Restaurants in Punta Cana

This is everybody’s favorite Punta Cana Asian restaurant, a place to go for large portions or curries and other Thai and Malaysian specialties served on plates lined by banana leaves. Set in a lush garden of palm and tropical plants, Balicana’s tables scatter from the funky…

This seafood restaurant right on the sands of Bavaro beach is one of the go-to places in Punta Cana for weddings, anniversaries, and other splash-out dinners. It’s an oversized, open-air, two-story thatched “hut” that looks like something the Professor on Gilligan’s Island might have…

This little Cap Cana beach club has a lovely stretch of sand planted with palm trees, shaded loungers and Adirondack chairs for enjoying the beach life with a rum drink, and a covered deck with little wooden tables for enjoying hamburgers and pizzas, tuna tartare and boca…

This utterly simple, utterly perfect little bare-bones eatery is where Dominicans go in the touristy Bavaro beach area for ice cold beer and genuine Dominican food and take-out. The crispy fried chicken with rice and beans and a salad is a staple (and a steal at just 175 pesos/US$4…

This modern little cafe run by a couple of European ex-pats served delicious, oversized sandwiches on crusty bread and a selection of wonderously cheap crepes folded over your choice of savory fillings (ham, bacon, chicken, shrimp, cheese, and vegetables). There are also lots of…

This elegant retro-modern lounge restaurant in a Bavaro shopping district serves innovative fusion cuisine and wood-fired pizzas at padded bench booths and leather-covered chairs indoors and on a lovely outdoor deck. The overall theme of the kitchens is Latin Fusion, with a…

This unassuming modern little restaurant with tables scattered on the patio sidewalk halfway between Los Corales and El Cortecito serves some of the tastiest, most filling, and least expensive Mexican food in Putna Cana—head and shoulders above the Mexican-style restaurants in any of…

Carnivores in Punta Cana make a beeline for chef Walter Fortes’ Brazilian churrascaria in El Cortecito. Like all good Brazilian steakhouses, it offers plates of bacon-wrapped chicken breasts, spicy sausages, pork chops, and beef filets—but most people come here to splurge on Brazil’s…