El Boyero Restaurant - Puerto Iguazú

We were staying at the hotel and had a delicious meal. The portions are very generous, so much so that we could only eat half. So the next night we came back and shared and entree! The staff is very nice and friendly.

The staff was very friendly although understaffed. The food was average and plain. The entrees and deserts were below average (e.g. fruits from a can). On the night there was an average asado with too loud live music with did not fit the atmosphere of the jungle surrounding.

We had two dinners at the restaurant as we were staying at the hotel and were just too tired to make the trip into town.The first night the food from the regular menu was fine and we were satisfied enough as we arrived from the airport late. The second night, the restaurant had BBQ and show night - really not worth the money as the food was really cheap and not well prepared. I wish we made more effort and made a trip into town for a better experience.

The pasta plate we had was full of vinagre and almost impossible to eat. We asked the waiter whether it was normal and he asked the cook and said yes... We also had something else (fish or meat, don't remember anymore) which was not too bad but not exceptional. Overall, really not worth the money if you can drive to the city and go to a much better and cheaper restaurant there.

Because of the somehow isolated location (meaning you have to take a taxi or walk and take a bus to go to town), we didn't have high expectations, they could seriously don't care about the food and the clients. We ate there twice, the first and last nights (out of 4). The first time, we had the soup of the day and the arugula salad, both very good. Hubby had the pacu, a local fish, and found it delicious, I had the vegetarian sorrentinos. I was a little bit disappointed in that I hate black olives and the sauce was full of it - it wasn't mentioned on the menu. I also hate to waste a whole dish so I didn't return the plate and I put the olives aside but the whole thing was "contaminated". The second time, we had the arugula salad again as well as the vegetarian wok (with oyster sauce though), then hubby took the steak which was excellent and cooked to perfection. The chef was out of pumpkin ravioli and I had to go with the sorrentinos again. This time I asked the waiter if it was possible to have them without the olives and they were really good. The last coffee was on the house, maybe because of my "olive" experience although I wasn't complaining, we don't know but it was a nice touch.Our 2 waiters were wonderful! Nice, discrete but helpful when we needed them. We were happy to practice our Spanish with them while it was nice to be able to switch in English when needed. After the first dinner, we would wave, smile and talk with each other, again those 2 were adorable. We don't remember their names which is a shame because we would love to thank them for their kindness and making us feel "at home".The only bad point is the price. It's more expensive that the 2 other restaurants we went to in Puerto Iguazu. I really believe that if the prices were more reasonable, more clients at La Cantera Lodge would eat at the restaurant. The setting is gorgeous, the ambiance is great, the food is good, the service is awesome (when you're not stiff and like personal touch which we do). We came back the last night for those reasons but decided to cut down the bill by not taking a bottle of wine. Too bad.