RESTAURANTE EL MESÓN DEL PRADO

One of the Classic local restaurants, with a dinner style atmosphere that makes you feel welcome; The Mesón features great sandwiches made to order, fresh coffee and juices, amazing soups (sancocho and seafood caldillo are delicious), and a great variety of other freshly made dishes! They only close from midnight sunday eve to monday 7am (so it's basically a 24 hr place). Don't miss the lunch specials!!

Im happy that they opened again after the pandemic hit. We got take out and they got one of our order wrong but it’s ok because the food was delicious 😋 we got the seafood platter, French fries, soup, sausage, and other meats. The rice in my opinion wasn’t that good because it was kinda dry and I wish it was kinda more puffy and wet. 🍚 In the other hand, the seafood platter and sausage and meat was amazing 🥩🦞, I highly recommend getting the sausage, it was so flavorful. The mashed potato was also good but it could need more salt 🥔 My final thought is that there is many dishes to choose from and the food was wonderful.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The place surprisingly felt like a Chinese restaurant you'd see in a typical American Chinatown. Big menu, similar system, non-fine-dining plating style with a lot of food but it's supposed to be Panamanian food? Some items were great but I got stringy potatoes. Service was also just ok. We were just downtown and wanted to have some food and it did not disappoint. But this is not the place you plan to visit when you visit Panama City. If you're nearby, it's probably ok to stop by and you won't regret it. But don't make a trip for this.

This is a great cafeteria a la carte restaurant. Milkshakes here are just drooling-delicious and sandwiches are tasty and generously prepared. If you're looking to dine meat, poultry, or seafood they have great dishes to choose from as well. All in all this is a Panamanian restaurant with many years in service offering great food at very reasonable prices.

It's really a classic. This is one of those places where you always go with family or a "I don't know what to eat" place. The sad part is the increase in prices, which is because of the remodeling of the restaurant. The service is good, but I would love it to be more attentive. As for the food, it's really good, but the menu is not that extensive. If you want to eat pasta, this is not the place. But aside from price and somewhat limited menu, everything is really good.

Clean, quick and fresh. Having lived in Panama for over 10 years now - it's not easy to find a restaurant that nails all the points. We had a breakfast that would rival the best in the States. We will be back for the steaks!

Food quality has declined over the years. We have been eating here for about 30 years and have always enjoyed the food and prices but over the last six months the food quality has dropped and the prices have INCREASED DRASTICALLY. They have remodeled the interior and have lost the previous ambience. We noticed the customers have declined as well. They used to be very busy at lunch.

The atmosphere is nice because still old fashion. Food is worst than ever. Do not recommend the place to eat something nice. It could be a place to stay during lunch with a beer or to have a sandwich while having a nice conversation. Fish, seafood, or plates like octopus are not good at all !