We went there once, with mountainannie when she still lived in Santo Domingo, excellent food AND desserts
Cappuccino was Always my favorite restaurant in Santo Dom.. It has three separate areas - one very formal, one casual formal, and a sorta coffee bar/deli/ ice cream parlor where I used to go to have lunch.. There were not so many place to get a Really Good Meal and also be comfortable eating as a Solo Female Traveler.
in the front end - by the Unbelievable Dessert Section (Pasteries and Gelato ) - there is also a case where they sell their own sauces to take home - along with their bread and various Italian salamis/ imports....
The front end has a big screen TV - tuned to Italian Soccer - of course.
The more charming Bistro section is where me and my buddies would go for lunch. It was right near the old US Consulate and had quick service and very reasonable prices so one could get in and out easily...
The other side - separate entrance - is decorated in the more Ornate Old Spanish Style - Mahogany and Rococco (sp?) - I expect it fills up in the late evenings.
I rarely went anywhere else..
Except -- well - there were a couple..
let me think back...