El Trapiche

Location:
Via Argentina y Ave 2a B Norte close to Via España
Panama City, Panama

Restaurant

By Will Gray

If you want to try a few local dishes then El Trapiche is a good place to go. The restaurant offers tables outside on a terrace or inside in a large room with a mock-up straw hut at one side. Service is a little slow, but the menu makes up for the wait as normal fare is mixed with items like Surtido de Piscadas (assorted traditional fried starters, $1.60) and the very tasty Tamal de Olla (traditional stew-like Hungarian goulash, $4).

Price Description: Entrees $5-9

Regulations: No

Reservation: Not necessary

Park Options: No

Traveler Reviews of El Trapiche

Food and Service

Rating: 100%

Absolutely the best Panamanian food we have eaten in the last 6 years of visiting. The service is more than expected by ANY server in Panama. They usually are very rude.

By V!VA User from Orlando, Florida, Jun 24, 2009

Best Panamanian Food Restaurant

Rating: 100%

This was the best real Panamanian food that I had in the country. I stayed at Anita's Inn a half a block away and ate dinner here 4 times a week. The food in this street was excellent. Restaurants from every country.

By john sinnot from Chicago, Mar 11, 2009

Panamanian food the way it should be

Rating: 100%

The place is located in a very popular street in downtown Panama (I forgot the name). It has a great outside terrace in which I sat for hours watching people go by their business while I enjoyed my meal and then afternoon coffee. If you want to try good Panamanian food in a safe, clean place, this is it! El trapiche has a very relaxed atmosphere (I guess you could say the wait staff is also pretty "relaxed", oh well, such is life in the tropics!). I visited Panama for a week and I ate here twice, I definitely recommend to anyone wanting to try a panamanian original classic. Good food, Cheap, great location.

By V!VA User from Miami, Jun 30, 2008