Long reads, neighbourhood guides and editorial pieces from SĀNTAL Café — written for English-speaking travellers visiting Buenos Aires. Three locations across the city: Colegiales, Belgrano and Chacarita.
A jazz-kissa-style night dropped in Colegiales: curated vinyl, hi-fi sound, long-table tapas and a 2-for-1 happy hour until 8pm. Every Friday at SĀNTAL Colegiales. No cover charge — just walk in.
Read the storyAfter Colegiales and Belgrano, we landed on a corner in Chacarita (the up-and-coming neighbourhood next to Palermo). Outdoor tables, specialty coffee from 8am, brunch on weekends, weekday lunch, afternoon tea and Tapas & Wine until 10pm.
Read the storyFrom Soda Stereo to Rosalía, from Robbie Williams to Bad Gyal: the full Movistar Arena lineup from May through December 2026, and where to grab tapas, wine and a 2-for-1 happy hour four blocks from the venue.
Read the scheduleSpa Belgrano closes both of its day-spa packages — Ego and Premium — with brunch at Sāntal. Facials, massages, reflexology and a table set three blocks away: a perfect couples' or self-care plan in northern Buenos Aires.
Read the storyHeading to a concert in Buenos Aires this year? We'll tell you where to grab coffee before the show and where to land afterwards — written from the neighbourhood, not from a press release.
Read the guideWe have 25 in-depth notes about every dish on our Buenos Aires menu — Avo Toast, specialty coffee, our patisserie, lunch & wine — currently published in Spanish. If you're visiting Argentina, the easiest way to taste them all is at one of our three BA locations. Below: a quick guide to the four categories so you know what to order.
Avo Toast on sourdough with poached egg, scrambled eggs & bacon, brioche French toast with cinnamon and maple, oat pancakes, Greek yogurt with house granola, stuffed Argentine chipás, our share-it-all brunch-for-two, and a hot lomito sandwich on chipá bread. Brunch is served daily at all three locations — busiest on Saturday and Sunday from 10am.
Read the full notes (in Spanish)We work with single-origin beans, mainly Nicaraguan from Puerto Blest, roasted for our own blend. The menu: a signature Cappuccino Sāntal with cocoa and cinnamon dust, a flat white our baristas push for tasting the bean, an espresso tonic for porteño summers, an 18-hour cold brew, an iced latte (vegan-milk option) and pour-over filter for the deep-end drinkers.
Read the full notes (in Spanish)Banana-split loaf cake (the one that crossed Belgrano and went viral), brioche cinnamon rolls with Ceylon cinnamon and vanilla glaze, the Argentine maicena alfajor with dulce de leche and coconut, carrot cake with cream-cheese frosting and candied walnuts, a 70% dark vegan chocolate cake, and freshly baked butter medialunas — the Argentine answer to the croissant.
Read the full notes (in Spanish)The signature Belgrano dish — a roasted-mushroom sandwich with caramelised peppers, parmesan and roasted-red-pepper aioli — plus seasonal salads, fresh-pressed detox juices, and a small but seriously edited wine cellar focused on natural and small-batch Argentine producers. From 7pm at Belgrano (and from opening at Chacarita) the menu shifts into tapas: croquettes, hummus, mushroom risotto, braised-beef tacos.
Read the full notes (in Spanish)O'Higgins 1502, inside Espacio Pirámide. The original — full menu, evening tapas & wine cellar.
Conde 1200. The corner café with the listening bar on Friday nights.
Loyola 1599. Four blocks from Movistar Arena. Outdoor tables, longest opening hours.
Features in Argentine and international media, curated guides, review platforms and creators who passed through Sāntal and wrote about it in their own way. Most of the Argentine press is in Spanish — the international coverage and platforms are in English.