Centinela Cafe

I can’t comment on the food bc I’ve been waiting over half an hour for it while at least 6 tables that came after me have already gotten their food and left. Never coming back here.

This place is awesome!!! I have been coming here for years and just love it! Such a comfortable place to eat. The owners are always so welcoming and cheery! You can never go wrong with the French toast special. Their burger combos are a delight! The chicken salad is sooo delicious and perfect amount to fill you up! I will never tire of this place :)

Second review for this place because I am a little bothered with their service for the last 2 months.
They recently hired two new girls here and ever since the service has dipped down significantly. I haven’t seen the owner in a while which leads me to determine that they are slacking off since she’s not running the place.
I dislike onions so I always say no onions, but they still manage to ignore that. It hasn’t been once but I can honestly say it’s been more than 5 times now. Even little things like adding sour cream to burritos, they forget.
We need the owner back before this place starts losing customers and good ratings.
Employees please put some effort and concentration into your job!

Love the chili cheese fries and tacos! I’ve had their chicken sandwiches as well and those were great.

Came here on a Saturday for brunch. You pay prior to sitting. There were a bunch of unbused tables, leaving us only with one clean one to choose from. It seems that when they are busy, their service and manners are compromised. However, this is something I’m willing to overlook if the food is pretty good. Centinela Café is the perfect example of good, cheap home style breakfast food. Nothing fancy, but definitely a home cooked feel. You also can get complimentary coffee-​a rare find.
They offer a huge array of mouth watering breakfast foods. I want to try their French toast next. I was drawn here because of their authentic Spanish style breakfast: huevos con chorizo. It came with flour tortillas, rice, and beans. OMG my favorite type of breakfast. It was satisfying and filling, all under $ 8. A true bang for your buck.
Parking: can be a bit of a challenge. There’s street parking. However, they are located inside a very small plaza so you may find parking there.

ooooh boy. cheap, friendly, and super tasty! but beware, they have a large large menu. they have great cheap specials. it’s just really good… so come to this place.

If you want a cheap good breakfast Centinela Café is just the ticket! I has the yummy Number 17 omelette with avocado, bacon, and cheese. Hash browns and toast come with it, all for under $ 10. We also enjoyed a side of sausage and traditional bacon and eggs. This place is packed, but well worth the wait.

Local greasy spoon diner serving up all kinds of good grub. Order at the counter then take your number and have a seat, the food comes out quick!
I had the special omelette and my wife got the chorizo and eggs… both really tasty. My eggs were a bit overcooked though, but their awesome salsa slathered all over ‘em made that little snafu disappear to my tastebuds.

Love the Centinela Café — Staff is very friendly and courteous. Perfect for enjoying breakfast on your own while you fill or paperwork, study, etc. Staff keeps the place clean and tidy, so please make sure to tip them — not many people do and it’s a wonderful local establishment. Portions are generous and prices are affordable.

Really great prices, and very fresh food! They have a wide variety of breakfast and lunch foods. the orange bang drink is pretty delicious! Omelet was a little over cooked, but the sour cream went well with it! Good food for your buck !

After a quick search on Unilocal for breakfast burritos, we headed towards Centinela Café. It is located in a little strip mall with a pupusa restaurant, cleaner, and I think one more shop.
Since the breakfast burrito would fulfill our salt cravings, we ordered the chocolate chip pancakes to help cure our sweet tooth (teeth). We sat at the table patiently waiting for our food, hoping each dish that came out from the kitchen was our’s.
A short 10 minutes later, the ooey gooey chocolate chip pancakes were on the table along with the breakfast burrito. I went for the pancakes first, and they were PERFECT. Chocolate chips were sprinkled on top with some chocolate syrup, which gave the pancakes just the right amount of sweetness.
I was a little underwhelmed by the bacon/​sausage and potatoes in the breakfast burrito, but the salsa more than made up for it.
Food is definitely affordable, service is cool, but I don’t think I will be back here. Still on a hunt for the best breakfast burrito everrrrrr.

Centinella café is THE best place to get a breakfast burrito! We come here after a night out because the food really hits the spot when you’re not feeling so hot. I’m a vegetarian and I order the breakfast burrito without meat or hash browns but with beans added. Drenched with their super yummy salsa, there isn’t a breakfast burrito that can compete!

My family and I love the happy atmosphere here. Breakfast is definitely their strength, my favorites being the bacon omelet, any of the fluffy pancakes, or the huevos rancheros. Service is friendly and efficient.

We stayed in Playa Vista for the week and decided to try this diner on our way back to the Bay. Breakfast was good and very affordable. Portions were huge and definitely filling. Extra points for the Galaga Ms. pacman standup arcades. Breakfast for 2 cost 24 bucks. Can’t beat that. If you are bougie, stay away because you’ll probably think the area is ghetto. I’ll be back when we visit SoCal again.

Super affordable very good food.
It’s old school dinner experience.
Lots of locals, clean place
Please tip the staff, many people don’t yet they are very nice and responsive.

Best value in the neighborhood! Fast Food prices with better quality. Huge menu including Breakfast all day! Traditional Diner food available with Mexican menu also. You order at a counter, but the staff will bring the food to your table. Please tip them!
My favorites are the breakfast burrito with multiple kinds of meat and awesome spicy salsa I haven’t had anything like it. Also the #7 Breakfast which has 3 pancakes, sausage, bacon, & eggs.
They even have some old video games (Pac Man, Galaga, Marvel vs. Capcom, & a gun game)

Best breakfast burritos in the Marina del Rey/​Culver City area! The $ 6 breakfast burrito comes with egg, potatoes, cheese, bacon, ham and sausage. I usually order take out and the process is seamless. You can always count on them to answer your phone call. Service is quick; no more than 10 minutes. Parking is a pain.

My neighborhood breakfast diner go-​to. As a Del Rey resident, I have been coming to this Mexican Coffee Shop Diner (family-​owned) for years. It’s open all-​day with breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Sandwiches and burgers are standard expectations, but this place excels at BREAKFAST! …and their weekend crowds reflect it. All their American and Mexican breakfast plates excel in taste against other nearby diners (Ronnie’s, Dinah’s, IHOP) at a fraction of the cost. My favorites are the Breakfast burrito, any Mexican plate, Cornbeef Hash plate, and the pancake breakfast. The food isn’t anything unique, it’s just SOLID and perfectly salty and heavy like Americans expect to be.
They have a single line cook, kitchen setup so expect long ticket times for weekend mornings, but at $ 7/​plate it’s an acceptable tradeoff so bring a newspaper or iPhone and patiently wait your turn or call ahead.
Grades
Food: B+
Service: A
Price Value: A+
Ambiance: C+

I enjoy this place being a vegan.
They actually have wide variety of vegetables you can ask them to throw
together in a burrito or just lightly fried.
Good for non-​vegans too.
They have pancakes, burritos, burgers, you name it. The menu is large.
Service is quick, and they even have herbal teas.
Did I mention their salsa is delicious?
Home-​cooked meals served fresh makes me likes this place alot.

Is a nice clean place, breakfast-​lunch. I got mexican breakfast (huevos mexicanos) scramble eggs with tomatoes, onions, chiles. Not too spicy, i may feel it later on the way out.
My friends got 2,2,2,2… Two hotcakes, 2 pieces of bacon, two eggs… And two more things, she liked. Another one got cheese burger and coke, decent prices and kind of nice location. We walked from my friends place in inglewood blvd. the coffe is do your own and no refill for sodas (0,50 refill)