Falafel

Santo Domingo


This restaurant’s stunning, open-air dining room is the courtyard of a ruined building lit by shimmering candles, which makes it at least as good a place for a drink as a meal. The kitchen has stepped up its game and now the food, fare such as falafel and juicy shawarma platters, lives up to the ambience.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Santo Domingo attractions

1. Iglesia de la Regina Angelorum

0.09 MILES

Paid for by a woman who donated her entire fortune to construct this monument for the cloistered Dominican Sisters, this church was built toward the end…

2. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen

0.1 MILES

Since 1596 this church has served as a hospital, a jail and an inn, but is now famous for its carved-mahogany figure of Jesus, which is worshipped every…

4. Capilla de la Tercera Orden Dominica

0.16 MILES

Built in 1729 and the only colonial structure in Santo Domingo that remains fully intact. These days the building is used by the office of the archbishop…

5. Puerta de la Misericordia

0.18 MILES

This gate was erected during the 16th century and for many decades served as the main western entrance to the city. It obtained its name after a major…

6. Quinta Dominica

0.18 MILES

This small art gallery, in a renovated 16th-century home, features ever-changing exhibits of colonial and contemporary art. A shady courtyard at the back…

7. Convento de los Dominicos

0.22 MILES

Built in 1510 by Charles V, this is the first convent of the Dominican order founded in the Americas. It's also where Father Bartolomé de las Casas – the…

8. Puerta del Conde

0.23 MILES

This gate is named for the Count of Peñalba, Bernardo de Meneses y Bracamonte, who led the successful defense of Santo Domingo against 13,000 invading…