Cantina del Centro

Great place to eat and drink! Their street tacos are very good with tons of meat in them. 3 of them and you are full. We liked it so much that we went twice. Staff was very friendly. All of them.
We are kind of taco snobs too so for my wife and I to both live it…

Delicious tacos for reasonable prices. The veggie tacos were as good as the meat tacos which is rare and the Escobar is, honestly, one of the BEST cocktails I’ve ever had!

Enjoyed two beautiful ounces of Mezcal and Tequila (separately of course) which went well with the tortilla soup and special burger. Staff were friendly and engaging. Great dining experience.

Awesome lunch, reasonable prices, excellent service and very friendly and helpful serving staff. When I return to Nelson I would definitely consider having lunch here again.

Atmosphere is fun and lively. We were greated by a skanky hostess with bra hanging out and unwashed hair, seated with fruit flies surrounding us so we needed to brush them away, and the menu has misspellings. They didn’t own a blender for a blended margarita, but the Ginger Cardamon Margarita on the rocks was quite tasty. We were able to watch the cook prepare food while wiping his nose. The loud music, barlike ambiance seemed to drown out the rest of it.

Great chicken wrap and fish wrap were served quickly along with a virgin mojito and beer. We both enjoyed the atmosphere of the outdoor patio and were in complete agreement that it was a place to seek out any time either of us was in the Nelson area. Great value!

dry, tiny portions with no flavor, we got several things of the menu and they were all awful!

Great atmosphere. Delicious food. I would definitely eat there again.
The staff was pleasant and make great recommendations re: what to order.

Delicious margaritas (had to order a ‘half’ as the full has THREE shots of tequila!). Also had the champiñones al ajillo tacos which were tasty. Not mind-​blowing, but pretty good for late night eats.
At 10pm the place was one of the only places with a crowd on a Monday night, good people watching. Friendly, fast service and fun, funky interior.
Hungry late? the taco window is open from 12am to 3am!
The only reason this isn’t a 5 start is there was only 1 vegan option on the menu, would have loved to try one of the other 3 veggie tacos if they could have been made vegan.

Service was slow and spotty. It took quite awhile for the one drink ordered to come out, and then the food came all at once a couple minutes later with the exception of the two tacos. Those came several minutes into our attempts to flag down anyone working there to give us our bill so we could leave. We tried four different menu items. All were bland. The worst was easily the panela cheese wrap (code for burrito?). The cheese, cold and too wet, dominated, wiping out the warmth of the minimal beans and whatever else was in there. We couldn’t tell what else was in there, really, because it all just tasted like cold wet mush wrapped in a barely heated tortilla. That essentially characterizes our experience there. Nothing else we had was as bad as the wrap, but none of it was any good. I wish there had at least been salt and pepper on the table to add a little flavor to the meal. Quite a high price for such a poor meal. You could easily do better in your own kitchen. Stay in. Keep your money.
And by the way, there are some spelling/​grammar errors in the restaurant’s description on their Unilocal page that need correction.