I will come back later today and post more details... but for now, I will point out that Cabaña Las Lilas is IMO one of the places that I suggest avoiding like the pest.
Some reasons for this include:
- food & service quality is very volatile (inconsistent)
- if you go there during peak hours on a busy day, you are almost assured rushed & impersonal service, with your beef many times arriving cold
- very impressive wine list (in its printed version, a-la-telephone book), but they fail to deliver the correct vintage more times than not as their cellar has a huge turnover and the wine list is never updated. prices for wines are highway robbery
- prices are crazy (i.e. very expensive) for EZE standards
- its not an authentic Argentine experience.... its like a transplanted New York Steakhouse in the middle of Puerto Madero
Many folks ask me.... why is the place packed all the time...? Well, the management that runs the restaurant is very shrewd, they have all the concierge & front-desks at the major hotels properly greased.... so anytime a distracted and ill-informed tourist walks up to a concierge or front desk, they get sent to Las Lilas like cattle. Also, they have a very aggresive media & advertising agency that makes sure that all the journalists coming to EZE to write some piece on the city gets a meal there and will review/write about it.