Locals use this 24-hour Outback Steakhouse at AEP like a holding pen before flights.

Outback Steakhouse sits landside at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, so you can eat here even before check-in or after baggage claim. It runs 24 hours a day, which matters on early-morning departures to Córdoba or late arrivals from Patagonia when most airport cafés shut down. Access is simple: it’s a regular restaurant, open to all passengers, with no lounge program or credit card tie-ins in play right now.

Because it’s landside and always open, people camp here for hours while waiting for friends off a delayed flight or killing time between buses and regional departures. Expect full restaurant service instead of self-serve snacks: steaks, burgers, and the usual Outback mains, plus soft drinks and local beer. Prices sit solidly above downtown Buenos Aires parrillas, but roughly in line with other big-chain airport restaurants in Argentina.

If you want a proper sit-down meal before a 2–3 hour hop to Mendoza or Bariloche, this is one of the few spots at AEP where you can get a full plate and stay as long as you like. Order mains that travel well with airport timing: a standard steak, a burger, or pasta dishes that don’t rely on being piping hot the second they hit the table. Skip anything too saucy or heavy if you’re boarding within 30–40 minutes; service can slow when flights bunch up in the evening bank.

Think of this more as a pre-security waiting room with better chairs, not a lounge with showers or quiet zones. You pay restaurant prices, you get restaurant service, and there’s no guarantee of power outlets at every table. If you want calm, aim for off-peak times outside the 7:00–10:00 and 18:00–21:00 departure waves when family groups and airport staff pack the room.

One practical play: if your flight from AEP is in the middle of the night, eat a proper meal here 60–90 minutes before departure, then head through security once the boarding gate appears on the screens so you’re not stuck airside with only a snack kiosk open.