El Calafate from El Chaltén, with only 1h30 to spare, we decided to go all the way into the town centre one last time just for Don Luis, instead of going straight to...