Century Bar and Grill

Kudos to the chefs fantastic food.Good quality tasty ..Clean place, nice vibes, really fantastic place.

In short,Fantastic place given you are in a small town in the vast Texas desert. With a few more details,Food was good, place had a nice vibe inside the hotel and clean and service was very nice and friendly. It would prob be 4 stars if it was in Austin but I'll cut em slack and give them 5. Kudos to them giving good quality tasty food in such a remote location.

Delicious! Wasn't too hungry, but hungry so decided to try this and so glad I did. There's a lot of specials, but the Monte Cristo caught my eye. Big hunks of ham, tons of melted cheese, light batter and topping of powdered sugar with diced potatoes was just right.Cool western themed restaurant in a historic hotel you must visit or stay in if visiting Alpine.

The patio had a live band on our Friday night isit and stay at the Holland Hotel. Busy, so be sure to have reservations like we did.The seniors band playing live country and western music on the patio where we sathad it going on pretty good it was enjoyable.Younger younger crowd was definitely at the bar inside.Food wise, the "Loaded" Tater Tots were hot and crisp at least. The small amount of cheese sauce was on the bottom and hidden. Unfortunately there were only several morsels of bratwurst and no bacon. Service was a little slow, but polite. The rest of the menu looked good and the dishes at nearby tables looked nice, so may be worth another try.

I CAN NOT say enough about how amazing this bar and its staff is. We went in as a group before dinner for a drink. Carlos the bartender took EXCELLENT care of our drinking/ non drinking crew. Went back later that evening and Carlos remembered us. I explained my son just turned 21. Carlos took the time to educate my boy on whiskey, women and life. I watched him treat every single customer with as much love. The bar is an oasis in the desert... but because of Carlos becomes more of a Garden of Eden.

Sunday night they only serve "specialty burgers" but ran out of burgers at 6:30pm. Maybe stick up on burger meat on burger night, geniuses.

We very seldom go to The Century anymore except for the occasional drink after work but last night we decided to try it again because we thought the new owners may have improved the restaurant. When we looked at the menu we realized that the pasta dish was now an appetizer. The burger my husband ordered medium rare came with two thin over cooked patties. There is not much on the menu to choose from and if you are a vegetarian you should just stay home. Hopefully (fingers crossed) the new owners will return the menu to it's glory days of fresh made mozzarella, prime rib specials, soups, and hard boiled eggs with candied jalapeños and bacon (which I now have recreated to rave reviews) as an appetizer. Alpine needs a good restaurant and I'm tired of cooking at home.

The problem that ruined the experience was the very loud music coming from the kitchen. It drowned out the restaurant music and our conversations. It could be heard through the entire dining area. Food was ok.Been going to Century for around 11 years now as my previous glowing reviews show, and it seems to have gotten a little off lately with younger kids waiting tables and avoidable issues such as the loud kitchen music. We will be taking a break from Century for a bit.

We stayed in the historic Holland Hotel adjacent to this restaurant, because they are dog-friendly, so it was the ultimate in convenience to dine in the wonderful courtyard. They got off to a good start with us by having several beers on tap. The menu had a generous choice of entrees and appetizers, including a vegan dish. We had seared ahi tuna chopped salad with a generous serving of the tuna. Good, but something missing that I couldn't put my finger on.This was a very pleasant evening--we would go back.

On one of our travels through Alpine, my hubby and I stayed at the Holland Hotel. Reata was closed, so we tried the bar/restaurant in the hotel, the Century Bar and Grill. It was amazing! They had a very nice, cold IPA on tap, which made us very happy. I had a wedge salad which was fab (can't remember what hub had, but he loved it). We will definitely stay at the Holland again and eat in-house. Wonderful!