Don Quijote — Restaurant in Mendoza

The initial reception was good. Not the harassing hawkers a block down the street. The waiter was attentive and responsive. We ordered 2 7Up zeros, a bottle of house extra brut spumante. Appetizer- cheese, olives and fake Jamon Serrano. My wife refused to eat any of it. I picked at it , the hand cut block cheese. Olives from a can, and local Jamon. Eventually we had them pack it all up ... in what had quite recently held some product from the grocery store. Sorry, no bags available. The tortilla Española and the cazuela de mariscos arrived after a lengthy wait. From 3 feet away the fishy stench assaulted my olfactory senses. I almost barfed and fled the scene. Come on, JoE, you've eaten street food across Sub-Saharan Africa, Fiji and the Indian sub-continent, you can do this. With faith in "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger", I waded into the cancelation. It wasn't so bad, and after a while I became nose-blinded to the fishyness. The 1 piece of fish was mushy, and bony. The one peeled shrimp was good, fresh and firm. The mussels were ok. The. Calamari was sometimes good, sometimes hard and dried out from waiting to be cooked. The broth was tasty enough. Nothing to write home about. My wife really enjoyed her tortilla Española. Well browned on top. Plump and fluffy. I left half the fish and the large unpeeled shrimp uneaten in the dish. Then I decided to peel the shrimp... and the source of the stench was revealed in the inner head and guts. The body of the shrimp also elected to spontaneously auto self dismantle, revealing a nasty, mushy, smelly mess. Yetch. Take it away. We waited and waited...We paid and left only after my wife took the bill inside and forced payment. BEWARE - At the end of the meal the waiter said that they do not accept credit cards, only DEBIT cards. Ooh, the fraud potential!! But for 10% extra charge they will accept credit cards. But the 10% tip cannot be added to the credit card. I happened to have a $1000 Chilean peso note... there's your tip buddy. Food - 3 stars Service- 1 star Ambience - 3 stars, no loud booming "music" Overall - 3 stars, if you have a...

We should start by saying that service from Gabriel was exceptional. He was really great at explaining dishes given our limited Spanish, so that was really appreciated! He is definitely an asset to the restaurant.

Sadly the food on the whole was a bit of a let down. We went for the set menu, which is perhaps our own fault as the menu included a wide variety of Spanish inspired dishes which looked appetising!

First we were served warm bread with a delicious garlic dip - this was a highlight. We then ordered two empanadas (not on the set menu) which unfortunately left a lot to be desired, as they were a little tasteless. For mains we had spaghetti bolognese, which came out as tagliatelle, not spaghetti. This was ok. Desert was a fruit salad (apples in some juice), and a coffee for my partner.

Overall, the food was slightly disappointing in terms of taste, but the service was really excellent throughout. We would return to try other dishes on the menu. Thank...

Con intenciones de construir realizo mi reseña, sin ambitos de ofender al lugar ya que nos atendieron de maravilla. Fuimos 2 personas, consumimos entrada, menu de pizarra, a 20 de diciembre 2024 el menú tiene un valor de 10500 e incluye un vaso de bebida, plato principal y postre. Pedimos entradas, me arrepentí porque no estuvo sabrosa. Del principal, me arrepentí. El postre comí una cucharada y no pude seguirlo comiendo, algo hay que ver en la cocina.

. La atención del mozo que nos atendió anoche es excelente, un chico tucumano súper atento, la moza no se si es nueva pero solo detalles como por ej , no retirar el plato de la entrada y llevarte el plato principal, no llevar servilletas, mucho trabajo en equipo, se nota, su compañero la ayudó y eso se valora mucho. Con respecto a la comida, precio calidad no estuvo acorde, debido a que si sabía que el postre ( budín de pan) estaría para no poderlo comer, me habria pedido perfectamente otro plato principal y pasaba por alto el menú del día+postre. Sinceramente las rabas no estaban crujientes, se comprende la falta de calor en freidora en horas picos o cuando esta muy lleno el lugar, pero no había mucha gente, pudo haberse esforzado más el chef, en caso de no ser chef, mi recomendación es capacitarlo, porque deja mucho que desear y creo que podrían recibir muchísima más gente si los platos salieran con más conocimiento en comida española. Por último el ambiente, sus mesas limpias, sillas cómodas, un ambiente con mucha paz pese estar en la aristides (lugar muy concurrido), en el lugar no te ponen la musica alta, ideal porque se puede conversar, e, insisto dejaría al mozo tucumano como encargado gral, ya que estuvo súper atento, invitaba a la gente que pasaba por la vereda a compartir un plato en mesa y ni bien se iba la gente que comía en el lugar no dejaba pasar el tiempo y limpiaba la mesa, para esperar nuevos clientes. No se olviden que uno como cliente, va a un lugar de comida típica y no va a otro lugar esperando un plato que te remonte a ese lugar, en este caso comida española, y yo no sentí eso, sentí solo la necesidad de venderme un plato, y que habria podido comerme el mismo plato en mi casa que soy argentina. De todas maneras gracias por la hermosa noche, porque mal no la...