The new Centric.

[martinchip10]

Thought we would try Centric last week and found the service to be just about right and could see that there was some on the job training occurring whilst we were being served but this was not a problem. The Argentinian steak was beautiful and the other half, despite chucking her potatoes onto my plate whilst I was not looking, loved the turbot.
A thoroughly splendid evening was had and hope to visit again in September if I get my way, if not, it will be poxy Crete.

 

[joey36]

Centric

They must be doing something right. Tripadvisor rate Centric the best restaurant in Puerto Pollensa.

 

[majprop]

I agree, I have always rated the food and staff there since they opened, my only niggle is that they insist on putting hot food onto cold plates but this just makes eat quicker!, during my last visit there I heard that because one of their clients was taken to hospital they all sent a bunch of flowers to the client. I think that is a marvelous detail.

 

[pescador2009]

MajProp - you hit the nail on the head - a wonderful niggle!
My pet hate - 'Hot' Food on 'Cold' Plates - happens a lot in PP as well as other places abroad and ALSO in the UK. It can only be described as 'amateur-ish' catering.
Some of the so called 'better' / 'more popular' / 'in' establishments also come into this category, hence going towards their removal from my 'top 5' this year!!!

 

[katsmum]

It deserves the top spot on TripAdvisor

 

[sws97sdg]

I agree, top class food, we went twice always busy and as soon as a table was cleared another sat down, lots of locals as well.
Food was fantastic and places like Stay should take note, they had a veggie menu, three courses for 16.50, tempura vegetables for starters, great fun watching the waiters trying to carry it without knocking the stack over, risotto which was great and Thai noodles, and a choice of deserts, Panna cotta which was delightful, also had Ca'n Vidalet wine as well.
great staff, great food you can see why it is doing so well.

 

[ragdollabbi]

Looks like another place to try in October

 

[Sparky]

It is great to see Centric open again after their winter break. We went for dinner the other evening and it was very busy, we were given a warm welcome by the owners and also the very unusual "heaters" which are just glass cubes that burn ethanol, but it was surprising how much heat they give off. The food and service were fantastic as always .

 

[El Gordo]

It is great to see Centric open again after their winter break. We went for dinner the other evening and it was very busy, we were given a warm welcome by the owners and also the very unusual "heaters" which are just glass cubes that burn ethanol, but it was surprising how much heat they give off. The food and service were fantastic as always .

We visited over several nights in November before they closed (there wasn't much choice) but we were very pleased with their special "tasting" menus they were putting on to use up their stock!!

Will certainly try them again in March

 

[Sparky]

Hubby treated me to St. Valentines dinner last night. There were 3 set menus, (1) was called "Afrodisiaco" which was seafood/fish 25€ pp, (2) was called "Vitalidad" which was meat 25€ pp and (3) was a Vegetarian menu 20€ pp. All 3 menus included a glass of cava & a strawberry.
Colin had number 1, King prawns in garlic and chilli to start, main course was Seabass in tempura with veg and roasted potato. I had number 2, Japanese chicken and veg dumplings to start, main course was Beef fillet in port reduction and potatoes "Chateaux" grated carrot and beansprouts, the potato was cold which i queried with Jose and he told me this is how it is supposed to be served but offered to heat it up if i wanted, i decided to just go with the flow and it was actually very nice, we also had a bottle of house white and the bill was 62€, great value .
Both meals were fantastic as was the service and it was lovely to see the restaurant busy again, in fact people were still coming in after we left to go to Nostalgia for a nightcap or two .

 

[Sparky]

Oops!!! forgot to add there were 2 choices of dessert, Pannacotta with red wild berries or home made tiramisu. We both had the Pannacotta and it was delicious .

 

[sws97sdg]

Are Centric still doing a free glass of bubble for forum members this year, has anyone had one recently?
Thanks

 

[pollensa]

Are Centric still doing a free glass of bubble for forum members this year, has anyone had one recently?
Thanks

Am afraid not as they no longer advertise with us. But you could try!

 

[sws97sdg]

Have they, they didn't stay for long did they oh well I shall stop giving them such good reviews!

 

[pollensa]

They were with us for a year but apparently decided to try somewhere else this year - so if you do go, just point out they were difficult to find as they're not on the latest map (coming out in July!)

But we have several new ones so we still have 43 great places to try at Restaurants, Cafes, Bars in Puerto Pollensa (Port de Pollenca), Majorca Mallorca

A couple such as Oasis & the new Al Fresco are about to be published. So watch this space!

 

[martinchip10]

We are off to Centric tonight so will report back tomorrow with our thoughts

 

[sws97sdg]

Try the Albariño, its lush!! Great food too, still doing the Veggie MDD

 

[martinchip10]

Will give it a try.
Assume that it is different to the few Albarino's that Tesco sell back home?

 

[sws97sdg]

I think so, they said there were only 10,000 left of these bottles, well 9,997 after we had finished!!

 

[martinchip10]

Lovely food in Centric as expected. Argentinian steak for me and fish for the lady.
Service still seems disjointed. The waitresses seem to wait for an instruction before doing anything. We waited 10 minutes for a menu whilst other customers arriving after us had their menu and drinks provided before our menu arrived.
As for the Albarino, call me tight, but I am not paying over 20 euros for a bottle of wine.