Quebrada de Humahuaca
This touristy, yet still charming, rustic dining room is a venue for solid, traditional food, served in generous portions. Juicy tamales, savory locro and…
Must-see restaurants in Argentina
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
Branch of the successful cafe chain offering a wide variety of teas, healthy sandwiches, salads and mains. Other nearby locations include Uriburu 1597 and…
Misiones
Near the ruins entrance and popular with tour bus groups, this giant big-roofed blue restaurant does a range of sandwiches and mains plus a decent buffet…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
Branch of the successful cafe chain offering a wide variety of teas, healthy sandwiches, salads and mains. Other nearby locations include Uriburu 1597 and…
Coastal Patagonia
This funky eatery is the ideal spot to crack open a bottle of wine and savor it. The vibe is casual, with worthwhile dishes like langostinos a la plancha …
Quebrada de Humahuaca
Built like a stone lodge, with timber tables and polished concrete floors, this parilla serves the Argentine classics as well as regional Andean offerings…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
This popular and smartly decorated restaurant is known for its seafood paella and risotto with lamb ragout, but they grill steaks, too. It's got an…
Palermo
Buenos Aires isn't known for its seafood, but stylish Crizia is the place to come if you're craving fresh fish. Start with a half-dozen oysters, then…
Palermo
The menu is hardly extensive at this tiny bohemian eatery, but everything is wholesome and the portions are generous. There’s homemade yogurt, daily…
Mar del Plata
A perfect perch over the boulevard and the bay upon which you may peruse a wide-ranging menu of pizzas, salads, pastas, grilled fish, chicken and steaks…
Rosario
This mostly vegetarian place offers a huge range of meat-free hot and cold dishes to eat in or take out. There are always all sorts of deals going, with…
Bariloche
A modern and upscale bar-restaurant best known for its location right near the lake. The food isn't bad, however – from the well-cooked steaks to ample…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
This centrally located, cavernous dining hall, half a block off the plaza, is popular for its efficient service and its reasonably priced, abundant…
Salta & the Andean Northwest
The second link in the two-part Il Postino chain, they do the same reliable pizzas and pasta platters in a handsome brick warehouse patrolled by…
Quebrada de Humahuaca
A well-regarded restaurant on the main plaza. It roasts llama dishes, legs of lamb, steaks, trout and chicken, and offers but one vegetarian pasta dish to…
Mendoza & the Central Andes
La Surfera is on the main street in the center of town. This laid-back restaurant-cafe-reggae bar is headquarters for Rodeo’s surprisingly large hippy…
Cafayate
Plaza-side seating and polite if scatty service presents inventive seafood-based salads, and well-prepared mains, including plenty of fish dishes and a…
Bariloche & the Lake District
Having gone strong for over three decades, this parrilla has finally succumbed to an inevitable decline in standards. The Patagonian lamb is still good,…
Bariloche & the Lake District
Friendly and low-key, this eatery is a good place to catch a soccer game on TV while munching on some trout ravioli, a steak or a milanesa (breaded steak)…
Coastal Patagonia
A humble neighborhood restaurant, Tia Camila does a brisk business in simple and filling fare, ranging from homemade pastas to delectable costellitas …
Bariloche
The food at this little Mexican restaurant leans more toward Tex-Mex than authentic Mexican. With a changed name and ownership, quality has gone downhill,…
Coastal Patagonia
Cheap and casual, with service that’s friendlier than you’ll find elsewhere in Río Gallegos, this is where students and families dine on burgers, gnocchi…
Along the Río Paraná
A local favorite, this uncomplicated joint near the bus terminal is almost always open and has a wide-ranging menu and unbeatable prices for tasty meats,…
Inland Patagonia
This chic rock 'n' roll restaurant-bar offers tasty spinach pizza, vegetable crepes, and heaped portions of steak and fries. The evening crowd spills out…
Salta
This large, lively market is very interesting, as well as one of the cheapest places to eat in town. You can supplement inexpensive pizza, empanadas and…
Mendoza & the Central Andes
The sole eating option at the reserve (just before the Gran Hotel Villavicencio) is this casual restaurant with good coffee, a few basic dishes, set menus…
Puerto Madryn
This tiny, colorful eatery serves up nachos and fajitas to travelers yearning for something spicy. While it's not straight out of Guadalajara, a valiant…
Córdoba
El Ruedo doesn’t stray too far from the steak, sandwich and pizza formula, but this plaza-side spot under big shady trees is a winner, as are its…
Buenos Aires
A long-running restaurant that's arguably past its prime, Tomo 1 offers a formal dining experience in the Hotel Panamericano. Expect European-influenced…
Mendoza & the Central Andes
There's a good range of well-prepared food here – the menu's split into 'gourmet' (offering regional faves like goat and trout) and 'classic,' with…
Atlantic Coast
Hit the outdoor deck at this main-street eatery, one block in from the waterfront, for reasonably priced, quality seafood. Fish is prepared in at least a…
Salta
A long terrace overlooking the palms of Plaza Güemes is reason enough to like this popular local restaurant. It does a huge range of dishes, without…
Mendoza & the Central Andes
Resembling a small log cabin, this postage stamp-sized restaurant has basic meat and pasta dishes, as well as ordinary pizza which you can conveniently…
Palermo
The pleasant cafe at the Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori serves a good selection of sandwiches, savory pancakes and cakes, as well as coffee and…
Córdoba & the Central Sierras
A fairly standard cafe-bar-restaurant on Plaza Pringles, this one gets a mention for the sidewalk tables out on the pedestrian thoroughfare that make it a…
Bariloche & the Lake District
A laid-back kind of place serving some of Zapala's best food (it's not much of a horse race, though). The menu doesn't stray far from meat, pizza and…
Córdoba
Excellent Middle Eastern food (with a couple of Mediterranean faves thrown in) provides a welcome dash of variety. There’s not much to be said for the…
Salta
Bustling at all hours, this no-frills parrilla (steak restaurant) has excellent prices and a menu that takes a couple of unexpected turns, including river…
La Casa de las Tartas y Empanadas
Atlantic Coast
A market cafe serving quiches and empanadas packed with any combo of ham, four kinds of cheese, chicken, bacon, mushrooms, spinach, beef and more. They…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
A cute diner with a sliver of a patio warned with a fire, around which you can order up milanesas, burgers and pizzas and wash them down with a shortlist…
