Benchmark Restaurant

We love this place. The service, food and ambience is always amazing, What I love most is you can go there for a casual happy hour or celebration dinner and it's always amazing. Their servers are well trained and know the food. The popovers are amazing. They had filet on the bone which is my favorite the sides and salads are always so good. Amazing cocktails and Awesome mocktails! We always go there for a special evening and it never fails

For the food to be as expensive as it it is and ala carte, I expected better. The waitress was nice, but brought cold popovers. The French Onion Soup was pretty good. My Mother in law's Blackened Salmon was good and she had asparagus and mashed potatoes. My Blackened Salmon was MEDIUM which was RAW in the center, so I ate around it. The Crabcake was Not Great. Lastly, the Ribeye...We asked for Medium but it came out RARE. Overall, wouldn't come back. Maybe in OHIO this is a staple kind of place and high end. I'm not sure, but the kitchen needs to take the time to SEASON their food and not try to cook it QUICKLY, but cook the food evenly so the inside matches the outside. Have charred food on the outside, and RAW on the inside suggests HIGH HEAT and the inside can't catch up.

Holy pork belly. They're calling it bacon, but it's straight up chunks of pork belly and I am *here* for it. Several menu items come with it, and I look forward to sampling them all.They started us with some delightful bread, something akin to a Yorkshire pudding...it was *quite* good. Heavy on the rosemary, light fluffy texture, not overly filling so you still have room for all the bacon Most importantly, served with soft whipped butter! Thick cut bacon appetizer - they are not f***in' around, kids. This was three sizeable, luxurious chunks of smoked pork belly drizzled with real maple syrup and herbs. Sumptuous! The smoke flavor really came through. A meal in itself! Highly recommend getting this.French onion soup - very flavorful, tested of onion AND beef, nicely salty, cheesy and delicious. This is exactly what you want out of a French onion soup! Would definitely get this again.Maple Grits & Bacon - wonderfully textured grits with crisped pork belly chunks and lots of real maple syrup. Almost a dessert! Another winner.Brussels sprouts - these were simple but paired so well with everything else. It was nice to have a dish that didn't have pork or maple in it to balance out the rest of our meal! A good contrast.Short rib - I don't know that I agree with what they did to these poor carrots. I'm sure they calling it roasted, but it was more...dessicated at the skinny end and raw at the top end. The short rib was good with a nice glaze, the sauce was spicy, but not excessively so. It came topped with cilantro, which isn't on the ingredients list. I'm allergic so this would have been nice to know about. Thankfully it was easily removable and not wilted. I would skip this next time tho and just order everything else. They had so many interesting looking sides and appetizers, you could easily make a meal out of them alone...we almost did! We will definitely be back again! The space was clean, bright and airy. Service was great. We waited quite a bit for our cocktail, but otherwise were well attended. We tried to order a fresh baked cookie to take home from their dessert menu, but they were out. They kindly offered us another dessert item on the house as an apology. That's was very gracious of them!

The service was awesome but the Bone in 24 oz Ribeye I ordered was very tough, not a good piece of meat at all. I figured it would be a lot better for the price. Wouldn't order that again

Really good New Year's Eve night out. The food was delicious. The bartenders were top tier

Classic steakhouse fare, modern steakhouse vibes. Overall, good service, solid food, and huge portions. Nothing blew me away, and I really wish my steak was more tender.But I did really enjoy getting my steak the "Chef's Way," which came with a healthy amount of butter poached king crab, steeped in Korean steak butter and black truffle bernaise, and some asparagus. And popovers for the complimentary bread service is always a plus in my book!

I have been here several times but it has been a few years. I was happy to see they are still here and the quality is still excellent. They have good happy hour specials with food and drinks. I had the wedge salad and it's great. The bacon comes in chunks and the dressing tastes homemade. The popovers are not to be missed. They are excellent and not as heavy as other pre-dinner breads. The booze selection is vast and they make great mixed drinks. Everything I've had here is excellent, fresh and high quality. I had the shrimp and grits entree. Not the best I've had but very good. They put a BBQ sauce on it. I love this place.

This was a last minute stop and I was trying to find a place for dinner by the entertainment for the night and the hotel. Lo and behold, I saw Benchmark. They had come up in my search before for vegan options but I didn't see many on the menu. We walked in and they were busy. However, there was seating at the bar. The server was great at explaining what vegan options were available and also accommodating my nut allergy. The food and the service were wonderful. I would definitely go back but with a reservation to see what table service is like.

Everything here was fantastic. I was on a business trip, so I sat solo in the bar area, the service was still top notch for those tables.The food was excellent, I really enjoyed everything. I got a steak, the double-baked potato and a salad- steakhouse classic order! Everything was done well though. I finished with the bourbon cake- very good.The cocktails were on point- I got a Manhattan first, which was good but generic, but really loved the Walk the Plank- which was a boozed up Sangria-ish delight. Definitely would return if in the area.

I will start with the pros... our server was good. The ribeye steak was cooked perfectly and Brussel sprouts were delicious.Now the cons... the pesto lemon pasta was too lemony. It overpowered the pesto. Also the pasta was overcooked. Or maybe it just sat too long before it was served. We literally stared at my steak and my husband's pasta just sitting on a cold counter. They were waiting for our Brussel sprouts to get done. I wish they had just served it.More cons... the deconstructed panacotta dessert was not a panacotta. It was too firm. Firmer even than jello. The crumbles were yummy but the meringue was meh. Our server took it off the bill. So that was nice. The blondie with ice cream was so hard my husband had a hard time with it and just gave up halfway through.If there is a next time, I would just stick to steak and skip dessert.