Cento

Our waiter Robby was the best! He recommend a delicious wine - very impressed! He was very quick and polite. He never let our water glasses get empty!Food was very good I recommend the chicken Parm. I had the Tagliatelle, very good but I think I would get something else next time. We also got the Squash Agnolotti which was very tasty. The Tiramisu was THE BESTTTT and it came with hazelnut gelato on top! It felt very high end in there. Perfect for a date night spot!

So disappointed as I've always like this place and make a point to go to it a few times a year but now after several bad encounters of customer service it's just not a place I want to invest my time/money, makes me question the entire food fight brand. Incident one... put our name on a waitlist for brunch, told 45 minutes. Over an hour passed no communication on our status of our table - got the text we were on the list so I know they had our number. Went somewhere else. Incident two: made reservation a month prior to our dinner before our monthly trip to the symphony only to show up and find that it was closed due to renovations. After further investigation it appears that I received an email the Tuesday before a Saturday reservation just that it was cancelled. The email didn't state any reason why just that it had been cancelled and was very generic like they just cancelled and let the third party system send the generic cancelation email. Innident two continued: I reached out personally to see what was going on and why and how this happened as renovations seem very unlikely just to close for a week out of the blue. Was it a failed health inspection, bad plumbing issue, just a general refresh... never got a response and was forced to scramble to find something to eat with less than two hours before the show. Poor customer service, poor communication, poor planning, poor execution.

Made a 5:45pm reservation before going to a 7pm show at the Orpheum. The host got us seated promptly.We ordered the arincini which was interesting. I didn't realize it would have a strong generic barbecue flavor. Aside from that it tasted good. We waited quite a bit for our entree to come out. It finally came out at 6:40 so we were very limited on time. We asked our waitress to put a dessert in right away as we were running late and she was able to do that for us.For the entree, I got the Mafalda which was cooked well but a little bland or underseasoned. I felt like a little more cheese would've helped or even just salt. For dessert we got the tiramisu which was so good,Overall, there was a lot of good but also things that could be improved.

I dined in on a weekend and had a late brunch, also called lunch. I went for a breakfast pizza. It was a nice twist on regular pizza. Toppings was all had good flavor. Having a poached egg on top was a good touch. The pizza was a lot to eat. I would say it would be enough for 2 people. I went at about 1 pm. I had a reservation, but at that time walk in would have been fine.Restaurant was spacious with tall cielings. Seats were properly spread with enough space in between.

Cento is an upscale/modern Italian restaurant right off of the capital square in Madison. Their menu is mostly meat based but I was pleasantly surprised by how delicious their vegetarian and gluten free options were. Our server was excellent and super helpful with my dietary restrictions/gave me really good suggestions on what to order because of that. The fried artichokes were surprisingly gluten-free and had a fish and chips vibe thanks to their super tasty lemon aioli. The pizza was wonderful and the gluten free crust was similar to a tavern style/thin crust pizza. The mushroom gnocchi dish with the gluten free noodles was homey and warm and so delicious. Overall it was so so tasty and I can't wait to return to try more of their wonderful options.

I'm unfortunately a bit shocked by the good reviews.. Maybe people are being deceived by the nice ambiance and high prices?? I came in with a group of 6 for dinner, and I was immediately impressed by their service and pleasant interior. When the food came, I was sadly disenchanted:- bacon-wrapped dates (3/10): the wrapped dates themselves were pretty good-- chewy, sweet dates wrapped in a salty strip of bacon-- pretty much what one might expect of a bacon-wrapped date. HOWEVER the sauce it came in, I'm not sure what it was, I was guessing tomato but when I tasted it it was giving something much more bitter, like a pepper. Ideally, peppers should be cooked down or roasted before being put into a sauce to give it all the sweet notes of the pepper without any of the bitterness of the skin. Spoiler alert: I don't think this place did that...- arancini (2/10): arancini kind of fell apart as you'd bite into it, but I can get past the structural integrity if the arancini is good. I'm not sure what was on the onion topping but it tasted STRONGLY of BBQ sauce which is a strange taste to pair with arancini to say the least (and when I say strong, it literally made me cough when I first bit into it). Ultimately, would not get again, but the cheese and rice part wasn't inedible- bucatini with meatballs (4/10): man... i just wanted a classic spaghetti and meatballs dish but why you gotta go and try to fancify it :/ the bucatini was so al dente it was practically undercooked and difficult to eat, the meatballs themselves had pretty good flavor, but were a bit dry and had a crust to them since the outside was so overcooked. this dish was basic, verging heavily into "bad" territory-- honestly insane that they're charging $24 for thisAs for other food, my table got the porcini papardelle, gnocchi al pesto, baked salmon, bucatini alla carbonara, and creste di gallo-- I'm not gonna give them a numerical rating since I only tried a bite of some of them, but I can say, from what I tried, the porcini papardelle and bucatini alla carbonara had absolutely NO FLAVOR AT ALL (how is that even possible with a carbonara idk) would probably give those a 1-2/10-- the only thing worth getting was the gnocchi al pesto which was actually delicious Overall, wouldn't come back here, and would recommend others not go back as well. If you have to go, get the gnocchi al pesto, it was the only thing I'd rate above a 5/10

The staff here was super nice & the vibes were immaculate. I ordered gluten-free pasta and it was really good. I went before a comedy show so didn't spend too much time inside. Great for a girls night!

First time coming here and don't regret it. I was in town for the weekend and this happened to be the place we decided on for dinner. We walked in and luckily they were able to squeeze us in. I worked for sure make reservations in advance. They were able to let us have a table but be done by 730. Which by then it was only 545 so we had time. Seems to me like fancy dining. We ended up ordering the a couple of drinks. We ordered the Fiore and raspberry bramble. Both were very good. Entree wise, I ordered the porcini pappardelle and my cousin ordered the chicken Parmesan. Everything was so so delicious. We also ordered the rustic ciabatta bread with butter and olive oil. Ill have to come back to try others on the menu.

〰 Fried calamari was really good and tasty. 〰 Mushroom risotto was also really tasty and very filling. 〰 Bucatini alla carbonara was flavorless. I had to put a lot of cheese to at least have some sort of flavor. 〰 Espresso shot was absolutely TERRIBLE. It tasted like sour jet fuel. It felt like they gave us a stale, reheated old shot. The cup also had no handle which was baffling considering the cup was very hot. Honestly ridiculous. Without a doubt the WORST coffee I've ever had, not even exaggerating and not even close.

I've had a great time both times I've been to Cento. This last time we had a work holiday party. Great service. Good ambience, a very romantic place to take a partner as well.Amazing food, if you haven't tried the bacon wrapped dates you should they're quite delicious. For appetizers we had warm marinated olives, chef selected premium cured and cold cut meats, a plate of Wisconsin and Italian cheese, various nuts.Course one: A mixed green salad, spec, goat cheese, apple, fig, candied walnut, with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Absolutely delicious light flavors.Course two consist of pasta: Rigatoni alla carbonara: cracked black pepper, pancetta, parmesan, and poached egg. Delicious with rich flavors. Tagliatelle : ragu alla bolognese, ricotta, and parmesan. Tasty and richCourse three: Ney's Prime rib Tenderloin: celeriac puree, broccolini, sunchoke chips, barolo demi. Very juicy flavorful tenderloin. The broccolini the purée and the Sun chokes all went really well with the dish. I would definitely order this again.Brick Chicken: arugula, fennel, salsa Verde, citrus. If you like fennel, this is a delicious dish. The chicken was cooked to perfection.Sides: Grilled broccolini: topped with lemon anchovy vinaigrette and Parmesan. One of my favorite things of the entire evening next to the prime rib tenderloins.Crispy Fingerling Potatoes baked and dressed with herbsDolce: Chocolate, stout cake macerated blueberry with vanilla gelato. I would not mix this blueberry and chocolate stout cake. The cake was very soft,The food and drink service was great. I did have difficulty getting water for the last hour.