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Update - June 14, 2006.
Buenos Aires Tip Sheet now available for review.
[url=http://www.argentinaprivate.com/forum/images/pdf/BuenosAiresTipSheet01.pdf]Buenos Aires Tip Sheet[/url]
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[blue]Greetings everyone,
I have decided to develop a "Tip Sheet" for first-time visitors to Buenos Aires. The idea is to have a single page document in PDF format that answers the question I get asked several times a week: "[I]I'm here for the first time for only a few days and I want to know where I should go and I don't have time to read the Forum.[/i]"
The Tip Sheet is going to be a concise listing of [u]some[/u] of the more popular clubs, privados and restaurants, grouped by area, with a few notes.
The Tip Sheet is not going to attempt to be a comprehensive list of every possible club, privado and restaurant in Buenos Aires. It is not going to pretend to rate every possible club, privado and restaurant in Buenos Aires, and it is not going to be a list of "the best", or the "most expensive", or the "cheapest" clubs, privados and restaurants in Buenos Aires.
With all that having been said, I've posted my preliminary list below for commentary and to solicit suggestions for additional places I may have overlooked. Specifically, I need some more restaurant suggestions (please, no obvious tourist places like Cabana las Lilas) and also more privados as they're not my thing so my list is not from my own personal experiences.
Regarding privado suggestions, please remember that this list is to be distributed to first time visitors to BA, so I'm not looking for the cheapest places with the ugliest girls. I'm looking for suggestions for the nicer places that one would feel would be appropriate to recommend to a first timer.
Please post your additional suggestions in the thread.
Thanks,
Jackson[/blue]
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[size=3][b][u]Buenos Aires Tip Sheet[/u][/b][/size]
[b][u]Boliches[/u][/b] [size=-3][red]Clubs with working chicas.[/red][/size]
$$$$ Black - Recoleta - (Ayacucho & Alvear) [size=-3][red]Most expensive club in Buenos Aires.[/red][/size]
$$$ Madahos - Recoleta - Azcuenaga 1908 [size=-3][red]My personal favorite.[/red][/size]
$$$ Shampoo - Recoleta - Quintana [size=-3][red]Similar to Black with better prices.[/red][/size]
$$$ Solid Gold - Recoleta - Azcuenaga 1924/26 [size=-3][red]Typically a large selection.[/red][/size]
$$$ Affaire - Recoleta - Guido 1967 (near Junin) [size=-3][red]An interesting alternate club.[/red][/size]
$$$ Nuevo Estilo - Barrio Norte - La Pampa 687 [size=-3][red]BA's only real strip club.[/red][/size]
$$ Catto's - Microcenter - Suipacha 930 [size=-3][red]An Argentina tradition.[/red][/size]
$$ Hook - Microcenter - Suipacha 936 [size=-3][red]Known for younger-looking chicas.[/red][/size]
$$ Salome - Palermo - Cordoba 3401 [size=-3][red]An interesting alternate club.[/red][/size]
[b][u]Boliches Notes[/u][/b]:
- All of the women in these clubs except club staff are working.
- These clubs control what girls work there.
- Entrance Fee: Typically $25-35 pesos - includes for 1st drink.
- Procedure: Walk in like the owner - ignore invitation to be seated - calmly survey room - select a seat - buy a drink - dust off house pig - ignore chicas attentions - reject walk-ups - look around - identify primary and secondary targets - make contact - make offer - specifiy requirements - negoiate.
- Typical price range $150-250 pesos per session. (higher for Black)
- Always negoiate in pesos, not dollars.
- Ladies Drinks are typically $25 to 60 pesos.
- There is [u]rarely[/u] a drink purchase requirement to talk to a chick.
- There is [u]always[/u] a drink purchase requirement to take a chick out.
- Typical bar fine: 1 drink for 1 hr, 2 drinks for 2 hrs, 3 drinks for no return.
[b][u]Clubs[/u][/b]
$$ Cocodrilo - Palermo - Gallo 1311 [size=-3][red]An after hours club - till 8am.[/red][/size]
$$ New Port - Recoleta - Junin at Vicente Lopez [size=-3][red]Interesting mix of pros and amatures.[/red][/size]
[b][u]Club Notes[/u][/b]:
- 98% of the women in these clubs are working.
- These clubs do not exercise any supervision over the working girls.
- Entrance Fee: Rare or Minimal
- Buy a drink, look around, make contact, make offer, negoiate.
- Typical price range $150-250 pesos per session.
- There are no "Ladies Drinks". This is a regular club.
- There is no drink purchase requirement to talk to a chick.
- There is no drink purchase requirement to take a chick out.
[b][u]Private Apartments[/u][/b]
Santa Fe 1707 Apt 3 - Recoleta
Guemes 3221 apt 2a
Maipu 359 5th fl apt 74-elevator4
Suipacha 921 6c
Larrea 1072 - AKA Cielo Prívate
[b][u]Private Apartments Notes[/u][/b]:
[size=-3]- Some are 24 hour, most are open business hours.
- Must pay in advance.
- Take out service is commonly available.
- Procedure: Ring bell - enter apartment - be seated in viewing room - Madame explains prices - chicas introduced one at a time - make selection - go to room - pay chica - she returns and fun begins.[/size]
[b][u]Cafes[/u][/b]
Cafe Orleans - Microcenter - Cordoba & San Martin [size=-3][red]Afternoons and early evenings.[/red][/size]
Exedra - Microcenter - Cordoba & Carlos Pelligrini [size=-3][red]11pm till late night.[/red][/size]
[b][u]Escort Websites[/u][/b]
[url]www.bairesgirls.com.ar[/url]
[url]www.platynum.com.ar[/url]
[url]www.escortsbaires.com[/url]
[url]www.area-vip.com.ar[/url]
[b][u]Escort Website Notes[/u][/b]
- The photos are almost always photoshopped.
- There's a 2 point loss between the photos and the actual girl.
- Many ads are fronts for private apartments.
- Fake photos are common. Substitute chicas are common.
- Usual availability is noon to 8pm or later.
- Price: Between $150 and $250 pesos per session.
[b][u]Restaurants[/u][/b]
$$$$ Aquellos Años - Costanera Norte - Rafael Obligado & La Pampa [size=-3][red]Best steaks in BA.[/red][/size]
$$$$ Piegari - Recova [size=-3][red]Also quite possibily the best steak in BA.[/red][/size]
$$$ El Establo - Microcenter - Paraguay 489 [size=-3][red]Typical BA Grill.[/red][/size]
$$$ Broccolinos - Microcenter - Cordoba 810 [size=-3][red]Good Italian food[/red][/size]
$$ La Churrasquita - Microcenter - Ave Corrientes 1220 [size=-3][red]Good food and great service.[/red][/size]
$$ El Alamo - Recoleta - 1175 Uruguay [size=-3][red]Renowned as an ex-pat watering hole.[/red][/size]
$$ El Yugo - Recoleta - Ayacucho 1629 [size=-3][red]A typical Argentina parrilla experience.[/red][/size]
$$ La Gran Taberna - Congreso - Combate de los Pozos 95 [size=-3][red]Authentic Spanish seafood & grill.[/red][/size]
[b][u]Restaurant Areas[/u][/b]
Puerta Madera - Downtown - ?????????? - [size=-3][red]Former dock area with dozens of trendy places.[/red][/size]
Las Canitas - Ave. Baez - [size=-3][red]A currently trendy neighborhood.[/red][/size]
Costanera Norte - ???????????? - [size=-3][red]Area of large, stand alone restaurants.[/red][/size]
Recova - Microcenter - ???????????? - [size=-3][red]Several high-class restaurants.[/red][/size]
[b][u]Restaurant Notes[/u][/b]:
[size=-3]- No earlier than 9:30pm, after 10:00pm is better
- Tipping: 5% is a common, 10% is excellent, 15+% is stupid.
- A $2-$4 pesos per person "cuberito" (service fee) is common.
- A sirloin steak is called a "Bife de Chorizo".[/size]
[b][u]Other Activities[/u][/b]
City Tour with Roxanna
Tango show at the Gardel
Shopping on Florida Avenue
Casino at Puerto Madero