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When in Punta Cana, you must eat at these three restaurants: Capitan Cook’s, Jellyfish and La Yola’s. They are on the expensive side, but if you’re a foodie, these three establishments are a requirement and they are all within walking distance from any Punta Cana hotel, so there’s no excuse to not try any one of these marvelous cuisines.

Capitan Cook’s is a seafood restaurant located in Bavaro and their King Crab legs, their lobster and other fish dishes are to die for. All the fish and crustaceans are fresh catches of the day and kept on ice in a fiberglass vault and when time, only brought out to be grilled right in front of you as you sit on the sand at the water’s edge and watch fishermen hang up their days catch by the tail. As you eat your sizzling meal, you’ll be serenaded by a mariachis band as a crowd of stars above shine overhead.

Jellyfish, also located in Bavaro and a seafood eatery is a sophisticated, al-fresco restaurant on the sand. The restaurant itself is shaped like a double-deck yacht. You’ll sit at tables that are light wooden platforms and be shelters by barely enclosed thatched roofing. Their seafood is also fresh, caught by the Punta Cana fishermen, but the restaurant also serves up beef and chicken dishes, plus a children’s menu is available. Jellyfish’s oven-baked langosta de las casa (house lobster) is memorable and when you’re back home, you’ll get a craving to once again bite into this exquisitely prepared dish. Jellyfish’s menu is a little bit more diverse than Capitan Cook’s by offering crawfish, octopus and conch. Plus, the De Leon Cigar smoking lounge is not to be missed after your meal, where (if arranged ahead of time), you can meet the owner and light up and sample several of the cigars for sale. The restaurant offers free transportation to and from your Punta Cana hotel .

La Yola serves up an delightful Mediterranean cuisine. You’ll be dining on a deck overlooking the harbor and Marina . Your backdrop is the ocean and you eat al-fresco with thatched cane used for overhead shelter. La Yola not only serves the best Mediterranean, but also Caribbean. Naturally seafood and fish are a major part of La Yola’s menu, but you will find some beef and chicken items. La Yola’s appetizer consists of a spicy tuna tartare served with guacamole relish, this started, with its bursting flavor, will only tease you taste buds for what’s about to come, the main course. The Bake Chilean sea bass with clam and cherry tomato risotto is highly recommended.

You can’t go wrong at any of these top-notch restaurants, expensive yes, but the food is the best in Punta Cana. Remember, even though you are at a beach-side community, these restaurants require you dress accordingly, no shorts, tank-tops or beachwear is acceptable and make reservations.