Gaucho (Chancery Lane)

Don't believe the reviews below.....the prices ARE NOT reasonable. Add a little sauce and some chips to your £12 steak and it ends up costing £18 for a tough rump steak and chips.

My "special" prawn starter consisted of 2 small prawns and one tiny over cooked scallop. The price for this? A staggering £15.75 for less than a thumbful of food. Complete joke. Standard markup, even at Gordon Ramsay is 300%. At Gaucho it tops 1000%.

What a disaster - A restaurant full of complete mugs who with London's choice of fantastic restaurants should know better. I'm guessing very few of their diners are repeat customers.
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Daniel
3 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
Thursday, October 08, 2009

I was invited here as part of a group. The first thing that struck me was how dark it was - there is atmosphere but this is getting silly. One of the older members of the group had to have the menu read to him - he commented he really needed a miner's lamp!

The service was fine - nothing special but good enough. The cured meats, accompanied by an organic cheddar, olives, peppers, etc. were excellent but staggeringly expensive. I got a good report about the monkfish as well.

On to the mains. Because it was Gaucho all but one went for the steak. Whilst good I have had better - most recently in a Docklands hotel which sources its own organic Aberdeen Angus. The Malbec wine we washed it down with was OK but again I have had better (Australian). Desserts average although one person had nothing but praise for the poached peach.

This is a tricky one to sum up. On the quality vs price curve it does not make it as with all the extras the final bill was extremely high. Knock 25% to 35% off the prices and I would rate it far higher. Would i go again? Yes, with the proviso someone else way paying!
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Davey
5 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Friday, August 28, 2009

After dining in many fine restaurants across England and Wales, Gaucho has probably been the best yet. The steak was cooked to perfection and the quality was outstanding! I will definately be paying another visit on my return to London.
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Mr Justin Mackelvie
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Saturday, March 21, 2009

I had a great time at Gaucho, the food was excellent and the service professional and very nice. I'm certainly going back there my next time in London and i can recommend it for anyone who likes a good steak.
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Arnar
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Usually love Gaucho, but found our steak last night chewy and not that much better than one you might buy at a supermarket...Was quite disappointed because normally the steaks are amazing - I hope it's not trying to save money by compromising on the quality of the meat, because more than £20 for a slab of poor quality meat is a real rip-off... Won't be coming back in a hurry.
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5 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 2
Friday, February 27, 2009