Damn............was planning on going there, but I see from alot of you that it may not be worth it. Sooooooooo, what else can you suggest?
Young Seniors,
Go to Pappi's and decide for yourself. Right now all we're hearing from here are a bunch of expats who want their plates spilling over with so many lobsters that the crustaceans are trying to walk off the plate and back into the ocean. The expats here also seem to remember a garlic cream sauce back in the days when cream was free, gas cost a nickel, and garlic grew on coconut trees.
Don't listen to anyone's opinion here, mine included, until you've gone for yourself and tried their two signature dishes "A La Pappi." The restaurant is the only consistently filled restaurant on the North Coast...and that's not by some freak accident. Remember this: most expats who live in the DR have issues, myself included, don't trust anyone's opinion here, even when your're drinking rum and they tell you it's rum, or when the sun is shining outside and they tell you it's right above your head.
Most people who migrate down to the DR in order to reside here are a special kind of individual--of the likes i like to compare to a combination Ted Kazinski meets Jethro Clampett meets Grandma Moses. That is to say most people here are certifiably crazy...with the papers to prove it...myself included.
People seldom know what they're talking about, seldom know what's really going on, and many people here are prone to heresay, misinformation, half-truths, inuendo, and conspiracy theories. Usually, the people who do know what they're talking about--you won't find them on this board wasting their precious energy, time, and oxygen becuase they have real jobs and are way too busy to be checking in every 30 minutes for updates.
This island is made up of a group of disenfranchised, dysfunctional, outcasts (myself included), and charlatans who are no more qualified to tell you the time of day, let alone dispense advice--especially any kind of financial advice. I wouldn't take anyone's advice here, mine included, until you've gone to the restaurant yourself and tried the food out with your own mouth.
PS. take a large straw to Pappi's and plan on drinking up the garlic cream sauce...it's out of this world and wards off vampires and stupid people...myself included.
Love Frank