Our
Restaurant Reviews
below are some of the restaurants
Donna & I have visited over the past number of
years - some we have really enjoyed and have
frequented - others we visited once and have not
been back
I've also started putting up some of the
pictures Donna has
taken at some of the restaurants -
check out the
restaurant picture page here
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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Steinbock - 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! -
Update - Carlitos moved from Panama City to
Coronado.
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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 -located in El Dorado
near the big Do-it center - 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 -
in the non-rainy season sit outside in the
inner court yard - really nice setting right
downtown
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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 - located in
the France plaza near the French Embassy - 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
- now gone - replaced
by a new hotel :}
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Gauchos - Argentinean restaurant on
caled Uruguay -
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 - we've been several times and they
seem to have a tough time with consistency
in the quality of the steak and its
tenderness - sometimes it melts in your
mouth - other times it is tough
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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 in the
tourist area of the banking section, 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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ill Grillo - a brand new restaurant in Costa
del Este - we watched for weeks while they
worked to get the restaurant and last Friday
we decided to check them out - turns out to
be their opening night - we met the two
owners from Venezuela - they own 8
restaurants in Caracas -and it shows - the
food was excellent - the carpaccio was so
tender and flavourful -
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The Burgues
- we purchased two coupons from OfertaSimple
for this restaurant. The burgers were great
- juicy, tasty and offered in two sizes 6 oz
and 1/2 pound - I had the half pound and
just scarfed it down - we will go back for
sure. Located just off calle Uruguay next to
an italian restaurant. -
now out of business - replaced by Brits
Burger Bar see below
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S'cena - located in Casco Viejo just
across from the old Union Club - excellent
"fine dining" - the service is first class -
they have a nice selection of varied items
on the menu - everything our party had was
excellent. We particularly enjoyed the tuna
and beef Carpaccio - yummy
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The Waterfall - on the edge of Costa
del Este, tucked away in a small strip mall
near the entrance to the parque industrial.
The owner/chef is a very personable young
fellow obviously committed to making this a
place to go often. If he keeps up the
service and the food quality and doesn't go
crazy the prices it will be difficult to get
in there for dinner in a year when other
"discover" it.
- now out of business kind of sad
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La Mar
www.lamarcebicheria.com we have
not eaten here yet, but it has
received plenty of great reviews so thought
we would mention it...we welcome reviews!
Peruvian food. Recommended as a must visit
by the New York Times and listed as one of
the top 50 restaurants in the word by San
Pellegrino sparkling water in London.
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Segafredo - Casco Viejo, Plaza Bolivar -
don't bother with this one. The waiters were
friendly but that is the only good thing I
can honestly say about our experience. One
of our party was served shrimp that was off
and she was "off" that evening as well. Save
your money, find another choice - go across
the plaza to Casa Blanca if you want the
ambiance of that plaza.
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Os Segrado de Carne -
a Brazilian restaurant that provides a full
buffet, hot and cold and
then the waiters bring meats to
the table to choose from. You are given a
small card with red on one side and green on
the other. As long as you leave the green
side up they will keep bringing more
choices. Red tells them to stop. From filet,
to sausage, to skirt steak and chicken.
Great food - excellent service and
reasonable prices. We will go back - but be
forewarned - go with an appetite.
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Tanino's Wine Bar -
located on the
causeway's middle island - this used to be
the Wine Bar and Pomodoros Italian
Restaurant - sister restaurants to the ones
in El Cangrejo - the food was "ok" - my
cannelloni was over cooked - the taste was
fine but the presentation lacked any
thought. Not a place if you really
appreciate good Italian food - and not a
place we "have to go back to"
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Gusto's - next to The Burges on calle
47 - Italian - the service was excellent -
the food delicious - the prices very
reasonable - I had Risotto - yum - Donna &
Alan had the cannelloni and Geri the
fettuccini maricos - everyone commented on
how they enjoyed their selection - we will
go back
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Fenicia - another
coupon from OfertaSimple - a new Lebanese
restaurant to try out - and were we thrilled
we did - we have enjoyed Beirut but we've
now found our new Lebanese restaurant - the
food was excellent - the service prompt and
professional - the selection - wow - try the
4-6 person mixed - the four of us had to
take a doggy bag home.
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Metsuyan - another
coupon from OfertaSimple - thank goodness it
was 1/2 price - this "sushi" (and I use that
term really lighlty) located in Bal Harbour
Paitailla was not a restaurant we'd ever
want to revisit - kosher sushi - really?
poorly served, poorly made - not worth the
1/2 - save yourself and don't bother.
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La
Bocatta Cafe - another
coupon from OfertaSimple - WOW - we ordered
sweets for our open house and were they
awesome - everyone enjoyed them and asked
where they were from - we will order from La
Bocatta again.
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Santino's Ristorante & Pizzeria -
located in Costa del Este
new Burger Bar and the Waterfall. We ordered
pizza and pasta - the pizza was ho-hum - the
crust was too soft and the tomato sauce too
overwhelming. The pasta on the other hand
received lots of "yum - nice - great" the
fettuccini looked home made - the corvina
served with it some of the best Geri says
she's ever had - we will go back and we hope
the pizza is improved.
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LT Signature Restaurant -
Used to be located on calle Urugay
downtown in the Hotel ManRey - what a
pleasant surprise - when was the last time
you raved about hotel food - if you are like
me almost never - this had to be one of the
best dinners we've had - again thanks to
OfertaSimple - I can honestly say I would
never have tried it without their coupon -
my 4 cheese pizza was literally to die for -
Donna's chicken was huge, moist and really
interesting - Geri & Alan had the short rib
rigatonni - and they both almost licked
their plates - do yourself a favour and go
there with someone you want to impress - you
will not be disappointed - we will go back.
-- since closed - too bad - was replaced by
10 Bistro see below
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Azure Restaurant -
located on calle 48 just
off calle Urugay
downtown - this was another ofertasimple
coupon and we were looking forward to
another Lebanese restaurant to compare to
Beirut and Fenicia -- I will say the
combination plate of the typical Tubule,
Humus etc was excellent but the noise level
and the odd variety of the rest of the menu
was a bit of a put off. We were all a bit
ambivalent if we would return when we found
Fenicia so good.
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El Caribe -
located on via Argentina - first impressions
are of a small unassuming restaurant. We
were greeted by Sr Jackson, our
waiter. El Caribe turns out to
be Panamanian Caribbean - think
Colon - each of our orders, the
goat, lagostinas, and the fish
were so yummy - there was not a
scrap left. The service was
excellent, pleasant and really
helpful - all the suggestions
were first rate.
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Fire + Ice - there have not
been many restaurants that we've gone to as
a result of OfertaSimples coupons that we
found so bad - this has that distinction -
the restaurant is supposed to be an upscale
Mongolian BBQ and they definitely spent
their money on the interior - too bad they
didn't spend money on the food. First 1/3 or
more of the menu had "pronto" where the
price should - they had no ground beef so no
sliders or hamburgers - after checking out
the offering for the BBQ at 20+ for
essentially chicken - we passed and ordered
a la carte - a mistake - we should have
left. One rib plate was actually "off" and
caused one of our guests to be ill - we
won't be back - period
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Golden Unicorn - there are a few
great chinese restaurants in Panama City -
this is definitely one. The four of us went
for dinner Saturday and it was delicious.
None of us thought we were going to eat
every thing we ordered - but we persisted :}
every bite was gone - located in San
Francisco it is close to Costa del Este so
easy for us to go and enjoy a great chinese
dinner. We went back in Feb 2015 for Chinese
New Years - great food.
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Sabor de India - don't go for the
ambiance - it is small, noisy location
especially if you sit inside. But the food
more than made up for the noise. We had a
number of appetizers and then butter
chicken, curry shrimp and black beans along
with Naan. Donna wasn't with us as she was
away but I am pretty sure she would have
agreed it will be worth returning too -
albeit sitting outside this time if the
indoors is made up of families with children
- the food is not too spicy hot but have a "lassi"
drink it helps if you need to relieve some
of the heat :}
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El Morro - a Cuban restaurant in
Bella Vista - the ambiance is fair and the
food was ok. Of the three main dishes
ordered only mine, the cazuela de mariscos,
we good - the other two, drunken shrimp and
the beef (Alan actually ordered fish but got
beef :{) was too salty, overcooked and
tough. The appetizer mixed plate had some
nice deep fried otoy and we were looking
forward to the chicharron but most of the
pieces were too tough to enjoy. The coffee
and sweet rice desert was delicious.
Overall, overcooked, over salted. Because of
my meal being as good as it was we may go
back.
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Brits Burger Bar - located in the old
digs of Burgues (see above) - same type of
fair - good unique types of burgers, not too
expensive. and reasonably good service.
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Habibis - "not just another Lebanese
restaurant - located in Calle Uruguay,
Habibis turned out to be the best Lebanese
restaurant we've visited so far - and we
will go back - the food we had was excellent
and the service very attentive. What we did
different was we ordered the "for 4 persons"
offering but we did not get the kebabs, we
opted instead for the lagostinos and pulpo.
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Grapes - located in Casco Viejo near
the presidential palace - the decor, the
food and the service were excellent - you
will need a reservation as it was full on a
Saturday night - the noise level when full
made it unpleasant and almost impossible to
carry on a conversation except with the
person next to you. The chicken curry and
the lamb were stand out winners - forget the
desert and be careful on the wine as it was
way over priced. Pricey but very good for a
nice night out.
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Maranello - located at the entrance
to via Argentina just off via Espana. A
family run restaurant where it feels like
lots of people frequent like you would a
local pub. It was obvious as Juan Carlos
greeted many people as they entered as old
friends. The thin crust pizza was a really
pleasant surprise. The prices were the
biggest pleasant surprise - a really
affordable, tasty place for a pizza and beer
while watching football :}
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La Galeria - Crowne Plaza Hotel -
Every Friday La Galeria offers an Indian
buffet. As soon as we sat down we were each
given a lassi - a yogurt and melon drink -
very nice touch. The offering was varied and
the true Indian dishes were good. The curry
chicken and the lagostinos in a tandory type
sauce were tasty. The inclusion of sushi and
dim sum was a bit disappointing for the
Indian experience especially when it is
promoted as being created by an Indian
master chef. Worth the 22 per person but I
would love them to add Nann and butter
chicken.
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Tanta - located in Bldg 5 Costa del
Este, I originally thought it was going to
be a luncheon type restaurant designed to
serve the office buildings around it. We
went for dinner last night and found it to
be delightful. Service was prompt, pleasant
and efficient. The food was delicious and
reasonably priced. Peruvian offerings, but
nicely presented. I had the fish filet on
mashed potatoes - yummy.
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Tre Scalini - the 3rd Tres Scalini
in Panama - this one is located in Costa del
Este. When you walk in you know the owners
have an eye to attention. The greeters are
friendly, the finish to the restaurant was
elegantly done and it felt quiet and homey
at the same time. The food was excellent -
this is a restaurant that could become a
favorite to return to often and to take
friends.
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Kassai - a brand new sushi restaurant
in Costa del Este on the ground floor of the
Bladex building. Donna & I had watched it
being built over the past number of months
and on my birthday we went with our friends
Geri & Alan. We were their very first
customers. There were so many staff and just
the 3 off us - it was kind of humorous.
While the food was very good the portions,
especially the rolls, were miniscule -
reminded me of the Metsui in El Cangrejo.
The prices are North American not
Panamanian. The decor is wonderful but the
Sushi House is better value in my mind.
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Lido - a new family oriented Italian
restaurant opening in Costa del Este back
off the main road. Turns out a fellow in our
building we've taken to calling "pizza man"
is "THE" pizza man at the Lido - he has a
huge gas fired oven that looks like a wood
fired oven of old. He loves to show off his
pizza dough twirls for the kids watching
(including me). While Donna had the chicken
cordon blue (which was very nice) I had the
4 cheese pizza. It was very good - I would
only have asked the crust be crispier - 10
seconds longer would have been enough - we
will try again and see if Pizza man is open
to making it crispier.
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Secundo Muelle - located in San
Francisco this was another restaurant we
were introduced to by OfertaSimple - they
had a preset selection for a dinner for two
so we went with our friends Alan & Geri.
Each of us something different for an
appetizer, main course and desert. Our ONLY
complaint - the portions were way too big :}
- the food was amazing - and for a Tuesday
night the place was packed - a sign that we
were not the only ones who thought it was a
place we'd like to revisit. Treat yourself
to some excellent food and service.
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La Vitrolla - located in Costa del
Este it is the first upscale restaurant in
our area. The selection is really impressive
- appetizers from tuna tartar to grilled
octopus on scalloped potatoes to main dishes
of grouper wrapped in phyllo pastry to
grilled lobster. The service is as you would
expect from an upscale restaurant - there
but not obtrusive.
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Smoke Shack - located in Costa del
Este - home to pulled pork, ribs and
chicken. The service was very good,
attentive but not hovering. Donna & I shared
a platter of pulled pork, deep fried chicken
and ribs. Geri & Alan each had a half rack
of ribs. The ribs were excellent. The
chicken was good - I would not likely order
the pulled pork alone - too mushy - not nice
and firm and individual. The prices were ok,
not too expensive but not cheap either.
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Al Dente - an Italian restaurant
located on the causeway near the Figali
Convention Center. We had coupons from
Oferta Simple for their Wednesday buffet. A
nice airy restaurant with a great view of
the city but we all agreed we don't need to
go back . The young lady who attended our
table was fine but the food was not
memorable. The buffet ran out in minutes
(except for pasta) and it took ages to
refill. Nothing was bad but just not worth
returning.
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Chinni Chinni - an authentic Korean
restaurant located on via Porras across from
the Super 99 near the entrance to Price
Smart. - it was authentic if the clientele
is any indication - we were pretty much the
only non asian in the restaurant other than
our waitress. The squid and pork bulgogi and
the fish chunk soup were excellent. We will
return.
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Ten Bistro - we'd heard about this
restaurant when it was off calle 50 in
another small boutique hotel so when Oferta
Simple offered coupons we jumped at it so we
could celebrate our anniversary. We should
have known there was a problem when they
didn't have our reservation listed even
though I had been messaging trough Facebook
and had a confirmation. The service at first
was excellent - to be fair there were only 3
couples at first - then it went downhill as
it got busier - the food was very good - not
sure I would say excellent but very good -
Donna could not find her lagostinos in her
risotto dish. I think we enjoyed the LT
Signature when it was in the ManRey more
than 10 Bistro - sorry
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Piacere Café & Restaurante - Oferta
Simply came through again - this little
Italian restaurant on via veneto is one of
those hole-in-the-wall restaurants we'd
probably just walk by if we didn't have the
coupons. We were virtually the only ones
there when we arrived just after 7 but by
the time we left they had a healthy group of
diners. The service was very good, pleasant,
helpful and enthusiastic. The carpaccio had
too much lemon but otherwise was good - the
pizzas were beyond good - the crust was
excellent - the prices are 9-14 for main
course and the portions were large.
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Trump Tower - Tejas Restaurant - Our
friends from New Jersey wanted to go to this
restaurant - we ended up going the night
before the Panamanian Election and it was
supposed to be "dry" but they asked us if we
were eligible for voting and we said no,
they said no problem ordering a drink. The
service was excellent - efficient,
attentive, and friendly but the food was
just "good" - there was nothing wrong with
it for sure but it was not "wow" - the
ambiance was very nice, quiet and classy -
and the prices weren't over the top - pricey
but not crazy either.
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Donde Jose - The second restaurant we
went to with our friends from New Jersey was
located in Casco Viejo and was very unique.
The first thing you notice is there is no
sign outside - you have to know it is there.
Then you notice the size - only 16 guests -
one sitting. Very intimate in all respects.
The staff are always there and always
bringing something. Third, there is no menu
- Chef Jose creates the menu and offers 9
dishes over the span of almost 3 hours.
Small portions each - but very, very good.
They only "missed" on one - a portobelo
mushroom they substituted for our friends as
they do not eat red meat - Donna and I had
the steak - it was excellent. They offered a
unique house specialty "pairing of drinks"
which I ordered - it was excellent - Do
yourself a favor and go for dinner - meet
Chef Jose - he is very passionate about his
food. We went back again in Feb 2015 - see
"restaurants" for pixs
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Chez Titi - thanks again to
OfertaSimple we decided to go for a Saturday
afternoon tea. You may know that Donna
travels the world and one of the things she
tries all over the world is afternoon tea or
high tea so I wondered how this new little
tea house in Panama would stack up against
London and India. Well, by her own admission
it ranked right up there with her favorite
tea house in London. So well done. I had a
chicken crepe and apple pie - both were
awesome - this is not an inexpensive quick
lunch but the service was top notch and the
food was exceptional.
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Restaurante Luna - in Marbella, near
Filipe Motta's wine store - across from the
old World Trade Building. The food was
excellent, the service exceptional and the
prices reasonable - a great combination.
Donna had Asian salad and Shrimp with guava
and soya, I had garlic, grilled octopus and
then pasta and escargot - I've never had
that combination but it was yummy. See the
pictures in the
restaurant section.
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Restaurante Mar de Grau - in Obarrio
- located just off Calle 50 - Peruvian food
- this is one of the original owners of
Machu Pichu and we have to tell you - the
food is amazing - we had lagostinas in some
kind of sauce that I almost ended up licking
off the plate - the shrimp sat on top of
mashed potatoes - and we had a chicken dish
with another sauce - yumm is an
understatement - and they had our favorite
ceviche frito. Check them out.
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Milano - in Casco Viejo Plaza
Bolivar - we went because we had coupons
from OfertaSimple. The food and service were
fine. But just fine. When you get the bill
it just doesn't hold up - the price should
give you "excellent" not just fine. There is
nothing wrong with the quality just that it
doesn't match the cost.
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Tsugoi - in El Cangrejo - an Asian
restaurant that offers Japanese sushi and
gyozas to Thai with pad thai. The quality
was excellent, the service was very good -
attentive and prompt. The atmosphere was
really great - see some of Donnas pictures
in "restaurants".
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Fish Market - not to be confused with
the fish market that sells fresh fish this
restaurant is located in Casco Viejo near
Donde Jose and the American Trade Hotel. The
atmosphere is fun, relaxed and the food was
excellent and the value hard to beat.
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Al Basha - located downtown just off
Calle Uruguay. Another Lebanese restaurant -
nothing noteworthy - nothing wrong - but
nothing exciting - you could be at Beirut,
Fenicia or any of the other Lebanese.
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Roadsters - a diner=-style
restaurant located across from Atlapa -
loved the atmosphere - the designer must
have actually been to a real diner. The
service was prompt (until we got to the
bill) - the selection of food was pretty
good and the food was "ok" - I am a
breakfast person so it's hard to impress me
- the "real" orange juice for $4 sure did
not seem "real" unless from a Florida jug
means real. Nice but we don't need to
return.
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Thai2112 - an exceptional restaurant
- located right downtown off calle Uruguay.
The menu is huge and covers everything Thai
- to help "newbies" they offer a sampler
designed for 2 people that gives a sample of
almost all the kinds of foods from
appetizers to deserts - a great way to work
your way into the Thai food. Responsive
service - excellent food - reasonable prices
and one of the nicest ambiance anywhere. -
we went again for Donna's birthday -
see the photos
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Beer Week 2015
- check out the food and beer at this years
festival
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Woodies Bar
- a fun bar on the Pacific coast near the
Decameron
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Solomons Deli
- located in Punta Paitilla, the
deli is run by a husband and wife from
Quebec who have a passion for bringing great
Montreal food to Panama. The smoked meat and
poutine is amazing - treat yourself to this
Canadian "must have"
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Caliope - located above the Teatro
Amador in Casco Viejo, Caiope is both a
great bar and restaurant. The food, service
and ambiance make it a place you will want
to go to just have a nice dinner together or
to enjoy with friends. You can actually
carry on a conversation without shouting.
The drinks are something to see - well done
and a piece of art.
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La Musa - during one of our walks
around Casco we noticed and ventured into La
Musa only to find it was not yet opened to
the public. So we waited a few weeks and
went back. We already had dinner
reservations that night so we just had
drinks - we will go back as the service was
very good and drinks inventive and
enjoyable.
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Casa Jaguar - located in Casco
Viejo upstairs next to Teatro Amador - we
found this place because of Oferta Simple -
and when we arrived to see it was really
more a bar than restaurant we were a bit
worried but the tapas and drinks were
excellent - if you want quiet - go early as
I am sure it gets busy.
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AKI - located in Casco Viejo
AKI is a small but excellent restaurant if
you want simply a drink or to enjoy their
appetizers - Donna and I would both give
their food and service a 10 out of 10.
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Bario Pizza - we first visited
their location in Casco Viejo and now enjoy
their location in Costa del Este.
undoubtedly the best oven pizza we've had -
make sure you have their meatballs too -
awesome.
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Fat Burger - the Fat Burger
chain opened in Costa del Este last year and
we visit as often as we can.
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Petit Paris - located in
Marbella near Nahtans - this is as authentic
French cafe as I could imagine outside of
Paris - an inside and outside area - the
crepes are awesome - they have live
entertainment almost every Friday night
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Teracco Restaurant - located
in Casco Viejo in the La Concordia Hotel is
Teracco - we had the pleasure of enjoying a
meal with our friends Rita and Jordan. It
was a special meal where their chef and a
chef from a local Japanese restaurant paired
up to delight us all. Amazing from start to
finish
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