In a city packed with sushi restaurants, Samurai is the only one in Santo Domingo to offer a full-blown Japanese menu, and in a pleasantly authentic setting, too. Patrons gaze through giant windows onto a peaceful koi garden. Dine at a regular table or choose to sit on cushions at a low tables inside [...]
An attentive bow-tied wait staff and a prominent display of mariscos, from which you can pick your own fresh fish or lobster, welcome the patrons of this popular lunchtime hotspot. The exhaustive menu also features octopus, crayfish, and a dizzying number of seafood soups (we recommend the casserole cantabrico con mariscos). The Spanish also love [...]
This gathering spot for the city’s cultural cognoscenti is located in the courtyard of the nondescript building housing the National Cinema – its singular screen dedicated to American classic and artsy foreign language flicks. Most patrons forego the attractive enclosed bar area, heading almost reflexively to the canopied patio; an impromptu stage for frequent poetry readings, [...]
Caffé Milano is one of those places that seduces all who enter. Perhaps the allure is the sexy four-poster beds in the courtyard, or the darkly handsome mahogany bar indoors. Both are no doubt responsible in part for drawing the well-heeled clientele that has been frequenting this highly regarded restaurant since it opened. Much of [...]
Hellenic sculptures amidst high-tech industrial fixtures and contemporary art reflect the adventurous tastes of the designing-duo owners and set the stage for a distinctive dining experience. The cuisine is mostly classic, but unexpected starters such as the platter of calabash tempura, flower and all, may take you by surprise. The mouth-watering salmon ceviche and the [...]
Patrons don’t have to be Bourgeois Bohemians to dine here. Class and cultures collide in this multi-ethnic restaurant where formal dining etiquette isn't always easy to observe. Try eating the Cambodian crab and aromatic herb spring roll with a knife and fork and see what happens. Likewise, the signature black dough pizza with its variety [...]
Hidden among the fading edifices of a less touristy area in the Colonial City; this restaurant behind an unassuming façade surprises with tasteful Old World décor and remarkably good food. Old wood and bare brick walls exude a darkly sensuous tavern ambience so authentically Español, America could be in the Madre Land as opposed to [...]
What started out as a humble eatery specializing in typical Dominican food has grown into a chain of restaurants around the city with locations that are as much fun to dine in as the food is good. The Malecón location is especially pleasant for its waterside setting with multi-level decks which protrude over the ocean. [...]
If an extensive list of high-profile clients is the measure of a great restaurant, then Peperoni has it going on, and on and on. From high-powered world leaders such as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Canadian Prime Minster Jean Chretien, to media moguls, fashion designers, sports heroes, actors, musicians and even royalty, Peperoni [...]