El Balco Opening Hours, Menu and Opinions

Costa Brava Gironès Girona Places to eat

About El Balco

Carrer Hortes, 16 | BAJO - 17001, Girona
+34 972 22 31 61

Comment by Bravissima about El Balco:

El Balco is a charming Argentine restaurant located on the Costa Brava at Carrer Hortes, 16 | BAJO, CP 17001. This place has received numerous recommendations for its excellent quality meats and the friendly service of its staff.

  • Food Quality: Customers praise the delicious meats, with well-cooked Argentine cuts and a varied menu that includes equally tasty starters and desserts.
  • Customer Service: The team is described as professional and attentive, offering food and wine recommendations that make each experience special.
  • Cozy Atmosphere: The place is small and cozy, creating an intimate setting perfect for enjoying a nice dinner.
  • Value for Money: Many customers highlight that the prices are very reasonable for the quality of food offered.

Although some mention that service can be a bit slow during busy times and that the atmosphere can be noisy, most agree that it's worth visiting El Balco for an unforgettable dining experience.

Opening hours

  • Monday: 13:30–16:00, 20:30–23:00
  • Tuesday: 13:30–16:00, 20:30–23:00
  • Wednesday: 13:30–16:00, 20:30–23:00
  • Thursday: 13:30–16:00, 20:30–23:00
  • Friday: 13:30–16:00, 20:30–24:00
  • Saturday: 13:30–16:00, 20:30–24:00
  • Sunday: Cerrado

El Balco: Reviews

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Martyn Mills 01/06/2022

Fantastic experience: What a great restaurant in Girona. The best steaks we have had. Very friendly staff offering great recommendations on their food selection. We had 2 fantastic steaks, 2 bottles of quality wine and 2 desserts and 2 espressos and the cheque came to €95, that's just amazing. If your in Girona then book a table you won't want to miss this experience.

Yvan Bonnin 13/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Impeccable service!! Professionals! And a great card. A faultless one. To be redone quickly.
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Joan Capdevila 06/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Good meat and better service. Starters and desserts also very good.
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Montse Pla 06/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Argentine restaurant in Girona. Good service, we ate very well.

Elvire Moreau 03/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Unbelievable ! The meat is delicious (we chose the ribs and a nice piece of Argentinian beef), the little ravioli as a starter quite unforgettable. The decor and welcome are no frills, no complaints, go for it!
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Ольга в Андорре 03/04/2022

Fantastic experience: Very good restaurant, especially if you like meat. The entrecote is incredible! Also, they took pasta and empanada (meat pies) - everything was excellent. I recommend!

Daniel Brasé Arnau 08/03/2022

Fantastic experience: Spectacular restaurant serving Argentine cuisine. The meats are exquisite and the treatment very nice and friendly.
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Andreu Vel Val 03/03/2022

Fantastic experience: Very good restaurant. It's been a while since I went, and it really is highly recommended. We chose, ham, octopus, grilled provolone and Argentine cut. Very good!!! Desserts also very good. We will repeat for sure.
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Josep Bohils 03/03/2022

Fantastic experience: Good service, good food. To return.

Jessica Esquiva 14/02/2022

Positive experience: Very good meat!! Perfect cooking! Recommended both for that and for the attention! To repeat.
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Charles Bakker 03/01/2022

Fantastic experience: Very good food. Place to be for Meatlovers

laura jofresa 03/01/2022

Fantastic experience: We ate very well, very different salads, with premium products, and spectacular meats. Very friendly, caring and friendly staff. We will repeat for sure.
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Roberto Oloriz 03/01/2022

Fantastic experience: Extraordinary the meat in this Argentine grill, the owner very attentive all 10, always explaining what they brought, the place very nice, too bad the dulce de leche with a good flan would embroider it
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Xavier Reverter 20/12/2021

Fantastic experience: Highly recommended restaurant, very good and quality food. Friendly and friendly staff.
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Monica Oliva 06/12/2021

Fantastic experience: It eats very well and the treatment is perfect
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Albert Pascal 08/11/2021

Fantastic experience: Very good meat.

Cristina Nuñez Menor 17/10/2021

Positive experience: The creole pie is very rich. I recommend making desserts, the delicious dulce de leche ice cream. Very good service.
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Javier Pardo 10/08/2021

Fantastic experience: Good treatment, quality food, pleasant place and 100% recommended
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Yaxdiel 06/08/2021

Fantastic experience: Excellent!!! Excellent!!! Excellent!!! A place that I would recommend 100%. The Argentine steer is a delicacy. The place is very pleasant and highlight the attention of the waiter.
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Jef Molenaers 03/08/2021

Fantastic experience: A fine selection of delicious cuts of meat. Grilled to perfection & served with a big smile. Superb value for money

Javi 03/08/2021

Fantastic experience: Spectacular! We came to know the city and we ended up here by chance, both the starters and the exquisite meats and dessert. 100% recommendable. The treatment of the waiters is excellent and very attentive
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Oriol De Batlle 03/08/2021

Fantastic experience: If you want to eat meat, it is the ideal place. Good quality meat, well cooked and with a polite, attentive, helpful service ... Highly recommended and repeatable.
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Vanesa Martín 03/08/2021

Fantastic experience: Very cozy place, with very friendly and attentive staff. Quality Argentine food, the Argentine cut and the duck breast are very good, with more than enough quantities. The spectacular desserts. I will return without a doubt.
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Yaxdiel BC 22/07/2021

Fantastic experience: Excellent!!! Excellent!!! Excellent!!! A place that I would recommend 100%. The Argentine steer is a delicacy. The place very nice and highlight the attention of the waiter.
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Kelly Sepúlveda 03/07/2021

Fantastic experience: We ordered a ribeye for 2 and a bottle of wine, the quality of the meat was spectacular, value for money was very good, we also ordered tiramisu for dessert and a ricotta and lemon dessert, all great.
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ADRIA Aymerich Ferrer 08/06/2021

Fantastic experience: The best Argentine restaurant in Girona. High quality product.
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Ingo Senne 08/06/2021

Fantastic experience: A great restaurant ..... we'll be back soon. Super ambience ..... Always good luck
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A M 06/06/2021

Fantastic experience: I came in by chance and was pleasantly surprised. I ordered a vacuum to the point and it was exquisite, the best I've had in many places. Also at a more than reasonable price.
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Jackie Clariana 06/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Those charming places due to their proximity, professionalism ... and you are content to eat so delicious the meat is delicious butter, good wines.
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M.Gràcia Cañigueral 06/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Pork trotters, grilled Excellent treatment, excellent presentation and point
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Tamara Diaz 06/06/2021

Fantastic experience: It is the 4th time we go there and whenever we want to eat meat (of the good) it is our choice. Friendly treatment, very good product quality, fast and suitable price. 100% winning bet
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carmen gloria Ibáñez Moreau 06/06/2021

Fantastic experience: It has been two years since I entered El Balcó and the truth is still the same or better, the very good meat, the Creole enpanadas, my favorites, very good at a good price, we do not drink alcohol, exquisite coffee, tot molt, preu quality and good service
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Xavier Roldós (Xevi) 06/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Excellent meat, good starters, very good service and not expensive. Nothing more can be asked for. 5 of 5.
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Albert Macias 06/06/2021

Fantastic experience: I loved it!! I can't say anything bad the truth. Starters, meat, desserts, wine and the waiters perfect treatment. Everything is delicious! We will be back for sure !!
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Dan_ 03/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Great steak, staff is good and a pleasant service overall

Josep Casanovas 03/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Really a restaurant to keep in mind in Girona. Cooked country meat and Argentine cut. Spectacular! Highly recommended.
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Kenn Rock 03/06/2021

Fantastic experience: The food has been good and the service has been excellent ..... the sum of the two makes them give the highest score. Highly recommended.
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Clàudia Planells 03/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Great. Good food and very good treatment, delicious desserts too !!!
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Eva Ruth Condori 03/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Very good meat and very friendly waiter very good everything
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Joaquim Ribas 08/06/2020

Fantastic experience: The best place in the city to eat meat, with an unbeatable service. And a great wine list.
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Ivan Ramos Mourin 08/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Unbeatable, 100% recommended. The best gerona meat by far
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S'tel C. 08/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Delicious meat, well cooked and hearty piece, very good salad (moderate amount), tasty empanadas, pleasant and considerate staff, fast and late service
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Luciane Rampani 08/06/2020

Fantastic experience: All very good. We ordered starter morcila which was marvelous. After dinner the rabbit that was divine and a mass the "fiochi" divine.

Núria Vives 08/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Excellent meat very well cooked and must taste the Creole Chorizo!
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DAVID T. 08/06/2020

Fantastic experience: A good restaurant, 10 of attention to the public, the best of Girona.
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Jessica Barber Becerra 08/06/2020

Fantastic experience: We went to dinner, both the meat and the pasta were delicious, the staff very attentive and pleasant, we will repeat without a doubt.
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thirteen eighty 03/06/2020

Fantastic experience: excellent service, very helpful with wine selection.

Владимир Л 03/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Very nice place, perfect steaks, lovely vine, but a bit loudly.
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Inge van Vuuren 03/06/2020

Fantastic experience: These steaks....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Elmar David 03/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Lovely day today for the first time in my life and helpful, but I am trying to figure out the move in my head and then England patriots tight end of the romance between me and my job. Lovely place!

K Goslin 03/06/2020

Fantastic experience: A French restaurant in the heart of Catalonia. The food was wonderful. Rabbit with Chimichurri sauce, Iberico porc grilled and steak were excellent. Galician style octopus was tender and tasty. Even the olive oil was delicious.

Wolfgang Gernjak 03/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Don't go often but a very solid meat restaurant- always good quality, well prepared and the waiters recommend well.

Andrea Izquierdo Vilches 08/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Very good service and delicious food! We will be back for sure!

Marc 08/06/2019

Fantastic experience: The best steak I’ve ever tasted, you see the cook doing the meat
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Ferran Cat 08/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Very good and tender meat. We ate a beef loin which was delicious. The price with the right drink.
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stephanie nieto 08/06/2019

Fantastic experience: The meat is incredibly rich, the empanadas, provolone, the wine; everything perfect besides the attention. Very good! And the price is right for the quality of the food!
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David Tulsà Gómez 08/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Very good Argentine steak. A Girona classic that never fails!
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lourdes bobet 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: A good place to eat! The meat is delicious. Price quality is good, wine and dessert raise the average price, this is everyone's decision. I repeat, spectacular meat!
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Enric Cano 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: If you want to eat good meat, I highly recommend it. The food is excellent and so is the treatment. Average price with dessert and good wine about 40 € per person.
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Pau Garcia 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: One of the best meats in the city, ask for advice.
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이가영 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: The best steak♡ However, it takes a while to come out, so order generously from the beginning. I ate black spaghetti twice. Salad with seafood is also good.

Tony Salvato 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Excellent place where the owner himself takes care of the stoves. The beef chop is just great and be sure to try the tuna carpaccio. Very well priced and cozy place. Excellent treatment of the staff.
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jordi isart rafecas 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: In 1986, the El Balcó Restaurant, which specializes in Argentine cuisine, opened its doors. Atmosphere decorated with motifs of the name, small but preserving privacy, accompanied by a soft light. All the meats are of quality, treated with mastery and manipulating the grill in front of the diners demonstrating craft. The Argentine cut served in a clay pot with a grill and a charcoal uncle to keep it warm. With the cross, they knew how to find the cooking point to make the secret a delicious snack that melts on the palate. The rest of the dishes are not meat within the normal range. I think that in Girona if you want meat on the balcony you have to go.
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Josep Manel Jarabo Carbonell 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: 100% Argentine. Meat and more meat ... just right! Excellent wine selection and 5-star service. The indispensable Argentine in Girona.
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Aida Gonzalez 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Great service, friendly, the avocado salad was to die for, and of course also the grilled meat.
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Miquel Palou 06/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Good meat, cozy place and very friendly manager.
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Joan Serra 03/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Mt bo

Alberto Blanco 03/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Restaurant highly recommended. Good service, very friendly waiters, non-abusive prices and very good food.
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Keith Wong 03/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Excellent! Staff don't speak English, but they were friendly and accommodating and tolerated my Google translate mangled Spanish. I especially recommend the Bacala (salted cod) salad and the Argentinean rib eye. The chimmichurri was as it should be, the meats were grilled to perfection with a smoky after taste. The place was fully booked and full of locals which is always a good sign.

Peter Holmes 03/06/2019

Fantastic experience: "It were the best steak I've ever 'ad"

Marvin Muehl 03/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Very delicious various sorts of meat. Awesome value for money and also very kind service. Only, like they even tell you on their menu, preparing the food really takes some time. So if you come her bring some time with you, it will be worth it!

Amparo BLANCO MEDINA 03/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Very nice roast strip you take it to the clay pot and charcoal to keep it. But I have to say it's steer, it's not good, it's spectacular !!!
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Segundo Regular Cuarta 08/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Great! The attention is excellent, the place beautiful, the food and the delicious barbecue! Very highly recommended!
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Josep Serra Colomar 06/06/2018

Fantastic experience: One of the classics of Girona to eat toast. The grilled pork feet are molasses, though the other meats are also tasty and well cooked. Unpretentious haute cuisine - You know what you eat because you see it, as in basic, transparent cooking. The atmosphere is welcoming and the service attentive and friendly. Very reasonable prices.
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ozan cakir 06/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Excellent grills and flavors, one of my favorite places in girona

Yannick Callebaut 03/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Yummy

Fran Garcia 03/06/2018

Fantastic experience: I never get tired of going. Good service and great food. There is no all a la carte menu. Between drinks, first and second with dessert and coffee on lis 30/35 € depending on what you get.
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Coconut Max 03/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Incredible dinner. Wonderful setting. Inexpensive too

John Harper 03/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Brilliant best in girona .Served by fantastic staff who make you most welcome. We ordered superb starters of tuna wrapped in a delicate roll and melted cheese which was delightful..onto the main courses of rib eye steaks and veal steak . These steaks are the best we have ever eaten ..homemade tiramisu to finish off with ..Excellent staff and excellent food ..do not miss the opportunity to go to this superb restaurant.

PABLO CHAVARRI VICENTE 08/06/2017

Fantastic experience: Grilled meat at the very good time. Dessert I recommend, Raspberry Sorbet very very good and Don Pedro is spectacular.
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Santi Chousa 08/06/2017

Fantastic experience: Great treatment and meat to take off your hat. Some spectacular wines. It is from the places where you eat again. 100% recommended
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Harold Abellan 08/06/2017

Fantastic experience: Excellent restaurant, great meat, great wine offer! Very tasteful !! Training site ❤️
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Nuria V. 06/06/2017

Fantastic experience: Fantastic Argentinian !!! Small and cozy place opened for more than 15 years, that already says it all. Very good service and good value for money. Very good meat!
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Saskia van Vuuren 03/06/2017

Fantastic experience: Best steak in town! Homemade tiramisu <3

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