First look at the new Recoleta Grand hotel in Buenos Aires

16 January, 2026 Abel Kshlerin 0 Comments 1 category

There are a number of points hotels in Buenos Aires, including old favorites such as the Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Argentin Air Es. But the latest points hotel to open in Argentina’s capital is thanks to Marriott’S Tribute Portfolio, a who has recently opened his point hotel.

It officially opened for guests in June 2025 with 142 rooms and suites, including the hotel’s official room-and-room guest list. Although one of the most elegant neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, nightly rates are a relative bargain for luxury hotels in the city.

We just had a chance to stop by, and here’s what you will be seeing when visiting the Recoleta Grand, Buenos Aires, an Tribute Portfolio Hotel.

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First impressions

It is a palimpsest of the Recoleta Grand, where several layers of history coexist. This is an updated wing of the hotel, which has been considered as one of those hotels without Marriott affiliations, the 1922 Mansion Mihura and a graceful new glass tower (with ’13-foot indoor waterfall) that sits on the main restaurant’s dining room. Though the three buildings, though disparately slangally related, somehow merge into a single whole that feels right.

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While guests still go through the doors of Avenida General Las Heras’ hotel, depending on your room assignment, you may head straight up in the nearby elevators or walk past the skylit cafe at the hotel (past the side of the historic mansion and via the atrium) to another set of elevator – don’t worry; there are also corridors between the two buildings on different floors).

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While you’ll likely meet a mix of guests, the groupings of international tour groups that lay over between visits to other parts of the country or depart from on – if any one is visiting in town for ten days and business travelers who met with colleagues — as well as odd solo or couple travellers here (or two) to experience the city’s culture.

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The rooms

A. coherent look The old rooms and the new are under the eye of local interior designer Lucas Gashu, with parquet flooring similar to Recoleta’s grand apartments, colorful geometric wall splashes that give the spaces some texture and in some cases proscenium-like paneling which creates the feeling of a deconstructed four-poster canopy bed to define the sleep area – an apartment complex is designed to be on top of its floor by i.e.

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Spectacular See other midcentury modern-inspired touches such as circular sconce lights by the beds and Scandinavian-chic chairs and tables by panoramic windows overlooking the streets surrounding them.

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Also, they have 40-inch flat-screen televisions and workdesk-minibar combinations. It includes coffee makers, hot water kettles and a typical collection of snacks/ drinks. Though it’s not too late to be aware of the dreadful closet space, since the hotel has chosen popular open-concept variants.

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A. junior suite in the new wing had an open floor plan with the bedroom on one side of this door, and a small living room with ‘low-slung chair (love seat and nesting tables to the other) separated by he chest with TV on top; i.e.

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The new bathrooms are tiled in black stone (frosted-glass walk-in showers and basin-style sinks) with froried- glass bathing marble counters, while older ones have gray marble countertops with sunken sink or walk into shower. Every bath and body products made locally produced are verbena-scented, all offer.

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The rooms feel modern and chic, although the rooms are spare but a bit of. If you can, ask for a room in the new tower because windows are bigger and bathrooms feel more modernized.

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Dining

The hotel will eventually be home to several dining and drinking establishments, but during our visit, only two were open.

It is a chic bolt-hole with coffee drinks and Argentina’s national drink, mate, just behind the lobby in. sunken atrium of its own — it has been described as if one can be seen drinking from this light-filled Cafe de Prensa (just behind that lobby) serving dozens of coffee beverages alongside their signature cocktail cocktails called “Motto” or “Sunken Atrium”.

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As you settle in to discuss Buenos Aires’ literary legacy or thumb through one of several vinyl albums and art books that are on the dramatic shelves, ask some friends for a cozy seat at an adjacent seating vignette or at the tall marble counter.

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The Atrium is a sky-soaring main restaurant, at the heart of the hotel’s main dining room, with its principal restaurant being Atrix. It’s bathed in natural light throughout the day and thanks to abundant plants (and a soon-to-grow living wall) and dozens of indoor waterfalls not including huge, birdcage-like chandeliers — that it is like if its secret garden at the heart of the bustling city.

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In this place, Buenos Aires-born chef Maximiliano Matsumoto (whose credentials include other Argentined icons such as Casa Cruz and Faena) serves both tasting and a la carte seasonal menus that combine South America’. bountiful produce and proteins prepared with international flavors of classic techniques.

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Patagonian trout with herb bavarois and fennel ($13) was fresh, the asparagus with vinaigrette with charred lemon, creamy peas (the first of which is served in 2004, mint and baharat sauce ($10)). A neighboring table was spied by I also saw an amazing chimichurri ($28) Angus rib-eye steak with chimicoura (which looked positively incredible).

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The award-winning mixologist Ignacio Maggio created the hotel’s cocktail list, which includes a long list of classics and some more creative options to come.

It also serves breakfast ($7 per person) in the Atrium (with a large buffet, including egg-made eggs and several different kinds ofomelets).

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The hotel will eventually open Rayuela, a swanky restaurant and cocktail lounge in the Mihura Mansion’s mihuran mansion. It was only revealed that we have a few glimpses of the unfinished spaces but they are already stunning with art deco furnishings, dramatic chandeliers and sculptural bars.

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Amenities and service

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The hotel should have a fully equipped fitness center soon.
It also will be home to the small Floralis Spa with a range of treatments including massages and facials.
Up on the roof, there’s a small seasonal pool that should be popular over the summer.
There are several event spaces in both the historic mansion and the newer wing.

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Location and logistics

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In one of the most upscale, central neighborhoods in the city is the Recoleta Grand (the RecOletana grand) and its downtown neighborhood. Uber and taxis are cheap, with rides to major tourist attractions such as the Casa Rosada and the MALBA museum fast and inexpensive. It’s about 10 minutes to walk to the famous Recoleta Cemetery, where Evita is buried. An Uber to Ezeiza International Airport (EZE), which takes about 45-90 minutes depending on traffic, will cost $30-$50.

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What it costs

Rates at the Recoleta Grand start at $248 or 41,000 Marriott Bonvoy points per night over the next several months.

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Accessibility

It is wheelchair accessible, including the Atrium (with a wheelchair lift) which has an entrance to street and public areas of the Recoleta Grand. The elevator and ramp are also used to access guest floors and the pool.

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Four total Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant rooms are in the hotel, two in that old building and two at the new tower. So be sure to direct call the Hotel directly to confirm you can book a room according to your specific requirements.

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Bottom line

Buenos Aires’ hotel scene is also very interesting, with the Recoleta Grand, Argentin Air E.g., being a Tribute Collection Hotel (the newer addition to its current-day resort) and The RecOletana GRA, in which it has been named “The Recora Grande”, pictured above), whose name of his own city was added on July 1, 1888 as an exciting addition for this year’s hotels at New York City Airport A Tribite Gallery; another one that will be It is located in Recoleta, which means that it’s within easy reach of many of the city’ll be most attractions and its reasonable nightly rates paid and points – should make this hotel one of best places for international visitors to visit? Once its bars and restaurants are all fully operational, it is all the more so.

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