Presidente Bar
Venue Brief
Recoleta speakeasy-style cocktail room hidden behind the Alvear Icon. Argentine sweetbreads, tasting boards, and bartenders in waistcoats pouring negroni variations — whisper-quiet, staff-driven, old-Buenos Aires polish.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- ChillChic/LuxuryIntimateVintage
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Smart Casual
- Cuisine
- Argentinian
- Demographic
- SocialitesCelebrities
- Music genre
- Lounge/Chill House
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- South American
- Offerings
- Bottle ServiceTable ServiceValet
- Open times
- Mon ClosedTue 8 PM – 2 AMWed 8 PM – 2:30 AMThu 8 PM – 3 AMFri 8 PM – 3:30 AM BestSat 8 PM – 3:30 AM BusySun 8 PM – 2 AM
Address
Av. Pres. Manuel Quintana 188, C1129 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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About Presidente Bar
Doors open at 8pm every night but Monday, all year round, which makes Av. Pres. Manuel Quintana 188 as reliable in a damp Buenos Aires July as it is in high summer — the room works the same regardless of what the weather is doing outside. Argentine plates come out alongside the drinks, and the soundtrack stays at lounge and chill-house level, low enough that conversation across a small table never has to compete. Fridays and Saturdays draw the biggest crowd and run latest, to 3:30am, with a well-heeled Recoleta set of socialites and the occasional familiar face; smart casual is the expectation, table and bottle service the norm, and valet takes care of the car. Prices sit in the upper band, and the 4.4 average across more than five thousand reviews suggests the polish holds up.
