The Century Bar & Grill

209 W Holland Ave, Alpine
(432) 837-1922

Recent Reviews

Buddy Alton

Excellent atmosphere, food & service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Swordfish Mediterranean

Gillian Cox

? excellent! Try the truffle chips they were great ?. Spinach ravioli was superb. Blackened red fish was excellent. Rib eye cooked to perfection.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marlene Connor

Great wait staff! Our smash burgers with seasoned fries were delicious. Dining in the courtyard was relaxing & beautiful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger

Michael J.

Kudos to the chefs fantastic food. Good quality tasty .. Clean place, nice vibes, really fantastic place.

Erin R.

Sunday night they only serve "specialty burgers" but ran out of burgers at 6:30pm. Maybe stick up on burger meat on burger night, geniuses.

Sharon H.

We very seldom go to The Century anymore except for the occasional drink after work but last night we decided to try it again because we thought the new owners may have improved the restaurant. When we looked at the menu we realized that the pasta dish was now an appetizer. The burger my husband ordered medium rare came with two thin over cooked patties. There is not much on the menu to choose from and if you are a vegetarian you should just stay home. Hopefully (fingers crossed) the new owners will return the menu to it's glory days of fresh made mozzarella, prime rib specials, soups, and hard boiled eggs with candied jalapeños and bacon (which I now have recreated to rave reviews) as an appetizer. Alpine needs a good restaurant and I'm tired of cooking at home.

Damon Bell

Staff was super friendly. Everybody loved their mixed drinks. Food was delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ron Khoury

In short,Fantastic place given you are in a small town in the vast Texas desert.With a few more details,Food was good, place had a nice vibe inside the hotel and clean and service was very nice and friendly.It would prob be 4 stars if it was in Austin but I’ll cut em slack and give them 5.Kudos to them giving good quality tasty food in such a remote location.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Ron K.

In short, Fantastic place given you are in a small town in the vast Texas desert. With a few more details, Food was good, place had a nice vibe inside the hotel and clean and service was very nice and friendly. It would prob be 4 stars if it was in Austin but I'll cut em slack and give them 5. Kudos to them giving good quality tasty food in such a remote location.

Sean Holt

I had the chicken fried steak, and it was one of the toughest I have ever had, as well as very bland. The service was decent, and the atmosphere was very nice.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 2

Joanne Holt

I ordered the ravioli small plate. Half were hot, and the other half were right at warm, touching cold. I also had the Caesar salad. The dressing tasted really off and was completely unappetizing. So I did not eat the salad. The service was on par with the food. Our booth was visited at the beginning to take our order, and we didn't see anyone until we were obviously done. Overall, I will not be returning now do I recommend this restaurant.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

AVGTXN

Sunday night. The dinner options are pretty heavy, so we both opted for the basic chef's salad. It's good. Nothing special. Service was attentive. If you sit outside, be prepared for some aggressive flies!

Janice Martenson

Good drink selections at reasonable prices, excellent food (best chicken fried steak I’d had in years), attentive service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Meester jojo

Overall good experience. Have lived in Alpine for years and never stopped in. Their online menu caught my eye so I stopped after work on day.Online menu is way outdated. Current menu is region typical: a steak option, burger option, chicken thing, hummus, Cesar or house salads.Started my meal with the worst gin and tonic I've ever had in all my years. It was really tonic with a splash of gin. As a bonus, the tonic was flat, but the bartender didn't care. Speaks loudly for the bar. Might need to verify if the bartender knows what gin or tonic is, as they obviously don't know how to put them together.Ordered the ribeye, added asparagus, Cesar salad, glass of wine, dessert with port.Ribeye was an awful cut- thin, anemic. But the person that cooked it was masterful and turned it into something else: perfect edge crust/char, the melted fat, and the center was perfect as well. I saved the outer edge for last, like a savory treat. So good. Best I've had in the region. I haven't eaten so well in a long time.Came with blanched green beans, haricot verts for some sticklers. Again, perfect blanching. That's really, insanely, difficult to come by out here. The norm seems to be to cook beans until the life has left the building. And these were seasoned perfectly with a hint of salt. I was very delighted.Added asparagus. It was good.The broccoli Mac n cheese mentioned in the menu was just Mac n cheese. It was good, not over salted at all, which seems to be a norm out here. Over salting. I didn't even notice salt.Dessert was standard cheesecake. Only option. The crust was amazing, but I suspect it was from a box and not made in house.My servers recommended a nice wine to go with my meal as I was not familiar with any of them. The port with dessert blended well with the crust on the cheesecake.Over all a good experience. I feel if the hotel attempted to emphasize the restaurant, as the Gage hotel in marathon does theirs, then maybe things would pick up, or become even better. But I suppose it's easy money to hawk burgers, chicken stuff, hummus. Lower over head, less risk. Shame as there are clearly some talented folks in the kitchen just waiting to sing.A real cut of meat would be awesome. The online menu would probably be awesome variety here. Alpine is absolutely filled to the brim with burger restaurants that serve chicken things and salads on the side.I suspect that's the idea behind the century. Burger-chic.Last note: the music pumping in from the bar is cool if you're in the bar. If you're trying to promote the hotel or restaurant as a west texas themed, Trost designed, place then it's not. Consider blocking off or turning down the bar music or making it theme appropriate. It's not conducive to a nicer dining experience. Even Stanton House in El Paso with the bar at the restaurant doesn't have such obnoxious music so loud.Least I forget- my servers were awesome. Took the time to answer all my annoying questions and treated me graciously. Good stuff.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Adam Kelly

The ambiance of the hotel and restaurant was beautiful for a first time visitor. The dinner we had was delicious and the visual presentation was on point. The only downside was the server. She may have had a bad night but everything was disappointing in that aspect. Thank you to the cook who took the empty plates off of our table to give us room.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 2

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