Best Bars in Buenos Aires
Florería Atlantico
The very reason travelers even know the Retiro neighborhood, Florería Atlántico is a stylish gastro-bar offering the feel of a classic bodega masked behind a quintessential flower shop. The speakeasy bar admittedly uses its flower shop as a charming disguise, luring some of the city’s hippest drinkers and late-night diners to a cavernous space of pop-art murals, mixology bar and bistro-style dining room that’s a hit.
THE FOOD
A bodega menu of small plate specialties include classic dishes from frog legs and beef tongue to blood sausage and grilled meats complimented by a lengthy wine list and mixology selection.
LAST WORD
Stylish gastro-bar offers late night dining, wine bar and flower market for some of the city’s trendiest patrons.
Pony Line
On the lobby level of La Recoleta’s Four Seasons Hotel, Pony Lounge is a sexy hotel lounge that stands out in a city with no shortage of hip hotel bars. An equestrian-theme lounge inspired by Argentina’s sexy polo culture features moody herringbone wood floors and walls of rustic wood planks that lend the feel of a country stable complete with all-day snack menu of truffle fries and homemade chorizo oxtail empanadas. A décor of leather-accented lounge arrangements and artwork by Alejandro Moy gives a local feel to a hotel that often felt removed from the city’s fashionable pulse. Now, a stylish scene of locals and dressed-up visitors make this one of the best hotel lounges in La Recoleta.
TIPS
Closed on Sundays and Mondays, opt for nearby Park Hyatt is looking for a comparable hotel lounge.
LAST WORD
Four Seasons completes ambitious remodel with new Pony Line lounge with polo-inspired setting for 1am nightlife.
Isabel
The bar feels like a swank Paris hotspot complete with models in short skirts, one-name bachelors and swank decor that usurps almost all the local competition.
Located on a very swank strip of Palermo Soho, Uriarte is also home to several bars and restaurants that are perma-fixtures on the BA nightlife circuit. Isabel aims to be the best nightclub in the Argentine capital with line-up of VIP DJs and equally hip guests list for its Thursday-Saturday night bashes. The club is decked-out in towering swaps of drapery framing a velvet rope entrance leading into a central atrium lined in veiny white marble with candlelit drinking bar and oversize mirror reflecting a clientele of cleavage show-offs and BlackCard flashers.
TIPS
Casa-Cruz neighbor offers sexy dance enclave for show-off singles looking to dance to hip-hop and Latin pop in an upscale setting hosted by rotating international DJs and endless alcohol sponsorships.
LAST WORD
Dress to impress, the velvet rope is manned by a fashion patrol of 6-foot Argentinians that frown on denim, sneakers even if their Louis Vuitton and American-branded sportswear.