Buenos Aires Hotel 3: Home

Home gets the distinction of having the cutest breakfast spread of the places I stayed in Argentina.



And it has a lovely garden and swimming pool.


The rooms are contemporary in design, a bit simple but sufficiently comfortable. The small built-in desk reminds me of a dorm room though. In terms of location, I prefer being in Palermo Viejo for its greater concentration of shops and restaurants.


I did enjoy a late afternoon lunch at Olsen (Gorriti 5870, +54 11 47767677), which is just around the corner. Home produces its own little guide book for its guests with lots of insider tips on places to eat and see around town. I stayed in one night to watch Barack Obama give his acceptance speech at the DNC and ordered room service. The menu was somewhat limited. I ended up ordering a spinach quiche, a bowl of tortilla chips with guacamole and dulce de leche Haagen-Dazs ice cream. Not the healthiest of dinners, but I suppose it was the perfect TV dinner. At least they had room service. I remember checking into Chambers Hotel in midtown Manhattan one late afternoon and being a bit annoyed that there was no room service.