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Café SBG

Restaurant

👍👍 This place is perfect for dinner and lunch. Great ambiance, service and food. Amazing patio experience and cigar selection. Highly recommend. Valet parking and easy to get into. People often mention service, good, mall, great, menu, drinks,


Address

Blue Mall, Nivel 1, Av. Winston Churchill 95, Santo Domingo 10127, Dominican Republic

Website

www.instagram.com

Contact

+1 809-955-3258

Price rating

$$$ $

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (1.4K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Friday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am to 1 pm
  • Sunday: 9 am to 1 pm
  • Monday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Tuesday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Wednesday: 9 am to 12 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: service (15) good (13) mall (8) great (7) menu (7) drinks (6)
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  • 5/5 Natalie N. 9 months ago on Google
    This place is perfect for dinner and lunch. Great ambiance, service and food. Amazing patio experience and cigar selection. Highly recommend. Valet parking and easy to get into.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 nimo r. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice food, easy going , located in the middle of the blue mall of Santo Domingo
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jeffrey M. 1 year ago on Google
    Highly recommended! Amazing food, excellent service, great decor and ambience. Every dish we ordered was outstanding. As it gets later at night, the party atmosphere picks up.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Jeff D. 2 years ago on Google
    Eeehhh no! Price to quality regio definitely not good. In my opinion Service is 1/5 Food is 3/5 Drinks 4/5 Atmosphere is 5/5 It’s the perfect place to sit outside, drink, chat and enjoy the music. My wife and I love checking out new restaurant in Dominican Republic! And this was disappointing for us. For such a fancy place we expected so much more. Upon arrival, waiters and greeters were just rude! One told us the wait was 40 min while there were plenty of open tables. Once we turned around to leave, another offered a table right away. We tried various things on the menu. Out of the two drinks one was awesome, the other was horrible. Same with food! Besides the fact that - WE WAITED FOR OVER 30 min for the COLD FOOD - the Las Vegas Sushi and steak sandwich were good! The Seafood pasta was horrible! Idk what the hell was that. I’m conflicted over going back to give them another shot.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sidney W. 7 months ago on Google
    Good is great, atmosphere and vibe is chill. Service was excellent. I've got to say the drinks are by far the best I've ever had from an international traveler. Even better that my server Jovani spoke multiple languages. For a Saturday night, rather romantic or pre-flight, excellent choice!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Saji M. 1 year ago on Google
    Service was fast and friendly. Given plenty of time to enjoy meal, menu was diverse coffee was good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Marlyn Guzman C. 1 year ago on Google
    I had such high hopes for this place but was disappointed with the overall experience. I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ but the onion soup had not much flavor. The chicken on my salad was hard dry but the server replaced it for a fresh piece. Also, the dressing was kind of flavorless and just made the salad kind of wet. The sushi, let’s just say I had much better. Overall experience was ok. You are definitely paying for dining in a luxurious mall in one of, if not the most expensive part of the city. This cafe is inside the Blue Mall Santo Domingo. Spectacular place to shop.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Gerardo G. 3 months ago on Google New
    I wouldn’t eat in this place, while sitting at the bar, you can observe the cooks in the outside kitchen putting their fingers in their mouth. The place is overcrowded with staff that walks around and talk to each other in small groups. We sat at the bar and order a Hot Goose and they didn’t have all the ingredients, plus it took them forever to remove the dirty glasses and dishes at the bar top, specially when they have so much staff and managers standing around. This place is supposed to mirror the ambiance of the mall it’s located at, but it doesn’t. Truly disappointed after it was recommended. I wouldn’t de commend it to any local or tourist that is looking for an above average bar to have afternoon drinks.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Kuo Ping W. 2 years ago on Google
    My wife and I were there yesterday at noon time . After a bit rude drew out chair for my wife and menu was left, we were then left alone for a good 20 minutes even a few signals of service was given. The time was around 12:30 pm but due to pandemic there were more waiters than the very few guests. I try to bring myself to be seen by our waiter but couldn’t get his attention. We decided to leave , felt sorry that it used to be very well managed but now that it is going down because the key manager was obviously not present. Customers who are visiting will have to take chances.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sebastian Gomez T. 2 years ago on Google
    Good food and service, but they should build a new menu. They've had the same menu for over five years now. Price to quality ratio is fair. Overall a good option when visiting blue mall
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Nico G.K. H. 7 months ago on Google
    The worst service ever, I ordered my steak medium and it came out well done. The quality of service is extremely low (they even forgot the basics, there was a hole on the tablecloth, staff not pleasant. Unfortunately, the food is not worth the bill. Don't expect a food experience.

  • 5/5 DynaMike 6 months ago on Google
    This is a nice cafe that is in the center of the mall, which is a great place to people watch. I walked up, and the young lady was very polite. Even though I did not speak Spanish, she found someone to help me. I ordered the Capresa croissant, and OMG, delishhhh! the iced coffee was great, and the atmosphere was enjoyable for a hot Saturday afternoon.

  • 1/5 Klaudia M. 5 months ago on Google
    They charged us for something that was never given to us, took ages to give us our food, one plate came when everyone else was done eating aswell. When we came in they didn’t give us nothing, just a plain table to sit in- no plates, no tissues, no water, no starters- the food had a terrible taste and looks to it, they also added things that were not mentioned in the menu nor asked for and don’t get me started on how bad the service was from the Staff. WORSE DINNER EVER!! I don’t recommend this to anyone, specially if you are hungry or thirsty. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY!!

  • 1/5 Flora F. 9 months ago on Google
    Very disappointed. The worst service ever! The waiter pours water over a plate. Everything is super slow,. The water does not bother to clear our plates before serving our main dish. I order steak medium well and it came out medium rare. We asked for a to go box it too forever.

  • 1/5 K B. 4 months ago on Google
    The customer service is awful. I waited 45 mins for a drink and another hour for food when other people were getting serviced faster than I was. The snapper was great but the rest of the food was bland. Would not recommend for service or drinks.

  • 4/5 Thais O. 10 months ago on Google
    When I was staying a week at Marriot, I came here every day for lunch, but I wasn't well treated, but when I came with my husband, they always treated me well. One day, I came by myself again, and Nicole was the one helping me. She was amazing and respectful, made me feel I was an important customer so now, I come to Santo Domingo every month and I just come when she is here. Thank you, Nicole. For all the others, I don't think I need a man by my side to be respected. I pay for the service the same way he does. Treat people better, please.

  • 3/5 Elizabeth S. 1 year ago on Google
    Price and quality doesn't match too much. Ambiance is alright, food is okay

  • 5/5 S Z. 1 year ago on Google
    I stopped by Cafe SBG on my way out and got a Margarita and WOW! I was surprised on how good it was, taste like it was straight from Mexico, no sugar added and none of that cheap stuff.

  • 5/5 Bert S. 1 year ago on Google
    Stopped in for dinner and had a great time. The drinks were very good and creative. Food was excellent and well-prepared.

  • 4/5 Liza Z. 5 years ago on Google
    Nice place and ambient, lately for very young visitors. Great menu and beverage choices. Love their Blue sangria and Shrimp tempura salad. Service is regular, staff doesn’t handle well busy hours.

  • 5/5 Khaled K. 4 years ago on Google
    Great place nice staff but also they need to speak english as this resturant is located in the hub of Samto Domingo

  • 2/5 Lucas B. 1 year ago on Google
    A good meal, but the service was poor. I asked for a cocktail, which they didn't have. Instead of telling me it was not possible, they brought me a second glass of rum. When I told them it wasn't what I ordered, they told me that I was wrong. They then told me they served the same drink I drank at first. Even that appeared to be untrue, as they had poured another rum in that glass.

  • 4/5 Nicholas M. 1 year ago on Google
    For a bar/restaurant located in the middle of a mall, this place was really good. We tried the nachos, empanadas and quesadillas, all of them were very good. The service was excellent and the drinks were also very good. The kicker, is that considering it's location in an upscale mall, the prices were actually reasonable.

  • 5/5 Dexter G. 1 year ago on Google
    I enjoyed the service , the coffee, and the desert.

  • 4/5 Gregory W. 2 years ago on Google
    Other American friends of mine had eaten here before but It was my first time. I enjoyed it. The Nutella pound cake was really good.

  • 5/5 Katherine T. 2 years ago on Google
    Always a fantastic experience to come here.

  • 4/5 Angel R. M. 1 year ago on Google
    Pretty sure it's the best restaurant food in the country, as far as I know they have 3 locations each with different menus, but what they do have in common is how great their food is, completely loved it. The coffee in the Blue mall location is absolutely horrible tho, I went to the downtown location and it was so good, i don't know if is the barista there or if they use different coffee, but it was extremely different.

  • 2/5 Angelo F. 2 years ago on Google
    Espresso was Amazing... That's about it! The service was trash. That set the mood for the rest of the visit. I had to go and find the waiter and then wait for about 20 minutes to NOT get water... Yes, I said water. In the end we just got our food to go.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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