El Honesto Mike - Los Leones — Restaurant in Providencia

This is one of those places that in paper I should love, but I just can’t have a good time in. I’ve been 3 times and, while I understand that it is super trendy at the moment, once you’re in the service should be good, but it’s just not. Misplaced orders, getting wrong items, and being actually forgotten for 30 minutes have all happened to me here. I do not recommend for lunch, unless you’re feeling lucky, because it will usually take forever.

The food is good, but perhaps way too heavy; I eat burgers all the time but for some reason the three times I’ve been here I end up feeling fairly nasty.

I don’t usually drink so I can’t speak personally about the beer, but I’ve heard that they have an...

Best way to look at Honesto Mike is thinking of it as an artesanal beer bar that also does food. The beer is medium (pilsener) to heavy stuff (ales) from what appears to be micro breweries and the food is burgers. Both types come in limited but sufficient choice. There's more than beer and burgers but that sums it up best.

Other than that it tries very hard to be an edgy, alternative cafe but it's a very tight run place, a thoroughly modern business. Over 30 might already be old although that shouldn't stop you from enjoying the place.

Ignore the recommendation to have the burger 75% cooked and opt...

Make the Burger Great Again, the name of the hamburger I ordered. It was one of the best burgers I have ever had. Meat was medium rare and very well seasoned and it came with fries. I had a a beer with my dish, an IPA by Stones which was nice, bitter and refreshing. My friend had a Conchetuburger and we had a Kiss my Hass, which were deep fried avocado bits covered in panko. These came with a dill sauce that made the taste really stand out. The only down side was that the avocado was a little too ripe. Good experience, it was not cheap but I would definitely visit the...