Aubergine Restaurant (San Cristobal)

The Aubergine restaurant is located about 1 hour drive from Santo Domingo. It has a wonderful patio deck with a stunning view out over forests, mountains, and eventually the ocean on the horizon. The drive to the restaurant takes you up winding mountain roads and through some quaint remote villages. Getting to the restaurant is an experience in Dominican life itself, as you get a glimpse of life outside of the busy capital city. If you take Autopista 6 de Noviembre west from the city, you'll see signs for the road to Cambita-Garabito off the highway. There are then signs for the restaurant that you can follow as the road winds up the mountain. The road is accessible in a non-four wheel drive vehicle in dry conditions, but I wouldn't try it if there is rain. 

The food is an eclectic mix of Euro

View from the mountain road en route to the restaurant.

We arrived! The restaurant sits on an outcrop over the hillside on a bend in the road.

The back patio deck.

View from our table.

The wienerschnitzel was quite good.

I had panko encrusted chicken fingers with yucca mash.

The menu has some colorful entree descriptions. The main dishes tend to run around US$10-15. Items like steak are of course a premium.