El Centenario WPB

"This place has a great atmosphere and very friendly staff. The layout is smart and can accommodate larger parties without having to wait. The art on the walls and bar are nicely done and food is amazing! On the weekends they even sell Berria queso tacos! We had the burrito queso dip, birria tacos, chips and queso, and Carrasco. Food came very quickly and were large portions. We will definitely be putting this place into our rotation. Music in the background is nice and varied, but not too loud like some places. Prices were also very good. We are glad we found this place as you can pass it by if your not paying attention."

"Beautifully decorated inside with oil paintings all over the walls, full of colors and a good vibe, El Centenario is a recently opened Mexican-inspired restaurant in Greenacres. The food was okay in our experience, the meat used in tacos, including chorizo, was a bit tasteless, but that happened in 9 places out of 10 serving tacos in this area. Margaritas are the usual bar premade margaritas, so on the light and sweet side; again, that’s pretty much everywhere; if I want a margarita without the ready mix bottle, I make it at home. Service was pretty good in the two occasions we visited and prices are in range with similar establishments. They kind of upset me on Cinco de Mayo when we stopped for a couple of drinks in happy hour and then found out that they charged regular price; when I questioned that I was told that HH was cancelled during Cinco de Mayo. That is fine, but they should have told us when we ordered and even more than that they should have removed the board outside advertising for Happy Hour margarita. Other than that it’s a good place to eat Mexican inspired food, at reasonable prices and with a good service."

"We have been here 3x so far. I'll be honest first time the food was ok. We did go late and they had recently opened, so we gave it another chance. The second time the food was good, not great, but we had a good time with their margarita dispenser. The third time, the food was outstanding. We went the third time to try the birria tacos. They only serve them on Saturdays and Sunday. We ordered those, taco salad, and chimichanga. (Not pictured) Everything was so delicious. We love the atmosphere. The walls are all hand painted, and the plates and drinks they serve out of are also handmade and painted. Great local restaurant. I definitely recommend checking it out."

"This is a medium-large sized restaurant located on the side of a big plaza in Greenacres. Parking may be difficult to find right in front of the restaurant, but there is plenty in the rest of the plaza. They have a decent size bar on the right side of the entrance, and a big dining room with modern furniture but typical Mexican colorful paintings on the walls. Since we live in the area, we were looking forward to their grand opening, and we came here one afternoon during the week to check their HH, but we found out that (unfortunately) they only run it for a few drinks. As soon as you sit they bring you tortilla chips with a couple of sauces, which were a little bland to be honest. The margarita was also just ok, but to be fair, I haven’t found a place yet that makes great margaritas. We ordered tacos with chorizo and al pastor: I liked that they are “simple” (the filling consists of just meat, onions and cilantro – no cheeses or other stuff that doesn’t have anything to do with authentic tacos), but the meats were just ok. Actually, the chorizo was almost tasteless. At the suggestion of our bartender (who was really friendly and helpful) we also ordered Chicken Tamales. The chicken was a little bit bland, but I never had tamales before, so I can’t really judge them. Their portions are big and prices are decent, and we had decided to go back to them from time to time for HH on their Taco-Tuesday. I had also already decided to give them 3 stars on my review until… Cinco de Mayo happened. That day we stopped there for a Margarita on our way back home: it was still HH time and we were curious to see how they were celebrating the day and what specials they had planned. It was just almost 6:30pm, the restaurant was almost full (maybe that’s why they were offering drinks in plastic glasses only?), nothing particular was going on, but they did run a “special” indeed: the HH had been cancelled “for the Cinco de Mayo only”! I won’t question the reasons behind that business decision, but what really got me upset is that there was no sign about that change anywhere, the menu still had the HH days+prices on it (they could have crossed them – or done something similar to make people understand that there was no HH that day), and even when I ordered the drinks, I wasn’t told about that. We only found out when we noticed that we were billed the full price ($10.99 per Margarita) instead of the HH price ($6.99) and reached out to the waitress thinking that it was an honest mistake. Yes, we could have “fought” those charges but… why bother and ruin a day? At the end we only “lost” $10 combined, but the restaurant lost 2 customers who were already planning to visit again."

"We finally found a good restaurant near our house that feels authentic and has good vibes. I loved their decor, the artwork is fabulous and the clay lotería theme mug was beautiful. I ordered mole and it was yummy. The prices are good, and I enjoyed their margaritas. Can’t wait to come back."