Novecento | Argentinian Restaurant in Key Biscayne — Restaurant in Florida

The food was okay (bacon in burger was super chewy - was it even cooked?) but the service was completely non attentive. We had to wave the waiter down from across the restaurant for anything since they never checked up on us after taking our order (food was dropped off by someone else). Additionally, they charged my family 119 for one plate that was supposed to cost 32 dollars (119 was for a dish, the bill for our lunch cost more). I was confused at the price but allowed my father to pay. Today that situation waived heavy on my mind as I dropped my parents off at the airport and noticed the dish my father had ordered should have cost 32 dollars, not 119. There’s no 119 plate on the menu and it’s so exploitive to charge that. I blame myself for not questioning something I thought was wrong but I did request a receipt when I paid. We waited but the receipt was never provided (not a surprise given the lack of service - we asked for a straw during dinner which they said finished and extra napkins which also never came). I live in the neighborhood and we will never be back or order from them again. My parents don’t speak Spanish or English so they didn’t want to start anything (they have a difficult time expressing themselves). My dad was trying to do something nice by taking us out for lunch but we were met with...

Seeing the overwhelmingly positive reviews, we decided to prioritize a dinner at Novecento. We got reservations, and everything was set. This was about the best part of our experience. The waitress talked us out of our entree selections, which usually is a good sign. They know the food, they’ll steer you to the best options. My steak was so chewy, I literally couldn’t digest portions of it. I had to slide chunks out of my mouth into a napkin after five plus minutes of chewing. My wife’s fish wasn’t cooked enough. The empanadas that the waitress talked us into lacked flavor. The best part of the meal, besides my company, was the mixed vegetables - probably the best I’ve ever had. But... when the mixed vegetables are the silver lining, it’s a bad sign.

A couple notes about the ambiance. We really enjoyed the DJ for the first fifteen to thirty minutes. However, the same incessant beat got obnoxious after a while. Also, it took us a half hour between dish-ware taken / drinks empty to close out our check. This was especially frustrating since she had filled our waters and offered more drinks, to which we informed her we were done. All-in-all, I gave it two stars because the restaurant seems promising... if we lived here I’d give them another shot. However, my first experience was...

It started with the "lemonade" if you could call it that! They literally served me a glass of water with five lemon wedges! Horrible!!! Charged me $5.50 for lemon water. Go figure… the iced tea was plain and not good at all nor did they offer any sweetener. The curry chicken had absolutely NO flavor and not even adding table salt helped. The cheeseburger had no flavor and the bacon was chewy 🤮! We also ordered the mixed parrilla with steak medium well and the steak came medium rare but the chicken was over cooked to the point it was hard and dry and didn’t have any flavor at all. The chimichurri that could’ve been the dry chickens saving grace tasted only like olive oil. The beef empanada was not good. We had an overall horrible eating experience. Like the worst that you can ever imagine. And the knife they brought out with the parrilla had dried food on it from the previous customer. The only good thing we ordered were the sweet potatoes… We are four people who all had an equally horrible experience at this restaurant. The service was standard and accommodating and I have nothing negative to...