StrayLight
06-27-07, 18:23
This place kicks ass.
It's a social club, with a pretty big restaurant upstairs. If you have the opportunity to wander around, the social club aspects of it are pretty interesting. I guess there was a pretty big and pretty active French Basque community in the early-20th century.
Anyway, the food and dining room are great. The dining room is a grand cavern that was clearly very elegant in its heyday, although it's still pretty impressive.
You can see the menu here: http://www.rvascofrances.com.ar/
As is typical (in my experience) with Basque food, there is a heavy emphasis on seafood, and lots of garlic.
I went with three other people, and between us we ordered four different appetizers and four different main courses. All of it was very, very good: calamari...clams...rabbit...paella...white salmon...a few other things I can't remember. It was just about the only time I've seen a group I was with uniformly agree that literally all the food was good.
The menu may seem pricey, and I guess it is by Buenos Aires standards. But the portions are big, and if you're on a date or whatever, there's no reason why you can't split things. Even the 1/2 portion entries are big enough to split if you're having other stuff.
And the service was excellent.
All in all, I'd recommend this place highly. It's different, and it's good.
It's a social club, with a pretty big restaurant upstairs. If you have the opportunity to wander around, the social club aspects of it are pretty interesting. I guess there was a pretty big and pretty active French Basque community in the early-20th century.
Anyway, the food and dining room are great. The dining room is a grand cavern that was clearly very elegant in its heyday, although it's still pretty impressive.
You can see the menu here: http://www.rvascofrances.com.ar/
As is typical (in my experience) with Basque food, there is a heavy emphasis on seafood, and lots of garlic.
I went with three other people, and between us we ordered four different appetizers and four different main courses. All of it was very, very good: calamari...clams...rabbit...paella...white salmon...a few other things I can't remember. It was just about the only time I've seen a group I was with uniformly agree that literally all the food was good.
The menu may seem pricey, and I guess it is by Buenos Aires standards. But the portions are big, and if you're on a date or whatever, there's no reason why you can't split things. Even the 1/2 portion entries are big enough to split if you're having other stuff.
And the service was excellent.
All in all, I'd recommend this place highly. It's different, and it's good.