I scheduled a group of people (20+) for a social event at Mahalo. I spent time with the owners of the restaurant to determine a menu that could be a fixed price including drink specials. For a fixed price, there was a starter, main dish (meat or fish), dessert and an alcoholic drink plus additional drink specials. In addition, there was live music from one of my favorite Panama musicians, John Carney. The venue is between several other restaurants and they have done a very good job with the long hallway space they have. It's an outdoor restaurants with many tables and a peaceful environment when there is no live music. The interaction with the owners, the menu, music and wait staff were excellent. I though the portions were fine as it was a fixed menu and my husband and I have come where we ordered from the menu and they were perfect. I am trying to think of something I could improve on and am at a loss. Oh, I came up with one, the music could've been a little lower to encourage people getting up and mingling with others. Other than that, we will definitely go back.

A friend of mine insisted we go here as she's been here several times before and it was open early. The waiter was excellente! Attentive, friendly. Prices were high for breakfast - even though they had combos. I had a fruit plate for $5.30 which consisted of 2 pieces of watermelon, 1 piece of pineapple and 2 pieces of mango. Fruit was very expensive for very little. She ordered 1 egg, one piece of bacon scrambled. It was ok nothing to write home about. She was charged $12.40! for this ala carte breakfast! It was outrageous plus we are both retired so they insisted the discount was applied at the cash register. It was not. When asked about, they insisted it was included. We will never go again. We live here. Not recommended.

No chilled white wine. Lovely white linen tablecloths with paper napkins. Tacky. Food was mediocre at best. Corned beef sandwich looked like roast beef and was dry and tasteless. Had we not been so hungry would've sent it back. I had the chicken shawarma and it was dry and not very tasty. Will not go back. Our friends are Jewish and they were not impressed with the food.

Nice, casual restaurant with a varied menu. I had the fish tacos which were fabulous. The toppings they used with the grilled corvina + flour tortillas (my favorite way to have tacos. The wall design of Panama was great - such creativity and bright engaging colors. I definitely will go there again.

Great place to have this favorite of ours. Happy that it is in Casco and has the upstairs rooftop.