Charango Barbacoa Restaurant

Had a fabulous meal here. We sat outside for a cocktails then moved into a large table. There were 8 of us and we chose to have the meal "family style", where they brought us several courses of plates to share - included chicken, tuna, steak. The desserts were also amazing - deep friend ice cream was the table favorite! Super tasty and excellent service from the friendly staff here. I would love to visit again! Highly recommended.

Went for dinner our first night in Cape Town. After traveling for over 27 hours we just wanted to share a few appetizers. You can definitely do that here and have a very satisfying dining experience. We had the giant prawns, the taco, fried potatoes and came away smiling over how good they were. We didn’t order any of the entrees but those around us that did looked like they were enjoying them.

I had the lamb ribs, a generous, perfectly grilled portion. My partner loved the roasted kingclip. Edith provided thoughtful, attentive service!

We loved our ribs! Edith served us and she was a delight to talk to. Very friendly and efficient. Cocktails are good too.

My wife and I saw that Charango was listed as a Peruvian/LatinAmerican restaurant and we booked for dinner. What a disappointment! The menu doesn't have a single real Latinamerican dish. It's basically a steakhouse. Even though there is a neon sign outside that says "Pisco" there isn't even Pisco on the bar menu. We ordered a Margarita, which was a huge disappointment, half a glass, no salt on the rim. The appetizer we chose was listed as ceviche and what we got were a few pieces of raw salmon, they need to Google what "ceviches" are.We didn't even stayed for our mains. I told the host regarding our perception and he said that it used to be a Peruvian restaurant but that it is now under new owners...

I gave this restaurant a five-star review a couple of years ago. How the mighty have fallen. Once a superb Peruvian restaurant, Charango is now a poignant symbol of the decline and dumbing-down of Cape Town's food scene. I was returning because I remembered the tuna dishes and pisco cocktails very fondly. But they had run out of tuna, our waiter explained, and hadn't had pisco for three months (they'd lost touch with their supplier). Despair. But at least I could have the ceviche, which I ordered. 'Just to let you know...', the waiter said, wringing her hands, 'we get a lot of complaints about the ceviche; we're about to take it off the menu.' Their version of ceviche, I discovered, was not ceviche at all, but salmon carpaccio (made with tasteless salmon). 'We aren't really a Peruvian restaurant anymore', the waiter confessed, 'but a kind of... general South American restaurant. We mostly do steak.' The writing now on the wall, we finished our starters and decamped to somewhere we could have a tolerable meal. If you have fond memories of what this place once was, don't ruin them by coming back.

As you walk in you are greeted by really friendly staff who aim to for what seems like a friendship rather than a service, you are seated in such a well decorated restaurant and offered some bottled water while you decide what to drink.The decor of this place is simply amazing from wall to wall!Once you are comfortable and are ready to order the waiter/waitress will ask for your choice and recommend what they feel would make your meal even better, I ordered the ribeye off the bone until my waitress convinced me to order it on the bone as it enhances the flavour (they are passionate about meat).We sat and enjoyed our drinks while we waited for our meals to arrive that didn't take long at all.My steak was cooked to perfection with a perfect wet rub that was marinated into the meat, once I cut the steak it was like I was cutting through butter with a hot knife and then my taste buds were sent to heaven! Bliss... I never knew steak could taste this good, slightly charred on the outside yet delicately pink and soft on the inside.When we finished our meal and asked for the bill the manager noticed my partner had not finished her steak (it was a little big for her) he kindly offered to put it in a box for us and included some pesto and basil wet rub and vegetables for us to enjoy with the steak later.So I can't recommend this place enough it is affordable and amazing in the heart of this beautiful city that is Cape town.As you can see in the picture I couldn't resist to take a bite right away before taking the picture.Enjoy your meal here.

This was absolutely the best steak I've ever had! So if you're looking for a place with great meat, this is the restaurant for you.The staff is really friendly and helpful

Booked through a friend. Service is great and manager is in commands.Starters of chicken wings were great & tuna was yummy Asked for bread & they didn’t have ! Never seen a restaurant doesn’t have bread on the menu Steaks below average, small& was not cooked as we asked

When we arrived at Cape Town we were very hungry so we sat at charangos for food because it was just across the street from our apartment. The pork ribs we ordered and the rib-eye were simply perfection along with the side sauce they recommended us and the sweet potatoes .i totally recommend it !!!