Panama City
Replete with brass fixtures and polished wood bars, this gorgeous low-lit brewpub serves its own award-winning small craft beers, alongside tasty thin…
Must-see nightlife in Panama
Panama City
Though it serves casual lunches, this ultra-hip cafe-bar is best known for sunset happy hours on its rooftop deck. Pair your cocktail with fusion-style…
Panama City
Wildly popular with travelers and hip young Panamanians, this cavernous hostel bar is a hit. Service is friendly and patrons easily mingle in the ample…
Panama City
Don your stilettos and glitter for a night out at the Casco's hottest club, located on the 2nd floor next to Teatro Amador. There's no hurry, though, as…
Isla Grande
Why nurse a cocktail by the sea when you can do the same in the sea? This floating bar is anchored off the footpath and accessible by complimentary lancha…
Isla Grande
This Rasta-reggae bar-restaurant, hosted by the eponymous local lad Pupy, reaches right into the sea. While the day (or evening) away, your feet planted…
Bocas del Toro Town
The bar at this landmark hostel is open daily, with happy hour between 7pm and 8pm, but most people make it here between 10pm and 2am on a Friday, when…
Panama City
For a buzzy scene of 20- to 40-somethings, duck into this dimly lit cocktail bar. The Consuelo, a revelation of muddled cucumber, gin and elderflower…
Panama City
The first dedicated rum bar to call Casco Viejo home offers a laid-back Caribbean vibe, an extensive rum-based cocktail menu, and a six-hour-long happy…
Panama City
When Teatro Amador first opened its doors in 1912, it was one of the city’s first movie theaters. It was abandoned in the 1990s and only reopened after…
Bocas del Toro Town
Just what its name suggests: this cavernous spot sells both books and drinks, though most seem more interested in the latter. It's the best spot for live…
Boquete
With craft-beer bars all the rage in Panama these days, Boquete's contribution is more than hipster-friendly, with an outdoor patio with a food truck…
Bocas del Toro Town
At some point you'll probably find yourself at this open-air bar, affectionately known as the ‘Wreck Deck’ after the sunken banana boat that rests in the…
Bocas del Toro Town
While you're still 3000km from Cancun, this lively bar with an island vibe offers more than a tequila fix, though you'll get that too. There's frosty…
Veraguas Province
For your latte fix, duck into this sleek hipster coffee shop. For longtime travelers, the grilled sandwiches with plantain chips, cheesy arepas and nachos…
Bocas del Toro Town
Kick off your crazy Bocas night at this popular surfer and skate bar on the waterfront. Start with a US$2 beer-tequila combo. You probably won’t be in the…
Isla Colón
A waterfront tiki bar with good pub grub, this is a nice place to gather for sunsets and cocktails, and the burgers ain't bad either. It's a US$2 taxi…
Panama City
At any given time there's three floors of mischief going on at the Apartment, a yellow villa with a discoteca, live music floor and great bar with bottle…
Panama City
The sister outlet to a Casco Viejo microbrewery, with good pub food and a congenial, relaxed atmosphere.
Darién Province
This cimarrón-owned shop up a flight of steps at the northern end of the village also has a couple of thatched cabañas at ground level for serious boozing…
Panamá Province
This rather somber place named after the English buccaneer who burned Panamá Viejo to the ground in 1671 also moonlights as a disco and a restaurant …
Veraguas Province
In a cool hangar furnished with pallet sofas, this easygoing French-owned cafe is the perfect spot for a morning snack. There's espresso drinks in…
Boquete
The outdoor patio at Ruiz makes a good spot to sip a cappuccino and watch the mist move across the mountains. It's also the epicenter of Panama's famous…
Boquete
Boquete’s only dance club has DJs, reggaetón, a young crowd and a steady stream of rum and cola to keep it all flowing, though it only opens its doors for…
Bocas del Toro Town
This smart little brewpub in the Barco Hundido complex has nine beers on tap, ranging from its greatest hit Maracuya Wheat (with passionfruit) to IPAs and…
Panama City
This open-air resto-bar sits on the water with excellent views of the city. While not exactly a bar, it has the perfect ambience for the first cold beer…
Boquete
Twenty-somethings gather at this dim club for whatever nightlife they can grab in an ostensibly agricultural town, with occasional live rock and salsa.
Darién Province
A strip of raucous cantinas a few blocks southeast of the ferry pier playing mostly Colombian music.
Darién Province
This bar with the generous (for Sambú) hours hasn't seen a lot of gringas (or gringos for that matter) darken its doors over the years but it lives in…
Bocas del Toro Town
Expat-owned, this sports bar is the closest thing you’ll find to Hooters in Bocas. Five screens are aglow at the same time and there's occasional live…
Panama City
While no longer in fashion, the old location of this pub was made famous by John le Carré’s thriller The Tailor of Panama. There's occasional live music.
Panama City
The lion’s den of karaoke, this older club has no cover; you just have to consume a drink and muster the courage to croon under the disco rays.
