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On my last trip (3 wks ago), I had dinner one night at the Del Mar, and breakfast one morning. Both dinner and breakfast were "average". The food was ok, but nothing to write home about. The service was very good.

I had a filet mignon for dinner with some type of cream sauce. I asked for it medium, and it came to the table still moo-ing. The center of the steak was red and still cold. By the time I got it back, it was almost good enough to pass for a hockey puck by NHL standards. But the potatos and veggies were good. A couple days later, I had breakfast. Don't remember what I had, but after all.....breakfast is breakfast.

And, oh yeah.....it was definitely pricey. YMMV.

Mikey B.

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You ALWAYS have an option ....... "NEXT" !!!

I had lunch here. It was very good.

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Ok.....here is my two cents on the Del mar and the Colonial.

I really enjoy the skirt steak anbd shrimp combo at the Del Mar..........but expensive. My meal with two glasses of wine and one bottle of water was close to $30.........I ate alone

I ate with a Colombiana at the Colonial and our meal was about $35-40. One drink each, I had soup, she had a salad and we each had our own entrees. Myself, a tenderloin tips special which was delicious and she had..........drumroll please.........of course! Camarones, the VB special!

Both meals were very good and the service the same.

There are better places to eat, but in a pinch these two places will do when pressed for time or if the hour is late!

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"Last time I said no......I misunderstood the question!"

Grey Ghost wrote:



Sounds like you were given the "hard" menu. When ever dining at the Colonial always insist on the "other menu". They will try to tell you it only has very limited items, not true. Is is nearly identical and the prices are about half.

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Pura Vida
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four
essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
Alex Levine

Why would anyone eat at the Del Mar when the Colonial has better food for half the price? Or, if you can muster the energy, walk one block to the West and diagonally across the street from the Morazon is a great restaurant. Forgot the name, it has changed a few times. Food is great, plentiful and cheap.

dapanz1

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Paradise= Sitting outside the Bodega in Panama City about 1 am. Drinking cool Balboas with cool friends and blazin' hot Colombianas. I want to be there..RIGHT NOW!

Some of us were new at the time and hungry.

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Dapanz1 wrote:



The restaurant is Faro's and has good food at a very reasonable price. The casada which includes a choice of fish, beef, pork or chicken with rice, beans, salad, plantains maduro, natural beverage and dessert is only 1250 colones($2.55).

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Pura Vida
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four
essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
Alex Levine

Ah yes..Faro's is the name. Great, great place for lunch or dinner. And as an added bonus the staff of waitresses were very amicable and pretty.

dapanz1

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Paradise= Sitting outside the Bodega in Panama City about 1 am. Drinking cool Balboas with cool friends and blazin' hot Colombianas. I want to be there..RIGHT NOW!

Yes, I highly recommend Faros for good inexpensive meals!

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GG
"Last time I said no......I misunderstood the question!"

i recommend TACO BELL where you can walk out and say i am full pura vida

The Del Mar restaurant for the money is not worth it.
The food is average at best and for fish the portions
are small.

Had thanksgiving turkey(no,not a big chicken)dinner 2yrs ago,was exellent,just like usa but different veggies.BurbonPumpkin pie was out fo this world!Also,sea bass dinner@GranCostaRica is very good.

If you bother to walk around, you will see 50 places to eat something.

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