Panama City Food and Drink Tour: Experience Local to High-class Cuisine and Beverages

Embark on a culinary adventure in Panama City with a local guide. From local street food to high-class cuisine, experience the best of the city’s food and drink scene.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Plaza V Centenario - The cuisine of a country reveals much about its culture and its people. Discover the local cuisine while also gaining insights into the culture and current social issues the country faces. The tour highlights areas of the three original neighborhoods that many visitors often miss. This food and society tour offers an…
What's Included
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
Meal Options
  • Coffee - both are a favorite stop on my other tour Half-Day Casco Viejo The Real City Guided with a Local Touch Tour
  • Chocolate tastings -
  • Fonda “the black door” - Best fried chicken!
  • Local Pastries - From Las Tablas area and Panama.
  • Chinese food sample -
  • Local seafood - The best seafood isn’t at the fish market. Great fried yuca also!
    -…
Additional Information

Discover the culinary and cultural essence of Panama just like the locals, ranging from the simple to the sophisticated, guided by someone who knows the streets of Panama intimately. This tour offers an exceptional experience for all tastes, from casual to upscale, in both food and beverages, with a cultural immersion that will delight the senses. The…

Location
Plaza V Centenario
By the native sellers by near the stairs that lead up to the street. This area is generally in the shade.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Yhough
Mar 18, 2025
A Foodie’s delight - OMG! I would call this an off the beaten path food tour, that I l really enjoyed. Jon was a great guide who will take you to neighborhoods that you probably wouldn’t discover on your own. Where the food is truly made by locals. Do NOT eat before the tour. I feel like i sampled so many dishes and desserts, that I lost count. This food tour is worth every dollar. Thank you Jon, for making my solo experience wonderful!
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Lynn_a
Mar 10, 2025
Authenticity at its best! - Wow. What a great food experience. You start in the tourist zone and travel into areas where the locals live, experiencing a variety of food and beverages. Great value and Jon enriches the experience with lots of local knowledge. Highly recommended.
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Cinziaroundtheworld
Jan 19, 2025
Not just a gastronomic tour - This is not just a gastronomic journey, it is a full immersion in the different faces of Panama city. Discover the best hidden places of the amazing Casco Viejo, taste the best coffe and chocolate in the little fancy places over there. Panama is not just an elegant commercial city….If you also want to discover the real Panama, that of the local people, this is the right tour for you. Jon will take you to the most interesting places in Panama, places you will never discover on your own. And during this beautiful walk, you will taste the best food in Panama city. Jon’s culture of local bars, shops and restaurants is impressive. Absolutely recommended tour. Thanks Jon!
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Carolyn_d
Oct 17, 2024
Great food & fun experience! - My aunt and I thoroughly enjoyed our food tour with Jon. He is an interesting and entertaining person, and the tour felt like a family friend taking us around an area he knows and loves. We definitely wouldn’t haven’t experienced as many different foods or as many different places without Jon and his tour. Five stars! Would recommend.
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Callie_w
Jun 1, 2024
If you’re looking for... - If you’re looking for authentic food tour, Jon is the way to go! Not only did we get to try a large range of local food but we also got to experience the local culture and go places we never would have been able to find otherwise! Jon is wonderful and definitely the most memorable food tour I’ve been on!
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Nigel_w
Apr 14, 2024
Great experience - We had a fantastic food tour with Jon. He took us all over Panama City and we tried numerous local foods. Would highly recommend.
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Yasmin_f
Apr 13, 2024
Great tour - Jon was and excelllent tour guide. He mixed in a lot of history wi the the food tour which made it that much more entertaining. Got to try some local faves including chocolate and ice cream toward the end 😋
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Vivquetzal
Mar 12, 2024
So interesting (food and location wise) - Was way more interesting than I expected and took me places and restaurants and parts of town I wouldn't have gone on my own. Totally recommend this tour
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Cindy_c
Jan 4, 2025
Hole in the wall spots - This food tour takes you off the beaten path, exploring areas of town where tourists typically don't venture. You'll sample delicious, inexpensive local dishes from hidden gems and hole-in-the-wall spots. The focus is on authentic, flavorful food rather than luxury or presentation. However, be re that some of these places may not meet typical sanitation standards, so if cleanliness is a priority for you, this tour may not be the best choice. It's ideal for adventurous eaters looking to experience a more raw and local side of the culinary scene.
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Michelle_b
Nov 30, 2024
Local food tour - Our food tour guide, Jon was very friendly and knowledgeable. The food was delicious. The locations where we got some of the food was concerning though. The day before on a tour we were told that El Chorillo was the most dangerous place in Panama and the food tour took us into this area where we were in even as dark was falling. There was garbage everywhere and groups of boys and men on the blocks and we felt unsafe. While we understand it is sometimes necessary to go into the underbelly of a country to experience true culture, we feel this should be mentioned in the tour description so customers can decide if this is something they would want to do. We would have opted out if we knew we would be venturing into El Chorillo well into the evening. The food was good but we were unsettled and didn't feel safe.
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From $70
up to 6 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).