Shockingly low score here, which on no way reflects how truly fantastic this restaurant is. Loved the local vibe, food was superb quality at a moderate price, and the service was down to earth yet professional. I think I may have found my new go-to Italian restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
D V
Had one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. The mixologist are top-notch. In Palm Beach County, Charles and Ari are phenomenal.They have live music 7 days a week. And supply an endless supply of fun.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jennifer Birkel
Very pleasant staff, good service, good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mara Ellis
Reservation is a must, if you can even get one. Very nice place service top notch. Scallops best I've had...seriously they were perfection.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Oysters
Lynne Tracey
Rare experience to enjoy live music with dinner. Dance is a stretch, but there is dancing. The kinks need to be addressed...volume needs to be adjusted, tech person is needed to assist the vocalist. Great potential. Interesting performers, some super talented!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Peter
Cafe Centro features casual ambiance and very good food. But the noise level! Apparently, they have live music every night, and the problem is the musicians think people are going there for a concert, not background music. Although the singer and keyboardist were talented, their amplifiers and speaker system made conversation impossible. Four of us were seated at a table, and communication was only possible with the person immediately to one's side. Conversation across the table was rendered impossible due to the unbearable noise level. (And all this is a shame, because the presentation and food were extremely good.)
Irene Cronin
Place was crammed and very loud.Worse once music started. Food portions were small. They redefined al dente. Pasta very dense. Homemade pasta should not be that heavy. Octopus appetizer was very good. Had it because it was one of the items recommended. Overall food was over priced and not that good. Would not recommend.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Mrs H
We had friends from out of town join us for lunch at Cafe Centro. We made reservations for 6 of us which later became 7. We appreciate the staff for kindly making changes to our reservation a few times with no hesitation. They sent a confirmation email with each change. Our server Seth was outstanding! Very accommodating.To expedite service, we called in our orders from the online lunch menu on Google Maps, only to learn that some of the options, like the stuffed banana peppers and pasta carbonara, were not available. That was very disappointing and frustrating. They need to update their online menu on all platforms.The atmosphere was cozy, charming and a welcome retreat from the rain that day. Our guests seemed to enjoy their meal despite the initial disappointment. Overall it was a pleasant experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Michael Contois
What a great night watching Copeland Davis and his jazz trio. Eating Italian food.Then we went to the other room and there was a great Motown band playing. lot of fun.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
PHYLLIS CARR
We had a wonderful dinner,great music . So much fun dancing.
Was taken here for Valentine's Day this year and I understand that is a busy day for the restaurant business, but cannot be an excuse for poor service, poorly cooked/spoiled food, and overcrowding. The dining room had live music, and the band was great don't get me wrong, but was so loud even being at the back of the room they played in I couldn't hear my date across the table. They also overcrowded the room to the point that guests rear ends/stomachs were squeezing over the table due to the close quarters. Even being a slender female myself it was impossible to get in or out of that place when a good majority of the seats are taken. They definitely needed to modify the layout a bit. Our server, although I know they get busy was nowhere to be found. Never checked on our food, waters and cocktails empty and spoke so quietly you couldn't even understand her. Also when making the reservation there wasn't a disclosure that they were limiting/modifying their menu so not all menu items were available that evening. They had some "specials" that I believe they were trying to turn over quickly since the food was spoiled. The lobster tail was very fishy and definitely felt and was sick afterwards. filet was alright. The saving grace was the veal Milanese.
Robert S.
Went here last night and had a reservation on the side that featured live music. There were two female vocalists singing hits from the 70s thru present that were fantastic. They sang everything from Donna Summer to Bruno Mars to Madonna. Dinner was also great. My wife and I shared a Mediterranean salad and our friends shared a Caesar salad. Both very good. For mains my wife had grilled salmon and said it was very good. I had the grouper bouillabaisse which featured a large portion of grouper along with some other shellfish and it was delicious. Our friends had chicken parmigiana ( said it was great) and capellini with crab special which he said was somewhat disappointing because it lacked flavor. Overall a great evening!
Asghar A.
NEVER AGAIN!! If there was less than one star I would give it to this place. We ordered ink squid pasta but instead got pasta in tomato sauce. When we pointed this out to the waitress she summoned the manager. The manager's excuse was "I just learned we were out of ink squid pasta". The waitress didn't know either so they just decided to substitute our order with what they had on hand! Advice : if you you are out of a dish (which can happen) let your customers know and have them choose an alternative. Don't just pick something you decide. We were with another couple and didn't want to hold them up so we decided to stay with what we were served. Big mistake! It was awful, mushy pasta with the chewy sea food. Completely tasteless. I can make a better pasta dish at home in 15 minutes. Recipe: boil water, throw in linguine, open a can of clams, dump on linguine, drain and dress with olive oil. Guarantee you this will be better than what Cafe Centro serves. At the end of this we got a bill with nothing comped. For 4 of us , it was $420, or $105 per person .
AsgharA
We got entrees we didn't order! Apparently the kitchen had run out of ink squid pasta and without asking us they decided to substitute it with a tomato based pasta dish. The manager was not apologetic in the least and we were charged the full price for something we didn't order. The dish we got was simply awful: mushy pasta with tough calamari on top. No flavor at all. Stay away from this place.
Loopy A.
1st time on Valentines Day, was a bit upset they didn't specify online they had a different menu for this day, 2nd tables way too close to each other we could touch the people sat next to us, they requested to be moved to an open table and server lied to them and said it was reserved and we were there 1 1/2 hours and nobody was ever sat at empty tables, besides that everything else was good. We will go back and give it another try and review them again after.
Shockingly low score here, which on no way reflects how truly fantastic this restaurant is. Loved the local vibe, food was superb quality at a moderate price, and the service was down to earth yet professional. I think I may have found my new go-to Italian restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. The mixologist are top-notch. In Palm Beach County, Charles and Ari are phenomenal.They have live music 7 days a week. And supply an endless supply of fun.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very pleasant staff, good service, good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Reservation is a must, if you can even get one. Very nice place service top notch. Scallops best I've had...seriously they were perfection.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Oysters
Rare experience to enjoy live music with dinner. Dance is a stretch, but there is dancing. The kinks need to be addressed...volume needs to be adjusted, tech person is needed to assist the vocalist. Great potential. Interesting performers, some super talented!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Cafe Centro features casual ambiance and very good food. But the noise level! Apparently, they have live music every night, and the problem is the musicians think people are going there for a concert, not background music. Although the singer and keyboardist were talented, their amplifiers and speaker system made conversation impossible. Four of us were seated at a table, and communication was only possible with the person immediately to one's side. Conversation across the table was rendered impossible due to the unbearable noise level. (And all this is a shame, because the presentation and food were extremely good.)
Place was crammed and very loud.Worse once music started. Food portions were small. They redefined al dente. Pasta very dense. Homemade pasta should not be that heavy. Octopus appetizer was very good. Had it because it was one of the items recommended. Overall food was over priced and not that good. Would not recommend.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
We had friends from out of town join us for lunch at Cafe Centro. We made reservations for 6 of us which later became 7. We appreciate the staff for kindly making changes to our reservation a few times with no hesitation. They sent a confirmation email with each change. Our server Seth was outstanding! Very accommodating.To expedite service, we called in our orders from the online lunch menu on Google Maps, only to learn that some of the options, like the stuffed banana peppers and pasta carbonara, were not available. That was very disappointing and frustrating. They need to update their online menu on all platforms.The atmosphere was cozy, charming and a welcome retreat from the rain that day. Our guests seemed to enjoy their meal despite the initial disappointment. Overall it was a pleasant experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
What a great night watching Copeland Davis and his jazz trio. Eating Italian food.Then we went to the other room and there was a great Motown band playing. lot of fun.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
We had a wonderful dinner,great music . So much fun dancing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Italian, Calamari Mussels Diavolo Nere, Puff Bread
Restaurantji Recommends
Was taken here for Valentine's Day this year and I understand that is a busy day for the restaurant business, but cannot be an excuse for poor service, poorly cooked/spoiled food, and overcrowding. The dining room had live music, and the band was great don't get me wrong, but was so loud even being at the back of the room they played in I couldn't hear my date across the table. They also overcrowded the room to the point that guests rear ends/stomachs were squeezing over the table due to the close quarters. Even being a slender female myself it was impossible to get in or out of that place when a good majority of the seats are taken. They definitely needed to modify the layout a bit. Our server, although I know they get busy was nowhere to be found. Never checked on our food, waters and cocktails empty and spoke so quietly you couldn't even understand her. Also when making the reservation there wasn't a disclosure that they were limiting/modifying their menu so not all menu items were available that evening. They had some "specials" that I believe they were trying to turn over quickly since the food was spoiled. The lobster tail was very fishy and definitely felt and was sick afterwards. filet was alright. The saving grace was the veal Milanese.
Went here last night and had a reservation on the side that featured live music. There were two female vocalists singing hits from the 70s thru present that were fantastic. They sang everything from Donna Summer to Bruno Mars to Madonna. Dinner was also great. My wife and I shared a Mediterranean salad and our friends shared a Caesar salad. Both very good. For mains my wife had grilled salmon and said it was very good. I had the grouper bouillabaisse which featured a large portion of grouper along with some other shellfish and it was delicious. Our friends had chicken parmigiana ( said it was great) and capellini with crab special which he said was somewhat disappointing because it lacked flavor. Overall a great evening!
NEVER AGAIN!! If there was less than one star I would give it to this place. We ordered ink squid pasta but instead got pasta in tomato sauce. When we pointed this out to the waitress she summoned the manager. The manager's excuse was "I just learned we were out of ink squid pasta". The waitress didn't know either so they just decided to substitute our order with what they had on hand! Advice : if you you are out of a dish (which can happen) let your customers know and have them choose an alternative. Don't just pick something you decide. We were with another couple and didn't want to hold them up so we decided to stay with what we were served. Big mistake! It was awful, mushy pasta with the chewy sea food. Completely tasteless. I can make a better pasta dish at home in 15 minutes. Recipe: boil water, throw in linguine, open a can of clams, dump on linguine, drain and dress with olive oil. Guarantee you this will be better than what Cafe Centro serves. At the end of this we got a bill with nothing comped. For 4 of us , it was $420, or $105 per person .
We got entrees we didn't order! Apparently the kitchen had run out of ink squid pasta and without asking us they decided to substitute it with a tomato based pasta dish. The manager was not apologetic in the least and we were charged the full price for something we didn't order. The dish we got was simply awful: mushy pasta with tough calamari on top. No flavor at all. Stay away from this place.
1st time on Valentines Day, was a bit upset they didn't specify online they had a different menu for this day, 2nd tables way too close to each other we could touch the people sat next to us, they requested to be moved to an open table and server lied to them and said it was reserved and we were there 1 1/2 hours and nobody was ever sat at empty tables, besides that everything else was good. We will go back and give it another try and review them again after.