El Toro Gaucho - Bathgate

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  Malwina Szczerbiak

  ·1 week ago

  “One of the best places I’ve discovered in a long time, with such high-quality ingredients and absolutely delicious food. I have two young daughters who have tried chicken nuggets in countless places, and these were by far the best! They tasted homemade, with plenty of juicy, tender chicken and just the right amount of crispy coating, perfectly seasoned. The burgers, starters and sides were all delicious, and the chocolate fondant was simply divine. The service was excellent — very friendly, attentive and efficient. It’s such a warm and welcoming place, with lovely staff and truly delicious food. I highly recommend it without hesitation. Although, I must admit, I’m already worried that everyone will discover this gem and there won’t be a table available when I come back! I’m definitely planning to return and try more of the menu. A real little gem — highly recommended”

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  Graham Robertson

  ·1 week ago

  “Ate at El Toro last night with my wife. Was absolutely brilliant and it has become our favourite place for a meal. The waitress (sorry, forgot her name) was great, very attentive and provided a top class service. The food was melt in the mouth stuff, I had a fillet and my wife ordered a sirloin. We ordered a few sides and finished with ice cream and creme bruleé cheese cake...yum yum! A really chilled and relaxed atmosphere was just perfect to enjoy an excellent meal. Thanks El Toro, we'll be back!!”

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  Joe O’Neill

  ·2 months ago

  “I found this place in Bathgate near Edinburgh and booked a table for our 25th anniversary, so I was a bit concerned at the outset, I didn’t need to be. I drove the 35 minutes and found a car park around the back and was surprised at the really warm welcome and got a table and yes it was busy and a little bit “tight” but no wailing kids and a good atmosphere, now at the outset, I have been to hundreds of restaurants for business and if its crap Ill say so! Straight away, I felt comfortable and the staff were SO attentive and pleasant and there are so many places that have “customer blind spots” but here they couldn’t do enough and also not overbearing which was a high 9 in my book, well done! I did say it was our 25th over the phone and was met with a couple of glasses of fizzy something, wife enjoyed that! Now guy came around with a tray of steaks, including a tomahawk that looked pleased to see me, jeeze! So wife had fillet and being a “ in for a penny” I had deer, also one thing I do very well is grill a steak and after a couple of nice starters the mains hit the table and I was genuinely, what the flying! It looked great, someone knows what they’re doing here and what does it taste like? The fillet AND the venison was grilled to perfection!!! The contents on the plate were superb, “Jackpot” so wife really enjoyed, I don’t drink really but tried a Madri beer so “well chuffed” One of the waitresses dropped a couple of glasses by the bar and boom, gone in sixty seconds, now my plate was just boom and I enquired about who did the “grilling” and as it was 10:00pm he had just left, left him a tenner plus the service charge was £20 and worth every penny! Don’t you hate that “ohh you can take it off with the puppy eyes” so met the owners wife I believe who I think was Argentinian, sorry if I’m wrong but its all about the staff and food and boy was I impressed and Ive been to many a kitchen and shook hands and also conversely said what the flying are you playing at but in this case, £125 for the best cuts, brilliant staff and a great night is worth it here! Its also worth writing a review, which I don’t. I’ll be going to the Falkirk venue, so be aware, you are now in a contest with Bathgate! 9.5 / 10 😎”

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  Dougie Richardson

  ·2 months ago

  “Excellent steak but the service was outstanding, didn't have to wait for anything! Drinks, food, plates all taken away quickly. Service charge is too low at 8%, happy to pay more! Recommend Steak Sampler for Two, great value and steak was cooked very well (even doing the fillet rare with the other cuts medium-rare). Tables are quite close together but it's not too noisy, you can hold a conversation.”

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  Mhairi Burton

  ·3 months ago

  “The food was great, best fillet steak I've had for a while, cooked medium rare, well seasoned and rested 😋 This restaurant beats other steak restaurants 💯. All our sides were lovely and my nachos were tasty also no jalapenos at my request 👍Celebrating an anniversary on arrival waiter brought 2 glasses of prosecco which was a nice touch. All staff were great. The only fault for myself was the bottle of wine was opened before it was brought to our table, the wine was really nice but the bottle should be opened at table and never before. Hopefully on my return I can give 5 stars for service.”

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  Steve D

  ·5 months ago

  “3.5* The steaks were really nice, the restaurant is nice inside. The biggest let down is it's very crammed in your almost side by side with the table next to you it doesn't feel personal meal they absolutely need a bigger place or less tabels The 2 person tables are small and you can't fit everything on we had to put bottle of water and bottle of wine on the floor to make space for food and when there we heard multiple people drop cutlery of the table. Charged for an extra drink that got quickly resolved. The rest of the staff were Very nice and helpful and quick to serve. If they move to a bigger place got bigger tables it would absolutely get more *s”

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  May Longmuir

  ·5 months ago

  “Had a lovely meal here for my husband’s birthday. He had fillet medium cooked which he said was delicious and cooked exactly right. I had sirloin medium rare . The meat was exactly cooked to medium rare and was well seasoned. Very tasty as were the accompaniments of parmesan mash and dauphinoise potatoes. We finished with the Argentinian rice pudding and churros. Both can be recommended. The service was attentive and our server Eve was delightful. I can definitely recommend a visit here.”

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  sharon wallace

  ·7 months ago

  “As usual a brilliant meal. Staff wonderful and food top class. Beautiful place to sit and have a meal. Our steaks were cooked to perfection.”

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  Hazel Jenkinson

  ·8 months ago

  “Lovely local eatery. Fantastic fresh and delicious food. Perfectly cooked and well presented. Busy with lots of customers and service was still amazing. Pleased to see lots of staff available contributing to the well balanced timing and hosting especially on Valentines weekend. We had the sharing nachos which were incredible, Salmon and the Wild Deer for mains then Churros and dulce de Leche cheesecake. No cocktails available but plenty usual gantry options and pleased to see they had local Scottish cider and ale. Fabulous birthday treat.”

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  Thomas Chen

  ·8 months ago

  “I went on a Saturday night with my family, and I am honestly amazed at the service and food! Our waiter, Awais, had good customer service and made sure we had a great time. The best items were the wings and the sticky toffee pudding. The steak was cooked perfectly to what we asked for. Would recommend and it’s definitely not the last time we’ll be coming back!”

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