CHINA TOWN BUENOS AIRES

Buenos Aires, as every cosmopolitan city, has its Chinatown. The Porteño version is located in the neighborhood of Belgrano. It’s only two blocks and a few side streets which gather the restaurants and stores of the Chinese community. It’s a classic touristic place and the preferred one by oriental culture and gastronomy. Hostel Colonial gives you the fast tour through this original destiny.

Chinatown has been there for a long time now and –although it’s not a proper neighborhood- it is an unquestionable piece of culture. The growth it has had in the last years is due to the celebration of the Chinese New Year (in February) and the rising interest of Porteños in ethnic foods. A growth symbolically crowned by the Welcome Arc (in Arribeños Street, in the corner with Juramento Street) in the year 2009, straight from China.



The heart of Chinatown Buenos Aires is two blocks of Arribeños Street, between Juramento and Olazabal Streets, by the Mitre Railroad. From our Hostel Colonial, you can get there by subway (Juramento station of the D Line, plus walking four blocks). The stores are open every day, with the exception of restaurants which are often closed on Monday nights.

Some of the classic restaurants of Chinatown are: Lucumma (1679 Olazábal St.), Todos Contentos (2177 Arribeños St.), Palitos (2241 Arribeños St.), Lotus Neo Thai (2265 Arribeños St.), Dragón Porteño (2137 Arribeños St.), Siempre Verde (2127 Arribeños St.), Hong Kong Style (2149 Montañeses St.), Restaurante Su (2123 Arribeños St.), Lai Lai (2168 Arribeños St.), Fujisan (1650 Mendoza St.) y China Rose (1689 Mendoza St.).