I think this place is quite young with a lot of students etc. You have to pay to get in and get vouchers for drinks so it not a place for a quick half. Also playing with pieces of paper make it feel a little cheap. Do not really know why they do it.

The bar staff, mainly male, tend to be up their own arse, or maybe too busy!

I met some nice people in there and the usual female blonde USA crowd we all know and love. The male version tend to walk through you so i did not have a chance to say hello.

Argy girls were nice but smoke too much, the argy guys try very hard and finally wear the girls down until they stop smoking, because they have their tongue in their stomach.

Pretty much the usual good night out in a pub in BA! I love them.

The best pub is The Gibraltar in San Telmo, mainly because it has a great local crowd playing shit pool.

Friday is the best day there because the Argentine / gringo mix is nice.

And the beer is good. until 10 when happy hour stops

Fred, Florianopolis, Brazil

Is it a great bar? NO! Are there much better bars ( we are talking about bars and not night clubs )? Yes!

This bar has seen better days ( forget about the website since it has not been updated in years ), but you cannot change a tried and true method. El Alamo is what ut is and that makes it original. It sells more Quilmes ( much given away ) than any other bar in B’sA’s and probably more money than 5 or 10 other bars combined. Brilliant!

It is no longer the only spot to watch international sports wether American or other. Nor is it the place for great music, live music, dancing, budget drinks, smoking indoors ( very rare nowadays ), American or International food, etc.etc.etc. Matter of fact it never was for many of those attractions. What it does still have is free beer for the ladies ( mostly giggling teens that want nothing to do with expats or tourists ) and as previously stated a sure bet place to find people out and partying. Nothing wrong with that!

Alternatives and probably some places this site should review that are all in Recoletta are the following:

Shamrock,Casa Bar ( new and IMO the best place for expats, tourists and portenos), Jack the Ripper, The Spot and 788 just to name a few.

For Happy Hour and great drink specials – Shamrock
For darts and a more local bar feel- The Spot
For international sports, spirits & beer selection, atmosphere & music – Casa Bar
For a quiet dark mood with hours of English music Jack The Ripper
For a great otdoor staircase in a beautifl building – Million
For wine and older crowd ( over priced too! ) – Danzon

Last note: There is something for everyones taste and budget in this city, its jst going to get more expensive as we speak.

Wow, what a strong, silly and outrageous political statement to put in a review about bars…

I would advice your argentine friends to leave the country and end their suffering, to other places that are doing “superbly” like the U.S. or, I don’t know, Iraq.

“They want nothing to do with anything Argentinean. They might not admire some of the things the United States has done but they do admire that Americans are by nature much more honest than their countrymen.”

Broad generalizations suck!.

I bet you wouldn’t like if I judge all your U.S. politicians by the policies of GW Bush or all the american corporations because of the Enron or Halliburton track record.

“My friends frequent El Alamo basically because they trust the place. They are not going to be cheated by high prices or dishonest policies which are the standard for anything Argentinean.”

Yes, you’re right I guess… anything argentinean is “dishonest”. Care to elaborate? Por favor.

Let’s stick to reviews please and leave silly politics out of the equation….

The site owner has a great work here and I was kinda outraged to read that kinda drivel inserted in one of the comments…

Best, (and kudos to the siteowner)
FC

If you are single, american, and have more than 20 us dollars in your pocket getting laid is not a problem, unless you have an arm growing out of your arse and even then its still a possibility.

Alas, it´s no longer open 24/7, it closes at 4am and they start charging cover at around 10pm. the good news is that after you pay cover you can spend the 20 pesos you just paid at the bar. its just a method to make sure you buy a couple of drinks.

ciao,
Mike from cali

That said, you can easily go to the bar and find the same Argentines you would find at the other bars around the city and speak Spanish to your hearts content. It does really hearken back to American sports bars when they show NFL football games as there is a large contingency of Americans in BsAs looking for their football fix, there are plenty of people who show up at the bar decked out in their favorite teams’ jerseys.

The beer is incredibly cheap, although it has risen in price since our friend Alan last visited, 35 pesos for a 4 liter pitcher, still a spectacular price for a bar-bought beer. The food is precisely what you would expect from a bar in the states, probably a little better, they use fresher ingredients. The cheapest meal you can find now is 15 pesos, aside from the American breakfast which is 5 pesos every weekday from about 5-6am until around 9pm.

They have also begun to charge cover nightly, 20 pesos for gents and 10 for ladies, this gets you ticket which you can exchange for beer, the ticket is worth the same amount you paid for it, so two of the gents tickets will get you a 4 liter pitcher. This usually begins from about 8pm on, but there are nights where it starts later, the bouncers tend to live on “Argentime.”

I would recommend this bar to anyone who wants a little bit of a back home feel with a little Argentine twist who doesn’t mind the bar getting a little loud. As well as anyone who wants to find some of the cheapest bar drinks in BsAs.

For people who want more cultural/Argentine bars, Plaza Serrano en Palermo Viejo is a wonderful place with about 10-15 bars all within a 4 block radius . Its actually incredibly easy to reach, colectivo 55 heads directly through the plaza and all the taxi drivers seem to know the plaza. Las Canitas also has its share of chill bars, as well as a few that have an American feel, Drink Gallery specifically which hosts beer pong tournaments every Tuesday.

I hope this helps everyone!