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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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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