Casa Benedetto's Italian Caffe

An early dinner on Tuesday. First time eating at this location. We ate at their previous restaurant. Seated right away. Only one other couple here now. Yep plenty of parking out front they are an end unit to the north of Winn Dixie.My wife had the fusilli pasta with meatballs after a garden salad with house dressing. I had soup and Chicken Francese (lemon butter parsley sauce) which was very good. Joe Joe took excellent care of us. They bring out a bread basket nice and hot. Nice way to start the meal. So for us a 4. Just didn't care for the taste of their homemade tomato sauce it was good but like it a bit sweeter. Some previous reviews recommend getting their vodka sauce. Definitely worth a try.

The restaurant is a bit out of the way from downtown Jacksonville but I think it's worth a drive/They have ample parking and the restaurant itself is quaint and quirky.i was told the restaurant has been around the St Augustine area for 2decades but in different locations before moving to the current place 4 years ago.Our waiter was knowledgeable and made good recommendations. The food tasted great and had a homemade feel. The pasta was al dente. The portions were huge so if you are not a big eater, you can share with a friend.The tiramisu tasted different from what I've had in the past. I could taste the mascarpone cheese as the dominant ingredient over the chocolate / coffee.The food tasted like authentic Italian fare.Worth a trip to try it yourself!

Went for lunch with a small group of three this time. We were the only customers having lunch on the day we went. The place is small, tidy, and the décor is cute. However, from us being the only patrons at the time, the place felt eerily quiet and we all felt this weird uncomfortableness. That said, I wouldn't recommend going during lunch, perhaps the evening meal offers a better vibe.The food is good, portions are small (yes, even for a lunch portion), the prices are a little high for what you get, and the service is ok. Even with being the only folks in there, we had the dreaded empty glass a few times and the food took a long time to come. Perhaps they wanted to space things out since we were the only customers???We had heard great things about this place, read quite a few reviews, and looked forward to trying it since we don't have an Italian "go-to" place anymore here. I think it is ok and you will get a decent meal. This caliber of Italian food can be found throughout the area and nothing special sticks out. Some restaurants are worth the drive when you live far away, but I wouldn't drive 40 minutes to go there again unless I had to (meeting friends or whatever). However, if you live on this end of town...check it out, it may be to your liking. It is located in a strip mall that has plenty of parking. Be sure to put it in your GPS because I think it may seem hidden to some folks. Please note that it is in the same strip mall as the Winn Dixie, and there is a Walgreens along the road where you'd turn in.

Visiting the area and needed some grub. Ordered the Penne ala Vodka and the Chicken Parmigiana. With side salads and bread, to go. The presentation of the Penne ala Vodka left a tad to be desired. Some of the chicken which was an add on was over done but the sauce was good. The dish was tasty. The chicken parmigiana was good and the portion size for both dishes was ample. The sauce was meaty and had decent cheese. I was not happy with the cleanliness of my house salad greens, thus they were thrown away. The bread was decent. The meals were a tad pricey but again, serving size helped to make up for it. Decent meal but nothing that says I must return.

Food was superb and this was our 4th time eating here and again we were not disappointed, service was excellent and our server was great, the atmosphere is always cozy and a great way to spend the eveningwith a loved one , enjoyed a bottle of wine , had the rice balls as an appetizer,then had sausage and peppers as my entree, finished off with canolas.

Small place but organized.Lunch portions looks like kids portion, with a regular price. Everything is a little overpriced.Chicken parmegiana tasted ok, but the red sauce was just store bought.Alfredo missing salt but ok, portion of the pasta very small. For $11, plus $7 for a few pieces of chicken.Bread was ok.

Excellent little Italian place. Food is delicious, service is amazing and owners are about as great as you can get. Recommend always.If your an animal hating (@$$hole) you make take offense to the well behaved dog that is in there from time to time or the beautiful birds they will bring in to their cages some times. None of which are a problem for normal people. So Karen don't go, you know who you are.

You can feel the love put in to this place. A small, family-run restaurant with the ambiance of an old Italian eatery. The place was packed, but fortunately we had reservations. It's obviously a very popular place as we noticed numerous regulars. Personalized service from the owners to the servers. My veal piccata was excellent. It's well-worth the 15-20 minute drive from St. Augustine.

Stopped here for lunch and it was really good. I had the eggplant parm which I thought was as good as it gets - eggplant without a huge cap of mozzarella, just enough. I think it had some ricotta as well, which made it creamier - almost lasagna-like. It came with pasta and the red sauce was rustic with some chunks of tomato. My wife had the flounder which she really liked - they made it without breadcrumbs for her.Service was friendly and prompt, there are tables for about 50-60 people; when we were there were maybe four other diners, so I can't comment about noise.I'm giving it five stars because what we had was a home-run and the overall experience was quite nice - it's reminiscent of small family-run restaurants serving quality food, which are unfortunately disapearing as chains dominate many local dining options. We will definitely be going back.

Just be aware, they are currently offering only a limited menu. Went there looking forward to getting some dishes that other Italian restaurants don't offer but unfortunately they didn't have them. We ended up getting dishes we could have gotten anywhere probably at half the price. Don't get me wrong, it was good, just nothing special like it usually is.