Nightlife
When the sun goes down, Punta Cana changes
Outside the resort there are shows, clubs inside caves, local colmados playing merengue and casinos with free entry. Here's what you'll find.
- Hotels
- Barceló Bávaro Palace
- Barceló Bávaro Beach - Adults only
- Bahia Principe Escape Ambar
- Lopesan Costa Bávaro Resort, Spa & Casino
- JOIA Bávaro by Iberostar
- Things to do
- Buggies through jungle and beach
- Aqua karts and jet ski
- El Dorado water park
- Swim Horse
- Saona Island
- Catamaran or yacht party
- Downtown and around, on foot
- Nightlife
- Movie Disco
- Coco Bongo
- Imagine Punta Cana
- El Patio
- Congo Bar
- ORO Nightclub
The famous one
Coco Bongo: a show, not a club
Acrobats, impersonators and musical numbers all night long. It's the best-known night out in Punta Cana, and one of the priciest: check what each ticket includes.
Underground
A nightclub inside a cave
Imagine is built inside a natural cave, with rooms split by music style. And if you're after something exclusive, ORO has a wall of 300 LED screens.
Local flavour
Colmadones: the Dominican night out
Tables, chairs, loud music and cold beer. At places like Drink Point entry is free and you only pay for what you drink. This is how locals go out.
No cover charge
Casinos and terraces to start the night
The Hard Rock casino is free to enter: you only pay if you play or order. Seven of the sixteen places in this guide charge no entry.
All close by
Downtown, the meeting point
Coco Bongo, El Patio and Congo Bar are a few steps from each other. Below you'll find all sixteen places with their price, closing time and spot on the map.
Nightlife
7 of the 16 places charge nothing to get in.
- 🕒 2:00 AM📍 Next door to Infinity
Drink Point
✨ Free entryNeighbourhood bar atmosphere
A drinks hall in the Dominican colmadón style: very large, lots of tables and chairs. Free to walk in, you only pay for what you drink.
💡 Tip UnfilteredThis is the way to start the night without paying a cover. Being right next to Infinity, a lot of people warm up here and then cross over.
- 🕒 2:00 AM📍 The Infinity and Drink Point strip
Empire
✨ Free entryFree-entry club: nothing to get in, you only pay for drinks.
- 🌙 Until 4:00 AM📍 Hard Rock Hotel
Hard Rock Casino
✨ Free entryOpen access, no charge. You only pay if you gamble or order something. There are restaurants inside.
💡 Tip UnfilteredIt works as a night out even if you don't gamble: you walk in, have dinner and a drink without paying a cover at any point.
- 🌙 Until 4:00 AM📍 Same building as Movie Disco
Legacy Casino
✨ Free entryThe casino is free to enter: you only pay to gamble or for what you drink. Movie Disco is inside the same building and that one does charge.
💡 Tip UnfilteredYou can spend the evening in the casino paying no cover at all and decide later whether to cross into the club.
- 🕒 2:00 AM📍 Infinity's terrace, next to Drink Point
Infinity Lounge
✨ Free entryInfinity's terrace, with its own bar. You can drink here without going into the club itself.
💡 Tip UnfilteredBetween Drink Point, Infinity Lounge and Empire you have three places side by side with no cover: this is the strip for a night out without paying to get in anywhere.
- ⭐ Unfiltered Pick 🕒 2:00 AM📍 Coco Bongo's terrace, in Downtown
El Patio
✨ Free entryLive music and a covered area with several styles
The terrace next to Coco Bongo, and it's a fair size: one part with live music, another covered, and bars dotted around the corners. Congo Bar and the Sazón Dominicano restaurant are both inside it.
💡 Tip UnfilteredOne of the best things in the area, and no cover. You can have dinner, hear live music and stay all night for the price of what you drink, with Coco Bongo right there if you change your mind.
- ⭐ Unfiltered Pick 🕒 2:00 AM📍 Inside El Patio, next to Coco Bongo
Congo Bar
✨ Free entrySalsa, merengue, bachata and reggaeton
One of the Caribbean-flavoured spots in the Coco Bongo area. Free to walk in, you only pay for drinks.
- ⭐ Unfiltered Pick 🌙 Until 6:00 AM📍 Inside Legacy Casino
Movie Disco
$10 entradaDownstairs, whatever's current — Dominican and American, reggaeton. Upstairs, electronic
A club inside a casino with two very different rooms: the ground floor plays current chart music, and the second floor is tighter, more private and dimly lit, given over to electronic.
💡 Tip UnfilteredThis is the one that lasts: when everywhere else shuts at 2 or 3, this keeps going until 5 or 6. That's why it fills up from about 3 or 4 in the morning, especially at weekends — midweek it can be quiet. And when it's busy, holding a table means buying a bottle of rum: budget for that if you're in a group.
- 🕒 2:00 AM📍 Next to Drink Point
Infinity
$20 entradaHeavily American, Dominican too
An indoor club. The cover includes no drinks at all: those are separate.
💡 Tip UnfilteredOutside it has a small bar and the terrace (Infinity Lounge), so you can be in the atmosphere without paying the $20 if you'd rather not go in.
- ⭐ Unfiltered Pick 🌙 Until 4:00 AM📍 Bávaro
Imagine Punta Cana
$60 entradaA club built inside a natural cave, with separate rooms by music style. The classic alternative to Coco Bongo, and a completely different atmosphere.
💡 Tip UnfilteredThe $60 is the minimum ticket; there are pricier VIP options too. One of the more expensive nights out here.
- ⭐ Unfiltered Pick 🌙 Until 3:30 AM📍 Downtown Punta Cana
Coco Bongo
$90 · Barra libreThe famous one. Not a normal club but a rolling show of acrobats, impersonators and musical numbers. The $90 is the standard ticket and includes an open bar, though on a limited drinks list.
💡 Tip UnfilteredWednesdays it usually drops to around $75. There are pricier VIP tickets too, with a seat and more drinks. You go for the show, not to have a conversation — and given what it costs, the Congo Bar next door has become as popular as it has.
- 🕒 2:00 AM
Discoteca Mallorca
🍸 Drinks onlyAnother of the area's clubs.
💡 Tip UnfilteredWe haven't confirmed the cover charge. Check before you go.
- ⭐ Unfiltered Pick 🌙 Until 4:00 AM📍 Hard Rock Hotel
ORO Nightclub
🍸 Drinks onlyThe most upmarket in the area: a wall of 300 LED screens, a bar with panoramic views and a Funktion One sound system. A proper club, not a show.
💡 Tip UnfilteredWe haven't confirmed the cover charge. Check with them directly before you go.
- 🌙 Special events📍 Macao
Cueva de Macao
🍸 Drinks onlyA water cave that comes into its own at night: parties get set up inside it. Nothing like a conventional club.
💡 Tip UnfilteredNot an every-night thing — it depends on there being an organised party. Worth confirming before you head out.
- 🕒 2:00 AM / 3:00 AM📍 Downtown
Downtown Punta Cana
🍸 Drinks onlyThe area, not a venue. Around Coco Bongo you'll find Havana Club, Congo Bar and the Hard Rock Café. Havana and Congo are the Caribbean-flavoured ones: salsa, merengue, bachata and reggaeton.
- 🕒 Midnight / 2:00 AM📍 Playa Bávaro
Pearl Beach Club and Soles Chill Out
🍸 Drinks onlyBeach clubs for sunset, with music and a cocktail rather than an indoor club. A completely different kind of evening.