Reviews of Cafe Centro (Restaurant)

John Fontana

I expected something much less, but what a wonderful dinner, super service, great food and a big fireplace to boot. I would eat here regularly when I come to NYC, and happily. Scallops were as good as we get in the Low Country, and we had a business group that had privacy and a great time.

Jonathan Zisser

Delicious food and beautiful decor that blends the classic with the modern. A great place for a romantic dinner out.

Jon Forster

Distinctively mediocre. From the tasteless escargot to the lobster bisque to the crab cake that was overly salty and lacking in crab, this was one of the most disappointing meals I have had in a long time.

Dion Walkup

Delicious food well prepared dishes and very friendly staff

Mealifer Lew

Their French Onion Soup is to die for!!

Kody Barajas

I had an amazing time at this place. We liked the wonderful atmosphere and the menu. The staff members are super personal. I’m happy we eventually managed to visit this spot.

Ami Stuart

Great, friendly staff, courteous, prompt, would go again

Alan Klayman

Excellent for Breakfast. Lunch/Dinner 4****. Central location for a midtown breakfast meeting. Food/Service exactly what you are expecting.

Albert Macchioni

Cafe Centro is my go-to lunch spot for clients and friends. While it's busy at lunch, it's never deafening and the food is dependable and occasionally inspired. For a more casual meal or to eat solo, try the Beer Bar which becomes a popular after-work scene.

Forrest Harrison

Great food, very friendly employees, consistently fantastic atmosphere. They charge affordable pricing and the food quality is excellent. Keep it up.

Violet R.

Food and service were fabulous, even though the service can be a bit slow, we enjoyed sitting there for a couple of hours and taking in the atmosphere on a cold winter night. Also loved that it wasn't crowded and that their space is large and comfortable. Everything we had was great, from the appetizers to the drinks. The oysters were excellent, just as good as my favorite places in Maine! I was impressed! Love that they're located right by Grand Central so that we could hop on the train to head home when we were done visiting. And I think the prices were in line with what you would expect at a fine restaurant in NYC. Another HUGE plus was that we didn't have to wait for a table. All the other places we had stopped at nearby were booked, small and crowded (to be expected on a Saturday night) in NYC!

Dave Fan

Nice fireplace by the entrance, Damian was helpful getting our large group situated on short notice.

Greg McCaslin

Lunch is fun, The lobster club is hard to beat.

Michael Zimmerman

good value, good service and very consistent.

John Dryzga

great for a business lunch, less than great for a fine dinner.

elena yureneva

Nice place overall. Good food. Not impressed with warmed up bread that is a bit stale. Hostess could be a bit more friendly too. The rest of the staff were nice.

Bethany Johnson

I'm not really a cafe centro fan. It's a cool space but incredibly slow and the food is mediocre. Eat on the patio if you go.

Kirk O'Ferrall

Great place for a business lunch.

Rizzo Chuenringe

My favourite breakfast restaurant around Metlife building/Roosevelt hotel/Grand Central station.

Fabiano Diagoné

Very nice restaurant, I went there for a breakfast and lunch. Prices are reasonable, not expensive, but the atmosphere is very nice and the food was great. In the breakfast i eat the NY Bagel and was fantastic.

Stu Sugarman

Fabulous

Jill Chen

Expensive and not really delicious... No escargots no liver in menu, steak is a little bit salty... Not really recommended

Reynold DSilva

Sitting at a table, being completely ignored by waiters who are doing nothing. Pathetic! Should be zero stars.

Francois Pierre Truc

Good service. Good food. Expensive.

Jerry Huncosky

Great food, great service.

Ian Scott

Superb service with kind and friendly staff. Food was beautifully plated and delicious.

Brent Carlson

Solid bistro-style cooking, nothing special especially compared with the many varied options in Midtown much less Manhattan as a whole.

Nornam Stiefler

We both have had a great experience and will be back in a couple of days. Will tell all of our friends. This is a fantastic restaurant.

Julio Zhulema

I was really impressed about this place. I will be stopping back in here if I'm in town again. The food was a pleasant surprise as well as the character of the people.

Jakob jofdj

Nice job

Mark LoGiurato

Nice Mediterranean dining experience. Service is outstanding - fast and efficient! The food is equally good - great lunch spot!

Arthur Rosenberg

Excellent food & service. Very convenient. Restaurant week menu a plus.

Kamilla Bogdanov

Delicious food, but a bit crowded and noisy during the business lunch time.

Nic Farhi

Tired

Gabriele Failla

Fine breakfast with eggs any style and good American coffee. Elegant, central, fast and accurate service.

Richard Korab

Great food

Ray Ratermann

Good food hostess was lousy

Michael A. Frascino

Excellent food and the service was GREAT

Koji Hosokawa

It's ok.

Joyce Mitchell

Food good, very noisy and crowded, service mediocre.

David Hartman

Nothing negative to say at all! Perfect experience

Georgianna Meditz

Upscale restaurant. Good is superb. Pricey, but worth every penny. Friendly, courteous staff. Clean, very organized. You can even see the immaculate kitchen at work, which is great.

Paul C

Great place to sit down and have a glass of wine

RTClass

What you expect out of a great New York restaurant

Ryan Haberthur

Excellent prefix lunch menu and service

Aria Ni

Good for a quick lunch date. Food was okay. Creme Brûlée was great though

Daniel Au Yeung

Super packed and overly noisy during lunch on business days. The dining room is much more serene at nights and on Saturdays. The French fare is always well-prepared and done to perfection like a fine tuned machine. Service is neither too fast nor too slow. They pace it just right so that you can enjoy your meal and your company. Cafe Centro never disappoints and I have been coming here for over a decade! My go-to spot because I know what to expect, which is a great meal and peaceful dining experience... because we go at nights.

Jaime Angeles

Convenient place @ Grand Central Station NY

Crys Davis

Delicious in a central location. Definitely busy during lunch rush & staff handles it beautifully! Get the seafood platter omg. Loved the scallops. Will be back for that risotto!

ej shortell

I liked this restaurants. There is a large choice of main courses and appetziers. All of the food is good. Service is excellent. The prices are moderate.

Alexandre Cervellera

Service was slow, food was 'okay', wine was corked.

Louis Jaffe

extremely good value. a short cab ride to the theater makes this a great place to start off a fun evening. price is reasonable and food is very good.

Brayden Mora

This is a big place with both an outdoor bar where the business types go to get drinks after work and that part gets loud. There's also an outdoor section for people wanting to properly eat a sit down meal, so it's great that it accommodates all types. Perfect location next to Grand Central. The food is delicious. I took advantage of their "french restaurant week," and it was delicious. I had salmon that literally melted as my entree. Very attentive service. I would definitely come here regularly whenever I'm in the City.

Lindsey Thompson

My business partner and I eat lunch here regularly. Great service! Excellent French bistro food!

JoAnn Bullard

Had Dinner with a friend on Thursday May 10, 2018. Ambiance was great, service was great, and food was good, with the exception of the French fries they were too well done. Would have given 5 stars otherwise.

Jose Monteiro

The risotto was just ok.

John Weaver

The food here continues to be a gastronomical delight. Nestled where it is in the MetLife Building one wouldn't perhaps expect such culinary wonders. For the price this is a cool inexpensive trip to Paris.

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Richard Pleffner

loud cafe with good mediterranean food

André Morissette

Good food. Prices decent. Good service.

Giác Ngộ

The coffee shop so beautifull

Rami Bahar

Great restaurant near Grand Central in Manhattan

Charles Denholm

Excellent bistro cusine. Attention to detail

Jennifer Lee Donaker

Beer bar is a great after-work scene. As for the restaurant itself, the food is good but pretty average considering all the great restaurants in NYC. With that said, you won't be disappointed but it won't make your all time favorite restaurants. My lunch favorite is the lobster club sandwich. Pretty big chunks of lobster.

Boris P.

Excellent time. Had a business lunch and the setting and atmosphere is delightful. I had the chicken milanese and it was great. Large piece of chicken, breaded with arugula with sum lite dressing. Totally amazing but couldnt take picture of food. Attorney had the salmon and he said it was great too. 3 lunch entrees and it ran about 100dls. Pricey but great experience.

Andrew Coren

good for a business lunch or dinner

Jim Sears

Very good beef bourgignon.

Bat Guano

convenient, close to gct but overpriced

yuan wei

Love this place.

Peter Beltrame PB

went there for an after work dinner. service was reasonable however the place was not that busy. servings for both appetizer and main were pretty small. needed to order some fries and finish the baguette to fill me up. reasonably priced. average with nothing special to talk about.

Frank DeLigio

Wonderful food. Lovely atmosphere. Best French bread ever.

Keith U

Good food and great service. The Italian mojito is a nice twist to a refreshing drink.

Kevin Cordero

Good value for the money. Nice place to meet friends before they get on the train

W. Burnzee

11/3/14- lunch w Evan- Nice menu very good food very convenient location near Grand Central

Karen DelPrete

We had the Salad Nicoise . The Tuna was way overdone and looked like it had been boiled. The presentation was awful, just a few string beans, hard boiled eggs and some white strips which may or may not have been anchovies, no taste. Have no desire to return and certainly not to bring another client. Bread was delicious.

Cheryl Tuttle

Resting on its laurels. Breakfast is probably the best mean.

Nicolas Robert

Good place for a quick breakfast meeting when coming into grand central for the day.

Felix

Good Lunch spot with your co-workers or clients. The staffs are friendly and very professional. I have also visited this place for happy hour. Great drink selection and the bartender was very attentive.

Patricia Quiddington

Food is good, and service is fine, but not when you first arrive to get a table. I have now been at Cafe Centro 5 times, and each time the staff member at the front desk (male and female) never looked at me when I asked for a table (too busy looking at the screen with the reservations). Management might wish to train their staff and explain that the 'basics' of customer service include acknowledging customers and looking at them in the eyes when they first arrive and wish to eat at the restaurant. Multi-tasking (in this particular situation) is possible (!) and moving away from technology for a few seconds is also possible (!). 5 times in a row... very disappointing.

Brendan

Poor service. Food was really undercooked. One member of my party threw up because of the uncooked chicken. Then servers were slow and skipped our table plenty of times. Then the desert which cost a lot ended up being crap brownies that were made in a muffin pan with tasteless whip cream on top. Overall I was very unsatisfied. And I wish I went elsewhere.

Tom Moncho

Good food, and nice outdoor area.

Carol Bassin

Disappointing! Niçoise salad was 98 percent lettuce and the tuna was like rubber! Was on a business lunch so I did not complain. Waiter was clearly perturbed that we only ordered entrees and water. Good location for a mid town business lunch but will find another location. Too bad!!!

Romy Vreeland

I hosted a business dinner here in the private room and recommend it unreservedly. The staff went above and beyond for our group, and everyone left with smiles. The food was very good and I felt the price was certainly fair for such a conveniently located spot (which is a concern as we keep to a strict budget). There is a varied set of menus to choose from, and they accommodated special requests with ease. If you organize business dinners, you should definitely look into Cafe Centro.

Michael Witbrock

I was in a rush and they got me a three course lunch within half an hour. The octopus was very nice. The duck confit somewhat disappointing. The pot au crème was good. The mini baguettes for bread were really quite good. I'd go again for a more relaxed meal.

Jerry Ashton

Gently elegant dining, very attentive staff and management. A favorite of mine.

Steve Hageman

Lovely restaurant. Good value in price fixed menu. Staff attentive and well trained.

Kristen Bridda

Nice place for an event. Staff was friendly.

James West

Sit in the main area if possible, better atmosphere. Service is OK. The set menu is good value and food is decent. A solid option for business lunches.

ymcebs

Always good for and good service

Walter Bailey

Good food and always accommodating

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Madalyn Friedberg

empty for dinner. great value, better service. private party room is terrific. the staff/managers are most accomodating and helpful. you must try this for dinner for 2 to 65.

Lars Toomre

Expensive Manhattan breakfast place located at the base of MetLife Building

Julie C

Good food and the service was awesome, one of the more quiet restaurants in the area and very convenient if you are meeting someone near grand central.