Buenos Aires at the table: fire, stars and the late dinner

About Buenos Aires at the table: fire, stars and the late dinner

By the ULTIMATE Buenos Aires Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief: Jai Michael

In the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Argentina, Buenos Aires has one restaurant with Two Stars, Aramburu in Recoleta, and four with One: the parrilla Don Julio in Palermo, Crizia in Palermo Hollywood, and two Villa Crespo dining rooms, Han and Trescha. Eleven more hold a Bib Gourmand. Around them is the everyday table of the city: the parrilla, where beef is cooked slowly over wood and charcoal; the pizzería, a legacy of Italian immigration; and the café, open from breakfast to midnight.

The starred tables

Aramburu, at Vicente López 1661 in Recoleta, holds Two MICHELIN Stars in the 2026 guide. The one-stars are Don Julio, on the corner of Guatemala and Gurruchaga in Palermo; Crizia, on Fitz Roy in Palermo Hollywood; Han, a Korean dining room on Vera in Villa Crespo; and Trescha, on Murillo in Villa Crespo.

The Bib Gourmands

Eleven Buenos Aires restaurants hold a Bib Gourmand in 2026, MICHELIN’s mark for good quality, good value cooking: Reliquia, La Alacena Trattoria and Mengano in Palermo; Ajo Negro – Mar de Tapas and MN Santa Inés in Chacarita; Ácido and ANAFE in Colegiales; Garabato Bistro in Coghlan; Caseros in San Telmo; Chuchú in Retiro; and Bis Bistró, beside Aramburu in Recoleta.

Book the starred tables well ahead, and dinner late: ten o’clock is early in Buenos Aires.

The parrillas and the classics

Cabaña Las Lilas and La Cabaña face the docks of Puerto Madero; El Preferido de Palermo, José El Carnicero and Fogón Asado are in Palermo; Elena is at the Four Seasons. All are in the 2026 MICHELIN selection. For pizza, El Cuartito has served it on Talcahuano since 1934, in its own words.

How Buenos Aires eats

Lunch is long and dinner late. Order beef by the cut (bife de chorizo, ojo de bife, entraña), start with empanadas or provoleta, and finish with dulce de leche in almost anything. Malbec is the house red, but ask about the wines of Salta and Patagonia too.

Our advice: book one starred dinner, then spend the other nights in a parrilla and a café notable, where the city itself goes out.

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Buenos Aires at the table: fire, stars and the late dinner before you go.