Location: Punta Ballena
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Most Popular European food in Punta Ballena, Maldonado, Maldonado Department
Discover Restaurants offering the best European food in Punta Ballena, Maldonado, Maldonado Department. Punta Ballena is a small peninsula (punta) and a resort (balneario), as well as an important tourist attraction on the coast of Río de la Plata in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. It comprises an approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long stripe of beaches and landforms and extends on both sides of Route 10.
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8. Floreal
Overall Ratings
4 based on 242 reviews
En 1967 y en lo mas tradicional del Barrio San Rafael, la familia Alegresa funda uno de los restaurantes mas carismaticos del balneario con el nombre de Floreal. Desde entonces, dos generaciones mas de la familia han sabido mantener las excelencias de una
Reviewed By BERWOLF
Outstanding service, superb quality of meals and presentation, lovely restaurant with glass windows, looking out on a beautiful garden. Service courteous, fast service of dishes. Always very attentive staff
7. Guappa
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1260 reviews
Reviewed By lesliecwv
We happened upon Guappa while looking for a lunch spot. With free Wi-Fi, excellent service and great food and wine, we left quite pleased! The tostada con Jamon y queso was excellent, far too big for one person and my husband's fish was cooked perfectly. The wine list has many good options and the ambiance is pleasant for an afternoon lunch.
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6. Virazon
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1991 reviews
Reviewed By blubs99
Coming to PDE five times in the past 10 years, we always visit Virazon at least once. The lunch is excellent. We shared a grilled fish entree and typical Uruguay beef sandwich. The service is always excellent. Using our American credit card, they didnât charge the 22% tax.
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5. Bungalow Suizo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 344 reviews
Reviewed By BlueBsAs
We made reservations in advance for 14.we were seated in such large and wide table that sharing fondues was almost mission imposible. The layout chosen by the restaurant and the small sizes of the pots made everyone uncomfortable, in fact we donât have a nice time. On top of that the service was poor and inattentive. Finally prices! We felt rip off, we paid usd1200 for such a bad experience. This is a place we are not coming back neither recommend to our friends and relatives.
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4. Lo de Tere
Overall Ratings
4 based on 2264 reviews
Reviewed By Gafnewyork
We spent over 15 nights traveling around Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and this was by far our favorite dining experience. To start - the atmosphere was great, they made us terrific cocktails and their bread and yummy spread was delicious. Then for our meal - I had the gnocchi and then the filet. Both were outstanding. My husband has their homemade pasta and the lamb. Again, wonderful. We had a half bottle of local red wine which was a perfect pairing. Overall wonderful experience.
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3. La Bourgogne
Overall Ratings
4 based on 504 reviews
Reviewed By John K
Dear Mr.Jean Paul Bondoux,I have had he pleasure of being a client at your signature restaurant La Bougogne in Punta del Este ,practically from the very beginning when you started it with your wife Evelyn 35 years ago when you told me you left your native France because you didn´t want to live under Mitterrand !!!!! I saw you start the restaurant with great sacrifice and vision and convert it from a modest French bistro into probably the best French cuisine in all of Latin America. I have been a loyal client for 35 years and therefore it is so sad to see this formidable bastion of French cuisine ,loose its shine and level of excellence .It would seem that your success in acquiring and managing so many other restaurants has been done at the price of the decline of your most important and emlematic restauranttI had dinner there last night (March 4th ) with my wife and another couple and was as always reconforted by the impeccable decoration, table setting and the service which continues to be outstanding.The quality of the food unfortunately has deteriorated substantially.-the evening started with a somewhat shocking experience when my wife was offered a basket of various types of bread from which she chose a slice of baguette only to discover that in the middle of the bread there was a DEAD FLY . The serving waitress did not seem to be terribly upset and simply said ......excuse me I will change the slice of bread with another piece which she did from the same loaf of baguette !!!!!!!!! Is this a normal procedure in a Relais et Chateaux establishment or for that matter in a 5th rated French bistro ??????-the amuse bouche du chef was a miserable muscle and sad looking tomatoe in the midst of a vey sweet orange sauce which was more appropriate for a dessert than a mini first course . -the house smoked salmon plate in its self was acceptable, except there was no proper variety of ingredients to accompany it.No sliced onions,or white of eggs or horse radish sauce or capers . We could have purchased a frozen smoked vacuum packed chilean salmon at the nearest super market and had something very similar._As a main course I ordered suckling piglet , which was highly recommended by our waiter . The plate looked interesting with the 4 pieces of squared meat with its crunchy skin but unfortunately it was simply UNEATABLE because somebody must have dropped the entire salt shaker into the pot since its salt content was worse than sea water as was PROVEN AND CHECKED by our maitre who excused himself in a difficult to understand half french half spanish .He simply said â something unexplainable happened in the kitchen , the suckling pig is indeed uneatable ". A mild offer to prepare some other dish was offered but frankly I was sufficiently upset to pass by the offer and not go through the ordeal of having to wait 20 minutes for a replacement. I shared a piece of filet mignon my wife was having with a sauce bernaise which frankly was nor very different from 50 parrilladas in Maldonado and the sauce bernaise was too thick and creamy .A great disappointment to both ladies at the table who had similar dishes.-We declined dessert , but was served a variety of â petit fourâ â¦â¦â¦ which was plentiful enough but none of them had that special flavour that used to be so exceptional at the La Bourgogne .Jean Paul you know better than anybody that the difference between a good restaurant and an "exceptional â one is that in the latter ones every plate ordered offers you new,special ,outstanding tastes where one can enjoy tastes unavailable in other establishments . La Bourgogne had that outstanding feature which has been much to our distress has been totally lost.After dinner I asked weather you were in the house and was told you were having dinner with your son in th garden. I was also told that you were now responsible for a couple of restaurants in Jose Ignacio, Mar del Plata apart from the Alvear in BA Mendoza etc. You have become undoubtedly a very successful business man and should be congratulated for that , but Jean Paul your most important gastronomical creation the legendary ,unique ,respected La Bourgogne is NO LONGER a recommendable restaurant . I am so sorry ,since it was both setimentaly and gastronomical a milestone in our lives
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2. Leonardo Etxea
Overall Ratings
4 based on 568 reviews
Reviewed By rachelina
The best kept secret in Punta del Este! Fish, seafood, paellas, and selected Basque dishes at its best. Nice environment. Service: very good, our waiters Juan and Ms Florencia were great! We ordered: Moules Provençale (Mejillones al Ajillo), and Grilled Octopus as appetizers and Vegetarian Paella to share as a main. As a dessert Caramelized Apple Pancakes with vanilla ice cream. Food: Excellent! Highly recommended! Will definitely come back! âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸
1. Las Cumbres
Overall Ratings
4 based on 336 reviews
Excellent Restaurant and Tea House, with superb views of Punta del Este, the Laguna del Sauce and the sea, where you can enjoy a gastronomic service capable of satisfying the most demanding palates.
Reviewed By nowitsmillertime
Usually this is an amazing place. Very unique property with amazing views. This time the wait staff just couldn't seem to get anything right and everything took agonizingly long amounts of time. As I usually love this place, I will return, but a repeat would make me take my business elsewhereDear Mr,First of all, let me tell you that we truly appreciate your feedback here in Tripadvisor.We really think that this website is a wonderful way to be in constant touch with the opinions of our guests. Regarding your review, we can only tell you that clearly this description does not reflects the service that we accostume to offer (as you point out in your comment) so we hope you accept our most deep apologies. Once thing that difference Las Cumbres from other Hotels and Restaurants in Punta del Este, it is a 20 years long recognition of a 5 star service and to constant giving unique experiences to travellers all around the world.So it is a our most sincere wish to receive you in the next future and offer you the service that Las Cumbres is well known for.Kind regards,Ivanna Holjevac.
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