Magnolia Boutique Hotel, Buenos Aires
Expert reviews
“This classy boutique hotel is in a gorgeously restored old house. Its eight impeccably groomed rooms are bathed in muted colors and fitted with elegant furniture; some have a patio or balcony.”
“This boutique lodging feels like home—if home were a high-ceilinged, lavishly decorated Palermo town house dating from the 1890s.”
Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Buenos Aires.
What guests liked
- Rooftop terrace
- Clean rooms
- Great staff
- Top location
- Great food
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
Magnolia Hotel Boutique is an intimate hideaway with just eight rooms. The building itself is a beautifully preserved piece of Buenos Aires history, featuring Art Deco architecture that dates back to 1892. It strikes a balance between vintage charm and modern comfort, making you feel like you are staying in a wealthy family’s historic residence rather than a generic hotel.
Step inside, and you’ll notice a distinct blend of classic architecture and bohemian-chic styling. The interiors feature warm parquet floors, customized designer furniture, and private balconies overlooking a peaceful courtyard or the surrounding city. A particularly cool insider detail is that the hotel is managed and run entirely by a passionate team of women, who are highly praised for giving the place an exceptionally warm, welcoming, and hospitable energy.
The location is ideal if you love to wander and explore. You are just a short, three-block stroll from the leafy Plaza Inmigrantes de Armenia, the absolute heart of Palermo Soho’s famous culture, fashion, and dining scene. Legendary local institutions like the world-renowned steakhouse Don Julio are practically on your doorstep, making it incredibly easy to sample authentic Argentine cuisine.
When you want to branch out to iconic landmarks, the Bulnes subway station is only a ten-minute walk away. From there, you can easily reach the stunning El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookstore—a massive, converted historic theater—as well as the ornate Recoleta Cemetery and the Evita Museum, putting the absolute best of Buenos Aires culture well within your reach.
Location
Recent guest reviews
8 February 2026
Exceptional
The stay was great, staff was super friendly and helpful. The building is beautiful.
The tv didn't work on the last day, not sure why, but also maybe it could be fixed and I didn't ask
4 February 2026
Fabulous
Staff were super helpful, breakfast was very good and location was excellent.
Nothing to dislike.
1 February 2026
Exceptional
Everything was perfect no complaints
31 January 2026
Exceptional
I really enjoy boutique hotels, and this one didn't disappoint. The entire interior is stylish and very clean. The staff are reliable and attentive to every detail. The location excellent.
The building is old and in some places the traces of time are visible. Breakfast is a bit monotonous but sufficient.
24 January 2026
We've stayed in many special hotels and this is one of them.
The property is small and beautiful in a great neighborhood. Many exceptional local restaurants within 10 minute walks. The breakfast is terrific and the other guests are very social and very engaging. We stayed in one of the two upgrade rooms on the main floor--well worth it.
We didn't like having to check out and head home.
21 January 2026
Very special place, with a wonderfully welcoming, helpful, and charming reception staff--a crew of three (that we met),
Beautiful building, superb location, lovely staff!
No access to fitness facilities...
20 January 2026
I only wish I were staying there for more than one day.
The breakfast was excellent and served in a quaint courtyard. The staff was extremely helpful with every question we had.
19 January 2026
We travel the world, but I am yet to meet a better staff. They got us reservations for the best tango show in BA, restau
Beautiful property with plenty of old world charm.
Nothing. No complaints.
18 January 2026
We highly recommend staying here.
The staff was extremely welcoming and professional. They made us feel at home from the moment they opened the big, beautiful door for us. We couldn’t have asked to stay with nicer people.
We loved the small, homey feel and the rooftop terrace was delightful.
6 January 2026
The right place to start exploring Buenos Aires.
Amazing top floor room with a private balcony. The served breakfast, is varied and tasty. The staff does everything to make your stay pleasant, they efficiently organize transfers to the airports, tours and help with anything neede. A real gem in the city of BA.
Nothing.
4 January 2026
Great stay in well located area
The staff were all extremely friendly and helpful with great suggestions for lunch and dinner nearby . The area felt very safe and the hotel had lots of charm. Breakfast was very fresh and tasty .
Nothing
3 January 2026
Exceptional
Gracious apartment style hotel in a quiet and lovely residential area. The staff were incredibly helpful.The breakfast was fresh and plentiful.
2 January 2026
Exceptional
Perfect stay! Stuff were very nice and. friendly, nice fresh breakfast, perfect location!
25 December 2025
Very nice boutique hotel, well located
Very nice, old house converted to a B&B. Our room was large, had old furniture, not in the best shape. Staff was very nice and always helpful. They offer a very helpful laundry service. Breakfast was cooked to order off a small menu, bacon and eggs or a few other choices. The location seemed good as there are restaurants in walking distance in the Palermo area. Would recommend.
Fix the shower door in our room that closes into the tub, fix the door on hte hutch so it can be closed.
25 November 2025
Exceptional
I had a wonderful room with a big balcony from which you coul enjoy the rather quite street live. But the best thing: This has been the hotel with the most helpful and lovliest staff, I have ever been! Thank you! And the breakfast is amazing as well. :)
24 November 2025
Quality price ratio is great! Nice breakfast too!
The welcoming staff! Absolutely adorable.
The fan in the bathroom while turning the lights on.
19 November 2025
Exceptional
Location. Charming. Traditional, classic architecture and furniture. Excellent service.
14 November 2025
A slice of heaven in BA - staffed by angels!!
Staff went over and above to help me with flight issues and language problems. Beautiful boutique hotel - felt like a lovely home rather than a hotel. Excellent location, lovely outdoor area off the room, fabulous breakfast.
Nothing!!
12 November 2025
Enjoyable stay in a lovely hotel
Rooms are large and quite comfortable. Staff are friendly and very helpful. Breakfast was great. I stayed here twice, initially for 4 nights and then for one night on the way back through BA.
I don't see the point of having a safe that can literally be picked up and taken away and that's too small for a laptop. The rooms could do with a fridge. I'd love to see some of the wear and tear fixed - cracks in a vanity basin, bathroom bench had bits missing and just needs filling in. There was also a spot on the breakfast bench that's really uncomfortable. Minor things that didn't affect my stay or rating.
2 November 2025
Super helpful staff, great breakfast and nice area.
The staff were so helpful. I had booked a tango evening show but there was a problem with the booking. The staff went out of their way to resolve the problem and organise a free transport service to and from the show.
The valance on the bed looked a little past its best - a bit grubby.
1 November 2025
Exceptional
Breakfast was very good. The location was great, walk to restaurants and the parks
28 October 2025
Marvellous. Great value for your money
Beautiful property, wonderful helpful staff especially Luna at the front desk. Wonderful breakfast
24 October 2025
Loved our stay here
Lovely traditional hotel with lots of charm. Clean and comfortable. Excellent breakfast. Staff were fantastic and very friendly
11 October 2025
Exceptional
I stayed at a couple of boutique hotels in Palermo during my trip to BA, and I wish that I had stayed at Magnolia longer. The hotel was clean and inviting. My room and bathroom were spacious. Staff were welcoming, friendly and attentive during breakfast service. Palermo is a great area to stay for dining/bars.
11 October 2025
Great small Palermo hotel.
Great location, nice old style design and friendly staff.
Only minor things, like, no tea / coffee or fridge in rooms. For breakfast they could put out drinks for self service as now you have to ask them for every juice or coffee top up, and glasses and cups are quite small. They have a lot of running back and forth to do.
30 September 2025
Great staff, great hotel, great service.
All the staff were excellent! Breakfast was delicious. The room was wonderful.
19 September 2025
Exceptional
Our only problem was that we got to stay one day.
12 September 2025
Lovely hotel. Staff extremely friendly and very helpful. Great breakfast and location was great. Close to great shops, b
Very friendly staff. Lovely breakfast. Great breakfast
8 September 2025
Centralized lcation in Palermo!
The staff was friendly and accommodating. Each staff member spoke English and Spanish. Breakfast is included every morning and will work around your schedule if you're leaving early for a flight or excursion. The room was big and had a shared patio with only one other room. Great location. We were able to walk everywhere.
6 September 2025
Lovely week spent at Magnolia hotel
Beautiful hotel in with lovely and friendly staff that went out of their way to make us feel at home. They even helped us with booking a last minute medical appointment! We loved the location too, much needed tranquility after exploring the city.
3 September 2025
Lovely personell and location. Great bed. Though clean, somewhat difficult to enter shower.
Location and the friendlyness of personel
The shower and the moisture problems (smell of mold). The shower in bad is not for older people.
26 August 2025
Beautiful hotel in a great area with friendly staff
Beautifully furnished and designed hotel with very friendly and helpful staff in a great location in Palermo with lots of restaurants and bars in walking distance.
In winter expectedly a bit cold in the rooms, but heating worked fine.
17 August 2025
Stylish and comfortable.
The hotel has a stylish, calm and comfortable atmosphere. Our room was spacious and the bed was comfortable. We arrived after midnight, but there is someone on duty all the time so we were met with a friendly, quick and generous welcome. On our second night we asked for a restaurant recommendation. A reservation was made very quickly at a local restaurant, which was absolutely fabulous.
8 August 2025
Excellent location and friendly, helpful staff
I don't typically take the time to write a review, but in this case, I have to say this is one of the best hotels we have stayed in. The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful. Our bags went missing on our flight over and they took receipt of them from the airline a week before we were back in the city. They offered a welcome coffee and drink and the breakfast was delicious. Nothing was too much trouble. The concierge was 24 hrs which was a bonus when our daughters went out clubbing and arrived back in the early hours of the morning. The location of the hotel is excellent, about 5-10 mins walk to Plaza Armenia which has some lovely restaurants and Plaza Serrano for bars and night life. The rooms and beds are very comfortable.
Some noise does travel from the reception to the bedrooms. We found this was typical in a number of hotels we stayed in across Argentina.
8 August 2025
If we ever return to Buenos Aires we will be back!
Small friendly hotel with personal service from the staff. Rooms were really well appointed and the breakfast was prepared to order. Reception staff were incredibly helpful
Nothing
1 August 2025
Hidden gem in Buenos Aires
The entrance was nondescript on the street front but behind the doors it opened up as a quiet well appointed 24 hour reception and sitting room and breakfast room. Rooms were excellent and clean. Breakfast was excellent with table service and staff were incredibly helpful and polite!! Would definitely stay again!
Nothing
23 July 2025
Great location, beautiful place, excellent staff
The location. The house is magnificent.
10 July 2025
Very friendly welcome in a great location!
A beautiful hotel with a spacious and comfortable room and excellent breakfast. But this hotel is truly exceptional because of the outstanding staff! So friendly, welcoming and helpful. A big thank you to Mica, Ellie and your lovely colleague who served us tea at 5am!!
15 June 2025
Couldn’t have found a better location - lovely old property, wonderful staff!
The history, the style, the location, the exceptionally friendly and helpful staff…. The breakfast…
Bathroom pipes were noisy!
7 June 2025
Exceptional
Everything! The location is great, on quiet streets of Palermo full of old buildings and trees, the place itself is every bit as good as the photos, full of that charming atmosphere of old rich Argentinian family house, complete with authentic furniture and everything. It does come with an elevator too, so you won't have to chug your suitcase up the stairs manually just for the sake of authenticity. The staff are absolutely AWESOME, great English and they've been beyond helpful at any time of day and night, with everything from booking a tango show with pickup from hotel for me to providing 11 p.m. dinner to organizing a taxi when Uber app decided it didn't want to work for me anymore. Breakfast is tasty, and the pumpkin+cheese empanadas on the menu (not part of breakfast) are forever in my heart now. My only regret is having only 3 nights in such an awesome place.
I suppose my one complaint is the door to the hotel locks when you go outside and the only way to get back inside is to call the doorbell and wait for the receptionist to open it for you. I must note I've never had to wait more than a couple of minutes on that, but it just doesn't feel right to bother people every time (I felt particularly bad when I just went out then realized I forgot something and had to go right back in), seems like it'd be much more convenient to just give every guest their own key. I would also say it's a bit on pricier side (but then again , everything in Argentina seems lately...) but worth every cent in the end.
31 May 2025
I rate this boutique hotel very highly. In a great location.
The staff were excellent and very helpful. Great little selection for breakfast. Great area to stay in; Palermo has many nice bars and restaurants. Large room and beautiful spacious bathroom.
My only negative is that because the weather was cooler I couldn’t get the room warm enough with the air conditioning on heat mode.
28 May 2025
A great place to stay.
Great location and very friendly and helpful staff. We had a quiet and comfortable room.
Nothing
21 May 2025
Lovely boutique hotel and nice location. The staff were brilliant.
Staff were wonderful - I injured my ankle whilst in Buenos Aires and the staff went out of their way to assist, providing advice on hospitals, arranging taxi/uber and talking to medical supplier to have foot brace delivered. They were kind and concerned to ensure we had what we required. The rooms are spacious and comfortable, breakfast freshly provided and everything exceptionally clean. Location was close to restaurants and within walking distance to subway.
Unfortunately the shower did not operate properly and only half pressure came out of shower spout and the remainder through the bath tap.
24 April 2025
perfect stay in BsAs
perfectly clean, boutique hotel, beautiful decoration, amazing staff, delicious breakfast, excellent communication
nothing. it is really lovely, nothing bad to say.
23 April 2025
Very good
Good location, central to good restaurants and shopping.
There was no bar, no hairdryer and the bathtub was difficult to get in/out of because of the inward swinging door.
19 April 2025
A great few nights in Buenos Aires
Staff were lovely, breakfast was great, a nice glass of wine on the terrace for a welcome drink
Nothing!
17 April 2025
Lovely spot and good value
Excellent staff who were helpful in every regard
16 April 2025
The stay was really great- we loved the space and the staff could not have been more friendly or helpful.
The building was beautiful- and the decor was interesting and lovely. Really beautiful design- elegant.
Our room had a noisy air conditioner.
12 April 2025
Exceptional
Small boutique hotel Lovely decor Friendly, professional staff Excellent location
Hotel facilities
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Car hire
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
- - Picnic area
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Food & Drink
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid-friendly buffet
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Fax/photocopying
Transport
- - Public transport tickets
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available
Activities
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)

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19 February 2026
Exceptional