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“Must try!”

Aya La Vida Restaurante, Cocina Panamena
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Sat, 15/02
20:00
Ranked #11 of 1,528 Restaurants in Panama City
Price range: $32 - $53
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Good food, great service! Awesome ambiance. The price is good too! The music is good just a little loud, a soft low volume music would be appropriate for this type of ambiance. The server Maria, Carlotte and Claudio (I think that's his name, the short guy), they are awesome and attentive. Anice restaurant. Must try!

Date of visit: January 2025
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Aya La Vida Cocina Panameña Restaurante Casco Viejo Panama, Propietario at Aya La Vida Restaurante, Cocina Panamena, responded to this reviewResponded 1 week ago

Dear Getaway248209, thank you very much for your comments from the entire Aya La Vida team, it makes us very happy! It was a pleasure to welcome you to our house and that you liked our dishes that we offered you with so much love. We hope to see you soon, this is your home!

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Reviewed 5 weeks ago via mobile

Service was great and the food was delicious! Our servers Maria and Claudio were very attentive and courteous. Definitely a MUST when visiting Panama (Casco Viejo)

Date of visit: January 2025
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Aya La Vida Cocina Panameña Restaurante Casco Viejo Panama, Propietario at Aya La Vida Restaurante, Cocina Panamena, responded to this reviewResponded 1 week ago

Dear Carl C, thank you very much for your comments from the entire Aya La Vida team, it makes us very happy! It was a pleasure to welcome you to our house and that you liked our dishes that we offered you with so much love. We hope to see you soon, this is your home!

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Reviewed 11 January 2025

Beautiful restaurant, great food, best desert ever had, cheap valet parking, overall great place to visit with reasonable price

Date of visit: January 2025
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Aya La Vida Cocina Panameña Restaurante Casco Viejo Panama, Propietario at Aya La Vida Restaurante, Cocina Panamena, responded to this reviewResponded 1 week ago

Dear Passport65760485048, thank you very much for your comments from the entire Aya La Vida team, it makes us very happy! It was a pleasure to welcome you to our house and that you liked our dishes that we offered you with so much love. We hope to see you soon, this is your home!

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Reviewed 7 January 2025 via mobile

Loved the restaurant design and food. Beautiful setting and outstanding service. A little pricey but in genrral a very good experience.

Date of visit: January 2025
Thank Javier A
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Aya La Vida Cocina Panameña Restaurante Casco Viejo Panama, Propietario at Aya La Vida Restaurante, Cocina Panamena, responded to this reviewResponded 1 week ago

Dear Javier A, thank you very much for your comments from the entire Aya La Vida team, it makes us very happy! It was a pleasure to welcome you to our house and that you liked our dishes that we offered you with so much love. We hope to see you soon, this is your home!

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Reviewed 31 December 2024

The food was good and wasn’t too cold sitting inside. We enjoyed the open kitchen in front of us. The room was nice but the Mexican/Latin American music was much too loud. But it was bearable (without the “chill lounge” beat). The chairs were comfortable but the middle post in the table presented challenges for our feet. The service started out very good with a personable server. We ordered the bread, the appetizer, the choe chips, and the tamale. Then, without a word, he was gone (his shift evidently ended) and we were on our own. Finally the manager helped us. The bread and smoky butter were good (or at least Audre liked it). The C3 harina appetizer was a ball with almost nothing inside. It was too dry and the pickle accompaniment was not sufficient. The description made us think it would be better: “ Puff pastry filled with seafood in bisque and dill sauce.” What was delivered had no puff pastry or bisque and it had no dill sauce. The choe chips were not tasty. We liked the Pot Tamale with Chen Chen main. It was tasty and innovative; the masa dough was juicy and toppings were tasty. For dessert (when the manager finally brought it) we had the mamallena de perez. Audre liked the bread pudding. Dimitri not so much. Our meal cost $41.46 with the discuento de jubilados and we were happy enough.

Date of visit: December 2024
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Aya La Vida Cocina Panameña Restaurante Casco Viejo Panama, Propietario at Aya La Vida Restaurante, Cocina Panamena, responded to this reviewResponded 1 week ago

Dear aledm, thank you very much for your comments from the entire Aya La Vida team, it makes us very happy! It was a pleasure to welcome you to our house and that you liked our dishes that we offered you with so much love. We hope to see you soon, this is your home!

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