La Briciola
Serving Italian and Spanish food. This is the place to go for fine, elegant, white table cloth dining. Homemade pasta and an Italian wine list makes this an exceptional Italian dining experience (try their Squid with Black Rice). The restaurant is in a renovated 16th century colonial building with the dining room located in a candlelit courtyard with a fountain. Not only is the setting spectacular the food is also some of the best quality Italian food in the city. Specializing in Milanese pastas and risottos, carrying imported meats and fresh seafood. They have piano music playing and sometimes there is live entertainment.
Phone: 809-688-5055, http://www.labriciola.com.do
Located: Calle Arzobispo Meriño #152-A, Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo
Jaydee's
This is predominately a gay bar for Dominicans and tourists alike, but there are non-gays here also. They have great music and dancing. They usually have a drag show with strippers on Saturday nights. There is a cover charge but you get a free beer or rum with the entry price.
Wed. and Thurs. 10PM to 1AM Friday & Saturday until 3AM
Contact: 809-333-6905
Location: Jose Reyes # 10, Colonial Zone
Jardines San Pedro
A formal dining restaurant specializing in Italian cuisine and known for their Langostino.
Contact: 809-221-8850
Location: Calle Mercedes #155, Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo
Harry's Bar and Restaurant
Serving International foods and drinks. It is a cozy place with a large patio looking onto the Atarazana. Opening at 3 in the afternoon daily with a happy hour starting at 8PM.
contact: 809-685-7060
Location: Calle Atarazana #29, Plaza España, Colonial Zone
Meson de Luis Bar and Restaurant
Creole and International food. Lunch specials daily $100 pesos or less.The habijuelas are the best. This is one of our favorite places in the morning for a hearty and tasty, typical Dominican breakfast and in the evening for some of the best Pork Chops. Their mondongo is quite tasty also.
Contact: 809-689-4640. Luis Diaz, owner
Location: Calle Hostos #201, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo
Mesón de Bari
Serving Spanish and Dominican Cuisine with more than 30 years in business. They use recipes that have been handed down through the generations. The restaurant is very elegant and yet it is very comfortable.There are 2 dining floors with the second being a little more quiet and intimate. We highly recommend is the Conch Stew and the Empanados-conch y yucca. Popular with the local artists with many unique paintings on site. They also play music and have a dance floor.
Contact: 809-687-4091
Location: Calle Hostos #302 and Salome Ureña, Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo
Los Tres Mosqueteros
Serving Dominican, Italian, French and International dishes in a friendly atmosphere. They cater to almost every taste. In business since 1998 and their reputation keeps growing. If you would like to read their menu go to their web site.
Location: Calle El Conde #56 between Calle Las Damas Isabel la Catolica
La Terraza Restaurant and Bar
Specializing in Caribbean cuisine. Dine with beautiful panoramic views of the San Francisco Ruins and the sunsets over the colonial city.
Contact: 809-285-0005
La Parrilla D' Luis Steak House
Very nice place to eat along the Caribbean Sea.
Contact:809-688-1511
Directions: Ave. George Washington #553 (The Malecon)
La Masía
Serving Dominican and Catalonian dishes in the formal restaurant or the informal patio setting. They're seafood dishes are wonderful and many are quite unique. Make sure you try the Fideua (a paella with noodles instead of rice). They have live music and a stage show nightly. Mondays they have a live jazz band starting at 9PM
Contact: 809-687-4233
Location: Calle Arzobispo Portes #116, Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo
La Llave del Mar
Specializing in Sea Food / Mariscos
Contact: 809-686-7076
Location:Ave. George Washington #43 (El Malecon)
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Bars and Restaurants H through M
Merengue Son Cafe
"Where Dominicans and Cubans Go". This small unassuming cafe is a new addition to Colonial Zone. They offer different small snacks and some great sandwiches. Their Cubano Especial is great for $100 pesos (2/08). They serve beer, mixed drinks, natural and frozen juices. The beer prices are the same as at the Colmado.
Hours: 4 PM to 11 PM (soon to open for lunch)
Contact: 809-221-0669
Location: Arzobispo Meriño, Zona Colonial,
Marashell Bar and Restaurant
This comfortable, home town type bar is a great place to hang out. It is open in the day offering the plate of the day for $100 pesos with a beer. The drink prices are very good. They have a juke box offering all types of music and Thursday they have Karaoke.
Hours: Serving food Monday thru Saturday 11AM to 5PM The bar is open from 5PM to 12 Sunday to Thursday and until 2AM Friday and Saturday.
Location: Palo Hincado #120, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
La Taberna Vasca Bar and Restaurant
This restaurant is a little hideaway in the Colonial Zone. They serve many tapas with their house speciality being degustación de ceviches (different sea foods marinated in citrus juices).
Hours: 11:30AM to 3PM and 6PM to midnight. Mondays 4PM to midnight. Closed Sundays
Contact: 809-873-7847
Location: Calle Emiliano Tejera #101 next to Isabel la Catolica, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo
