Restaurante Onde el Corto — Restaurant in El Calafate

Onde El Corto. Excellent food, service and atmosphere.

El Corto, the short, is the cook, and owner that does a simple, reduced menu for a few guests at lunch time.

It has a couple of tables inside, but we chose to sit outside in one of the four tables in the garden. At the end of the garden theres a small vegetable garden as well as a greenhouse where El Corto grows, at least, some of his vegetables.

His house is, in a residential neighbourhood in Calafate away from the city centre.

Food is wholesome, beautifully cooked with the home feel. Milanesa de Vacío was excellent served with Papas.

The freshly cooked bread at the beginning was simple but excellent. The homemade alioli fantastic.

The Lamb Raviolis were very very good as well.

Desserts, mousse and flan were simple yet excellent.

The service was also very good, in a natural and friendly way, yet professional. 70000 pesos for...

Five star Google reviews led us to Onde el Corto and we weren’t disappointed. On our first visit, it was busy when we arrived but the owner was very helpful and charming. The food took a while to arrive but the location is so pleasant and the house Malbec so drinkable, that it wasn’t an issue. When the food did arrive, we all thought it was delicious. And when the bill came, it was very reasonable. Two days later, we raced back from Perito Moreno to get there before the 16:00 closing time. This time there were very few other guests and the owner was very friendly - getting gooseberries and special raspberries from his garden for us to taste. The Gnocchi dish, to the owner’s grandmother’s recipe, was fantastic, the Malbec was still delicious and the meal was even...

What an amazing experience. As the other reviews of this place suggested, the host is very gracious, and the staff are very accommodating. Diego explained how long he's been doing this for, a little bit of his love of cooking. All of my friends agreed that this was the best place they've been to in Argentina.

The location is a little bit of a walk from the downtown area, and a hill climb. But trust me it's worth it. Would come back if we were here longer. Thank you again. The seafood soup...