El Vaquero in Barnet

Amazing restaurant, was ment to go nandos but my friend insisted on going here. The food is amazing value, great quality and the staff are really attentive and helpful

Great experience, amazing food and service

Excellent food, great atmosphere and great staff! Good value for money, will definitely be back!

Had another delicious meal at El Vaquero Whetstone for my son’s birthday. The meat was excellent and plentiful as always, the marshmallows fluffy and sweet, and the pineapple mouth-wateringly juicy. Thanks to all the staff for making us so comfortable and feeding us so well. We’ll be back soon!

Bustling restaurant at Whetstone as always. Food outstanding and the service was really good.

Meat lovers’ paradise! The food just kept coming — every cut perfectly cooked and seasoned. The staff were friendly, the vibe was lively, and I left happily stuffed. Highly recommend

Great food Great staff all round great evening highly recommended

The food was so nice the waiters and servers were very kind the meat was soo nice and tasty I loved this restaurant and the vibe was very chill they have over 30 drinks and cocktails and such more I loved the atmosphere I hope to be back soon Ronan

Food was so good, the ribeye was the standout. 😍

Food is brilliant and so is the service.

Wonderful atmosphere, friendly staff - very welcoming. Kept the food coming to the table and lots of meat options. My favourite was the steak - and you can request it cooked to your preference.

It is well worth the money I do not come here very often but when I do I can never say I am still hungry. Staff are friendly and you do not wait long for your food. It was my son's birthday and he had a nice little birthday song from the staff. Great value for money and excellent selection of meat.

Excellent meats, great atmosphere, just a little rushed out the door for the next sitting😆

Great place to enjoy all-you-can-eat BBQ meats. Wide selection of meats, well cooked to individual requirements. There is a salad bar too. Great service, very friendly staff. The interior looks a bit plain and felt a tad cold, could use a refurb. Pity that fish dishes are not part of the BBQ selection and need to be ordered in advance apparently.

Family get together and we were impressed by the attention of the staff. Access is great as there are no steps and wide doors. Variety of salads/starters of quality.

Brilliant food , with amazing staff , honestly a fantastic experience to be at and enjoy a lovely evening : the waiting staff were energetic and friendly . Can’t recommend enough !!!

Man lambs lost their lives for my meal and it was worth it

DELICIOUS FOOD!! Had a great birthday party here with some of my best mates. The vibes are just perfect and the staff are so welcoming and friendly. The lamb is the best meat here, so tender and juicy

Very nice food, many options, they come to the table serving meals very often (almost without break) and have bring everything that I asked for.The staff is very polite and vibrant, specialy, Saboor, who was very welcoming. I will be back soon.

Amazing service, lovely staff, delicious food. 20/10

Excellent staff, good and ambience. Very friendly, always give great speedy service and bespoke to my individual needs and requirements. They cater and remember your requests as a regular customer. Big thank you to Luci and Jada for being excellent staff and always taking care of me and my family/friends. Will definitely recommend to others to come

phenomenal food, great portions. Very good value for money

Great Atmosphere and great food!

Unbelievable time and great service! Food was unreal!!

Really delicious. We have come a number of times over the years. Service is always charming and food is delicious (and more than we can manage!)

I’ve visited el vaqueros on multiple occasions but this was my partners first time and she absolutely loved it. The food was gorgeous as always and the service was amazing. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. Definitely a 10/10 from us. We will be visiting again for definite.

All you can eat menu comes with a huge variety of quality meat and perfect for a group of people. Well priced and service is brilliant.

Amazing value for money. Lovely, friendly staff. Great tasting food. Would definitely recommend! Also had loads of vegetarian options.

Always friendly attentive service from all the staff, good food cooked to your liking

A brilliant meal out for my son’s birthday. Brilliant service and the meat was excellent. Very impressed with the salad bar too. We’ll definitely be back!

We celebrated my birthday and had the best time with the best food, aged meat and they offered us all the ones we asked Giada also gave us amazing service I would recommend this restaurant

We celebrated my partner birthday in Vaquero . Such a spot on service and good choices of meat . I really loved their Piccanna steak and chicken teriyaki.

Lovely staff and great food. Would definitely recommend

10/10 food, service and atmosphere

Our go to place for dinners! Great meat quality and delicious food. Service is always great and the stuff is wonderful.

Very friendly staff and great food 😊

Absolutely Outstanding in every possible way! A dining experience like no other, upon entry the staff were welcoming and friendly and the food which followed was tasty, fresh and flavoursome. An overall lovely experience and a special mention to Giada, Luci and Jhonny for making us feel "so at home" and catering to all our needs, best customer service in London!

These guys at Whetstone rock! Galin and his team are amazing. Service is fantastic and food is amazing. Highly recommended.

Visited the resturant today for my birthday and i really enjoyed the resturant. The staff were helpful and the food is nice. Will come back again.

The best place to dine with a family. Enjoyed the atmosphere. Food was great! Excellent service and very welcoming and polite staff

El vaquero was great, the service was fast and the food tastes REALLY GOOD. I would recommend for anyone who likes meat!

It was a really lovely atmosphere, amazing food and lots of it.😋 the smoked beef steak was the best

We were a family of four.We had a lovely time, the food was delicious and the meat was high quality. All our servers today have done a fantastic job at accommadating my son's dietary needs. We have had a great experience and will be back.Thanks guys

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ El Vaquero is a fantastic spot for authentic South American flavors! The food is packed with rich, bold seasoning, and everything tastes fresh and perfectly cooked. The grilled meats are especially delicious, and the empanadas are a must-try. The atmosphere is lively, and the staff is welcoming and attentive. Great food, great service—I’ll definitely be back!

We have been to a few Brazilian restaurants and this is by far the best one we keep on coming back to. The food is amazing, everything tastes really good. Our favourites are the lamb leg, teriyaki chicken and garlic bread. All staff are very attentive and polite. The atmosphere is great too and very laid back and chilled.

We love this place- always delicious food, quick service, and very friendly, helpful staff!

Food was good but the drinks were very expensive. Ordered two drinks exactly the same at different times ,different prices and you get charged service charge to bring the drinks from the bar to your table Would probably not return to this restaurant

There was a small selection of salads and cold dishes to accompany the bbq meat. This costs £35 and we were served with 3 beef cuts, 2 lamb. Chicken hearts, sausages and chicken wings. The beef was tasteless and even though my partner asked for well done meat, which we were told was coming, only medium rare came out. For two meals and three cocktails the bill was £117 which I think is disgusting. I don’t mind to pay when the food is good quality and the atmosphere is pleasant. However, neither of these factors were found at El Vaquero this evening. Will not return . Additionally, the exterior of the building is extremely un inviting as the glass front has not been replaced since an accident last year. Very disappointing

Lovely meal, amazing service and the most flavoursome meats - 10/10 would recommend!

Un restaurante extraordinariamente increíble, con una variedad de carnes de primera clase, y una excelente opción de bar de ensaladas también. Servicio también absolutamente superior cajón!

It’s definitely worth trying for a different dining experience rather than just focusing on the food itself. I don’t think I’ll visit this restaurant again which I explained below why. It was my first time visiting this type of restaurant. We opted for the “all-you-can-eat” option, where they served various meats such as beef steak, chicken thighs, and chicken hearts, while a basket of chips was provided on the table. There was also a nice salad bar with unlimited access. I personally enjoyed the salad bar more than the meats, as I found the marinades to be quite similar in flavor. I don’t think I’ll visit this type of restaurant again, as I prefer to order exactly what I want from a menu or have direct access to a food bar. I didn’t enjoy waiting for the waiters to decide what to offer, and it felt a bit awkward since they tended to skip you unless you specifically asked them to serve something. The staff were friendly, and the atmosphere was pleasant. The food quality was decent, though I felt that some salads had a bit more oil than necessary.

I am currently at the el vaquero restaurant in whetstone. I am here with my partner and child. A child eats for free but isn’t included when it comes to getting cuts of meats or even the marshmallow that is given at the end unless you request for it, because they are so quick to walk away after serving me and my partner till I request for it for my child. We didn’t even get all the cuts that was being served, I don’t know I just felt like because we wasn’t white like all the other customers in the restaurant so they was priority. Seems like they don’t want to serve children but rather the paying adults. Requested for pineapple to only be given the part that hasn’t been grilled. We have been told that is no place to sit however when indoors I see that there is but they just didn’t want to seat us and then the man proceeded to make me feel bad saying don’t worry we will sit you somewhere where it will block other people coming in and out. I apologised and said I feel bad now because what else can I say to that right after him making different comments to make me feel bad. I normally come into this place with different people to get them to try it out but after that experience I am embarrassed to recommend this place to friends and family incase they have a awful embarrassing experience like this. Also when I asked for the marshmallow as you do at the end of the main meal I was handed the bill instead 😭

One of the best places to eat in Barnet, I highly recommend the meat buffet, it's not cheap but totally worth it 👍

First visit here, food was brilliant and great concept. Pick your salads and veggies from the buffet and they just bring meat on large skewers to the table. The paprika chicken and the lamb were amazing.

Great Rodizio restaurant. We frequent the branch in Mill Hill but as it was overbooked, we managed to get to this branch. Same fantastic selection of meats and salads and great service. You are bombarded with choice and definitely need to pace yourself or you will bust your gut. Be warned. Carnivorous glorious!

Simply perfect, lovely range of different meats, at a reasonable price for all you can eat! Friendly welcoming staff, nice calm atmosphere

Amazing food and a lovely Rodizio experience

Great food, great service, lovely atmosphere..

My son convinced me to go. I was not dissapointed the food and service was amazing. Will be coming again.

Food was amazing!!! Staff was also accommodating, highly recommend it to everyone!

Top! Best brazilian steakhouse in that London area

Best brazilian restaurant i've been in London. Met Richarlison and Deivid Washington there too.

Great atmosphere and great food. You can’t ask for much more !!

Great food, very nice location, the staff is great. I will come back for sure!

I ate until i couldn’t move anymore.

Everything was perfect! for sure i ll comeback

Very good overall experience. Food and staff is top quality 👌 Would definitely come again when in London.

Top food, top service. Highly recommend.

The picanha and sirloin are second to none! Add the atmosphere and the staff(Lucian especially) and you’ve got yourself the perfect dining experience! Top shelf!

I had not dined here for quite some time, so I popped in for my Sunday dinner. The service was great, and the food was on point, which made for a wonderful dining experience. It had been a while since eating here, and I completely forgot about the card system of 'feed me' or 'I am stuffed '. Naturally, the food kept coming until the penny dropped, and I turned the card over to 'I am stuffed ', which made me laugh.

The food was amazing Lots of food, quality meat, and a lot of variety of selection. The top was the dessert marshmallow and pineapple. The service though unfortunately was a set back. We ordered drinks and they forgot about us and then I ordered glasses with ice again they forgot and then I asked for a bit more fillet beef again they forgot. They fixed everything at the end though with free coffees and extra desserts.

The food is ok, but not excellent. Sadly there's no pork dishes like you'd expect from a rodizio, so you're stuck with beef and lamb sausages. Also, they're quick to serve the countless chicken options over and over, and you have to keep asking for the better cuts, which are not forthcoming or regular. It's a shame really as it's removed a key staple from the menu to appeal to a niche clientele. Good luck with that, I've since been to Preto who haven't given up on Brazilian custom of serving delicious pork meats.

An absolute gem in London! Great food, great atmosphere! Recommend to everyone!!!

Our favourite restaurant ever! The food is always amazingly presented and delicious, the staff are absolutely lovely and always pleasant and attentive. I can’t tell you how good this place is, if you tried it you would never go anywhere else! Such value for money and they have a loyalty scheme.

Nos recomendaron este lugar por algunos vecinos y realmente no decepcionó! Eran tan generosos con las carnes que vienen alrededor y todo estaba delicioso. El filete en particular es increíble. El bar de ensaladas también es bueno y una gran variedad de ensaladas frescas. Las bebidas eran buenas (cócteles fuertes!). Recomendaría especialmente si te encanta todo tipo de carnes a la parrilla!

Very nice atmosphere .. very nice food I really loved the brazialian steak . Thanks to all the staff good job!!!!!

I really love EL VAQUERO staff and food. I will be back soon !!! The salad was delicious and Galin the manager was very kind and polite.

I had the best experience with overall and thanks to Giada because she was really taking care of us and I really want to appreciate that. I will most definitely will come back with my friends/family very soon.

first time but definitely wont be the last time words cant describe that how great was every things from the service, food and dessert highly recommend

Excellent food. Plenty of tasty meats served to my table. Excellent deserts.

Fell in love with this place when it was nestled in the equestrian center just off Lullington Garth. As we understood at the time, it was owned and operated by Argentinians. The beef - as you would expect - was incredible. Not just cooked one way, or one cut; there was a variety with a distinct 'this is how we do it back home' feel. There was chicken too, but the cuts of pork and different types of pork sausage is what had us telling our friends about El Vaquero. The sides looked and tasted homemade; the beans were a regional recipe from where the owners were originally from. The (Argentinian) passadors were engaging too which added a real South American feel to the whole experience. Sadly, it all ended when EV shut down. However, much to our delight, there would be a new location; a High Street location. We booked as soon as we could which coincided with my birthday. Upon arrival in Whetstone, we saw a great location, nice building but not quite the same atmosphere as it was back in Woodside Park. The biggest disappointment for me was that there were no sausages (well, not of the pork kind) no pork loin, or any kind of pork for that matter. When I asked, one of the waiters intimated that the new owners did not include pork on the menu (for religious reasons). This wasn't a problem, but there was no indication of this at any stage until we asked when the sausages would be coming. Broadly speaking, it's the same concept as the original El Vaquero, a 'meat fest' only no pork or pork products. EDIT: My friends and I visited the original restaurant in Woodside Park on more than one occasion. We were served pork there: loin, sausages and ribs. Pork was taken off the menu when the new owners took over and moved the brand to Whetstone.

Loved the food! And very nice staff

Qué bonito restaurante. Muy buena comida, servida por un personal amable que siempre hace todo lo posible para garantizar que lo pases muy bien. Como familia de 4 , con dos niños en crecimiento con apetitos saludables este lugar nos sirve bien. La carne siempre se cocina perfectamente, la ensalada es sabrosa y las patatas fritas siempre se sirven calientes y frescas. Siempre ocupado, así que un ambiente encantador también. Seguirá volviendo. Muy recomendable.

We arrived on time they asked us to wait and served us late by almost 40 minutes, then we were asked to leave after one hour!! staff weren’t friendly and everything was rushed. Definitely not returning to this restaurant again

The best restaurant, the food is delicious and the staff are amazing.

This is our favorite place for Rodizio in North London. But we sadly found that it’s closed down… no notice on the front entrance at all. Learnt from the website that refurbishment is taking place. Look forward to their grand reopening!

First time I tried eating at Harvester, very delicious and very fresh. The food came very quick and our waiter Harrison was very attentive and out going. Will definitely be coming back here for more.

Lucio era un gran chico, realmente aprecio su servicio 10 / 10. La comida era deliciosa, fresca y caliente. Muy buena relación calidad-precio en mi opinión. Los lados eran grandes también! Tuve que tiktok la experiencia (ymgbranson en tiktok). Por favor, ve y disfruta. ¡Me encanta la opción sin fondo de agua sin gas / con gas también! ¡A veces no hay cócteles o un refresco azucarado! Gracias También me encantó la sorpresa de cumpleaños ; )

Lovely food! Great staff! Very enjoyable overall! Look out for Danielle!! I'll recommend anytime

Very friendly staff who were extremely accommodating to a "strange" dietary request. Meat and salads were excellent, as well as the dessert! Shall definitely return. Thanks for a lovely evening!

Fui el domingo por la noche con amigos. Era mi primera vez aquí. En realidad no soy un comedor de carne, pero podría pedir pescado por adelantado, pero no podía mezclar y combinar. Los entrantes eran para ayudarse a sí mismo, pero nada estaba etiquetado, así que tenía que preguntar qué era todo. Vinieron con grandes pinchos de carne. Me quedé principalmente con el pollo que era bueno y bien aromatizado. Tomé un par de trozos de carne. Para el desierto ot fue a la parrilla piña y merengue

El Vaquero All You Can Eat Barbeque Meat & Salads Buffet - A Tasty Adventure El Vaquero in Whetstone, London, is a fantastic spot for anyone who loves barbeque and salads. Plus, there’s plenty of parking, so you won’t have to worry about finding a spot. Atmosphere: The restaurant has a cozy, ranch-style decor that makes you feel right at home. With cheerful Latin music playing in the background, it’s a great place for family meals or hanging out with friends. Food: The highlight of El Vaquero is the all-you-can-eat barbeque meat. They serve a variety of meats like tender sirloin, succulent lamb, and tasty chicken, all grilled to perfection. The gauchos, who serve the meat at your table, add a fun, authentic touch. The salad bar is also impressive, with fresh greens, veggies, pasta salads, and traditional South American sides like quinoa salad. Everything is fresh and delicious, and there are plenty of dressings and sauces to choose from. Service: The staff at El Vaquero are friendly and attentive. The gauchos not only serve the meat but also explain each cut and make great recommendations. Value: For the price, you get a lot of delicious food. The all-you-can-eat option is perfect for big eaters, and the quality of both the meats and salads is top-notch. Overall: El Vaquero in Whetstone is a must-visit if you love South American barbeque. With its great food, welcoming atmosphere, and excellent service, you’re sure to have a wonderful dining experience. Plus, the convenient parking makes it even better.

Good customer service and fresh food. Meat cooked well and served. I definitely recommend this place.

Delicious meats.. the sides bar was truly delicious too, and perfect for those not eating meat. My mum who's a vegetarian was pleasantly suprised by the variety on offer and thoroughly enjoyed her food. Staff are friendly. Free parking at rear or on high road. Lovely atmosphere. And they make a great fuss of those celebrating their birthdays.

Meat was unseasoned but there was plenty of it so good value for money. The chimichurri sauce was the best part. Waitress kept forgetting things, I ordered a cocktail and she brought the wrong one. I ordered another and I never received it.

Good atmosphere, the meat would have tasted so much better if it was barbecued

I've always wanted to go to el vaquero for a long time! After finally going to el vaquero last week on a Monday, here's what I think el vaquero is like. The salad bar is fantastic! Loads of things to choose from! The meat that I've been served is really good! Ended it with grilled pineapple and toasted marshmallow for dessert! It is a 'one of a kind' restaurant so expect very high prices, roughly between 30-35 pounds per meal. Overall, a fantastic restaurant! Highly recommend!

Food was soooo good the manger and the staff were amazing will definitely be going back

Love this place. My partner and I loved it. Service was great, especially from the manager and our waitress, Riyadh I think her name was. Food was good. The garlic bread is amazing. Meat is good. Drinks are amazing. Thanks for a lovely evening.

Lovely all you can eat, meat is banging