This restaurant serves sushi, sashimi, and cooked specialties such as tuna and beef tataki. Edamame and the wakame salad are unique standards here. We recommend: The Peruvian-Japanese chef prepares authentic Peruvian ceviche and the red version with panca peppers is well worth a try.
A cozy tapas bar with an extensive menu and wine selection.
This outpost for freshly baked breads, fruit or crème-filled Danishes, and buttery croissants sees a haevy flow of customers from early morning right up until the proprietors call it a day and head for the beach. A full breakfast with freshly squeezed orange juice and wonderfully aromatic coffee is also available. (Photos: Katie Kötting)
On the Waterfront’s two-for-one Happy Hour is the draw; the romantic cliff-side setting and panoramic view of Sosúa Bay, the hook. In this town teeming with bars and restaurants there are few better locales for watching the curtain fall on another perfect Caribbean day, and even fewer that can compete with the food and gourmet-style service [...]
Established in the early 1970s, when the Dominican Republic was barely a blip on the tourist radar, this delightful restaurant is way ahead of the pack when it comes to providing a stylish ambiance and great food. Under an enormous palm frond canopy is an elegant open-air dining area. A single pillow-covered settee runs the perimeter [...]
The idea behind Marabú was to create a cool place on the beach to relax, where the food is good but secondary to the atmosphere. So someone pitched a tarp over a wood deck and this utterly simplistic approach turned out something simply fantastic. The food too is effortlessly presented. There’s an attractive and delicious antipasta [...]
Sosua’s most romantic restaurant is set on the edge of a cliff; a broad canopied terrace rimmed by seven private al fresco patios overlooking waves crashing against the jagged rock. The dishes here vary widely, with something to suit almost every taste. Pasta dishes are about as good as anything you get in the typical New [...]
Just up the hill and across the road from Caribbean Sun Village Resort in Cofresi, you’ll find this fine dining establishment run by a longtime German expat, who perhaps found the forest-like setting a warm and fuzzy reminder of home. Le Papillon has a captive audience, is one of the few options in the area for [...]
This cheery casita on the beach is loosely fashioned after a rural Dominican home. French expat Don Papi hosts, while up to three women at a time turn out scrumptious seafood from the tiny kitchen. In high season, patrons compete for six small tables on a cozy front porch, serving as a dining area despite the [...]
When faced with the number of choices lining Cabarete’s beachfront, it’s easy to pass on this seafood restaurant in favor of others: its bare walls and tables covered with plastic décor is rather 'ho-hum'; and the bow-tied waiters in this young, hip environment seem offbeat. But, as with the live lobster tank fronting the building, you [...]