Sylvestre Asador Mexicano (Polanco)

01What to order

• Entraña, 400 g / 14 oz or 800 g / 28 ozThe first cut on the menu's list. Excélsior (2025) names it first among the house's cuts.
• Bife de chorizo (rib eye), 400 g / 14 oz or 800 g / 28 ozAlso on the Forbes 2015 menu, next to empanadas.
• Cabrería (T-bone), 450 g / 16 ozBone-in; the menu gives the cut its Argentine name and the English one beside it.
• Gaucho (cowboy), 800 g / 28 ozListed with the English name in parentheses. Food & Pleasure (2023) also recommends the tomahawk.
• Ojo de bife, 800 g / 28 oz or 1,200 g / 2.6 lbThe center of the rib eye, in the two largest sizes on the menu.
• Kobe japonés and wagyu australianoKobe at 50 g / 2 oz, 100 g / 3.5 oz or 200 g / 7 oz; Australian wagyu at 360 g / 13 oz. The menu states the origin for these two only.
• Tacos rosaritoFood & Pleasure (2023) recommends them; Hotbook (2019) also lists rib eye tacos and grilled artichokes.

02The beef

Cuts, by weight. Entraña, bife de chorizo, churrasco and arrachera come in 400 g / 14 oz and 800 g / 28 oz. Lomo comes in 200 g / 7 oz and 400 g / 14 oz. The T-bone is 450 g / 16 oz, the cowboy 800 g / 28 oz, the ojo de bife 800 g / 28 oz or 1,200 g / 2.6 lb. Kobe from Japan is sold at 50, 100 and 200 g / 7 oz; Australian wagyu at 360 g / 13 oz. The menu names an origin only for those two. Hotbook (2019) wrote that the steaks carry USDA certification and mentioned American wagyu. Breed, feeding and aging are not stated, and the online menu lists no prices.

03The fire

Wood. Food & Pleasure (2023): slow cooking over wood of different kinds. Gastrolab (2025): the same, with a different meat roasted daily. Hotbook (2019) mentions artichokes a las brasas, Forbes (2015) octopus a las brasas. The menu lists asado asador and barra cabrera by the kilo without describing them. Which woods, and what kind of grill, no source says. Order the daily asado.

04The story

The restaurant's website dates Sylvestre Polanco to 2015, in the former Casa Calderón at Anatole France 74, and says the name comes from the street, named for the author of the novel El crimen de Sylvestre Bonnard. Forbes México (August 2015) credited the space to Santiago Cuaik's studio with Javier Sordo Madaleno de Haro: an old mango-wood bar and a smoking library below, a terrace above. Hotbook counted three branches in 2019, with Interlomas next. Today the site lists five: Artz Pedregal, Polanco, Santa Fe and Interlomas, plus Midtown in Guadalajara. It belongs to Grupo Hunan.

05The practical

Anatole France 74, Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo, CP 11550, Mexico City, between Presidente Masaryk and Emilio Castelar according to Chilango. Phones 55 5281 2147 and 55 5281 1964. Hours: Monday to Wednesday 13:00 to 23:30, Thursday to Saturday 13:00 to 01:00, Sunday 13:00 to 19:00. Book through the website. The house offers private spaces for celebrations and corporate meetings, and sells gift cards online.

Address

Anatole France 74, Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City

Phone

+52 55 5281 2147

Website

sylvestre.mx

Directions

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