Dining Guide

Dorrego’s

Tucked upstairs past a glitzy bar and lounge in the Hotel Valencia, Dorrego’s is a popular downtown destination for beef-centric Argentine classics with a bit of Texas twist. The vibe is high energy at this bright, beautifully designed dining room, which caters to hotel guests, pre-theater locals, and visitors out for a romantic River Walk stroll. For our dinner, a luscious avocado and crab salad was followed by tender, wood-grilled skirt steak, bright orange from a chile-and-annatto rub, with oh-so-garlicky chimichurri sauce; accompanying yuca fries were crisp-tender, a welcome change from potatoes. Smoky Texas-size quail stuffed with green apple made a complementary pairing with its bed of fresh arugula. For dessert, you can’t miss with apple cider churros or the chocolate nib and strawberry flan.