Punta Cana’s gastronomy features an outstanding variety of delicate flavors that will please the most demanding palates.
The Creole candies stand out among the typical food, delicious pastries elaborated with milk and fruits like orange, coconut or plum.
The food in Punta Cana is a culinary trip around the world, because the hotels and resorts feature a great amount of restaurants with varied gastronomical specialties. Taste the international food in exquisite buffets whose abundance will make you wish to have more room in the stomach. Explore the numerous theme restaurants and try the delicious Mexican, Italian or French specialties that your hotel offers. Enjoy eating pizza, hamburgers or Spanish and German platters. Do not forget to reserve a space for the fish and the seafood, because as an advantage of the proximity to the sea, all of these products are always very fresh and chefs of the hotels are always inventing new ways to prepare them and to present them, with your satisfaction on mind.
For an authentic atmosphere combined with the magic that only the ocean can create, try the seafood in the Captain Cook Restaurant, where they serve a succulent Spanish specialty such as lobster with potatoes, whose flavor is accompanied by the atmosphere that eating in the open air provides.
The Jellyfish Restaurant is a building of two stories right on the beach of Punta Cana. The first level offers the visitors an ample space that works as a bar and a dining room, and the second one is a designed area to relax. Let the breeze blow your worries away and recover from the fatigue of a day in the beach while you enjoy lying down in a hammock, or sit to contemplate the ocean from a comfortable armchair. Perhaps you prefer to have a drink sitting in one of the ergonomic chairs that the restaurant has made available for its customers in this space. The specialty of the house is the seafood and particularly the lobster. The cozy atmosphere makes it an ideal spot for a romantic supper or a private celebration.
In the zone of the Cortecito, next to Playa Bavaro, you can find the restaurant El Pescador Matru, which serves daily fresh platters of fish and seafood. These vary according to the fishing of the day.
Another option for the seafood lovers is the restaurant Langosta del Caribe. Located on the border of the beach, in the area of Cortecito, you can reach this place by boat and if you desire to eat there, it is recommendable to make a reservation. If your hotel is distant the restaurant will arrange for your transportation. As its name indicates, the specialty of the house is the lobster, which you can choose when entering the restaurant. It can be enjoyed by the order or by the weight. The barbecue lobster is the most recommendable.
Huracan Cafe is a restaurant beach bar that is also located in the zone of Cortecito. Its menu consists of a peculiar mixture of seafood, Mexican food and hamburgers. The place is very popular among the tourists of the region and attracts the young people specially.
The food in Punta Cana is much more than a means of subsistence, and it is a whole journey of flavors, aromas and colors. No matter what your gastronomical preference is, in Punta Cana you will enjoy specialties that will satisfy the most demanding palate .
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