Centraal Grand Café & Tappery
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Centraal Grand Café & Tappery

★★★★☆ (684 reviews) · $$ Breakfast & Brunch, Gluten-Free, Beer Bar
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Starters - Lunch & DinnerSoup & Salads - Lunch & DinnerStreet Food & Handhelds - Lunch & DinnerMains - Lunch & DinnerDesserts - Lunch & DinnerKids - Lunch & DinnerSides - Lunch & Dinner MenuGluten Free - Lunch & DinnerVegan / Vegetarian - Lunch & DinnerStarters - BrunchSauces - BrunchSides - BrunchBrunch Plates - BrunchEgg Plates - BrunchToast & Cakes - BrunchHandhelds - BrunchLunch - BrunchKids - BrunchGluten Free - BrunchVegan / Vegetarian - Brunch

Gallery

Smoked salmon toast

Smoked salmon toast

Berry Basil French Toast

Berry Basil French Toast

Bar area

Bar area

Donor Kabab with Fries

Donor Kabab with Fries

two sandwiches on a plate

two sandwiches on a plate

a glass of beer and fried chicken

a glass of beer and fried chicken

Nice place

Nice place

Belgian white beer

Belgian white beer

The bar area

The bar area

outside

outside

a plate of food on a table

a plate of food on a table

Centraal greens with salmon added

Centraal greens with salmon added

outside

outside

outside, donuts

outside, donuts

The Big Breakfast Burrito

The Big Breakfast Burrito

Beer menu

Beer menu

interior

interior

outside

outside

The Departures flight.

The Departures flight.

Dining area & bar

Dining area & bar

quesadilla (bowl)

quesadilla (bowl)

interior

interior

Customer Reviews

Liz A.

★★★★☆

Dec 23, 2024


Wow, it's been ten years since I first reviewed this place and I've been back many times. I love how large this place is. We often go for breakfast and are there between 8am-9am, never have to wait for a table.The food is good and even better, reasonably priced. The service, not so great. On repeated trips, we waited almost ten minutes to be acknowledged, received drinks that were ordered right away so late I forgot they had been ordered. The food typically comes out fast though more often than not, no one checks in on you. Paying the bill always seems to take longer than it should. So four stars you say? Yes, I like the food, the price and the restaurant vibes. The tables and chairs are comfortable and we love that they open relatively early compared to most other restaurants in Bay View.

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Steven T.

★★☆☆☆

Nov 10, 2024


This was the restaurant of the week check in so I stopped by Sunday morning for breakfast and parking was fine at 8:30 am before Bayview got up or the rest of the Milwaukee area. The place is on a diagonal weird intersection in a nice building. As I walked in I thought that this place is really nice with great big booths and a stellar bar. On the weekends, sat/sun they have a $22 bottomless Bloody Mary with a 2 hour window which is great if you don't drive like me so I didn't have it but it's available.Service was excellent from start to finish but it was fairly empty after just opening. I ordered the Americana which is 2 eggs, rosemary potatoes, protein of your choice and multi grain toast.I ordered the Americana breakfast with sausage links. The sausage links were plump and juicy/tender but bland with little flavor. The sunny side up eggs were perfect. The multi grain toast was hearty, one slice with a burnt flavor and not very good as a toast sandwich because of the hardness and burnt flavor over powering my favorite of making a toast sandwich. The rosemary potatoes were pathetic because they were room temperature, not fresh cooked soggy like cooked in old oil. They were noticeably not cooked to order because the fresh cooked cubed potatoes with that soft inside and crispy outside always is noticeably and so good. Nothing was seasoned and I felt the whole breakfast was bland and not flavorful compared to my next stop for a spicy Bloody Mary which was full of flavors and made my mouth hot and my nose run, not bland confirming my senses still work. It's a very nice place with diner food I thought but the price point was diner food so no harm no foul.

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Reese S.

★★★☆☆

Nov 4, 2024


I've been to Centraal a few times now and it is a really great option for food and drinks. I want to preface that I actually think their food is GREAT and the beer flights they offer are super fun and you get a good amount of beer for what you pay for. The reason for my rating is purely based on service. I would say that of all the times I had been previously the service was so-so, nothing great but nothing bad. However, the last time I went it was definitely leas then ideal.It was mainly young people running the restaurant and they were super disorganized and had no clue what was going on. I had to remind them multiple times that we were waiting for a table. Then, one of the hostesses would come and get us for a table then tell us it wasn't actually ready. Mind you, there were at least 4 other tables open in the restaurant that were not reserved.When we did get seated, we got put on the back patio area that they turned into a heated tent situation. My in-laws didn't love the atmosphere compared to the actual inside of the restaurant so we asked to be moved. It seemed like a major inconvenience to all of the staff and to top it all off- we were each carrying our beer flights (see the big wood board pictured) across the restaurant multiple times.Also several of our drink orders were wrong. My fiancé ordered the Lowlands flight which does not have any ciders on it (he is a hardcore beer enthusiast) and the bartender handed him the flight and mentioned one was a cider. We were both so confused but couldn't seem to track someone down to ask why so he just dealt with it.Overall would recommend for a quick bite or drink but the staff needs to be seriously trained or at least caught up to speed on the operations of the place.

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Carla R.

★★★★★

Mar 4, 2025


We had such a great experience at Centraal! It's a better version of Cafe Benelux/hollander. This will definitely be in our rotation of restaurants. Everyone was super friendly which stood out for me. We split chicken birria tacos and this was the perfect amount for us. The tacos were so delicious that we didn't talk through the whole meal they were so good! There is a massive drink list and endless options. Very chill inside and music isn't overwhelmingly loud. We were also here for a Yelp event which was fun!

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Deborah W.

★★★★★

Mar 4, 2025


Always consistently delicious food, great ambience and service is excellent. Brunch is awesome

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Julie Y.

★★★★☆

Feb 16, 2025


Centraal Cafe is a casual place for a nice meal. I've always walked in without a reservation and was seated within 10 minutes. The server is always very attentive and the food tastes great! I love the burgers here, but the donut holes weren't as good/flavorful as they look. I would skip the donuts and get the cheesecake instead if you're looking for a dessert.

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Maty H.

★★★★☆

Sep 22, 2024


First time here. Really busy. Seems like the place that you want to hang out for a while with good friends or companies. We got seated right away and service was pretty quick even though they were busy we did not have to wait for our server to come to our table and take our order and make sure that we were taking care of. The food was really good and exactly as describe on the menu. So the pictures do a very well description of what you will be getting on your plate. I will definitely come back I could've stayed longer because that must be. It was so good,inviting and welcoming that it's one of those places that you want to stay for a while the only way to find out is if you come to experience yourself.

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Emma F.

★★★★★

Jul 20, 2024


Wow did David and I enjoy our meal at Centraal!! I had the ultimate girl lunch which included the Centraal salad and a side of fries. I will be dreaming about this meal for awhile...If you take anything from this review please let it be this, get the dipping sauces!!! These made the fries un-freaking-believable!! I personally got the garlic aioli and chili garlic mayo. 11/10 recommend. I'm slowly making David a sauce guy My salad was so light and refreshing. I loved the lemon dressing as it paired perfectly with the apples, almonds and cheese. I also had a bite of David's chicken sandwich and it was fantastic. Very saucy, heavy on the pickles and had tons of flavor. Definitely check this place out if you're in the area looking for some solid food!

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Ann C.

★★★★★

May 10, 2024


We had brunch at Centraal Grand Cafe on a Sunday - late morning. We didn't have a reservation, but we were seated at a table with no wait. There were five of us, four adults and a teen. We sat in the back of the restaurant - it was lovely... quiet. The food was amazing! Everyone ordered something different and every one of us was happy with our brunch decision. We started with the salmon toast, yum! My husband had the cheesy gooey spicy mess, it was very tasty. I tip-toed out of the box; I almost always order eggs Benedict when we go out for breakfast, instead, I ordered the crispy avocado Benedict... it was fantastic. Service was great, food was great, location was great!

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Torrie B.

★★★★☆

Oct 13, 2024


Still a solid spot for food and drinks. Service can be a bit hit or miss if you need a refill, etc. I really like hanging out here with friends. It's comfortable and a great location on KK.

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