Restaurants and Gastronomy

Dining in La Romana

Dining in any of the fine restaurants in the La Romana area is sure to be an experience in gastronomic delight! Experience a regional favorite; pescado con coco, or fish cooked in a coconut milk sauce. As well as traditional meals, visitors will also find Spanish, French, Italian, Middle Eastern, Oriental, German, Mexican and Mediterranean dishes on the menus in many of the eating establishments.

A Dining room in the Dominican Palace Resort.

Antipasta bar in one of Casa de Campo's fine restaurants.

The Santa Fe Grill in the Canoa Coral.

Lunch is served on Soana Island.

Dining on Soana Island.

Native Dominican Cuisine

If you happen to see a woman selling food on the beach, also known as "fritureras", chances are she is selling "yaniqueques", or johnny cakes.

Other popular taino dishes are "casabe", flat and round cassava bread and catibias (cassava flour fritters stuffed with meat). Casabe is often used as a substitute for bread. It is high in fiber and less than 0.35% fat per serving. The baking of casabe bread from bitter yucca flour is a Dominican tradition that has strong ties to the Taíno past. Casabe is always served during Christmas and Easter times, and its presence on the Dominican table is expected.

"Mangu" is a puree made from boiled green plantains. It is a popular native breakfast and usually served in most restaurants.

Perhaps the most staple of all dominican foods is rice. Locrio is a distinctly dominican recipe. The original taino recipe was adapted by Spanish chefs and today it is a delicious and versatile dish, with every region having a slightly different variation.

The starchy vegetable tuber yucca is a central part of contemporary Dominican diet. Sweet yucca is a staple, boiled and served for breakfast and dinner, often with eggs or a small meat accompaniment. Yucca is well matched to Dominican soil and climate, whereby it can grow in semi-arid climates and on hillsides. It was the key to Taíno survival and is considered as one of the most Dominican of the staples.

By law a 16% sales tax and a 10% service charge are added to the bill. An additional tip may be added at the diners' descretion