Restaurants in Buenos Aires

Café de Madres de Plaza de Mayo

Officially named Café Literario Osvaldo Bayer, this cafe is inside the lobby of the headquarters of the...

• Congreso

La Americana

This place calls itself "La Reina de las Empanadas" (the Queen of Empanadas), and that indeed it is....

• Italian
• Latin American
• Congreso

Maru Botana

A pleasant little cafe on a small out-of-the-way street in Recoleta, Maru Botana is owned by an Argentine...

• International
• Fusion
• Recoleta

Juana M

This parrilla is hard to find but worth the effort and remains one of my favorite dining spots in the...

• Latin American
• Recoleta

Gardel de Buenos Aires

You won't see tango here, but this cafe celebrates Carlos Gardel, the famous tango singer, in other ways....

• Italian
• Latin American
• Abasto / Once

Clásica y Moderna

This restaurant represents an interesting way to save an important bookstore from extinction -- by opening...

• Latin American
• Barrio Norte

El Obrero

Two old brothers from Barcelona, Spain, started this wonderful institution several decades ago in a remote,...

• Italian
• Latin American
• La Boca

Mamá Jacinta

Owner José Mizrahi opened this restaurant in 1999 and named it in honor of his Syrian Sephardic grandmother....

El Galope

This place is best described as an Argentine parrilla, with Middle Eastern accents and the added twist...

McDonald's Kosher

Certainly you didn't come all this way to eat at McDonald's. I wouldn't ordinarily tell a traveler to...

• American
• Abasto / Once

Cluny

Cluny is casual but elegant, looking more like a modernist living room than a dining room. A loft space...

• Latin American
• International
• Fusion
• Palermo

Viejo Agump

In the heart of the old Armenian section of Buenos Aires, owner Elizabeth Hounanjian provides authentic...

• Middle Eastern
• Palermo

El Estanciero

In most of the restaurants in the Las Cañitas section of Palermo, it's all about the glamour. Here, however,...

• Latin American
• Palermo

Campo Bravo

This place serves as the virtual center of the Las Cañitas dining scene. I know it and I love it! It's...

• Latin American
• Palermo

Café Retiro

This cafe is part of the Café Café consortium and, as such, there is nothing spectacular about the food,...

• Latin American
• Microcentro

Buddha BA

In the heart of Belgrano's Chinatown, this very elegant, two-level Chinese teahouse and restaurant is...

• Asian
• Chinese
• Belgrano

Gran Victoria

Watch the political world of Argentina pass by your window at this great cafe overlooking Plaza de Mayo....

Plaza Grill

For nearly a century, the Plaza Grill dominated the city's power-lunch scene, and it remains the first...

• International
• Fusion
• Microcentro

Petit Paris Café

Marble-top tables with velvet-upholstered chairs, crystal chandeliers, and bow-tie-clad waiters give...

• Microcentro

Los Chilenos

A taste of the long country next door is what you'll find here, and because of that, this restaurant...

• Seafood
• Latin American
• Microcentro

Restaurante y Bar Mediterráneo

The InterContinental Hotel's exclusive Mediterranean restaurant and bar are built in colonial style,...

• Mediterranean
• Monserrat

Morizono

A casual Japanese restaurant and sushi bar, Morizono offers such menu items as dumplings stuffed with...

• Asian
• Japanese
• Pan-Asian & Pacific Rim
• Microcentro

La Chacra

Your first impression from outside this place will be either the stuffed cow begging you to go on in...

• Latin American
• Microcentro

Filo

Popular with young professionals, artists, and anyone looking for cause to celebrate, Filo presents its...

• Italian
• Pizza
• Microcentro

Las Nazarenas

This is not a restaurant, an old waiter will warn you; it's an asador. More specifically, it's a steakhouse...

• Latin American
• Microcentro