Yes the place is famous and nice. But service was less than nice and the food requested (Medialunas), were old and poor taste.

My wife is a Literature professer so loved it for it's heritage and famous literary clientele of past years. I thought it was an over-priced cafe in a nice building with bad food and even worse service. It is outrageously priced for the poor food and drinks you are served - and we queued to get in..!!

This iconic cafe is beautifully decorated. It's easily accessed by Subte as the station is right in front of it. Stop by and have a coffee to soak up the history.

We did not want to share with tourist buses a mega tango show and we found in the cafe Tortoni exactly want we wanted, small enough, no American style show, and to our surprise, the dinner was good An experience I recommend Frédérique from France

I moved to Buenos Aires last year and was told I shall go for coffee to these place. Well I decided to wait for special visitors to take them, which I did today, and what a dissapointment. The place is really nice, but service and food, not the expected, for a place to be in the Lonely Planet saying you... More

yeah, the place is famous and everything.. but it's way too expensive! like, you can definitely like other places as traditional as Cafe Tortoni but paying a reasonable price! I could have had an amazing dinner in an Italian restaurant for the price I paid to eat a "Medialuna con Jugo de Limón"

This old, traditional Argentinian Cafe was absolutely delightful. I sat there for ages people watching and taking in the atmosphere. The decor was well preserved with marble pillars the length of the room, small round tables and bentwood chairs, paintings covered the walls. The waiters were attentive and courteous. The food and drinks were really good too and reasonably priced... More

You should not leave Buenos Aires without visiting Cafe Tortoni. We passed a few times as we were never there when we wanted to eat a meal or have a coffee, and the queue of tourists during the day was a bit off-putting. Finally one evening we decided to see if we could just have a drink - and they... More

My wife and I felt we couldn't stay in Buenos Aires without having a coffee at Tortoni's. We were glad we did as the atmosphere and decor was great. It's worth wandering around the whole place to see the various rooms (see photos) We only had a drink (which was very good) so can't comment on the food. Well worth... More