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    El Centro Americano

    3.6 (78 reviews)
    ModerateLatin American
    Open • 8:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    What's the vibe?
    Loud
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Súper Antojitos
    Karla E.

    Restaurante muy típico y auténtico con la comida Centro Americana. Great service by the waitresses and the manager. Plenty of space a tables for guests. Great for big groups. They also have a bar area with additional seating. They play music and sometimes have live bands playing. We ordered an appetizer called súper antojitos to start off with. Price is $25/$30 but it is so worth it! Great starter for groups of 3-5 people. You can down one by yourself but chances are you won't have space for the pupusas! In the video you'll see pupusas de frijol con queso and the Salvadorian favorite queso con loroco. So good! Only thing I noticed was that they were oily and the masa was falling apart. After we started eating them you could literally open them in half like if it was an arepa - which they aren't meant to be like. Overall it's a great place to enjoy a little taste of home.

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    Aylin V.

    Food is good, abundant and authentic! Service is good. Is a classic place in Miami! Many years around! Ambience torn better with the live music or karaoke! Is a big place an very central located.

    Carne Asada
    Jennifer V.

    This is a really good place for the money. I went for lunch and the food came out fast and it was very good.

    Cafe con leche
    Gloria A.

    Visit: first Food: had the scrambled eggs w ham, beens, tortilla, maduros, cheese and cafe con leche. This was delicious and it felt like my grandma was in the kitchen. Food is comforting filling and delish Environment: we sat outside and its in a shopping center so not the best views but def call ahead because we went early and they were packedddd Staff: was efficient and sweet Return: yesssss

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    10 months ago

    Food is great and ambiance, too. Service is definitely nice, just be prepared to wait some.

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    10 months ago

    La muchacha no es muy amable el muchacho si bastante pesada la mesera le pedí agua y me ignoro

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    3 years ago

    Great food and good prices, always full of happy people, I have been coming here for many years and hopefully nothing changes

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    Wow, it's hard finding a good Centro American food but I have finally found it!! It was so good I forgot to take a photo of the food!

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    4 years ago

    El staff muy bueno. La comida rica y buen precio! No atendieron rápida y con mucha paciencia.

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    5 years ago

    Good Central America food. I love the costillas asadas, meat soup, the rice. It will have five starts with a better service

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    This place is a bit difficult to find, and we finally found it after driving by it the second time…read more And I'm glad we did. The food is amazing and delicious. Service is excellent. We ordered two sampler dishes where a little bit of everything was served. The pork belly was my favorite along with the fried seafood. Having had a lot of rice in my diet, I was surprised how good the fried rice was, so definitely get a fried rice item. The award winning Mac and cheese is also a must get. The only thing I did not like here is the dessert. They are overly sweet, but that seems to be the case with every dessert I've tried so far in southern Florida.

    Showed up before closing, at 9:50pm with the Red electric sign OPEN brightly displayed. As I walk…read morein with my date, very hungry I may add, I see the bartender and host/ waitress look at their watches. She quickly walks up to me and tells me they're closed. I look at her and chuckle/laugh and correct her by showing her the time on the phone, 9:50pm. She goes on to say they've already closed the kitchen. I then ask if the owner is present. I'm told No and then ask how they'd feel knowing their employees are turning away clients. Can we call him/ her? That's when she says to hold on let me go ask someone else. By then, the damage was done. She was adamant about not serving us. By this time, I had zero confidence nothing disgusting would be done to my food so I told her to forget about it. They don't want my business, I'll take it elsewhere. Which I did. Went to BJs around the corner and spent my $115 tab. The server there appreciated the $22 tip they got and We enjoyed the food and drinks. Terrible service. Mgmt and ownership should read this review. I won't be back.

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    Fonda Sabaneta

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    Delicious food, good prices ans great service! Their promos are always great for dine in or…read moretakeout. Two Bandeja Paisas for $30 on certain days (Pictured) and it was great! Came on a Monday around 3 PM and was sat right away. Around 4, the restaurant started to get super packed and theres not much seating inside so be prepared to wait. Inside, the restaurant is clean, they play colombian music, the waitress is always attentive and they even give complimentary broth on arrival to get your taste glands started. def recommend!

    This Colombian food chain has gained some popularity in the past couple of years. I've had the…read morepleasure of visiting the Kendall location and wanted to love this one just as much. They boast both indoor and outdoor seating with the same aesthetic and nods to Colombian culture, like the cute hats and sandals hanging on the wall. We were seated inside fairly quickly on the Sunday afternoon we came in. They were pretty busy, but the waiters were kind of hanging out at the bar, just chit-chatting. We were able to get one of the servers to look at us after a couple of minutes of sitting there. They brought us a little palate-opener of a small portion of a simple soup. They had a margarita special we tried, $5 frozen margaritas. The maracuya (passion fruit) one was a solid choice. I also ordered the mojarra frita with white rice, tostones, and salad. The rice was really undercooked. The waiter tried to appease us by bringing us more of the same uncooked rice. We were not the only table to say something about it because our neighbors confirmed they too received the same and were also unhappy. Other than that, the rest of my meal was great. However, I will say my mom was very upset with her experience and expressed that her chicken wasn't prepared well either.

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