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Buenos Aires Bar Guide

The bars our editors are recommending right now. Buenos Aires offers a blend of classic cantinas, modern cocktail bars, and late-night dance venues. These are the essential stops.

The Top 50 in Buenos Aires 50 bars

How this guide was made

Every bar in this guide was visited in person by a barsforKings editor. No bar is listed without a visit within the past 18 months, and every ranked bar is visited at least twice, on different nights, before it earns a place. This city is re-reviewed every 90 days, and each entry is approved by a named editor — never an algorithm and never a paid placement. Read our full methodology and editorial standards, or meet the editors behind the reviews.

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