"We have visited Gaucho previously in London Leeds which were amazing, but unfortunately this was not our experience on those occasion. We both ordered the scallops to start, but they were smothered in a very spicy sauce which took away the flavour of the scallops. For main, we ordered the chateaubrind. On first impressions, it looked amazing, but as we ate our meal we realised that the inner part of the steak was rare, not medium as we had asked. The meat itself was tasty, but it was undercooked. On a positive, the service was very attentive and the waiter was very knowledgeable about the wine and recommended a lovely alternative red, as the one we wanted wasn’t available. My overall impression is this though. Firstly it was my husbands birthday and although this was acknowledged by the restaurant with a happy birthday pudding (which we paid for) and 2 glasses of sparkly, we expected the £115 steak we ordered to be cooked how we had asked it to be. I did feedback on the night and was told that due to the steak being such a thick cut, it wasn’t always easy to get it cooked in the middle, but if you are a restaurant that specialises in steak, I find this a rather odd response. Also, scallops don’t need to be smothered in a heavily spiced hot sauce. We were told we could have it on the side, but in all honesty, I don’t think that sauce works at all. Finally, my previous experience of Gaucho has been a fine dining experience, but this just wasn’t due to very lax dress code, children and generally a very noisy environment. When you are paying £265 for a meal for 2 and it’s a special occasion, I expect everything to be faultless and this just wasn’t. Would we return? No, we wouldn’t."
