Gaucho Chancery Lane Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Amazing Gaucho, food was delicious, service also top class!"
• "Delicious steaks. They have improved the lighting so you no longer have to take a torch to read the menu."
• "The steak (sirloin) medium done was insanely delicious and juicy."
• "Our steaks were cooked to perfection special cut of churrasco de chorizo recommended by Carles was very tasty and the marinade was so delicious."
• "Food was lovely."
• "Very impressed with the service and the food!!"
• "The steak was some of the best we've ever had (and was perfectly cooked medium rare for me and rare for my husband)."

Cons:

• "Food was ok only but expensive for the price."
• "I’ve had better steak elsewhere but apparently this is what people eat when they want to splash money."
• "It was a nice meal, steak was nice but not the best steak I had, however the king prawns was melt in the mouth and the dessert was also delicious, overall it was decent but overrated and overly priced."
• "The food was below average and over priced for no reason."
• "However, I cannot see the hype around the steak here. I’ve definitely had better unfortunately."
• "The fat was not marbled through the meat, there was no Maynard reaction on the surface so no flavor was developed, and the inside was cooked to rare, not medium rare as ordered."
• "Food was very underwhelming that we ordered off the Christmas Festive Lunch menu and not worth £337 (4 people)"

Service

Pros:

• "Service was just OK."
• "We had amazing experience from the start reception staff was very welcoming!"
• "The waitress, she was new and a bit nervous but took great care of us."
• "Visited here last week and from start to finish the staff were excellent."
• "Our server Agata did her very best to give us a great night!"
• "The waiter who looked after us was great, helped with our food and drink choices and made excellent recommendations."
• "Special thank you to Veselin for being such a wonderful and attentive member of staff."

Cons:

• "Rude staff, brunch price different over the phone to when we got the bill, over charged by £100."
• "Unfortunately staff don't really think on their feet."
• "Compared to a similar priced restaurant such as Roka the service is Subpar, and at points disappointing."
• "Will never come again. We paid the bill but didn’t hear even simple 'Thank you' from the waitress…. Extremely disappointed"
• "The service was slow."
• "Service was severely lacking this particular night."
• "Service was also really poor; we had to wait quite a while for our orders to be taken, despite trying to get attention a few times."

Value

Pros:

• "Brilliant food, probably the best £200 i have spent in a restaurant, the wine i had was delicious too."
• "Argentinian wine was good, and good value."
• "Expensive but good value."
• "The food is incredible and well priced."
• "It might be on the pricier end of the spectrum - worth every penny once you slice into some of the best beef in town."
• "A little bit expensive, but the food, drinks and service are very good."
• "Expensive restaurant but it's worth to go!"

Cons:

• "went on a Groupon discount. Place and service was fine. set menu was appalling."
• "Ok place but for price level a little disappointing."
• "The food and wine seemed really overpriced for what it was."
• "Prices are a bit overpriced however you do get the service with it."
• "Meat also very overpriced for the quality."
• "For the price, I would have expected more flavorful food."
• "Very disappointing for the price we paid."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The atmosphere sets a bar higher than the food can achieve."
• "Amazing interior architecturally well planned out space and aesthetically very pleasing."
• "The aura and decor of the restaurant was awesome and aesthetically pleasing and created comfortably and visible pleasing setting."
• "The ambience and the setting was both romantic and classy."
• "Always love the atmosphere in Gaucho, the upstairs was much better than downstairs."
• "Beautiful venue, very classy."
• "Great food and atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The only downside is the lighting in the restaurant. I thought it was very dark and made it difficult to read the menu and have a meal."
• "You essentially pay for Ambiance, one of the most darkest and coziest."
• "Decor is all cowhide and a bit dark, could barely see in the toilets!!!!"
• "Restaurant was fairly empty on a Saturday night yet the won’t give us another table."
• "Very quiet on a Saturday at 5.30."
• "Unfortunately the stake was dry and quality not the best."
• "Food looks good, but undercooked, rare is blue in parts, medium is in part rare."