Cervantes – An Authentic Argentinean Grill that Won’t Break the Bank
Tucked away a couple of blocks behind Congress this buzzing cantina has proved a well-kept secret, serving up perfectly cooked, flavor-filled meat and all the fixings at a quarter of the price of some of the tourist hotspots for over twelve years. Such is its popularity with in-the-know locals that one can arrive any evening [...]
Naturaleza Sabia–A Veggie Venture in San Telmo
A new member of the natural trend in a country where the cuisine is geared towards the carnivorous, Naturaleza Sabia is San Telmo’s latest spot to find Argentine-style vegetarian food. With affordable prices for lunch and dinner and the combination of yoga classes, therapeutic massage services and the converted loft-type interior the result is a [...]
La Cabrera — A Sizzling Steakhouse in Palermo
In a city renowned for reasonably priced, top-quality beef, La Cabrera sets the bar high. With more than two dozen cuts of meat on offer and a smorgasbord of accompanying sides, a trip here is worth the extra pesos. Located at the corner of Thames and its namesake street, La Cabrera is one of many [...]
Filo – Colorful Italian Restaurant in Microcentro
Filo is a restaurant that serves up a bit of sensory overload to diners along with real Italian food. Bright colors, modern artwork and hip music are the hallmarks of bar and restaurant designer Mario Salcedo (creator of Buenos Aires hotspots such as Pizza Piola, Dada and El Unico), and Filo is one of his most [...]
Asia de Cuba — A VIP Retreat in Puerto Madero
Asia de Cuba, Puerto Madero’s most glamorous restaurant and club is an-all-in-one destination for the young, beautiful and botoxed looking for a little dinner and dancing. The pleasing ambiance here exudes a sort of vague interpretation of ‘orientalism,’ with shimmering gold curtains encasing tables, chaise lounges and a paradoxical gold buddha statue reclining across the [...]
Cumaná — Authentic Argentinean Food
Cumaná is down-to-earth, very affordable, and offers a great variety of real Argentinean food, despite being situated in swanky Recoleta. This restaurant allows visitors to see that there’s more to authentic Argentinean food than imports from Italy such as pizza and pasta, red meat cut in a lot of different ways and the often bland [...]
Cantina Los Amigos — A Classic in Villa Crespo
Cantina Los Amigos is the kind of neighborhood pit stop that touches on some core elements of what Argentina is all about: football, food and feisty characters. The grill is always fired, the pasta is homemade and wine is served in classic penguin pitchers in a boisterous venue that recalls the Argentina of yesteryear. In [...]
Sarkis – Delectable Armenian Food in Palermo Soho
Sarkis is a wildly popular Armenian restaurant in Palermo, and for very good reason. It’s cheap, the servings are abundant and, most importantly, the food is wonderful. Thanks to a large Armenian community in Buenos Aires, there are a number of restaurants around Palermo Soho area that serve that country’s delectable Greek/Middle-Eastern style food, and [...]
Jolie–A Pretty Belgrano Bistro
Jolie Bistro is a modern, and indeed, pretty café/bistro where art and French cuisine come together in Belgrano’s lovely Plaza Castelli area. Jolie suffered some mixed reviews after it first opened in 2008, but they seem to have worked through their growing pains and now it functions with precision. Service is prompt and cordial and [...]
Casa Felix — A Culinary Adventure in a Private Garden
Casa Felix is one of those special places that you read about as a child—a secret garden, a cloud at the end of a giant beanstalk, or a palace under the sea. You aren’t sure it actually exists until you go there. That’s because this intimate dining venue is a Puerta Cerrada, a ‘closed-door’ (underground) [...]
