City overview
The Dominican Republic shares Hispaniola with Haiti and offers more variety than anywhere else in the Caribbean, from Punta Cana's resorts to colonial Santo Domingo and the laid-back north coast around Puerto Plata. Jewish infrastructure here is the best in the region, entirely built by Chabad of the Dominican Republic under Rabbi Shimon Pelman, who also serves as shochet. Santo Domingo has a daily and Shabbos minyan, a mikvah, and Rimon Kosher Market — a full kosher supermarket with its own restaurant, a rarity in the Caribbean. A second Chabad centre opened on the north coast in Puerto Plata in 2025 with its own kosher restaurant and Shabbos services. Kosher catering delivers island-wide, including to Punta Cana resorts, though Punta Cana itself has no year-round kosher restaurant, permanent shul, or eruv.
Chabad Kosher Catering & Delivery — Punta Cana and island-wide
Dominican Republic · $$$
This is how kosher food reaches Punta Cana and Bávaro, which have no year-round kosher establishment of their own despite holding most of the country's hotel rooms. Chabad's kitchen prepares individual sealed meal packages and full catering, delivering to resorts, private villas and cruise ships anywhere on the island, and will also kosher a rental villa's kitchen on request. Order in advance: individual packages need at least twenty-four hours' notice and payment by card, and full catering up to a week — arrange it before you fly rather than on arrival. Punta Cana also hosts large organised kosher programmes with their own mashgiach and dining over Yeshiva Week and Pesach, booked separately through the operators running them.
Hours
Sunday–Thursday 10:00 AM–5:00 PM, Friday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM, Saturday Closed
Certification
Chabad of the Dominican Republic, under Rabbi Shimon Pelman
Phone
(809) 533-8770Neighborhood
Delivers to Punta Cana, Bávaro, Cap Cana, La Romana and across the country
Kosher map of Dominican Republic
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