Casa Barista & Co. — Restaurant in Santo Domingo

The space and food is very nice but the service here (as kind as they are) was terrible every time I came. I was in the hotel upstairs and ended up here three times. The first time the food was very slow to come out (45 min + after ordering) and each time we asked when it was coming they would just say 10-15 min just to blow past that. When the food was brought, it was delicious and we thought it may just be a small hiccup. The second time we came, we ordered lunch, but the waters we ordered never came (but we were still charged for them and requested them after the fact), the beer we ordered never came. Worst of all after we told one of the staff that our lunchmates is allergic to sesame seeds, he insisted there was absolutely no sesame seeds in chips we ordered (despite us visually seeing them on the chips) only for another waiter to tell us 5 minutes later that there absolutely is. (note that our group speaks in pretty solid Spanish so this was very baffling).

Finally, I stopped in one day to pickup pastries to go. When I got to my friend's place, we opened the package to find one for the four was missing.

The service here was consistently a mess and despite how good the food was I realized you need to be VERY clear and INSISTENT, and double check...

Lowkey the atmosphere here is so nice so different that it doesnt even feel like DR. Its so well lit and decorated it feels like you are in some part of Europe or something. While here i tried several different drinks and none of them disappointed me. One of the employees recommended me the "cascara tea" which is an infusion of coffee grounds/pulp, this was my favorite (i love sparkling water and this gave me the same vibe) another dish worth mentioning was the carrot cake. This was THE BEST carrot cake ive tried in Dominican Republic (maybe im missing trying it in some places) but it was crunchy outside but fluffy and warm inside and it was the perfect armount of warm 😭 it was such a palate party for my tastebuds. Amazing.

I highly recommend this place to work, or for brunch, its nice, secluded, quiet and the whole...

Sincerely overpriced coffee! Overpriced food! Way too expensive for what we got. I understand the concept they are trying to achieve but they need to keep working on the flavors. Although service is fast, servers aren’t too kind and they seem moody most of the time. We got the Dominican breakfast and I promised you we couldn’t eat it, the mangú had a horrible taste. I tried several things thinking that it was just what I ordered but no, it wasn’t good, nothing we had was good and in top of that overly priced. The whole milk tasted too strong, the chai had weird spices never tried before in a chai latte, the cappuccino and the latte tasted too acidic. Again I know they are trying to go for a farm to table concept but they really need to check on those flavors, we aren’t picky eaters and this experience...