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Best Restaurants for Private-Dining in Buenos Aires (2026)
Private dining · Buenos Aires · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published May 16, 2024 · Updated June 18, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Buenos Aires got its Michelin Guide in 2024, and the private rooms are catching up with the stars. From a fourteen-seat salon at the country's only two-star kitchen to a glass wine cellar you can book for the night, these six, ranked, are where to host a private group when the room matters as much as the asado.
1.Aramburu
The country's only two-Michelin-star kitchen, with a private room for fourteen; the prestige choice for a private dinner.
Aramburu in Recoleta is Argentina's only two-Michelin-star restaurant, holding both stars since the inaugural 2024 guide, run by chef-owner Gonzalo Aramburu and a Relais & Chateaux member. The dedicated private dining room seats up to fourteen and is marketed for business meetings and special occasions.
The roughly eighteen-course surprise tasting menu runs about 360,000 pesos a head, with wine pairings on top. It is the highest culinary pedigree in the city paired with a true private room, which is why it leads.
2.Crizia
A one-Michelin-star oyster and grill room with a first-floor private table for fourteen; the celebratory wow pick.
Crizia at Gorriti 5143 in Palermo Hollywood earned a Michelin star in 2025, run by chef-owner Gabriel Oggero around Patagonian oysters and a seafood-forward grill. The first-floor exclusive private table seats fourteen and is framed as a separate experience from the main room.
Open Monday to Saturday from seven-thirty, it is the room to book when the dinner is a celebration and the group wants something to remember. The oysters and the grilled seafood are the order.
3.Chila
A waterfront Puerto Madero tasting room with a private room for twenty and river views; the formal-event pick.
Chila on Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo 1160 in Puerto Madero opened in 2006 and is a Relais & Chateaux member, on Latin America's 50 Best since 2013. The private room seats up to twenty with views over the Puerto Madero waterfront, the largest dedicated room here.
The menu runs three- or seven-course tastings with an optional wine pairing. For a formal corporate event with a view and a real kitchen behind it, the private room is the city's most polished option.
4.Casa Cavia
A restored 1920s mansion with an intimate salon and full buyout across garden and patio; the dedicated event house.
Casa Cavia at Cavia 2985 in Palermo Chico is a contemporary bistro set in a restored 1920s mansion that also holds a bookshop and a florist. El Privado, its intimate salon, seats up to fourteen, and the mansion, garden patio and reflecting pool can be hired for a full social or corporate buyout.
It is the strongest pure event venue on this list, built for a private group rather than a corner of a busy room. The contemporary a la carte sits in the mid-to-upper band.
5.Sucre
Fernando Trocca's Belgrano institution with a glass wine cellar you can book as a private table; the relaxed high-end pick.
Sucre at Sucre 676 in Belgrano opened in 2001, a more than twenty-year institution from founder Fernando Trocca, who also runs Sucre in London. The glass-enclosed wine cellar holds a private dining table that can be reserved as a private room.
The wood-grilled meats and seafood, drawing on Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Peruvian influences, sit in the upper-mid band. Open daily, it is the relaxed but high-end choice for a private group dinner.
6.Don Julio
The world-famous parrilla, one Michelin star and a Green Star; book a group celebration, though the private room is informal.
Don Julio at Guatemala 4699 in Palermo holds one Michelin star and a Green Star and was the World's 50 Best number ten in 2025, run by owner-sommelier Pablo Rivero with its own farm and in-house dry-aging. The bife de chorizo and the mollejas are the order.
It has no formal dedicated private room, handling large parties by direct arrangement across about 85 covers and the adjacent La Carniceria annex. Frame it as a group celebration rather than a salon privado, but it is the most famous name on the list.
Not for everyone
Famous, but wrong for a private room
Tegui. German Martitegui's celebrated original closed in 2021. He is relaunching in phases on Rodriguez Pena, with a twenty-seat fine-dining salon only just opening in 2026. The new room is unproven, and older listings at the closed Palermo Hollywood address are stale; do not book the original.
Trescha. Tomas Treschanski's one-Michelin-star room is superb but seats just eleven at a single counter, with no private room and parties of five-plus by email only. Great food, wrong format for a private celebration.
El Preferido de Palermo. It earned a Bib Gourmand and a Green Star in 2025, not a star, despite some listings claiming otherwise. The spaces are bar, patio and sidewalk with no documented private salon, so it is not a private-dining pick.
How to host a private dinner in Buenos Aires
The geography splits by mood: Recoleta and Puerto Madero for the formal, starred rooms, Palermo for the parrillas and the celebratory tables, and Belgrano and Palermo Chico for the relaxed-but-polished venues. A short ride covers the lot.
Decide first if you need a dedicated room or a full buyout. Aramburu, Crizia and Chila run true private rooms; Casa Cavia is the one for a whole-venue event; Don Julio handles a group celebration by arrangement rather than in a salon privado.
Frequently asked
Which Buenos Aires restaurant has the best private dining room?
Aramburu in Recoleta, the country's only two-Michelin-star kitchen, has a dedicated private room for fourteen, the prestige choice. For the largest room, Chila in Puerto Madero seats twenty with river views; for a full-venue buyout, Casa Cavia's restored mansion.
Does Buenos Aires have Michelin stars?
Yes, since the inaugural 2024 guide. Aramburu holds two stars, the only such kitchen in Argentina, while Don Julio, Crizia and Trescha each hold one. Among them, Aramburu, Crizia and Don Julio suit private or group dining.
Where can I host a private group dinner or full buyout in Buenos Aires?
Casa Cavia in Palermo Chico, a restored 1920s mansion, offers its El Privado salon for fourteen plus a full buyout across the garden, patio and reflecting pool, the strongest event venue here. Chila in Puerto Madero has a private room for twenty.
Can you book a private room at Don Julio in Buenos Aires?
Not a formal one. Don Julio, the one-Michelin-star parrilla in Palermo, has no dedicated private room and handles large parties by direct arrangement across its roughly 85 covers and the La Carniceria annex. For a true salon privado, choose Aramburu, Crizia or Chila.
What is the best private dining for a relaxed but upscale group in Buenos Aires?
Sucre in Belgrano, Fernando Trocca's long-running room, lets you book its glass-enclosed wine cellar as a private table, the relaxed high-end pick. Crizia in Palermo Hollywood offers a first-floor private table for fourteen with a more celebratory feel.
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