The Best Seafood Near Palacio Duhau, by the Record

In a city where beef is practically a religion, this Palermo seafood restaurant holds a Michelin star and a spot on Latin America's 50 Best list while making the case for Argentina's coastline instead. The loft dining room runs on intimate lighting, charcoal smoke, and a glass wine cellar, and the oyster bar does Patagonian shells three ways before the menu moves on to wood-grilled fish and southern-coast shellfish. The rooftop garden supplies the kitchen.

1. Michelin Guide 1 Star
2. 50 Best #40 · Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants

A steel scaffolding bar anchors the room at this casual fish-focused restaurant in Colegiales, where colorful maritime murals and a mid-room aging cabinet set the tone before you've ordered anything. The menu runs from tapas to whole fresh fish of the day, all handled with more precision than the relaxed industrial setting implies. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and you'll need a reservation well ahead to find out why.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

On the edge of Buenos Aires's Chinatown, this seafood restaurant takes its name from the word for "overseas," which turns out to be a slight misdirection: the kitchen pulls almost entirely from Argentina's own coastline. The high-ceilinged contemporary room runs from snack-style croquettes and cured mussels through to grilled baby squid with 'nduja, the menu drifting between raw, smoked, and live-fire without much fuss about it.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant