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.
La Sirena
Dominican Republic
Only individual packaged products carrying a recognised hechsher are kosher — the meat counter, deli, bakery and prepared foods are not.
This is not a kosher store: La Sirena is a mainstream Dominican supermarket chain, not a kosher shop. Check the hechsher on every item before buying.
Hours
Open daily 7:00 AM–12:00 AM
Neighborhood
Nationwide
Good to know
Imported packaged goods carrying US hechsherim — cereals, crackers, snacks, tinned goods, pasta, oils and other dry staples. Useful for filling gaps when travelling outside Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata, and the only realistic option in Punta Cana beyond Chabad delivery. Do not rely on it for meat, dairy or bread.
Kosher map of Dominican Republic
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.