Central Cab

crossing street from the courts to the yc in rain. NO ONE stopped (about 10 private cars) and at 921 pm Central cab driver (dark skin with beret) accelerated, rolled down window, and SPIT at us. CHARMING. cameras? flashing lights? CENTRAL CAB EXPLAIN? pedestrian crosswalk marked clearly

I am elated to have alternative means of transportation that do not force me to rely on the thug types who work for this company. To chose central cab is to put your safety into the hands of drivers who have no value for your well-​being – evident in their unsafe driving and horribly dangerous pick-​up/​drop off stops that endanger these in and outside their vehicles. If you value your life and the lives of others, consider using alternate means of transportation like Über, Lyft or busses.

Called for a cab, wanted to ask how long it would take and the guy on the phone was rude and hung up on me, called again, got a lady this time and she was ok.

Our first experience was good. The first driver from the airport was more professional. He told us the cab fair when we got in the cab was $ 40 right away.
This one star review is solely based on this one cab driver alone as I don’t know where else to complain, therefore if someone knows where I complain about this cab driver pls let me know.
I’m giving this a ¹⁄₅ stars for the cab driver Emmanuel Pierre or Pierre Emmanuel. We took a cab from Deaville Resort to Miami International Airport. We got in the car at around 615am and we drove for about 3 min. The cab had a credit/​debit machine mounted to the back of the passenger seat that read «credit card accepted here» and the cab driver proceeded to say «cash only» AFTER HE started driving. We didn’t have cash and my fiancé said «in that case we don’t have cash pls drop us off right here unless you take debit». The cab driver didn’t say a word and we didn’t know if he heard us or not. He continued to drive and we were still unsure if he heard us or not so we repeated ourselves, «sir, we don’t have cash so can you just drop us off here?» And he then YELLS at us «WELL IF YOU ONLY HAVE DEBIT ILL JUST HAVE TO TAKE DEBIT» or something along those lines very rudely. Needless to say we didn’t tip him very well. He also didn’t even tell us our cab fair total until we got to our destination like our first cab driver experience. I don’t know what is their protocol but it was much nicer knowing what our fair would be ahead of time like the first driver did. So be wary of Emmanuel Pierre. He’s very rude!!!

Totally different cab company since my last complaint. They appreciate or business a lot more these nights.

Exact conversation:
«Central cab»
«I need a cab in bal Harbour that accepts credit cards please»
«Where are you?»
«In bal Harbour»
(With attitude) «call me back when you have an address!» Click.
Why not say «ok at what address?» or «no, I mean the address of where you are»
No problem, your business must make enough money, you obviously don’t need my business. No problem, I’ll take my money to another company, and so will anyone else in their right mind.
Not very friendly as you can see.

After years of providing reliable and semi friendly service 99% to take me to the airport, I called to schedule an early morning pickup and was rudely shut down and hung up on.
WTF Central? Don’t get mad at me because Über is fucking up your shit. Guess who I’m calling from now on?

I catch cabs almost everyday!!! The drivers are horrible with horrible attitudes. Most Spanish drivers are nice. DO NOT RELY on this service. They brought the meters up higher, I used to spend 23 dollars to get to work now it’s 32 absolutely ridiculous. GET UBER!!! This service is a RIP OFF!

I called to book a ride to the air port from Miami beach. The guy that answered the phone didn’t even speak English. Someone else got on the phone after 3 minutes of trying to communicate with his guy. The next person was extremely rude. This is a extremely unprofessional business. I wouldn’t never use them.

Touchy subject for me… central cab is THE cab to call while in South Beach and they will be as reliable and punctual according to how busy the city is. Nobody is perfect. If the city is packed you do have to wait ages and call and call and wait but if not they will be there in a jiffy! And all the drivers are very smart and just! Great local cab company.
However!!! Call them for South Beach only! NOT Brickell! Don’t say I didn’t tell u so ;)

Horrible experience. They left us stranded in the middle of North Miami Beach. They insisted that they didn’t have any cabs nearby and yet we saw several pass with the 5555 number on the side. This company deserves to go out of business!
In general, Miami has some of the worst cabs… many only take cash… it’s like being in the 1950s. We were fortunate that Super Yellow Cab came to the rescue.

Fooled me twice! Never again! Two times now I have called to schedule a ride from Miami Beach to the airport and both times they never showed up. I’ve had to walk to Washington Avenue to find a cab and gotten to the airport late. The first time was in the afternoon and I was able to find another cab, so it was just annoying. This last time was really irksome. I called the night before for a 5:30am pickup. No show. At 5:35 I called and was told, «he’ll be there in 2 minutes.» Yea right. By 5:45am there was still no one. Now I’m running 15 minutes late and I had to find another cab at that hour to get to the airport. I called them because they are a local South Beach company. After my first bad experience I thought that perhaps it was an isolated incident and I’d give them another chance. Never again! Beware, this company is completely unreliable.