Saona Cafe

Top choice in Punta Cana & the Southeast


The French-Canadian owners of this excellent Bayahibe focal point surely scoured the coast to see what everyone else wasn't serving, then put it on their menu – bagels, French toast, excellent fries, fried chicken burgers, veggie stir-fries with tofu, lionfish – along with the best cocktail menu between Santo Domingo and Punta Cana (the passionfruit mojitos are insanely good!).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Punta Cana & the Southeast attractions

1. Playa Bayahibe

0.1 MILES

Much of Playa Bayahibe, the town beach to the right of the parking lot, is occupied by dozens of motorboats waiting to ferry tourists to Isla Saona…

2. Padre Nuestro

1.81 MILES

Located deep inside Parque Nacional Cotubanamá, Padre Nuestro is a weaving stalagmite- and stalagtite-filled 290m tunnel flooded with freshwater that can…

3. Playa Dominicus

1.86 MILES

The advantage of staying in Dominicus Americanus is being able to walk to Playa Dominicus, a beautiful stretch of thick, nearly white sand, with good…

4. Cueva del Puente

3.38 MILES

Parque Nacional Cotubanamá has more than 400 caves, many of which contain Taíno pictographs (cave paintings) and petroglyphs (rock carvings)…

5. Altos de Chavón

4.88 MILES

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6. Parque Nacional Cotubanamá

4.89 MILES

Much more than simply Isla Saona, which is all that most people see on a group tour, the Parque Nacional Cotubanamá (formerly known as Parque Nacional del…

7. El Obelisco

8.87 MILES

Modeled after the George Washington monument in Washington, DC, this obelisk is a much smaller version in central La Romana, with contemporary and…

8. Isla Catalina

11 MILES

In the 15th century, pirates including Francis Drake would lurk around Isla Catalina, waiting to pounce on Spanish ships sailing to and from Santo Domingo…