Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Samaná from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Samaná
Carey combines Nikkei influences with craft cocktails, and Cayo Levantado Resort includes a progressive tasting menu. Bar Savia brings zero-proof drinks into a wellness-area bar setting.
Carey is a beachside resort restaurant in Cayo Levantado, serving international fusion with Japanese-Peruvian influences. Daytime lunch and snacks give way to a Nikkei dinner experience by the water. It offers à la carte dining and small plates, with craft cocktails and a standard wine program.
Cayo Levantado Resort is a private island property in Samaná whose restaurants include Senda, with a progressive tasting menu. The property also has white-sand beaches and a holistic wellness center.
Bar Savia is a wellness-area bar in Samaná Bay within an island resort. Its drinks include zero-proof options, and its wine program is minimal. The room forms part of the resort's tranquil setting and wellness experience.
The hotel selection spans a private island resort and forest-canopy cabins. Carey adds a beachside restaurant with separate daytime and dinner formats.
Cayo Levantado Resort combines private island accommodation in Samaná with restaurants that serve the island's cuisine. Senda serves a progressive tasting menu. White-sand beaches, the Yubarta holistic wellness center and personalized ambassador service are also part of the property.
Dominican Tree House Village offers elevated treehouse cabins within the lush forest canopy in El Valle. The accommodation sits within the surrounding jungle, with rope bridges connecting the cabins through the canopy.
Carey's beachside setting in Cayo Levantado supports lunch, snacks and dinner within a resort restaurant. The evening cooking draws on Nikkei influences, while the daytime experience is casual. Small plates and à la carte dining sit alongside craft cocktails and a standard wine program.
Cayo Levantado has the largest concentration of venues in our guide. Carey is the named restaurant pick in that neighborhood, combining international fusion with Japanese-Peruvian influences. Its beachside dining spans daytime lunch and snacks through to a Nikkei dinner experience.
Senda within Cayo Levantado Resort serves a progressive tasting menu. The private island hotel in Samaná includes restaurants that serve the island's cuisine, alongside white-sand beaches and a Taino-inspired wellness center.
Carey has a standard wine program and craft cocktails; Bar Savia has a minimal wine program and zero-proof drinks. Carey pairs its drinks with international fusion and Nikkei-influenced dining. Bar Savia's drinks sit within a wellness-area bar at an island resort.
There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in our Samaná guide. Across the 11 restaurants covered citywide, none holds a Michelin star, and the total number of Michelin stars in the guide is zero.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Samaná
Selected entries from the current guide for Samaná.
Samaná, Dominican Republic
Carey suits travellers reading Samaná through the coast rather than through a formal dining hierarchy. Its position at Olah Beach Club on Isla Cayo Levantado places the meal in the Dominican beach-club tradition, where sourcing, daylight, sea air, and pacing matter more than ceremony or award-chasing formality.
Samaná
Selected entries from the current guide for Samaná.
Samaná, Dominican Republic
A private island three miles off the Samaná coast, Cayo Levantado Resort occupies a category apart from the Dominican Republic's all-inclusive mainstream. The property pairs white-sand beaches and a Taino-inspired wellness center with restaurants that take the island's cuisine seriously, including a progressive tasting menu at Senda that commands a supplement for good reason.
Samaná, Dominican Republic
A treehouse accommodation set along the Rincon Trail in El Valle, Samaná, Dominican Tree House Village places guests inside the forest canopy rather than beside it. The property sits adjacent to Lulu Waterfall, making the natural topography the defining architectural element. For travellers drawn to the northern Dominican Republic's quieter interior, this is an alternative to the peninsula's beach-resort mainstream.
Samaná
Selected entries from the current guide for Samaná.
Samaná, Dominican Republic
Bar Savia belongs to Samaná’s small island-bar tier: a setting-led drinking room on Isla Cayo Levantado where access, weather and resort rhythm shape the evening as much as the glass. With no public awards, pricing or published programme in the available record, it reads less as a trophy cocktail address and more as a contextual stop for travellers already building time around the bay.
Samaná
Selected entries from the current guide for Samaná.
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