Corrientes Argentine Pizzeria — Restaurant in Winnipeg

“Sipping a cocktail on a sinking Belgrano would be p[referable to spending hard earned bucks at this epitome of stodge”

1 of 5 stars Pending review

I note from below that the owner takes exception to the reviews of Doctorspok. While I can't say I personally know the good Doctor, I can say that it seems a bit churlish for the owner to harp on about the previous reviews of this contributor. For instance, the fact he has criticised him for re-reviewing an establishment in Rome, just shows honesty and good intentions to show how places change over time, and alert diners to this. The fact he has mentioned a hummus place in Israel has only local dialects being spoken is to show how the place really is popular with local people, not tourists, what's the big deal? The fact he has given largely negative reviews to many pizza places in Winnipeg and elsewhere is indicative he has high standards and also an indication that good pizzerias are hard to find. The owner doesn't even address the main concerns re the ridiculous overpricing. Indeed I think given my take on the place Doctorspok was unduly generous to the place. OK, on with my review and time to get the forks out. The owner mentions that he has over 30 or so years experience in making pizza. Well I wouldn't be boasting of this, as 30 years of producing dogpoop doesn't mean its improved over time, its still dogpoop. Maybe if he'd invested the time into learning English properly he'd be better placed to serve his customers. In fact if I'd spent ONE MONTH learning to make gourmet pizza I'd be disappointed if it tasted anywhere near as tasteless as this place's concoctions.

Firstly, the food itself is just BLAND. no taste no texture no PIZZAZZ. Like eating a wedge of cardboard. After 30 years you don't know how to make a pizza base properly? Come on!

The toppings are lacking in flavour almost entirely, clearly the bargain bucket variety, and if you consider pizza for 2 in Canada's cheapest city should cost $90 or so then maybe you need to moving to somewhere with higher property prices too. As to that whole peanut butter thing, did that come to you in a bad dream, or was it just an aberration from another dimension like in a Stephen King nightmare?

The cheese where is it bought I demand to know? Bulk buy from superstore wholesale I suppose! It has as much flavour as a school canteen pudding.

Even the starters are lacking in anything flavourful. Indeed the only thing anyone would remember clearly would be the BILL which would be considered inordinate for even a Buenos Aires 5-star.

It doesn't make you the best pizza in Winnipeg when you combine the excessive price tags with inedible gloop that even the local alley cats would barf at it certainly makes you the most ARROGANT.

There's also some special Argentinian starter called empanada, on the menu, I tried that, I've tasted microwaveable Giant Tiger frozen finger food more tasteful.

I doubt very much even Margaret Thatcher would choose to eat here even if there was a chart of the Falklands on the wall! And that says it all.

To sum up: for the money you spend in this place for a dinner for two, you could feed an entire impoverished family in Africa for about a month.. I know where I'd rather my money went.

Thanks for listening.

Note to owner: try google translate for your response, it might read...

Pizza is alright but really is nothing special. The mushroom pizza we had was greasy and quite frankly soggy in the middle which is not appetizing. The salmon pizza is good, but still pretty basic and light on the toppings considering the price. Salad was tasty and a large portion was served. Drinks were also strong and well balanced but took way too long to be served. We ordered everything together and had finished our salad before we even received our drinks. Desserts were good, but it's not acceptable for a restaurant to run out of a dessert and not offer compensation. Maybe they should decrease the options and make sure they have enough daily. The service is where things start to really fall short. We witnessed the host essentially yell at a party for not fully entering the restaurant immediately upon entering, waited forever for our drinks, had to ask for more water, were never asked if we liked any of the three courses we ordered, and waited over 25 minutes after finishing our pizza before we were asked if we wanted dessert. There is better pizza and much better service and many other establishments in the city. Go...

My family and I chose Corrientes for dinner because we were feeling like pizza! It was such a cute little place tucked on a side street. We sampled some empanadas and three of their pizzas. The empanadas were baked beautifully but I didn’t love the flavours we tried. My family enjoyed them though! The mac and cheese was my favourite and we also had pulled pork and caprese. For the pizzas, we tried the Corrientes, the Holy Smokes, and the Chivito. My mom and sister loved the Chivito and three of us loved the Holy Smokes. The cheese on the Holy Smokes was perfect and the meat was well flavoured. None of us liked the Corrientes, it was oily and the chicken was in large chunks and quite dry. There were also whole cloves of garlic which I just picked off. The cheese did not melt well. Our server was very nice and patient with our larger group, she was fantastic. Unfortunately I don’t remember her name! Overall, a lovely place if you’re willing to pay the higher prices. I would definitely go back to try some other empanadas and...