3 Best Restaurants in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Located in a historic building that has been meticulously restored to its 1914 glory, this elegant restaurant feels old-fashioned without being stuffy. American classics meet local ingredients in familiar but brilliantly executed dishes served by waiters in pin-striped uniforms and white gloves. This steakhouse imports only prime cuts of beef from Chicago’s Allen Brothers and the bar features classic cocktails elevated with local fruits. Well-to-do locals love this restaurant for proposals, and while the dress code is not strictly enforced, you will feel out of place in shorts. 

This cutesy, kid-friendly restaurant/bakery looks like a French café where chic ladies do lunch. It's buzzing for all three meals (it's the "in" brunch place for residents of this fashionable Piantini neighborhood). Happily, it's still moderately priced, even for apps the size of mains, and generous dishes such as one of the croque madames (perhaps with pulled pork added) or eggs Benedict. At breakfast, they squeeze your juice and tempt you with house-made croissants and beignets. For lunch there's grilled sausages and such sides as homemade waffle-cut fries in silver baskets. Dinner includes delicious mofongquitos (plantain cups filled with veal osso bucco). Signature desserts are luscious. If only the service was so good. Try to snag a seat on the less noisy terrace.

This cutesy, kid-friendly restaurant/bakery looks like a French café where chic patrons do lunch. It's buzzing for all three meals (it's the "in" brunch place for residents of this fashionable Piantini neighborhood), and happily, it's moderately priced, even for apps the size of mains, and generous dishes such as one of the croque madames (perhaps with pulled pork added) or eggs Benedict. At breakfast, they squeeze your juice and tempt you with house-made croissants and beignets. For lunch there's grilled sausages and such sides as homemade waffle-cut fries in silver baskets. Dinner includes delicious mofonguitos (plantain cups filled with veal osso buco). Signature desserts are luscious. If only the service was so good. Try to snag a seat on the less noisy terrace.