Las Vacas Gordas — Restaurant in Las Condes

We went for lunch on a Monday. It was a beautiful un-winterlike day and we considered outside seating, but opted for the heavily fenestrated interior. I ordered an appetizer, and I was a bit surprised when it arrived. I had intended to order Longustinos, 2 pieces, but in haste, I had scanned the menu for an 'L' menu item with 2 pieces. I had pointed to Longanizas, 2 pieces, not Longustinos, 2 pieces. No worries, I love sausages of all kinds from Andoulllie to Bratwurst, so all was well. My wife even likes a bit of choripan, so she too ate some longaniza with bread. The longaniza was well cooked, middling spicy with a good flavour. The sausage had a texture halfway between fresh sausage and finely pureed hot dog. My wife ordered a salad of green beans, tomato and sliced avocado. The avocado was well ripened and sliced finely. The beans were boiled and cut on the bias. There was a mild green beany aroma in the air. The tomatoes were sliced evenly and were imbued with a faint pink colour. My wife said that the tomatoes tasted like they looked, a vegetable cellulosic framework saturated with water. All restaurants we have visited in Santiago have served the same tomato water matrix. This is ironic because I have bought at Jumbo and Unimarc deep red Roma tomatoes full of flavour. I had ordered the Cordero Megallinico, which turned out to be a rack of lamb. I had tried to request that the rack be cooked rare, but the waiter did not understand "a la Inglesa" so the best he could do was "al punto" which I think translates to medium rare. When the rack finally arrived (my wife was just about done with her salad by then) it was deeply into the medium without much sign of the rare. The lamb itself was fresh and of high quality, cooked to still be tender, with traces of pink here and there. The lamb was gently salted with scant few other spices in evidence. The quality of the lamb allowed it to be treated so gently with spices, and still be adequately flavourful and enjoyable. Adding a little pebere (no, no, not pico de gallo) to the lamb sure enhanced the flavours. It was inevitable that my wife would compare Las Vacas Gordas lamb with the Lamb Fiji roast goat style I had prepared for her family two days earlier. Her family absolutely loved the Fiji lamb and my wife suggested that the LVG lamb was best left to the English tourists. As we left I noticed a giant two story wine rack adjacent to the stairs and windows, replete with likely 1500 wine bottles. If there is wine in them thar wine bottles, I weep for their spirits... and souls. I would recommend Las Vacas Gordas, the service is good, the atmosphere a bit airy industrial, and food is better...

This place is HUGE. Definitely not an intimate vibe, which is OK, but just keep that in mind.

We had heard so many great things about this place. We were recently in Cartagena and had an excellent experience at an Argentinian steakhouse, so we were very excited for Las Vacas Gordas. However, it was very bland. Almost everything we ate was not seasoned and just tasted like meat. The cuts of meat are fantastic, the bacon is great, the overall quality is excellent, but it just really lacked flavor.

The shrimp appetizer looked amazing when it got to the table, but then again the flavor was simply just not present. We ordered a large salad and again, great assortment of veggies, very fresh, but flavorless. The creamed spinach though was awesome! I was actually shocked because it was one of the last things I tried. I wasn't expecting anything wow, but it was super delicious.

They do have a killer wine list and the cuts of meat that they offer are endless so definitely a huge plus. If you're not an adventurous eater I would say this place is for you. Very low key flavors. When you order steak you are getting a steak. It's not seasoned or anything just a good...

He sido clienta desde hace mucho años de las Vacas gordas en Las Condes, pero hoy en día el servicio decayó en forma estrepitosa. Primero en la mesa no habian platos para el pan y nos trajeron una canastita con empanaditas medias crudas y pan los cuales tuvimos que poner en el plato de base, luego el garzón casi nos tiro la mantequilla a un costado de la mesa y unas cosas con pebre.....los bebestibles brillaban por su ausencia.... hacia mucho calor. Cuando llegó el pedido de bebestibles noté que mi pisco sour estaba horriblemente fuerte y el garzon en ningun momento me dio la oportunidad (supuestamente ocupado y menos la mujer que le ayudaba) para poder cambiarlo. Los platos de fondo de los niños, Fetuchinis Alfredo, estaban como engrudo todos pegados y las papas fritas sin sabor y de bolsa congelada, la carne estaba sabrosa y en el punto....Pedí un Ramasotti y estaba tan fuerte que no lo pude tomar, lo dejé...nada refrescante. Al pagar la cuenta notamos que el precio del pisco sour no era el del que habia pedido excediendo mucho su valor y por ese motivo, por el mal servicio, por la prepotencia del garzon y por lo antes comentado No dejé propina (lo hago siempre, pero está vez no). La sorpresa grande la tuvimos cuando al pedir el bajativo el prepotente garzón nos dijo que no porque "sin propina no hay bajativo" !!???? .....al parecer está acostumbrado a hacer esta roteria. Cabe recordarle a este señor que él solamente es un trabajador y depende de la clientela y su sueldo porcentualmente es en base a propinas, lo cual las debe ganar por su atención. Conclusión: Es lo mas rasca y ordinario que me ha pasado en un restaurante. Eramos 5 personas y la cuenta fue de un poco más de $106.000 Obvio que no...