Street Food Tour Panama (25+ tastings) By Paradox Experience｜Panama

Explore the vibrant local neighborhoods of Panama City on a street food tour. Discover areas that tourists don’t usually visit, but where real Panamanians go to find the city’s best flavors.

Throughout this 3-hour experience, taste around (or more than) 20 different flavors, and enjoy a secret cocktail, prepared on the spot by former bartenders with many years of experience.

This tour is not only about food; it is also a historical, cultural, and gastronomic experience designed to spotlight the people behind Panama’s street-food scene and promote the development of their communities. It is a sustainable tour created to support local entrepreneurs while showing you an authentic, real-life Saturday in El Chorrillo—a neighborhood once known as one of the most dangerous areas of the 1990s, but today home to some of the best food and atmosphere in Panama City.

Your guides grew up in this neighborhood and chose to give back by creating this tour, which helps generate positive impact and progress for multiple families. Join them to experience the real face of Panama.

The tour includes more than 20 tastings, featuring the best coconut-sauce fish in Panama City at the famous Gato Negro, a beloved local fonda. Visit Yazda La Rica, where you’ll enjoy the final dish of the route: a perfectly seasoned fish fillet topped with Escovitch onions—the best Escovitch in the city.

Taste the best barbecue chicken in Plaza Amador, prepared by Betty, who has over 25 years of experience, as well as the famous Chili Dogs from El Domini, who has been serving the best Chili Dogs in El Chorrillo for more than 20 years.

Along the way, try natural juices, a variety of hot sauces, several types of ceviche, a touch of Geisha coffee, and an excellent selection of desserts. These include the community’s most famous sweets from Dolores—such as cinnamon rolls and the iconic mamallenas, known in English as bread pudding.