Restaurant · Latin-inspired dairy and pizza · Vía Brasil / Vía Israel (Sunset Strip)
El Nacional
Dairy restaurant at the Sunset Strip mall with Latin American dishes by Chef Ayelet; listed as fully Cholov Yisrael.
Kashrut
- Certified by
- Kosher Shevet Ahim (Sociedad Israelita Shevet Ahim)
- Meat or dairy
- Dairy
- Chalav Yisrael
- Yes
- Pas Yisrael
- Some items
- Bishul Yisrael
- Some items
Bishul Yisrael (Sephardi standard) on regular production; other dishes on request. Pat Yisrael on bread baked on site. Cheese is fried in the same oil as fish (matters if you do not mix fish and dairy).
Where the certifier doesn’t say, we leave a line out rather than guess. Certification can change: check the certificate on the wall or the Kosher Shevet Ahim list (opens kosher.com.pa).
Hours
Domingo a Miercoles 12:00pm-10:00pm, Jueves 12:00pm-11:00pm, Viernes 12:00pm-3:00 pm, Sabado 8:00pm-11:00pm
Published hours show it closed for Shabbat and reopening on Saturday night after Shabbat.
Panama time (UTC−5). On Friday we show hours only when they end by 5:15 PM, before the earliest candle lighting of the year, unless the place is marked open on Shabbat as stated above.
Good to know
Open Saturday night after Shabbat.
Kosher food nearby
Straight-line distance between map points; the walk is longer.
Shuls nearby
Straight-line distance between map points; the walk is longer.
Sources
- kosher.com.pa (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- kosher.com.pa (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- chabadpanama.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- kosherpanama.org (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
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