Where is most of the night time action?
Most of the action is in Bocas Town. There are individual events on other islands as well. For a while there was “blue Monday” going on in Bastimentos, but I believe that has been suspended for the time.
What you have for evening leisure in Bocas, listed alphabetical not in order of preference:
Bocas Bills Bar & Restaurant over the water, traditional American, sea food etc., very good breakfast, happy hour 5-7 pm
Bocas del Toro Hotel, Bar & Restaurant over the water. Mixed menu, outdoor bar on the street side, happy hour 5-7 pm.
Buena Vista Bar & Grill over the water. Typical American style restaurant and atmosphere, happy hour 5-7 pm
Cashba Restaurant located next to hotel Las Brisas. Frech chef.
El Limbo Hotel Bar & Restaurant over the water. Big variety menu, somewhat pricy.
El Pecado (the sin) Bar and Restaurant, located across from Hotel Las Brisas. French Canadian kitchen, somewhat pricy.
El Ultimo Refugio Restaurant over the water
Laguna Hotel Bar & Restaurant on main street. Italian kitchen, very good beakfast.
Le Pirate Bar & Restaurant over the water. Very limited but acceptable inexpensive menu, strong and inexpensive drinks (rum and coke $ 1.50), very good breakfast.
Lemon Grass Bar & Restaurant over the water above Starfleet. Good menu with a lot of Thai style food.
Mr. Roberts Steak House located inside Tropical Market on the water. Don´t know the menu.
Ohm Café located behind municipal building. Oriental kitchen
The Big Bamboo Sports Bar and restaurant located next to the Super Gourmet, good menu and food.
The Reef Bar & Restaurant over the water. Similar in pricing and quality to the Pirate, but larger menu.
Night Life:
Barco Hundido (formerly and in English still known as the Wreck Deck). On the water next and above an old ship wreck. Bar, Music and for a lot of people the final destination after an evening of bar and restaurant hopping.
El Templo, Tecno music over the water. Located next to the “local” hangout El Encanto. Visting El Encanto is by the way not recommended.
Iguana Bar. Self-proclaimed surfer hangout and supposedly pretty popular.
Mondo Taitu Bar. This is really a hostel, but because of their inexpensive drinks and the type of crowd that hangs out it is very popular with young people and surfers.
This is not a complete list and you can find the exact locations on our Bocas Town Map Link on the main page.
****A word of advise for those staying on neighboring islands. If you go to do some Bocas night life make sure you have transportation back to where you are staying. Otherwise you might be stuck in town over night.