Bodega López

"Top Restaurant. Good food, wine and service. And not over priced like in most restaurants in Mendoza. My tip, take the tram to Maipú station. From there it is less than 5 mins. to walk. You do not need to buy a ticket. Just hold your credit card to the black (not the blue one) scanner when you enter the tram. The fare is less than 1USD."

Michael Grünthaler

"We arrived around 1:30 pm and went into the store area and asked about lunch and a tour. We got the usual Mendoza "We have check to see if there is space.....the next tour is at 3pm, Spanish or English, and again at 4."
"Do we have enough time for lunch?"
"Oh. Sure, and the 4pm tour."

We went upstairs to the restaurant and again got the Mendoza standard "We have check to see if there is space....." After she checked the computer, "Please take any of the (30 or 40) open tables." We elected to avoid the 3 tables in use, and went to the lobby like area where the Muzak was not so loud.
My wife ordered a tortellini with mixed sauce (cream and tomato), and I ordered the skirt steak. We also ordered beef empanada appetizers, Coke zero and sparkling water.
The empanada came quite quickly and they were good, very good. Crispy, dry dough, with finely diced beef in a rich brown sauce within. The tortellini came soon thereafter, and it was quite good too. Then came my calf skirt steak. Smaller, calf sized, I suppose. I immediately cut into it about 1 inch from one end. Medium rare. I moved an inch closer to the center and cut again.... oh, yeah, rare, Red, bloody red! Not Mendoza "Blue" , but that would probably inappropriate or impossible for this cut of meat. The skirt steak was tender, juicy, flavourful, thoroughly seared on the outside, delicious on the inside. This was definitely the best steak we have had in Mendoza, and the best steak we have had in 12 to 18 months including bistec a la Fiorentina in Firenze.
We had requested glasses of their recommended wines with each dish, but we had to remind them halfway through the meal. The chardonnay was ok. But remarkable for its body, perhaps overchilled and thus bland. The malbec was also somewhat chilled, light with lots of middling tanins. Neither wine was a stand out and I would have chosen a drier slightly acid chardonnay and a bolder, heavier red.
My wife ordered an apple crumble pie with ice cream that looked nothing like the crumble pies I am accustomed to, but she loved it and said the berry ice cream was delicious.
Overall, an excellent meal. With a wonderful waitress.
We took the 3 pm tour. The tour guide was a unconcerned and uncaring sort, mechanically rattling off his spiel to cattle in a cattle car. His guidance on wine tasting was often off the mark, but probably suitable for 'tourists' who are not gourmands. The wine tour was only $21 USD for 2, OTOH $21 for 2 persons is way better than the $160 to $400 USD further south from Mendoza.
Restaurant :
Ambience - 5 stars modernish with strong historical ties
Service - 4.9 stars, excellent with a lapse or two
Food - 5 stars.
Bodegas Lopez highly RECOMMENDED."

Joseph Ernest

"The tour is interesting, although a little lacking, the tour guide was good, he was knowledgeable and friendly, but there’s something missing, not bad or anything; but I’ve done winery tours/visits in other countries and this felt a little incomplete. Still worth a visit, it’s not too far from Mendoza city center."

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