Centenario Restaurant — Restaurant in Waunakee

We stopped in for a Thursday evening dinner based on the great reviews. Our first issue was finding parking. Street parking near the restaurant was all full and the lot near the entrance nearly fill of very haphazardly parked cars. The entrance to the restaurant itself is a bit unusual with a gated off desk immediately inside. You have to go into the basement of the building and then enter into an area with pool tables and games (which has several customers) with the bar prominently to the side with no signs of a hostess stand. You only see the dining area after walking well into the room and, of course, no staff was in the area. The restaurant area appears quite large but we quickly realized that there were only 2 tables of dining patrons seated. We also immediately noted the very harsh lighting, which we commented was very antiseptic and industrial feeling. When someone did notice us, we were quickly seated and chips and salsa were brought out. The menu is very heavily biased towards seafood dishes with a limited set of options for chicken or beef and almost no pork. The chips are good, but clearly from a bag and the salsa was tasty. We ordered a margarita, which was good, but definitely on the sweet side. My wife ordered the carnitas plate and I ordered centenario fajitas. They were both served very quickly. Portions and presentation were okay and the food was hot. The carnitas were really just pork butt that had been grilled a bit. It was good, but didn't have the typical carnitas flavor of citrus or much for seasoning. The story was similar for the fajitas. The side plates of rice and beans were not overly generous but the flour tortillas were hot and tasty. Prices were to the higher side of other restaurants. All-in-all, compared to other Mexican restaurants in the area, our experience was just mediocre, with nothing about it to command the price, especially given the antiseptic feeling atmosphere and fairly limited menu. I can't say to not go there but can definitely say that we've had much better experiences at other area Mexican...

We stopped in for dinner tonight after a neighbor told us about this place (we hadn't heard of it), and we're so glad we did! My wife is a big fan of chilaquiles and we were surprised to find that you can order them any time of day there! They were perfect - perfect amount of crunch left in the chips! I had enchiladas verde and asked them to mix chicken and steak which was fantastic! So the did was top notch and the variety on the menu was amazing. We now can't wait to come back to try some other offerings! The atmosphere isn't what you'd consider fancy but the dining area is large enough that you'd be comfortable whatever your tastes are. What stood out most of all was the fantastic attitude of the people serving our table! It was infectious positivity and energy! That is so hard to find some days, but both of the people who stopped by our table were wonderful! We...

Had great lunch there yesterday with my wife and boy. The food was delicious! We ordered premium margarita drinks it was so good and smooth. I eat all my food even the shells. Whoops! maybe just bite shrimp shells only ;) yes, after meal with great Mexican music we decided to play pool there instead of dance;) They also have some gaming machines there just like Brain on baker street decades ago, of course with totally new versions. This place are neat, and visually much more open , nice new bathrooms, great handicap accessible entrance! definitely nice thoughtful architecture floor plan for its restaurant. It was pretty busy there yesterday, but this place is huge, it certainly can comfortably accommodate so many people here. They do have many staffs, our food was came out in good timing, thanks:) I love this place, I would definitely come...