The Restaurant at Faena Hotel Buenos Aires

"The former granary, a hulking brick structure from 1902, contains two formal restaurants, including the Alice in Wonderland–inspired El Bistro; a produce market; hopping nightclub; luxe spa with hammam; wine cellar for tasting parties; and jasmine-hedged outdoor pool"

"Cocooned within a turn-of-the-20th century grain warehouse that lay derelict before French designer Philippe Starck got his hands on it, this landmark property, with its long, red-carpeted corridors, Miami Vice-style pool bar and molecular-cuisine restaurant – the walls of which are hung with "unicorn" heads – is a feast for the senses"

"Other highlights are two excellent restaurants and an elaborate spa with a Turkish bath"

"Entering the white and gold El Bistro, the property’s upscale restaurant, can be disarming"

"Buenos Aires’ hotel for the in-crowd, this former grain-storage building has been given a serious Philippe Starck makeover and now has a belle époque jazz bar, a café stuffed with kitsch antiques, a floor-to-ceiling white restaurant with unicorn heads on the walls, an oriental spa and, of course, swish rooms"

"Sleek office buildings reach into the sky, trendy restaurants are filled with well-heeled locals, and a number of celebrities own places in the area’s high-rise apartment buildings"

"Traipse through the plush main hallway, lined with two top-notch restaurants, a sultry bar-lounge, a basement cabaret and – outside – a slick swimming pool"

"Multiple restaurants and a pool bar, fronting one of the largest pools in the city, help maintain a steady stream of activity"

"The more formal Bistro restaurant is the most unusual space: mostly white-on-white, with a few red accents, it is topped off by large chandeliers and unicorn heads on the walls"