First Pot Shabu Shabu — Restaurant in Santo Domingo

First Pot Shabu Shabu is an Asian restaurant in Cacicazgos, an area not overly blessed with good restaurants, so we decided to give it a try. The restaurant is decorated in a oriental minimalist style which works well in creating a clean fresh space and a calming ambience. Service was friendly and efficient. Shabu Shabu is a cooking concept I haven't encountered here in DR previously and involves you boiling your choice of meat and vegetable over your individual hot plate set into the table. There is a wide selection of ingredients to choose from to make your own dipping sauce for that food. They also offer a range of other Asian starters and mains, plus rice and vegetable dishes. The food was certainly good, but in my case I have never been a great fan of boiling as a cooking method, particularly for meat, so trying the Shabu Shabu was not perhaps the best idea. Not surprisingly I was fairly underwhelmed and I think would stick with one of the pre cooked dishes in future. Overall an excellent addition to the areas eating options and a change in terms of do it yourself cookery, recommended particularly if boiled food is your thing and if not, as I said, there are plenty of prepared dishes to...

This is a new restaurant and I believe the first of it’s type in Santo Domingo. The decor is simple yet elegant with many private rooms and also some larger dining spaces. Perfect for lunch or dinner meetings with business colleagues or friends or family. There are many different choices on the menu for the main dish and a large plate of varied vegetables comes with all options. All of the ingredients are of the highest quality. We had beef,chicken and shrimp and they were fantastic especially with the dipping sauce that you can make yourself to suit your individual taste. Delicious food in a fun...

A nice restaurant to prove the traditional Chinese hot pot. Not cheap, kinda expensive but worth the experience. I recommend going with a couplemof friends so that you can order different plates and sides, and share. I ordered the pork belly with miso broth. But as a group we tried also Boston Steak and Ribeye Certified. There is a bar with a variety of condiments and sauces to mix and make one with your own preference. Very interesting. We also ordered rice, noodles and fried tofu. Everything was...