Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Buenos Aires for grown-ups.

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Floreria Atlantico

  • ★ 4.7
  • Cocktail bar, speakeasy
  • $$$
  • Retiro

Drink Princeps gin and tonic with Principe de los Apostoles yerba mate gin

Tato Giovannoni's subterranean cocktail bar behind the cold-room door of a Retiro flower shop. World's 50 Best Bars list; menu themed by immigrant origins.

Tres Monos

Drink Own-label whiskey, local liqueurs, pet-nat

Sebastian Atienza, Charly Aguinsky and Gus Vocke's Palermo Soho corner; #10 on World's 50 Best Bars 2025. Own-label spirits with Argentine producers.

Presidente Bar

Drink Argentine signature cocktails, vermouth-led

Recoleta cocktail room consistently on World's 50 Best Bars and the Latin American 50 Best Bars. Vermouth- and Argentine-spirit-forward; civilised, dimly lit.

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Frank's

Drink Classics with Argentine twists

The original Buenos Aires speakeasy: phone-booth door, access code, cocktail room behind it. Palermo Hollywood since 2011; many copycats, original remains.

Victoria Brown

Drink Modern signatures and tea-infused cocktails

Palermo Soho speakeasy hidden behind a coffee bar; walk through Victoria Brown coffee, find the sliding door. Vintage room, Argentine craft spirits.

Cochinchina

Drink Asian-spice infused signatures

Inspired by Asian travel; tea-infusion, sesame and kaffir-lime cocktails plus a Vietnamese-Cantonese snack menu. On Latin America's 50 Best Bars list.

Bar Sur

Drink Whisky and tango show

San Telmo tango bar at Estados Unidos and Balcarce, dimly-lit, nightly live tango from 20:00. Listed in the Cafes y Bares Notables register.

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