Tango Sur - Chicago, IL Review

I am a total advocate for BYOB places. It gives you a sense that the restaurant is focused more on the food rather than the other parts of a restaurant that I think should come secondary to the food. Tango Sur is definitely one of those restaurants. And, they don't charge any silly corkage fees!

Tango Sur is for the most part, a steakhouse. It's actually an Argentinian restaurant but it's known for its meat. And truly authentic meat it surely is. I always get the petit filet and I'm not usually a filet person but this one is amazing. I had to send it back once since it was kind of still moo-ing and I eat my steaks medium but it's such a delicious, tendy and flavor filled steak. The portions are definitely more than enough for one person and there is a great variety to choose from.

The atmosphere is great too. It's more of a romantic setting with dark candle lit rooms even with everything crammed in there. The staff is fairly attentive as well.

The last time I went, however (or tried to go), was kind of a disaster... hence the 4 stars. We put our name in and waiting the hour and a half we were told the wait would be. When we asked how much more time they said 20 minutes, which lead to another 20 and another so we went to a bar and asked them to call us when a table was ready. They were happy to do so. But,they never called so we left the bar after waiting another 20 minutes and went somewhere else. Needless to say, I was frutrated that we were so "easily replaced" by other guests that were waiting right outside. The restaurant is definitely all about getting a high turnover which is a bit frustrating.