Argentina Social Club.
Dry martinis, chips and vinyl on a small square.
Edited by Aki Sumawaki
Social Club
~12 min walk to Lycabettus Hill
~13 min to Exarcheia Square
Four founders run a cocktail bar for regulars on Plateia Argentinis, off Leoforos Alexandras: a vinyl setup, drinks made correctly, and hours that run late. Quiet on weeknights; at weekends the crowd spills onto the square.
Argentina Social Club is on Plateia Argentinis, a small square off Leoforos Alexandras in Kipseli. Four founders opened it on a simple proposition: a cocktail bar that works like a social club — regulars, a vinyl setup, drinks made correctly, and hours that run late. Dry martinis are the house move; the chips are famously good.
Kipseli is one of Athens' most interesting neighbourhoods right now — immigrant-owned bakeries, natural wine bars, old men playing backgammon on the square — and Argentina fits into that without trying too hard. Weekends draw a crowd that spills onto the plateia. Weeknights it's quieter, the vinyl audible.
The bar stays open until 1am Sunday to Thursday and 2am on weekends. It is the kind of place people come for one drink and stay for four, which is essentially the point.
Why we picked it
A real neighbourhood bar in one of the city's most lived-in districts. The drinks are correct, the music is good, and the square does the rest.
Best forA Friday night with locals
