Restaurants we've personally experienced:
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Ristorante lI Boccalino – we go here to enjoy an evening of music
as well as food. It is one set price of
30.00 per person and includes wonderful
chamber music, then afterwards we enjoy a
lovely meal.
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Machu Picchu -
Great Restaurant! And we highly recommend.
Not expensive and excellent food. Try the corvina ceviche!!
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Steinbach - German pub fair -- good
side dishes of potatoes either potatoe
pancakes or potatoe dumplings -- try the "hunter" veal
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Martin Fiero - Argentinean - Tom loves the fried steak
with an egg on top! Very good and prices are
reasonable
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Sushi Ito - love this place…around 20.00
per person gets you a great meal
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Carlitos - the BEST pizza. My favourite is
the provolone with red pepper and Toms is
tres quesos or three cheeses. Ask for a
crispy edge too…yummy and about 5.00 each.
The side salad there is huge – serves two!
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Tamburelli - kind of like a pizza 73, but
since they are down the street from us,
handy.
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Madame Chang - pricey Chinese food, but a
great reputation
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Casa Blanca - located in Casco Viejo
in the Plaza Boulivar. We've eaten here on
several occasions both for lunch and dinner.
Good food but the service seems to vary from
very good to poor.
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Lung Fung - we have dim sum here and after
trying some other places…this is the one!
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Sunley Chinese -not a dim sum we would
recommend
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Sietes Mars - the "seven seas" - good
seafood - touristy - and a bit pricey for
what you get
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Pomodoro - good basic Italian - Tom enjoyed
the spaghetti Bolognese - good deal at $5
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Van Gogh - great for beer and coffee, but
they do need to improve the food -
now out of business
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Old jail at Casco Viejo - lovely ambience,
food good, and bring a shawl, it’s cool
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The Palms
- nice evening out - upscale food and
ambiance
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Jimmys in San Francisco
- good basic Panamanian fare
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Too many empanada wagons to count - but if
you see a little white van on via Espaná
run by an incredibly friendly Columbian,
stop and enjoy the best empanadas in Panama
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la fonda across from the Fiesta restaurant
in El Congrejo treat yourself to a local
lunch like "ropa viejo" for under $3
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Gauchos - Argentinean restaurant -
great steaks - they bring a cart with all
the cuts of meat - i had Entraňa - was it
tender and cooked to perfection. All in for
four with pre dinner drinks, wine and desert
- $125
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Union Club - if you are privileged
enough to be invited to this great location
jump at the chance. Donna and I have only
had lunch but it was amazing. Tom had a
ravioli made with a squash filling - yum -
and the soup and deserts were
excellent.
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Masala - Indian - and great Indian
food - the Nan is excellent, the shrimp, the
chicken and the appetizers - well needless
to say we will be back.
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Los Cedros - a small on-the-street
restaurant that serves Lebanese and Mexican
fare. We went with another couple. Donna and
I had Lebanese, they had Mexican - both were
excellent and with cervezas and desert the
bill for four came to under $45
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Lourdes - located in El Valle - maybe
1.5 hours from Panama City, this restaurant
is an amazing place to take friends for a
Saturday or Sunday afternoon lunch. Visit
the market downtown and then head up to
Lourdes for lunch. Make reservations as they
are always busy - and no wonder -- the food
is excellent - the ambiance is just like
being in Tuscany and the service is great.
All in all one of the best
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Lenos Y Carbon -- located on the
causeway on the farthest island next to the
shopping center - great location, great
vista of the city, pretty good food,
(especially the presentation of the deep
fried red snapper - but the service - well,
it needs some help in that area - but if you
can get over that its worth visiting if you
like grilled fare.
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EurAsia
-- located downtown in Bella Vista, we
decided to try this restaurant based on the
reviews by a local food critic. He depicted
this as his "favorite". The ambiance was
very nice, in the back of the restaurant is
a smaller room set up like a small
conservatory or greenhouse. The service was
excellent and attentive. The food was good,
maybe not quite what i was expecting, but
perhaps because it was built up so much.
Worth a return visit to try something else
and judge it on that.
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Napoli - located downtown just off
via Espana, - since coming to Panama we've
heard that we needed to check out Napoli for
"just good Italian cooking at a reasonable
price". They were right. It is reasonably
priced, good food with good service. All you
can ask for in a restaurant.
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Chimborazo - located on via Porras
near Parque Omar - very good seafood - the
corvina i had was as good any i've had - the
service was attentive, all four meals were
good portions of tasty seafood at very
affordable prices.
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Beirut - downtown Panama City, an
interesting ethnic experience. Loved the
tapas and would return for them - i've heard
some of the main dishes are great as well
but didn't try them this time.
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Sushi House - located in Costa del
Este. Recently opened. Donna & I went in Apr
2010 and the portions were generous, the
menu extensive and the prices equivalent to
those in USA or Canada. It still amazes us
how almost every sushi roll includes cream
cheese, We got used to some of this in
Mexico but of 60 + roll options only maybe 5
or 6 did not have cream cheese. My unagii
was excellent. Donna's rolls I thought were
passable at best. The service was ok, but
not exceptional.
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La Emaculada - what a cool soda joint
- no high class food here just inexpensive,
good food - Donna and I both decided on a
bacon cheese burger with a chocolate shake -
yum -- all this for under 10 - total - and
the service was prompt and pleasant - what a
treat.
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La Posta - a restaurant in Bella
Vista in one of the oldest homes of the
area. The food was very good, the appetizers
hot, plentiful and tasty. The main courses
were well prepared as well. I can't say for
sure if it was that had no room for desert
or if we found the noise level too much but
we declined desert. Even on a Monday night
the place was virtually sold out.
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Camintos - great take out or eat in
restaurant in Costa del Este - an amazing
selection of Argentinean empanadas - we
tried a half a dozen varieties and they were
all yummy. The best thing - the prices are
great.
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