The Room
Café Tortoni opened on Avenida de Mayo in 1858 — Buenos Aires's most-historic café. One hundred and sixty-seven years later the original 1880s mahogany interior is intact.
The literary-class regulars over the decades — Borges, García Lorca, Pirandello — are documented on the walls.
The Food
The menu runs Argentine-café-classic. The submarino (hot chocolate), the medialunas, the seasonal-rotating Argentine café preparations handle the menu's spine.
The tango show runs nightly. Service is the long-running Tortoni brigade book.
Best Occasion Fit
Birthday: Birthdays at Café Tortoni are warm, historic-café affairs the room has hosted for over a century and a half.
First Date: Café Tortoni is one of Buenos Aires's most-historic first-date settings.
Impress Clients: International visitors recognise Café Tortoni by name immediately.