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Cafe Centro

Cafe Centro

2409 North Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, United States

Cafés • Pizza • Seafood • Italian


"Update: I normally do not reply to responses, but I want to make it clear that my group did not stop in for free entertainment. We didn’t notice the $30 minimum sign until after we had ordered, but we did in fact purchase food items. And I am certain that the couple that we were with did meet the required threshold. We understand that business is business, but in all actuality, this situation was handled very poorly. I’ve never been asked to get up and sit outside of an establishment in which I was a paying patron until tonight. This was my second time visiting with my husband and another couple. We enjoyed ourselves so much the first time that we decided to come back for another lively night of live music, but the experience we had tonight made us all feel very uncomfortable. We understand that this is a very high demand spot and reservations are recommended, but our original plans fell through so we decided to give cafe centro a try. The Hostess right away let us know that all of the tables were reserved but let us know that the bar was free and was first come first served. We aren’t big drinkers so we originally did not want to be seated at the bar, but we figured a seat at the bar was better than not being able to sit at all. Before sitting at the bar, we asked her to put us down in case a table became available. From my understanding, once we were seated, we were free to enjoy the entertainment for as long as we desired, but a couple of hours into the live show, the same hostess came and let us know that a table never became available but asked that we give up our seats at the bar and go outside to continue observing the show in order to make room for other patrons. This would normally have not been an issue, but the first time we visited, we observed the patrons at the bar enjoying themselves the entire evening, never being asked to leave. So we were caught off guard by her request and found it somewhat inappropriate. We eventually left, but it left a poor taste and we don’t plan to return."

Bice

Bice

313 Worth AveFL 33480, Palm Beach, United States

Wine • Mexican • Seafood • Italian


"Why do they bother asking to make note of about a special occasion during reservations if they do nothing to honor it? In times of Covid, one would think they would go out of their way to show appreciation to their native Floridian customers who dare to come out. We both ordered a dessert didn’t even get a “Happy Anniversary” or a candle. Not asking for anything for free but that would be nice.Ambiance: Nice updated yet cozy room with maybe quiet couples aside from one rowdy group of which ruined the atmosphere. Not the fault of restaurant but I asked for a quiet romantic table to celebrate our anniversary. They had a second room they could have put us in. Our choices were a table next to the rowdy crowd, or sit next to kitchenbathrooms.Service: Staff wore masks but not gloves so that was off putting. Service was perfectly attentive but not intrusive. Gave us a nice amount of time in between courses.Food: Tomatoes on caprese salad were ice cold. Tomatoes should be served room temperature. An Italian restaurant should know this better than any other. Poor quality tomatoes. Enjoyed the flavor of the veal ravioli although extremely al dente, and I love al dente but this was crunchy! The bolognese was flavorless like a kid’s dish and the linguine was surprisingly overcooked. Especially compared to the ravioli. No consistency. Even the butter pats were frozen solid. Tiramisu was too American, with too much marscarpone cream and not enough espresso flavor or lady fingers. The large portions did not make up for the lack of flavor.Overall: I’m very sorry to knock on the little things but they just missed the mark on every single thing. I hate to say anything that would hurt a restaurant in these uncertain times but I hope this helps them improve. I’m sure they have their regulars who are treated better. If you’re not one of them, I’d try somewhere else"

Ciao Roma

Ciao Roma

5A North Sq, 02113, Boston, United States

Full • Wine • Pasta • Italian


"I'm here a couple times, because the eating ambiente is great! this time was an ehhhh experience. Before I even came to the restaurant, I tried to call no one who picked up after the 4th time someone finally picked up. it took 20 minutes just to get our wein after we had ordered it, which was kind of annoying. a big party of girls came after us and got their wine bottles at the same time as we did not make any sense. Maybe they were under servants? the only reason I wrote this review is that what happened at the end of the night. our waiter comes to us and says: “If you like the ****?” added, there was no other way around us, as they have gone, but we had another half bottle of wine to finish not offered dessert. I had to ask a server assistant for the menu and she was the one who told me that the kitchen closes in 3 minutes. our waiter literally disappeared on us, I had to get up and look for him to make sure that I would get the dessert in time. After we tipped him so that he could close, we told him that we ended our wein, dessert eating and making photos before we left him, he said "no problem" but it was clearly a problem because the host came up very high, just to tell us that we need to go soon because they close. that never happened. I'm server in my restaurant, we don't. I was shocked as if you wanted to go home so badly, then get a new job? They wanted us to leave sooo badly. When they got the money, they wanted us to go. as if we want to get it they want to go home, but we were there for 20 minutes after everyone left, it wasn't like we were there for 40-60 minutes. like I said big food ambience, but the end/shaft was disappointing."