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| - One of my favourite type of food is Greek food. I have tried out a few places, marathons, souvlaki bar, muses and they are all pretty decent. I wanted to try a new one and based and on another yelpers review i came to Panama. Went in a Friday night, called in for reservations at last minute and he said he had some spots left. Went in around 6:15 only one table was occupied. The guy in the phone made it seem like they were packed, so when I saw the place almost empty it didn't sit well with me.
To start off they brought us bread, which was good. Then we ordered a traditional greek salad and fried calmars. Greek salad was really tasty, it was fresh and the olive oil was delicious. The calmars however were not that great, rubbery and not crisp enough for me.
As for the meal we ordered half a roasted chicken and some broiled lamb. Honestly, I am not fan of lamb, but I have to keep it real, they really did a spectacular job. It was tasty and juicy. It made me change my whole opinion about lamb. The chicken was very good too. I really like the half chicken and the souvlaki bar so If I had to compare, I would say souvlaki bar's chicken is more juicy and tasty but only because the marinated is more oily and not very healthy. Panama's chicken is grilled, very good and healthy. So basically if you want to let loose for a day and don't care about cholesterol then the chicken (only the chicken) is better at souvlaki bar. But if you want to eat out but still eat healthy, the chicken at Panama is better. Oh! I must mot forget the oven baked potatoes, soooooo gooood.
Last but not least dessert. The waiter, who was fantastic by the way, suggested bakhlava but I really wanted to loukoomades so we ordered both. Bakhlava was decent but the lookamades was amazing.
By the way mid way through our dinner the restaurant was packed, I guess the guy on the phone wasn't exaggerating.
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