La Vaca Argentina Amsterdam

Given how crowded this restaurant was and the fact that people kept trying to get a table, reviews likely won't matter. They're in a convenient spot in a city swarming with tourists, but they don't deserve your money. We were seated right away but after about 10 minutes of no one acknowledging us, I got up to leave. It was then someone dashed over and asked us what we wanted to drink. We were hungry so I sat back down. The drinks were the only positive of the meal, a mojito and wine. I had salmon with rice and my husband ordered the tango plato with a baked potato. My salmon was over cooked, rice looked like something out of a box and my husband's steaks were partly undercooked with a side of hair on his plate. When someone finally asked us how our meal was (after I had to wave someone down to get a second glass of wine), my husband pointed out how undercooked the steak was and also pointed out the hair. We asked someone else for the check after trying to make it obvious we were finished and they cleared the table. I paid the check at the bar and the gentleman helping me asked if I wanted to add a tip. Uh, no. So we're about leave and the guy who'd seen my husband's nearly moo'ing steak walks up with two new steaks. Good grief. That's how they handled hair on the plate and under cooked steak they brought two more under cooked steaks (without mentioning this was their plan); we'd already paid full price for a bad meal and bad service in a city where tipping isn't customary yet asked if we wanted to leave one after clearly not having a good meal. This place blows. They stay in business because of tourists which is a shame. Avoid; they don't deserve 4 stars.

Went here based off the high Yelp reviews, worst meal I had in Amsterdam. Ordered the Gran Parillida(huge meat dish for two) and requested the meat medium rare. When the meat came it was medium well-well, ribs and steak were extremely tough, shrimp was awful, no seasoning on anything, meal was a disgrace. I don't know how the place even got two stars, worst dinner experience in a long time and it cost around 60 euros. We ended up leaving half the meat and got of there ASAP, just awful. Do not make the mistake I did, try another steak place, you will regret this one big time.

Surprised at some of the yelp reviews. I thought this place was great for Tapas/small plates. The food was delicious and the service was fast and attentive. We visited midweek without a reservation and were able to get seated right away. We sat inside at a table, although there were seats available outside. The decor and atmosphere are interesting and fun. Prices are in line with what I would expect for Tapas. Service was very quick and friendly. We settled on 5 tapas between 2 people. Portions were pretty big for tapas. I think my favorite was the Patatas Bravas (home-fry type potatoes with a spicy tomato-y sauce). Dátiles con Bacon (dates wrapped in bacon) were probably my second favorite but everything I had here was delicious and I would recommend Castillo.

Terrible food. We stopped for tapas, good thing we only ordered 2 things. We had the octopus (pulpo) which was disgusting, tasted like it had been dumped out of a can and microwaved. The server admitted it was frozen out of a bag, just reheated. Gross. He recommended the calamari next time . We also had the Iberian ham, which came out looking like someone had hacked it with a steak knife. Tasted fine, but wtf, I doubt it was the real product. Service was fine, ambiance is cute, but the place is Spanish in name only, don 't be fooled. There won 't be a next time. Place is a tourist trap. Good for a quick drink and then move on.

No thank you please. Terrible food and service, I am not recommending this place. Staff doesn't speak English, they ignore you when you look at them.