Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Buenos Aires for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Buenos Aires for grown-ups.
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.
Signature drink: Princeps gin and tonic with Principe de los Apostoles yerba mate gin
Food: Tapas, grilled meat, fish
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.
Signature drink: Own-label whiskey, local liqueurs, pet-nat
Food: Snacks
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.
Signature drink: Argentine signature cocktails, vermouth-led
Food: Bar snacks
The original Buenos Aires speakeasy: phone-booth door, access code, cocktail room behind it. Palermo Hollywood since 2011; many copycats, original remains.
Signature drink: Classics with Argentine twists
Food: None
Palermo Soho speakeasy hidden behind a coffee bar; walk through Victoria Brown coffee, find the sliding door. Vintage room, Argentine craft spirits.
Signature drink: Modern signatures and tea-infused cocktails
Food: Small plates
Mariano Beldi's Jules Verne-themed cocktail bar near Plaza Italia. Long-time on Latin America's 50 Best Bars; submarine-window decor, serious classics list.
Signature drink: Jules Verne-themed signatures
Food: Small plates
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.
Signature drink: Asian-spice infused signatures
Food: Vietnamese-Cantonese small plates
Subway-station-themed Palermo Hollywood bar with a recreated NYC subway car; cocktail menu organised by line and stop. World's 50 Best Bars 2024 #50.
Signature drink: Subway-system-themed classics
Food: New York deli-style sandwiches
Palermo Soho cocktail bar focused on Argentine native botanicals and indigenous distillates. Quiet evening room, well-paced, no late-night crush.
Signature drink: Native botanical signatures
Food: Snacks
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.
Signature drink: Whisky and tango show
Food: Late-night plates