Great food in a very calm and peaceful atmosphere despite the restaurant being full. The chicken parmesan stood out, as well as the very attentive service.
TravelWithMira
Cento, an Italian restaurant, came highly recommended, and I was truly happy we were able to get seated despite the restaurant being fully booked. We were a party of three, and the staff accommodated us in what seems to be an additional dining area that has been added on. The restaurant itself is lovely, and the food was excellent—you’ll see that reflected in my photos. Unfortunately, the atmosphere was a big drawback. It was very noisy—so loud that my ears were ringing. This wasn’t music, but constant loud conversations, with poor acoustics that amplified the noise. It’s such a shame because the food was truly great, and the service and effort to seat us were appreciated. If you’re sensitive to noise, I’d recommend asking about seating or going at a quieter time. #SantoRestaurant #ItalianFood #FoodieReview #MadisonWI #RestaurantReview #HonestReview #GreatFood #DiningExperience #FoodPhotos #WorthNoting
Jocee Cao
The duck tastes too sweet Salmon good one, tiramisu is a good one as well
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Meg Furey
The evening was lovely but both entrees were very cold.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Mike Googlereview
A little noisy but food and service great
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mary Jo Ziegler
Cento has a very classy atmosphere. Open kitchen, well-trained servers. The pasta dishes were all delicious. I especially liked the butternut squash gnocchi. The one disappointment- the cheesecake was burnt on top and very dry.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Claudia Patterson
We LOVE this place! The food never disappoints, the brunch is so incredible (do the boozy brunch if you can!) Our server Jack was super helpful and attentive. Will definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kelsie Gilb
Cento was such a great experience! The food was amazing and our waitress was the sweetest person. Will definitely be going back if I find myself in Madison again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Roger F
I believe our server was Regan and could not have had a better meal or service. I ordered the Creste di Gallo and my wife had the Tagliatelle. Great flavors and moderate portions, so not to feel too full for dessert. The evening was completed with a serving of Tiramisu. Wonderful decor, great service, great food. Cento is definitely a must visit in the Madison area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michelle Hunt
Good food, friendly, attentive service and nice atmosphere.
11/17: Updating to 5 stars. Returned on 11/15 for another brunch and the experience was night and day. We even had the same server. I truly appreciate the heartfelt communication from the manager and I'm thrilled everything was delicious and timely this visit.
10/26: Sorry for the length. I have been going to Cento (and loving it) for years. It's become a fun routine to go there for the boozy brunch special before a matinee at the Overture. But the past few times have been steadily getting more and more disappointing. Has there been a management change??? Most recently, we weren't approached by our server for 5-10 minutes after being seated and then it took another 20 minutes for our cocktails and my husbands latte (the bar regularly seems backed up so this wasn't wild but we also didn't see our server at all for most of this time). We didn't get a crumb to eat for, if I remember right, almost an hour. Once the food arrived, my dish seemed like it had actually been sitting under the warming lights for about 10 minutes. The sauce had started congealing and it was luke warm. I've had that dish several times before (the Bucatini alla Carbonara) and know how delicious it can be. I was pretty hungry at that point so I scarfed it down anyway and didn't complain. My husband's breakfast pizza had a poached egg with a fully cooked/hard yolk. The cannolis are good but I've had servers offer for us to get those first in the past (to kind of replace the pastries that used to be included with the boozy brunch), and this server never brought it up. I even mentioned wanting the cannolis when we were ordering our cocktails and kind of assumed she would get the hint but alas. It might have just been a server issue - she seemed oddly nervous? Like would mess up what she wanted to say and then seem really embarrassed by it in a way that we had to reassure her it wasn't a big deal. We were really kind and friendly to her, trying to help her be less nervous. Not sure if she was new or just having an off day, but the pacing of the experience was so off. We've had some similar (but fewer at a time) issues there the past few times. It makes me hesitant to continue going, even though I love the food and the location is perfect.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jim Jacques
Food was great, Cree and management service were spot on!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Quevon Love
This is a truly amazing experience for my birthday. The love family will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Happy (Happy)
Perfect environment but overall ordinary (not too surprised) food compared to my higher expectation.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Decoy Ohtani
It isn't that the food is bad. it's that the food is not worth the high prices they're gonna charge you. imagine paying 20$ for a wendy's burger. samething.
Great food in a very calm and peaceful atmosphere despite the restaurant being full. The chicken parmesan stood out, as well as the very attentive service.
Cento, an Italian restaurant, came highly recommended, and I was truly happy we were able to get seated despite the restaurant being fully booked. We were a party of three, and the staff accommodated us in what seems to be an additional dining area that has been added on. The restaurant itself is lovely, and the food was excellent—you’ll see that reflected in my photos. Unfortunately, the atmosphere was a big drawback. It was very noisy—so loud that my ears were ringing. This wasn’t music, but constant loud conversations, with poor acoustics that amplified the noise. It’s such a shame because the food was truly great, and the service and effort to seat us were appreciated. If you’re sensitive to noise, I’d recommend asking about seating or going at a quieter time. #SantoRestaurant #ItalianFood #FoodieReview #MadisonWI #RestaurantReview #HonestReview #GreatFood #DiningExperience #FoodPhotos #WorthNoting
The duck tastes too sweet
Salmon good one, tiramisu is a good one as well
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
The evening was lovely but both entrees were very cold.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
A little noisy but food and service great
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cento has a very classy atmosphere. Open kitchen, well-trained servers. The pasta dishes were all delicious. I especially liked the butternut squash gnocchi. The one disappointment- the cheesecake was burnt on top and very dry.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
We LOVE this place! The food never disappoints, the brunch is so incredible (do the boozy brunch if you can!) Our server Jack was super helpful and attentive. Will definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cento was such a great experience! The food was amazing and our waitress was the sweetest person. Will definitely be going back if I find myself in Madison again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I believe our server was Regan and could not have had a better meal or service. I ordered the Creste di Gallo and my wife had the Tagliatelle. Great flavors and moderate portions, so not to feel too full for dessert. The evening was completed with a serving of Tiramisu. Wonderful decor, great service, great food. Cento is definitely a must visit in the Madison area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food, friendly, attentive service and nice atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
11/17: Updating to 5 stars. Returned on 11/15 for another brunch and the experience was night and day. We even had the same server. I truly appreciate the heartfelt communication from the manager and I'm thrilled everything was delicious and timely this visit.
10/26: Sorry for the length. I have been going to Cento (and loving it) for years. It's become a fun routine to go there for the boozy brunch special before a matinee at the Overture. But the past few times have been steadily getting more and more disappointing. Has there been a management change??? Most recently, we weren't approached by our server for 5-10 minutes after being seated and then it took another 20 minutes for our cocktails and my husbands latte (the bar regularly seems backed up so this wasn't wild but we also didn't see our server at all for most of this time). We didn't get a crumb to eat for, if I remember right, almost an hour. Once the food arrived, my dish seemed like it had actually been sitting under the warming lights for about 10 minutes. The sauce had started congealing and it was luke warm. I've had that dish several times before (the Bucatini alla Carbonara) and know how delicious it can be. I was pretty hungry at that point so I scarfed it down anyway and didn't complain. My husband's breakfast pizza had a poached egg with a fully cooked/hard yolk. The cannolis are good but I've had servers offer for us to get those first in the past (to kind of replace the pastries that used to be included with the boozy brunch), and this server never brought it up. I even mentioned wanting the cannolis when we were ordering our cocktails and kind of assumed she would get the hint but alas. It might have just been a server issue - she seemed oddly nervous? Like would mess up what she wanted to say and then seem really embarrassed by it in a way that we had to reassure her it wasn't a big deal. We were really kind and friendly to her, trying to help her be less nervous. Not sure if she was new or just having an off day, but the pacing of the experience was so off. We've had some similar (but fewer at a time) issues there the past few times. It makes me hesitant to continue going, even though I love the food and the location is perfect.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was great, Cree and management service were spot on!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is a truly amazing experience for my birthday. The love family will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Perfect environment but overall ordinary (not too surprised) food compared to my higher expectation.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
It isn't that the food is bad. it's that the food is not worth the high prices they're gonna charge you. imagine paying 20$ for a wendy's burger. samething.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
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