Quick Review: Club Social Del Valle (Del Valle, CDMX)

I'm rusty with the blogging, so I failed to snap pics of the food. Kind of a big miss. In my defense, I was a bit distracted by debating with the waiter how part of our order was mixed up when the food arrived. He claimed we didn't order what we ordered. This was after he brought us the wrong salad to start. So service was not great. He was alone, as the guy who appeared to be the manager was not helping. But he only had like 3 tables so it's not like he was in the weeds.
The space is smart casual with some touches working better than others. The wallpaper meant to evoke Argentinian newspaper articles covering everything from the World Cup to the restaurant's arrival in Mexico City worked. Red and white checkered tablecloths work, especially with the black iron door and window trim. On the ceiling they have an assortment of playeras from various Argentinian fútbol clubs. Overall a nice, sharp casual feel.
Food was a mixed bag. We ordered a caprese salad, which is usually difficult to mess up. We were brought the version that susbstituted hearts of palm for mozzarella. Disappointing. We assumed we had missed something when ordering it off the menu, but later saw there were two versions of the caprese and for some reason he brought us that one. I thought the empanadas were pretty good. Judy was not impressed. They had a roquefort and apio (celery) version that I'd never seen on a menu before so we tried that. I would get it again, Judy not so much. Picanha was meh. Probably a combination of how we ordered it (al punto, which is usually the same as tres cuartos, which should be the equivalent of medium) and the cut itself. Hard to say. It came medium well and a little tough. The best dishes of the evening were the polenta a la boloñesa and the french fries (both the standard, which we didn't order, and the camote, which we did order and needed to fight for a bit; credit to the chef/owner who noticed the discussion with the waiter and got these out to us).
We, and me in particular, wanted to like Club Social Del Valle, but it didn't quite hit the marks. $1085 MXN pre-tip for the ensalada, 3 empanadas, two mains (polenta and picanha), one glass of malbec and an agua mineral.