Central Bistro

403 Central Ave, Jersey City
(201) 798-6798

Recent Reviews

Levent Erhamza

What a great find. Menu has such a wide variety. Ordered two dishes. Both had excellent flavors, solid portions. Will was efficient and friendly. Looking forward to return visits.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Filet Eggs Benedict, Avocado Toast, Fries

Michael Fink

Great place for good food. Lovely waitress, recommend for a nice bite.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Filet Eggs Benedict, Avocado Toast, Breakfast Burrito

Nicholas Gkionis

Found it online and needed a quick lunch. The buffalo wings were legit. The torta was more like a typical sandwich. Wasn’t my favorite. There isn’t much to the place but food was decent.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Tami Olivares

My girls and I were on vacation and dining for the first time in NJ. We stumbled upon this gem and each of us ordered something different. From chicken parmigiana to beet and quinoa salads. Everything was delicious and our waitress Rosi was very accommodating. We’ll definitely be back for more before we go back to Cali.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding, Chicken Milanese

Christine F.

Place is absolutely lovely and the food is delicious and solid. Service is prompt and you never feel rushed out. Don't skip on the goat cheese pirogies or their lamb burger. Their mussels are also delicious and this place is BYOB! There's a liquor store across the street so very convenient. Please come support this local business and all of the other local businesses on central ave in the heights!

Erika M.

Service: amazingFood: Fresh, hot, deliciousPrice: reasonableRecommend: ABSOLUTELYAppetizer: Bistro NachosEntree: Chicken Cheesesteak ( best chicken cheesesteak I've had) w/ seasoned I had leftovers and it was good cold. ​​​​​​​​​​​

Danielle A.

This place is consistently awesome! we have ordered many things and it's all delicious. local neighborhood gem.

Thomas Montemarano

Great place to take your family, exceptional staff as well. All tacos and pierogis are exceptional. I will say the breakfast can use some work (breakfast burrito was like 80% rice and kinda bland) but I love everything else there

alexis kastner

Food was delicious staff was friendly prices were good. Definitely

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings, Wings

Alexis K.

First impression was good cute decor friendly staff and then the food came it was all delicious. We order the wings burrita and the lamb burger and I was impressed. And it's a byob liquor store is right across the street

Ian Gyan

Overall, it was a very nice atmosphere and friendly and attentive staff. Some of the meat was cooked a little too much for my liking, but it was still quite tasty, but that's the only reason it doesn't get 5

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Dip

Maggie Kowalik

Awful service. Literally, my watier did not explain the menu correctly and overcharged us. I feel like I got scammed. And the worst part is when I tried to explain it to them they just didn't care about their customers..Would never eat here again.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

tanisha colon

Disappointing experience and excessively long wait time with no customer service or accommodating gestures made.I wanted to patronize a local business, walking distance without getting in car driving for mother's day. Made reservations in advance. This experience was long, tedious and disappointing. Despite it being Mother's Day, it was only 4 other tables/parties there yet I waited 40 mins for my child's chicken tenders and fries; I ordered a $19 pina colada and took over 40 mins to bring such out that I eventually canceled such and did not enjoy.I understand things happen but there was no apology or any concessions made. When I asked to speak to a mgr., I was told there was no mgr and neither was there an owner on site.While my server was nice and polite, customer service was lacking as nothing was even offered to us as I waited with my hungry 2 kids. I ordered 2 pasta dishes and when asked if there was any bread for the pasta, I was told no "we could order a basket." That really annoyed me b/c what would it have been to bring a table that waited over 1 hour for meals to come out to offer them complimentary bread. Hence, no customer service or restaurant etiquette as to comping a customer when there is an extreme delay or kitchen/staff messes up.I do give credit will credit is due, I will say the chicken parma meal was good but certainly not worth 1 hour and about 10 min wait.Sorry, while I have patronized this restaurant in the past my family and I wont be back. I was quite disappointed on MOther's day.

Andrew A.

Had a terrible experience at this place. Waited over an hour at the restaurant on a takeout order. Saw cooks walking around with beers. When the food FINALLY came (chicken francaise) it was not good at all (very little food) and not worth the price at all

Karen S.

We stopped here on a long road trip, and it was a great stop to relax and get a good bite to each. It is a cozy restaurant with delicious food, and also refreshing fresh juices. The servers were prompt, helpful and friendly. We live out of town, but would come back here if we were back in the area. There is street parking, but a little hard to find (I guess depending on the time of day, because others found it easy to find parking).

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