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Al Chisme
Offers Tex-Mex, vegetarian and pasta dishes, and more-expensive meat and fish as well as down-home food such as biscuits and gravy. Its streetside patio is most popular in the evening, especially when there's live music.
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Atlantis
This café/bar serves up some excellent submarines alongside more-substantial meals. The beer garden out the back is the place to be on a balmy night.
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Bohemia Bar
The snacks and burgers are OK at this little place, but it really gets cooking with the three-hour happy hour, starting at , and occasional live music shows.
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Brisas de Lago
If you're looking for cheap with a view, check out this touristy restaurant overlooking the lake at the east end of Calle del Lago. Quite acceptable lunch or dinner mains go for around US$4 .
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Chez Alex
This is some of Pana's finest dining, with plenty of European influence. There's fondue, stuffed trout and a whole range of seafood, among other delicacies.
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Deli Jasmín
This tranquil garden restaurant serves a great range of healthy foods and drinks to the strains of soft classical music. Breakfast is served all day, and you can buy whole-wheat or pita bread, hummus or mango chutney to take away.
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Deli Llama de Fuego
Has the same excellent menu as Deli Jasmin, in only slightly less peaceful surroundings.
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Don Neto
Lunch or dinner gives you a choice of eight or nine meat or fish selections, with fries, salad, rice, tortilla and a soft drink.
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El Bambú
If you're looking for cheap with a view, check out this touristy restaurant overlooking the lake at the east end of Calle del Lago. Quite acceptable lunch or dinner mains go for around US$4 .
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El Bistro
It doesn't look like much from the outside, but this is the place to come for authentic Italian food, including a range of pastas, and treats such as carpaccio and antipasto.
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Guajimbo's
This Uruguayan grill is one of Pana's best eateries, serving up generous meat and chicken dishes with vegetables, salad, garlic bread and either rice or boiled potatoes. You won't leave hungry. Try the chivita Hernandarias , tenderloin cooked with bacon, mozzarella, peppers and olives. There are vegetarian dishes too, good-value breakfasts, and bottomless cups of coffee for around US$1 .
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Hotel Atitlán
This hotel, on the northern outskirts of town, has a beautiful restaurant with some outdoor tables and magnificent lake views. If you come to eat here, you can use the swimming pool and gardens for free. The Sunday breakfast buffet is around US$9 . Lunch or dinner buffets are offered when occupancy is high: call ahead. Otherwise, ample set meals are always available for similar prices.
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La Terraza
One of Calle Santander's most atmospheric spots, this breezy upstairs restaurant has French, Mexican and Asian influences. It's a good idea to book on weekends.
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Las Chinitas
Las Chinitas serves up unbelievably delicious, moderately priced food. Try the Malaysian curry with coconut milk or the satay, both with rice, tropical salad and your choice of tofu, tempeh, chicken, pork or prawns.
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Los Pumpos
If you're looking for cheap with a view, check out this touristy restaurant overlooking the lake at the east end of Calle del Lago. Quite acceptable lunch or dinner mains go for around US$4 .
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Maktub'ar
The garden setting here is an excellent, relaxed place to hang out during the day. At night, once happy hour kicks in, things start to liven up. The menu runs from sandwiches and burgers to larger meals, but the real winner is the wood-fired thin-crust pizza.
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Pana Pan
Great cinnamon rolls, banana and chocolate muffins, and whole-wheat bread make a call here obligatory. Take away or sit down with a coffee.
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Porta Hotel del Lago
This luxury hotel offers lavish Sunday buffets when it's fully occupied, which usually happens on weekends and holidays.
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Restaurante Emilio
If you're looking for cheap with a view, check out this touristy restaurant overlooking the lake at the east end of Calle del Lago. Quite acceptable lunch or dinner mains go for around US$4 .
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Restaurante Los Cayucos
The food is standard, but the prices bring in the customers.
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Restaurante Mario
The lunch includes soup, a main dish with rice or steamed veggies, and coffee.
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Restaurante Taly
If you're looking for cheap with a view, check out this touristy restaurant overlooking the lake at the east end of Calle del Lago. Quite acceptable lunch or dinner mains go for around US$4 .
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Restaurante Tocoyal
The Tocoyal is a cut above the other Calle del Lago eateries. Staples are meat, chicken and fish, but there are cheaper vegetarian dishes and chiles rellenos (chile stuffed with cheese, meat or rice).
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Ristorante La Lanterna
This is a good, authentic Italian restaurant with both inside and garden tables; you're welcome to use the swimming pool if you eat here.
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Sunset Café
This open-air eatery has a great lake vista and serves meat, fish and vegetarian dishes. With a bar and live music nightly, it's quite the place to be to watch the sun go down behind the volcanoes.
