Lechonera Mota — Restaurant in Santo Domingo

Had lunch here today. For a place that had been around for so long I was expecting better quality. The “lechón” pork was on the warm side. Busy worst of all it was the wrong side of hard and chewy. Not what you expect from a place that specializes on this manager was a bit rude too. Their spicy sauce was ok. But I ended up giving the rest of my pork to some kids on the street. Cost was $450 DOP for 1lb. You can get better quality and experience for that much a few streets down. I feel they might just be taking advantage of their...

It is like a pig’s worst nightmare in here and a pitmaster’s dream come true. The ovens are enormous and seem ancient and could probably cook an entire farm’s worth of pigs at once. It kind of threw me off that there is no menu, the microwave seemed to be an important part of the serving process, and there was definitely no English spoken but everyone was friendly and the pork spoke for itself. If you want ambience go somewhere else but if you want juicy delicious pork then this...

English below.

Un lugar básico, sencillo con delicioso puerco! Muy muy viejo y tradicional con opciones limitadas pero absolutamente carne de puerco sabrosa. Lo puedes acompañar con Yuka y una salsa de la casa exquisita y jugos de otro lugar que estar justo a frente. Puedes comerlo ahí o tomar lo para la casa. Lo recomiendo a todos que les gusta la carne y quieren comer algo delicioso.

The place is very old and basic, but it serves an awesome pork meat prepared in special ovens. The options are very limited as they serve the pork with yuka and an exquisite home made sauce. You can eat there or take it away. You can combine it with fresh juices from across the street. This is a must go for...