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The 6 Best Bars in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has a cocktail scene the world keeps ranking: every bar on this page has made the world list. The best bars in Buenos Aires sit in Palermo, Retiro, Recoleta and Villa Crespo. Tres Monos, a playful Palermo bar that makes its own bourbon-style whiskey from local grain, is No. 21 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, and Victor Audio Bar, the city's first listening bar, follows at No. 31, up from No. 87 on the 51-100 list in 2025. CoChinChina, a Franco-Vietnamese bar in Palermo with cocktails by Inés de los Santos, is No. 56 on the 51-100 list. In Retiro, Florería Atlántico hides behind a refrigerator door in a flower shop, and in Recoleta, Presidente Bar pours beneath chandeliers, with a winter garden and a library-style room. 878 Bar in Villa Crespo, open for over two decades, makes its own gin, vodka, whisky and bitters, and Victor Audio Bar lets guests pick tracks on a headphone jukebox. Florería Atlántico opens daily at 4pm, with last call at 1:30am. These are the six we would start with.

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  1. Tres Monos
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    Tres Monos

    A dark, neon-lit rock dive with a serious engine room, Tres Monos was opened in June 2019 by Sebastián Atienza, Charly Aguinsky and Gus Vocke, self-funded, 35 seats, since expanded with El Garage. The team makes its own bourbon-style whiskey from local grain, makes liqueurs and sake in-house, and runs La Escuelita, a school training young people from disadvantaged barrios for hospitality work. No. 21 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, after No. 10 and the title of Best Bar in South America in 2025.

    Order thisJulep de D10SLicor del Norte (three Argentine herbs), amaros, strawberry miso, grapefruit
    Guatemala 4899, Palermo, C1425, Buenos Aires
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  2. Victor Audio Bar
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    Victor Audio Bar

    Buenos Aires' first listening bar, opened by the teams behind Tres Monos and Niño Gordo. The room takes its cue from the RCA Victor label and the audio bars of 1960s Japan, with wood panelling, leather seating and mid-century modern lighting. Its central feature is a headphone-operated jukebox that lets each guest select and hear their own track without disturbing the room. The cocktail list explores the history of the martini, and the kitchen serves American dishes. It currently stands at No. 31 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, up from No. 87 on the 51-100 list in 2025.

    Soler 5130, C1425Tue-Sat evenings
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  3. CoChinChina
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    CoChinChina

    Inés de los Santos's theatrical Palermo bar fuses France and Vietnam 'with an Argentine accent', the name recalls the French-colonial corner of Vietnam, the room by designer Eme Carranza runs from a U-shaped bar to the upstairs Arriba lounge with tasting menus, and chef Juan Carlino sends out Franco-Vietnamese plates like shrimp bánh mì. No. 56 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026, after No. 26 in 2025.

    Order thisLa Vida Que Me Merezcotequila, pineapple, lemon, vanilla
    Armenia 1540, C1414 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMon-Sat evenings
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  4. Florería Atlántico
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    Florería Atlántico

    Through a refrigerator door in a working Retiro flower shop, Renato 'Tato' Giovannoni's subterranean bar celebrates the immigrant communities that built Buenos Aires, and was the first bar in South America to pour with ecoSPIRITS, flagging the serves that cut carbon. A World's 50 Best fixture for a decade (No.30 in 2023), with Giovannoni named the 2023 Industry Icon. It placed No. 90 on The World's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2025.

    Order thisOfrendacharqui pisco, k'oa & coca-leaf liquor, dry vermouth, Amargo Obrero
    Arroyo 872, Buenos Aires C1007Daily 16:00-02:00 (last call 01:30)
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  5. Presidente Bar
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    Presidente Bar

    Opened in 2017 at the top end of Buenos Aires cocktail culture, Presidente pours beneath chandeliers along a grand bar, with a winter garden and a library-style private bar for slower drinks. Chef Martín Ávalos oversees the food, and the menu balances classics with theatrical originals like Entre las Nubes, served in a miniature hot-air balloon. It was No. 21 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2021 and No. 61 on The World's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2022.

    Av. Presidente Manuel Quintana 188, Recoleta, C1014, Buenos AiresTue-Sat evenings
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  1. 878 Bar
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    878 Bar

    Open since 2004 and originally a speakeasy behind a discreet Villa Crespo door, 878 grew into the bar that helped define modern Buenos Aires drinking, its own gin, vodka, whisky and bitters made in-house, a serious Argentine cellar, and the 'A Granel' refill program cutting waste. It entered the World's 50 Best Bars back in 2011 (No.25) and was twice named Argentina's best bar; the cigar-infused, Maradona-inspired Segurola y Habana is the signature.

    Order thisVilla CrespoBarricada 43, sherry, Aperol, sour orange, leicaj syrup, lime
    Thames 878, Villa Crespo, Buenos AiresTue-Wed & Sun 19:00-02:00, Thu-Sat 19:00-03:00
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