Casa Lucía

Character and identity

Casa Lucía occupies a 1929 Art Deco tower on a sycamore-lined street in Recoleta, the first Americas project from Spain's Único Hotels. The 142 rooms layer contemporary furniture over the building's original bones: checkered black-and-white marble floors, sunken sofas, hand-woven lamps by a local artist, and framed photographs of Buenos Aires doorways. Cantina turns out home-style porteño cooking (spinach fritters, empanadas, milanesa), while Le Club Bacan, a small craft cocktail bar lined with Argentine rock portraits, runs a DJ most nights. The spa is compact (two treatment rooms, sauna, indoor salt pool), and service is casual but personal.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What you're really booking is the location and the building: a properly revived Art Deco tower on one of Recoleta's best streets, with a bar and restaurant that locals actually use. Spend up for a street-facing room over the sycamores rather than a courtyard view, lean on the concierge for private cooking classes and tours, and don't skip the medialunas at breakfast.