Steakhaus El Toro - Menu

"Already at the breakfast table is the decision: We go to El Toro tonight, a steak house in Saint Augustin Menden. About four years ago we were already a guest at El Toro with friends – then still in Cologne Wahn, where today the L 'Arena Steaks offers. In 2012, El Toro from Cologne Wahn moved to Saint Augustin. The Ambience Today, El Toro invites its guests to stay at the Siegstraße in the St. Augustin district of Menden. Access to the restaurant is not on the Siegstraße, but on the Siegburger Straße, which opens next to the house. There are few parking spaces directly at the entrance to the restaurant, in the surrounding streets there are other parking spaces. The restaurant is located in a half-timbered house, the compartments whitewashed, the wooden beams black painted, classic mountain style. This technical style can be found in the interior. The walls are kept in a technical style, the compartments are partly red, partly bright beige, almost white, the beams throughout black. A long counter in front of the entrance area is followed by a large guest room on the right hand, a smaller space on the left hand, which is separated from a larger guest room by a semi-high wall on which gray arches are placed. The room ceilings are bright beige, like the padded seats and backrests of the chairs and benches. The wood of the seating is kept black like the tables. On the left side of the counter at the entrance to the kitchen is a large stone oven, an extension to an Italian component in 2014, as can be seen on the website of the restaurant. Overall, the ambience is pleasant and cozy, four stars. At the entrance to the restaurant, a young man welcomes us extremely friendly, almost so friendly that it seems exaggerated. During the evening he takes care of us, always friendly, professional and up to an exception quickly. After he has offered us places to choose from and we have taken place, we have to wait for a while for the menus and the beverage order. With an apology for waiting, he will finally present us the cards and a performer with daily dishes. The first drinks he receives (a 0.7 l bottle of Italian mineral water to five euros and a 0.4 l of pils from the Eifel to 3.40 euros), he brings to our table after a short waiting period. As the young man takes care of the evening about us, he earned a smooth good, four stars for the service. The El Toro offers food in the categories meat and fish and pizza and pasta – a two-component offer from South American and Italian cuisine. Among meat and fish there is a typical Argentinian food offer: hip, rag, fillet steaks, meat skewers, grill plates, empanadas. All meat dishes are offered with a foilnkartoffel with sour cream and salad dressing. The foil potato can be exchanged for potato corners, croquettes or fries without any extra cost. The price level for meat dishes ranges from €15.50 to €28 (Filetsteak Gigante , 350 g . The fish offer is smaller, a good handful of dishes in the price range from 16.50 € to 20. €. Among pizza and pasta is the typical offer of a pizzeria, from Margherita to Quattro Formaggi, Lasagne, Tortellini, Maccheroni, Tagliatelle, Spaghetti in zig variations and a range of insalates . In this section, the ten euros for pizza Bresaola are the highest price. We choose the kitchen in which the name of the restaurant indicates and leave the Italian component to the left. We decide – the Filetsteak Pequeño (about 200 g from the Argentinean cattle to 21. € and – the grill plate Gaucho (Hüftsteak, Rumpsteak, Filetsteak and Chimichurri evenfallls at € 21. We exchange the foil potatoes for alternatives. My better half chooses potato corners and additionally a portion of Chimichurri (2nd € to the fillet steak, and to my three steaks on the grill plate I wish fries. The greeting from the kitchen does not allow long to wait. It is an international greeting. A small bowl of Aioli and the freshly baked pizza rolls are still so hot that you can hardly touch them. A Chimichurri peel supplies the South American component. Tastefully everything is excellent, nothing indicates Convenience products, but rather homemade. Together with the greeting from the kitchen, the friendly young man serves the side salads: various leaf salads, tomato, cucumber, onion, ruccola and corn, dressed with a sauce of unmistakable yogurt. The salads are fresh and taste excellent with the yogurt preparation. Even with the sauce there are no signs of industrial goods. This so far successful start of the foods increases our expectations. And we won't be disappointed. On two large rectangular plates, the friendly young man serves us the little Filetsteak and the Steak Trio. The first cut into the flesh, the first bite, and we both swarm: Excellent! . The steaks are really juicy, as ordered medium fried, tender and have roasted aroma. I work with my three steaks in the order of meat quality, first the hip steak, then the bump steak and the best last, the fillet steak and have no reason to complain. On the contrary: everything perfectly prepared. The potato corners to the small fillet steak are apparently in the friteuse, not heated on the sheet. They are quite uniform brown all around, but not greasy and taste very good. The fries to the grill plate are also pleasantly browned and tastefully perfect. At the last bite we agree: these were excellent meat preparations. Here the chef dominates the grill art. We award a very good one for the dishes, so five stars. After this excellent food we can enjoy an espresso (2nd € ), which is served nicely hot, and an Italian gastrointestine (3rd €). In the guest room we can't find a cleanliness manko. The tables, the dishes and the best corners are brightly clean. The toilets are clean, both the ladies and the men's toilet. For cleanliness, we have four stars. The price / performance ratio (4,5 stars For the good 57. We have been well served on the evening and excellently cooked. The price/performance ratio is therefore well and very good with four and a half stars. The conclusion (4,5 stars Already when we visited El Toro in Cologne Wahn about four years ago, we were not disappointed. This time we evaluate our visit as better than at the time. We rate the El Toro overall with rounded four and a half stars and recommend the restaurant completely."