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.
HaMakolet
Dominican Republic · $$
Sits alongside the KosherCoast restaurant in the Playa Dorada Mall, both run by Chabad of the North Coast. Confirm current opening hours by WhatsApp before travelling — the centre opened in 2025 and its hours are still settling.
Hours
Open daily 8:00 AM–11:00 PM
Phone
+1 (849) 585-1770Neighborhood
Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata (north coast)
Walking
In the Playa Dorada Mall, walkable from the Playa Dorada resort complex. Not walkable from Sosúa or Cabarete.
Good to know
A fully kosher grocery rather than a kosher aisle, stocking pareve and packaged goods, frozen kosher meat, staples and provisions for self-catering. This is the only kosher shop on the north coast and the practical way to stock a villa or apartment in Puerto Plata, Sosúa or Cabarete.
Kosher map of Dominican Republic
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