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Panama City

Restaurante Las Bóvedas

Good for: Amosphere and Panamanian food

Not good for: Parking can be tough

  • Address
    • Casco Viejo Plaza de Francia
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 228 8058
  • Hours
    • from 18:00, closed Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Restaurante Las Bóvedas

This utterly unique French restaurant is set in the vaults of a 300-year-old fort that housed political prisoners for most of the 19th century - fortunately for the crowds who converge here on the weekends, the ghosts of the past haven't had a deleterious effect on the cooking. Specializing in local seafood with a French twist, the menu varies daily, subject to the catch of the day, but always includes a fish fillet, mixed seafood and a cut of steak just to round things out a bit.

A guitarist performs in the last vault nightly except Friday and Saturday, when there's jazz; the music usually starts around 21:00.