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Best Restaurants for Rooftop in Buenos Aires (2026)
Rooftop · Buenos Aires · 6 terraces ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published May 9, 2024 · Updated June 10, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Buenos Aires keeps its best restaurants at street level, which makes a real rooftop kitchen rare here. Somma runs landscaped Palermo terraces over the Hipódromo; Trade Sky Bar stacks a restaurant, an omakase room and an open-air deck above the Obelisco. These six, ranked, are the terraces where the food keeps up with the view.
1.Somma
Palermo's strongest rooftop kitchen runs 470 square metres of terrace over the racecourse and the Rosedal; book it for the view that earns the food.
Somma sits on top of the OLA Palermo building at Av. Dorrego 3550, with about 470 square metres of landscaped terraces looking over the green of the Hipódromo, the polo grounds and the Rosedal. Juan Pablo Di Ciccio, ex-La Cabrera and Narda Comedor, heads a contemporary kitchen with a sushi bar from Pato Rivas.
The ojo de bife runs about 32,000 pesos and the dulce de leche volcano is the dessert the room is known for. Opened in late 2025, it is the new benchmark for a rooftop dinner in Buenos Aires. Book a table on the terrace for sunset over Palermo.
2.Trade Sky Bar
Dante Liporace's three-floor tower over the Obelisco runs a restaurant, an omakase room and an open deck; book the omakase for a high-floor dinner.
Trade Sky Bar fills floors 19 to 21 of the Comega building at Av. Corrientes 222, with 360-degree views of the Obelisco, Casa Rosada and the Río de la Plata. Executive chef Dante Liporace runs the menus across all three levels, including a fifteen-course Crudos Omakase seafood tasting for about thirty seats.
The Negroni Porteño, built with dulce de leche and malbec bitters, is the house pour. It is the most ambitious high-floor dinner in the centre. Book the omakase room for a seated tasting, or the deck for a drink at altitude first.
3.Alvear Roof Bar
The Alvear Palace's eleventh-floor terrace looks over Recoleta toward the river; book it for a polished sushi-and-cocktail dinner with a minimum.
The Alvear Roof Bar crowns the Alvear Palace Hotel at Av. Alvear 1891, an open-air terrace on the eleventh floor looking down the grand Av. Alvear and north over Recoleta toward the river. The kitchen runs sushi and light plates, salmon nigiri and beef empanadas with three salsas, under a per-person minimum spend.
This is the dressed-up, sunset-hour pick in the city's most formal neighbourhood. Book a terrace table for an early-evening dinner before the room turns into a cocktail crowd.
4.Sky Bar (Hotel Pulitzer)
The Pulitzer's wood-decked thirteenth-floor terrace pairs a real tapas kitchen with a skyline; book it for a sharing-plate dinner at golden hour.
The Sky Bar tops the Hotel Pulitzer at Maipú 907, just off Plaza San Martin, a wood-decked terrace on the thirteenth floor with a panoramic city view and a strong sunset line. Unusually for a Buenos Aires rooftop, the food is a genuine draw, Mediterranean and author tapas rather than just bar snacks.
The bravas and the mussels with chimichurri anchor a sharing-plate dinner. Book the terrace for golden hour, when the deck catches the light over the Microcentro rooftops.
5.Bestial Fly Bar
A theatrical eleventh-floor Palermo rooftop with a real kitchen from Javier Recalde; book it for a lively dinner that runs into the night.
Bestial Fly Bar sits eleven floors up at Humboldt 2495 in Palermo Hollywood, about forty metres above the street, with panoramic city views and a theatrical room of vertical gardens and onyx floors. Chef Javier Recalde cooks a Nikkei and Latin menu with real main courses, scallops with rocoto chalaca and a cured-trout tiradito.
It leans toward nightlife, open Tuesday to Saturday evenings and late on weekends. Book it for a team dinner that wants to turn into a long night with a view over Palermo.
6.Cielo Sky Bar
The Grand Brizo's thirteenth-floor terrace looks straight at the Obelisco; book it for cocktails and small plates over Avenida 9 de Julio.
Cielo Sky Bar tops the Hotel Grand Brizo at Cerrito 180, a thirteenth-floor terrace with a clean panoramic view of the Obelisco and Avenida 9 de Julio. Executive chef Luciano Ratti runs a tapas, croquette and bruschetta menu built to complement the cocktail list rather than carry the evening alone.
It is a bar-first terrace with food that holds its own, open Wednesday to Saturday from the early evening. Book it for a pre-dinner drink with small plates and the best straight-on Obelisco view in the centre.
Not for everyone
Famous, but not a rooftop dinner
Floría Atlántico. The Retiro bar at Arroyo 872 is one of the world's fifty best, but it sits in a basement behind a florist's door. The food and the cocktails are superb; it is the opposite of a rooftop, so go for the room, not the view.
Crizia. Gabriel Oggero's one-star oyster room in Palermo Hollywood has a rooftop garden, but it grows produce, and the dining is at ground level. Book it for the Patagonian oysters, not for a terrace dinner.
Pony Line. The Four Seasons bar is a fine place for a drink, but it sits at garden and lobby level, not on a roof, and it is a bar rather than a restaurant. The hotel's real dining is downstairs at Elena.
How to book a rooftop dinner in Buenos Aires
The city's rooftops cluster in two zones: the Microcentro towers around the Obelisco and Plaza San Martin, where Trade Sky Bar, the Pulitzer and the Grand Brizo stack their terraces above Avenida 9 de Julio, and Palermo, where Somma and Bestial Fly Bar look over the parks and the racecourse.
Buenos Aires dines late, so a rooftop table after nine catches the full night skyline, while a sunset booking around eight is the move for the view itself. Several terraces set a per-person minimum or turn into a cocktail crowd later, so book the early seating when the kitchen is the point.
Frequently asked
What is the best rooftop restaurant in Buenos Aires?
Somma in Palermo is the strongest true rooftop restaurant, with landscaped terraces over the Hipódromo and a contemporary kitchen from Juan Pablo Di Ciccio. Trade Sky Bar over the Obelisco is the most ambitious high-floor option, stacking a restaurant and an omakase room across three tower floors. See the full Buenos Aires dining guide for the wider picture.
Does Buenos Aires have many rooftop restaurants?
Fewer than most big cities. The elite kitchens here, Don Julio, Aramburu and Crizia among them, all sit at street level, and most rooftops are cocktail bars with snack menus. Somma, Trade Sky Bar and the Pulitzer's Sky Bar are the terraces where the food genuinely keeps up with the view.
Which Buenos Aires rooftop has the best view?
Trade Sky Bar gives the widest panorama, 360 degrees over the Obelisco, Casa Rosada and the river from floors nineteen to twenty-one. Cielo Sky Bar has the cleanest straight-on Obelisco view, and Somma the greenest, over the racecourse and the Rosedal in Palermo.
What does a rooftop dinner in Buenos Aires cost?
At Somma a steak main runs about 32,000 pesos, with starters and desserts adding to the bill, while the hotel terraces often set a per-person minimum spend that rises at sunset and on weekends. Booking the early seating secures the view and a workable minimum at the busier rooftops.
Are Buenos Aires rooftops good for a group dinner?
Yes, several scale to a group. Trade Sky Bar spreads across three floors, Somma runs a main room plus two terraces, and Bestial Fly Bar suits a lively team night that runs late. Book ahead for the early-evening tables, which go first for the sunset view.
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