Frank’s Bar | Speakeasy Palermo Hollywood Buenos Aires
Arévalo 1445 · Palermo Hollywood · Buenos Aires
Open: Wednesday to Thursday 9pm to 3am · Friday and Saturday 9pm to 4am | Reservation recommended
Franks bar is Buenos Aires' most celebrated speakeasy and one of the most original in all of South America. Recognised by The World's 50 Best Discovery, it hides in Palermo Hollywood behind a vintage telephone booth — to enter you must dial a number, give the weekly password found on social media, and pass through a secret door that leads through an internal alleyway into the bar.
Once inside, Franks bar transports you to 1920s New York: vintage wallpaper, Edison bulbs, polished wooden bar top, chandeliers and mustachioed bartenders in suspenders serving Prohibition-era cocktails. The Frank's Fashioned — Scotch, bitters, saline and maraschino — is the signature drink. The atmosphere blends electro-jazz, burlesque dancers and an energy that few Buenos Aires nightlife propositions can match.
BUENOS AIRES' MOST SOUGHT-AFTER SPEAKEASY
The Franks bar concept draws inspiration from New York's clandestine bars during Prohibition: establishments that operated in secret, where customers had to speak quietly to avoid revealing the location. In Buenos Aires, Frank's pioneered this concept and remains the reference point. The password changes weekly — follow their social media to get it before you go.
Palermo Hollywood is the perfect neighbourhood for this kind of proposition: an area with strong nightlife identity, surrounded by bars, restaurants and cafés that make the area around Franks bar a complete ecosystem for a night with real character in Buenos Aires. Ideal for tourists looking for something genuinely unique and unlike anything else in the city.
WHY FRANK'S IS UNMISSABLE
For international visitors arriving in Buenos Aires, Franks bar is one of those experiences that doesn't appear in any conventional guide but that everyone who lives it never forgets. The combination of the secret entrance, the immersive atmosphere and the world-class cocktails makes it a Buenos Aires night in its purest form.
Reservation recommended — capacity is limited and the door policy is selective. Contact us to arrange your access.
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