Girino
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I learned to keep my hopes low when having Italian food abroad, and in Argentina even lower.
However if you do want a genuine Italian place, you can go to this restaurant in Belgrano: Mauro.it il ristorantino italiano, 25 de Septiembre 2465, Buenos Aires (full info)
The chef has strict Italian rules for eating and the spirit of the place is to eat like in a real Italian home, so he won't let you put grated cheese on a plate of pasta with fish, they won't give you a spoon to eat spaghetti, you get to pick your salsa and the chef picks the pasta accordingly, they won't bring you a cappuccino at the end of your meal. So... be prepared. A lot of Argentinian gave bad reviews to the place because they wanted to eat shit, and he won't let them.
You won't find fancy plates, this is a pasta place, with bruschetta, burrata, pasta, tiramisù.
I understand the philosophy of this place: you don't go to a sushi place to ask to cook the sushi like it was a milanesa and put grated cheese on top, and then ask for a knife and a fork to eat it. So he won't let you spoil his work.
Here so many Argentinian are truly convinced they have been eating "Italian" food, that when they meet Mauro, they label him as bossy. He wants to give people a taste of real Italy, not of an adapted, over mozzarella-ed Argentine version. Take it or leave it.
….Good recommendation!
