Buenos Aires Cafe

03/10/09

Great Food, Lazy service?

by JimTremoz at Citysearch

The food at Buenos Aires is fantastic. It's always fresh, always tasty, never a bad meal. The coffee and dessert are also very good. The owner, Chef and most of the staff do an outstanding job.

I eat there on a very regular basis, and am therefore somewhat familiar with their hours, and the fact that even though they may be open, they may only have empanadas, coffee and dessert at certain times of the day.

So it came as quite a shock to me a couple of weeks ago, when I went in before dinner to grab a coffee and dessert with a couple friends, and was told by the waiter that "uhh.. yeah.. you know.. the Green Muse has coffee.. right across the street" after stating that we just wanted coffee and dessert.

I must say, I didn't recognize the waiter, so he hasn't been there long. Certainly not one of the regular waiters. It really left a bad taste in my mouth, being turned away from one of my favorite restaurants because the waiter was either too lazy or too ignorant to handle some coffee and dessert.

• Pros: Wonderful Food, Great Location
• Cons: strange hours, poor service

02/28/07

Great Little Cafe

by velvetspel at Citysearch

A nice cozy little cafe... the best soup (spinach and mint--may sound strange, but was delish!) The only downer to the experience was the waiter. We could tell he was busy because he was the only one, but no excuse for his attitude; not the friendliest--- perhaps he does not realize it. We asked if we could sit outside and he replied with, "if you want to." Now, why would we have asked if we did not want to? I understand he didn't want to be running back and forth, but the place really isn't that big. the pastries were yummy... we tried them in the car, and I would have run in to get more if it weren't for the waiter; I really did not want to deal with him any longer. Why else would we have enjoyed dessert in the car?

• Pros: pastries, soup
• Cons: waitstaff