Benton Square Restaurant & Lounge

Everything about this place was amazing. The staff, the food, the service, the dining area, and did I say the food... The absolute best Italian food I've ever had.

Benton Square Restaurant is a great place. Our server (Jenna) was excellent. She was polite, personable and did the simple things (kept our water and drinks filled). She checked on us regularly to ensure our dinning experience was a pleasant one. The food was excellent. It was served hot, the portions were were worth the price. The owner/chef came and checked on us twice during our meal. What a great place to dine and enjoy an evening. I will be going back!

A $41 filet mignon should be far better than the steak we were served. The pasta wasn’t all that great either. The service was great but the food was poor quality and way overpriced. Dinner was $85 for two people and we both left disappointed.

Good service, nice atmosphere and the portion size is good.

Lots of character in an old schoolhouse. Just enough menu choices. I had the special, Springfield cashew chicken and a side salad. Both very good. Service was great!

Food was great and plenty. Prices were high. Was seated at a table where no one knew who the server was. Took a long time to get service. But people were friendly. All in all a decent place to eat.

Man this place is absolutely amazing. It's super clean and well taken care of. The food is no joke and tastes like heaven. I will be back for more

Horrible! Horrible! So very disappointed! This used to be my most favorite place to eat. No more bread with the delicious herb oils, appetizers is a rip off like my favorite stuffed mushrooms is now just one mushroom and outrageously priced. Our favorite lasagna is only cooked when the chef feels like it, less of a selection entrees that are outrageously priced with less on the plate! What used to be my favorite place to eat and escape with my spouse and enjoy a delicious meal, with leftovers to take home and enjoy, no longer exists. They don't give you enough food for the price you pay that you leave full and taking a goody bag home. The only things that have stayed on the menu that I did love so much are gross, bland, and no taste! Will not be back again to pay for high priced food that I could get at sirloin stockade!

The food was very good and they have a nice menu variety. Took a little extra time for the waitress to show up at first but after that she was on point. Price wasn't terrible either.

This was my first time at Di Trapani's and it will not be my last. I booked a reservation with them on Valentine's Day and despite it being very busy the service was wonderful. The restaurant has an old time charm and it never gets too loud. Our waitress was exceptional and made sure we had a wonderful dinner. The toasted ravioli were crisp and flavorful. I enjoyed the dressing on the house salad and it was a wonderful precursor to the hearty pasta. The shrimp pasta I had was delicious, and I loved the lemon garlic sauce it was tossed in. Overall, this was a fantastic experience!!

We were recommended to go here by a local. The building in the inside interior are absolutely beautiful, gorgeous. So the ambience is very romantic the paper white tablecloth, of course are fun with crayon. We ordered the prime rib, which was delicious yet it was medium instead of medium rare of what we ordered, but it was still delicious. We also had their salads which were fresh and he had their house dressing. Very good. We had it with Alfredo pasta it was good at different flavor than I'm what I'm used to, but still liked it and then the Italian sub was delicious. He ended with gooey butter cake, tiramisu, and cheesecake again Very very tasty will be back.

Mike is not a run of the mill chef. He is an amazing chef and really goes the 2nd mile to make your dining a great experience. He runs a well maintained staff and the ambiance makes a well rounded dining pleasure.

The place was easy to find on Apple Maps. We decided to go here for our Anniversary. There was plenty of seating, the background music was great. The lighting was ok. We were eager to eat So we ordered right away. They had a very good drink selection. Our food came out quickly and the service had a perfect flow throughout dinner. This place is now my go to for Italian cuisine.

We stood at the host station for more than 10 minutes without anyone saying a thing to us. I had called to make a reservation and left a voicemail. No response. We just left and went to Randy's BBQ.

Love this place. A little something for everyone on the menu. The chef always comes out to check on your satisfaction. BTW they make the best pizza in town with fresh ingredients. I tried a slice of my daughters. Dad-gum-good! Great place to take the wife on date night.

Ok. 3 stars is not my typical review. And in this case I feel that is generous! The food wasn't stellar and the service was just abysmal... So my wife and I rarely have a date night on a Friday because of my hours. Because my boss gifted us all with an early-out of my choosing I used it to take my amazing wife out on a well deserved date before a slew of complicated medical procedures start in the next week. We were so excited. The menu looked delicious and the building itself is sooo cool. An old school house. Well our excitement quickly turned to frustration. We were sat with water and menus and waited about 10 min before a server came by. We eagerly ordered a bottle of wine and two appetizers. And we waited and waited and waited for the wine. Typically wine comes right away. Well she brought appetizers out then went back for our wine. Odd, but at least we had wine! The appetizers were so/so. The stuffed portobello was the smallest I had ever seen and the shrimp cake had an off putting mushy texture. It wasn't my favorite. The flash fried spinach was good, just over salted. Our salads came out quickly but could tell two salads were made and tossed together as my wife had all the lettuce and I had all the provel cheese. Lol. The dressing was great just not a good balance of salad. Our entrees came out and my wife had the seafood lasagna which she LOVED and is the reason for the 3 stars! I didn't try a bite due to a crab allergy but it looked delicious. I had the special that was said to have a Gorgonzola and spinach sauce with mushrooms, shrimp, and topped with walnuts. It was good but when I here Gorgonzola I want to be smacked in the face with it. I still brought it home and will be eating it for dinner day 2! After we each finished about half our entrees we decided on the desserts we wanted to take home with us. During our meal we never saw our server again. Two busters stopped by to fill water and one very bright young person did ask about our meal. We sat. And sat. And sat. Finally asked for a box when the bright young busser came by. We told her what we wanted to order Togo and that we hadn't seen our server in about 45 min. My wife got up to use the restroom, and took time taking pictures. Was gone about 10 min, and still no server. Finally she comes with the dessert and our check. Here is where it should go to 1/2 stars. I mentioned we were not happy with the service and that she had not been by our table for 45 minutes and she said "I promise I've been working!" Ugh no empathy for her customers that just spent $130 on a mediocre meal. Also the desserts were just ok. Not good. Not awful. But nothing to be ordered again

We had reservations at 6 PM. Arrived five minutes early. Never got waited on. 20 minutes. No server came to the table, the gentleman that set the tables up, I approached him and told him that we would like to order and we have not been helped yet, and he said he would check on that. About another five minutes went by, and we did not hear back from anyone. We went to the young lady that sat us and told her that we would be leaving since we were not acknowledged or helped, and she did not reply, just looked at us.

Just not impressed. Went for lunch at 11:15. Chicken Alfredo was good and salad was nice. Slow service between salad and entree. 30 minutes Nice waitress. Restrooms hard to find and were in a beauty shop upstairs. Nice building.

We made a point to stop in Rolla for the night to eat at this excellent restaurant. The food is amazing, service is top notch, and prices are very reasonable. Love the atmosphere. Dark and moody. Very comfortable in a historic old building. It was our second time. We will be back many more times when we are headed east in 44.

This place is hidden, we thought we had the wrong directions. It's a small space, it a took a while for someone to take our order and we didn't even get the complimentary bread but everything we ordered was delicious. We got three appetizers -- spinach & artichoke dip, toasted ravioli and caprese flatbread. The dip was very cheesy, almost Alfredo tasting and very good. The toasted ravioli was so flavorful and the flatbread was amazing. The balsamic they use was thicker and sweeter than any we've ever had. We also ordered the chicken Alfredo to go and that domes with a side salad. The house dressing was too sweet for my taste but my son liked it. The chicken was cooked and seasoned perfectly and the pasta was very good.

A warm and fun environment inside this wonderful restaurant. We showed up without reservations on a Friday night before Easter. It was a little slow getting seated (we're guessing that some of their staff were away for the holidays) but the staff there were working very hard to get everyone seated. The food was delicious and we enjoyed our meal immensely. The wait staff was prompt and attentive. After our meal, the owner or chef came out to check on us. Very nice touch. I recommend this restaurant without reservation.

Food is just okay, nothing really to talk about. We had toasted ravioli which the menu said was toasted ravioli from "The Hill" in Saint Louis, however, tasted just like frozen t-ravs. They weren't very crispy either. Our house salads were good (house dressing is pretty good, touch of sweetness to it). For our meals, I had their cajun salmon linguini which was just alright. My salmon was over cooked and extremely dry. The linguini was also pretty dry, very little Alfredo sauce on the pasta. My boyfriend had their veal oscar, his veal was way over cooked and tough which was disappointing. His baked potato was overloaded with salt. Overall, not the greatest dinner experience. We were hoping for the food to be better considering most of the reviews are almost 5 stars. Aside from our dinner, they were out of almost every single wine on their menu. We had to go through about 3-4 different wines before we were able to choose something that they actually had available. No where did it mention on their menu (nor did the staff mention) that they were out of almost every wine. At the end of our dinner, we were told their credit card machine wasn't working "due to the storms" that occurred recently which also made no sense. Not only were we told this but every table around us also. Initially, we were asked whether we had a different form of payment (cash) which neither of us usually carry on us and then we were asked whether we wanted to leave our credit card information with them so that they could process this once their system was working (absolutely insane if you ask me - would never leave our credit card information with anyone). After everyone told them they didn't have cash, they were able to get it to go through (shockingly enough). All in all, such an odd experience. No desire to go back which is a bummer because we were hoping to have found a good Italian restaurant in the area. This was mediocre Italian food.

I drive from St. Louis just to eat here, the food is that good. The salad is the best I have had and the dishes we have had are delicious! My girlfriend and I have taken turns getting the BBQ Shrimp Risotto which is an Italian dish with Cajun influence. So good. You can really tell that a lot of effort is put into each item. The ambiance is perfect. This restaurant should be on The Hill in St. Louis!

First time at this place and will be the last , sad because its such a great building and atmosphere but after being seated we waited 20 minutes for our waitress , her name is Tracy. We ordered a bottle of chiant and appetizers, 20 minutes later no wine, she brings our appetuzers , finally 40 minutes into our dinner we get our first glass of wine, the appetizers were underwhelming, the smallest portobello mushroom ive ever seen. Flash fried spinach was so salty it was barely edible, she brings our dinner salads, and they put provell cheese on It, mine was a good portion but Emilys was just cheese and a tomato, finally 2 hours later we get our entre mine was very good seafood lasagne, but the special that Emily got was also underwhelming, if youre going to have a gorganzola creme sauce at least be able to taste it, we then never saw Tracy again we had to order our dessert to go from the bus girl. Worst 140 dolllars ive ever spent at a resteraunt!!

We are here for the first time and the vibe and food were great. I can't recall our waiter but he was very professional and patient. We will be back!

I'm not big on Italian food but I love it when they have their buffets for special occasions. The salads are awesome. I love the atmosphere too. Unique dining experience and the staff is friendly.

Absolutely charming setting and bonus Food was delish. We had a small group and order a diverse order. Waitress Amy was very sweet kept drinks full and the food was served promptly. Everything from appetizers to dessert was tasty and served at correct time and temperature. BRAVO small town family restaurant. I will gladly bring family and friends back.

Small so you have to call ahead to make sure you get in. The atmosphere was wonderful. You are not rushed and encouraged to linger over coffee and dessert. The owner stopped by to check on us which was nice. The food was Bellissimo! Cooked right, presented right, and tasted wonderful!! The servers were nice, friendly and respectful. All in all justified their prices which weren't exorbitant. We were very pleased on our date night and will be back!

Wow I don't know where to begin. I ordered a salad and chicken salad sandwich. This cost 18$. Ok I'll pay 18$ for a good quality sandwich. Nope. My salad was flat and room temperature. My sandwich had an onion bun the top was hard and the bottom soggy. I had some iceberg lettuce and a small slice of tomato as well. The chicken salad was bland and looked like just plain canned chicken. No nuts, cranberries etc... things you expect in a 15$ sandwich. This was my first and last time at this restaurant. Side note the people next to us took a few bites of their food and left!

Terrific Venue. Terrific service. Terrific music. Clean, nice, fun atmosphere. The proprietor, who wears a chefs outfit even though there is no way he is a formally trained chef, truly cares about his customers and regularly follows up in the dining room to make sure everything's going great. That's why it gets two stars instead of one. The food is bordering on inedible. The cheapest ingredients followed by terrible recipes. Canned mushrooms on the pizza, terrible cheese, tasteless sauce, Pasta sauce with way too much butter, cheap dinner rolls, etc. etc. I can't think of any single positive thing to say about the food in any way. If you can't taste, it might make for a great evening. Too bad, this could be a really great place for Rolla. Maybe hire a restaurant consultant?

Our first visit here was stellar in both service and food. So we thought we would come back for a second. It's funny how you can have the same server both times but receive less than normal service. The food was great except for the dessert. The creme brulee was excellent the first visit but this time. The top was hard as a rock and about 1/4 " thick with the sugar still underneath. Made the server aware of it. She said I just need to break through and it will be all right. I've eaten creme brulee across the country and have never had it with such a hard coating that you needed to break through with a chisel. So the chef comes out and asks how the creme brulee was so I told him and showed him the thickness. I am happy he offered to replace it. One happy camper here. Happy ending.

AMAZING!! I was visiting people in Rolla, and we went here for dinner one time. It was one of my favorites! I got the mushroom flatbread with broccoli. Highly Recommend!

The food was so delicious, and the serving size was just right. The chef even came out of his kitchen to check up on us. The waitress seemed kind of off and sometimes seemed unfriendly but besides that, everything was perfect. It had a great old-style atmosphere. It is a perfect place for a date night. They give salad and bread before the entrees.

We had 6:30 reservations for my granddaughters graduation they seat us at 6:30 and didn't hear from any one for about a hour got appetizers and no napkins or silverware finally got our salads and still no silverware at that point they told us they didn't have silverware don't know how they expected us to eat salads with no silverware but they did my daughter finally asked did they st least have plastic silverware so they brought us plastic plastic silverware then at 8:45 they came and told us that two of our party had to pick a new meal they were out of salmon they hadn't even started our meals after 3 hours no manager to even talk to and didn't even care about poor service

Great place......wonderful ambiance.....ribeye is fabulous......Will return again....

The Atmosphere is nice and I was pleased when we were initially seated in a big high walled booth that gave plenty of privacy. I was visiting my son who is going to be shipped out the middle east and wanted an intimate dinner where we could connect. The stewardess was actually the one to suggest the booth and everything was fine until we asked for a high chair for the toddler. We were then asked to leave the booth and go to a table, the table was as small as a postage stamp and crammed into a corner next to another party. When the food was delivered my dish was inedible. The final bill was ridiculously expensive. I will not return and cannot recommend this establishment.

This is the only Italian restaurant in Rolla, so I really wish it was better than this. The food is not worth the price you pay for it, the menu is short and doesn't include many basic Italian dishes, and the service is sub-par. You're better off making your own Italian food at home.

Came here for lunch with 6 people. The establishment is beautiful, great decor and character everywhere you look. Our waitress Amy was awesome and very attentive. The food was great, I would highly recommend this place to anyone.Thank you for making our day better.

A gem in the middle of Missouri. My first visit was with a large group of women and despite the large group they managed the drink orders/dinner very well. I visited a second time with just my husband and I for a date night and were in a bit of a hurry. Our waitress was quick and attentive, our food was very good even with going 30 minutes before closing, and the ambiance is very relaxing. We will definitely return. PS. The Toasted White Russian, salmon salad, and the lemon/garlic pasta was so good ( they even accommodated my wanting to swap some pasta for steamed veggies).

What an amazing find!!! After a long day of driving my mom wanted pasta. This was the first place that popped up. All I can say is WOW!!! From the house dressing on the salad to the amazing cannelloni to the house special of blackened mahi mahi with mango salsa everything was perfect! I asked for spinach instead of the rice with mahi and it was too good for words. The chef even came out to inquire as to our meal and how the spinach alternative worked out. Nick our server was very attentive as well!!

Great dinner tonight, first time visiting your establishment. Enjoyed the ambiance, the entrees were delicious and the server was excellent. I would definitely recommend to friends and family.

Went there to celebrate my wedding anniversary, only to be look at all weird from this waitress, asking us what we were doing there, I mean isn't that suppose to be a restaurant. She actually asked us if we were there to meet someone, without even asking if we needed a table first. She then proceeded to say that they were all booked. A complete waste of time going there, first time and probably will be the last. I mean it is not like this is a popular area.I recommend you call first an actually make sure if they have available tables, and also so you won't be greeted so weirdly, oh wait she didn't even say hi to us when we got there, as in she was in shock. I wonder why.....

The food is pretty good and the experience is amazing. The service is wonderful and the atmosphere pleasing. I would totally recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a nice place for dinner in Rolla.

Now this is more like it. This space has seen several restaurants come and go - the reason they go is no secret... We decided to take a chance and we're not disappointed. Good service, good homemade food, good variety. Always loved the atmosphere. Check it out. I would give it 5 stars, but the flash fried spinach was too salty.

Place is tough to find and parking lot is very dark. Interior is clean and comfortable. Beautifully decorated and welcoming. Service was very slow. After being seated we waited 15-20 minutes before a server showed up. We both ordered seafood. I had the lasagna and it was freshly made but didn't seem to have much seafood for the price. So like a good wife I stole shrimp off my husbands plate. He enjoyed his. Not ready to give up yet and will probably try again.

Attended a small wedding and Wow, what a great surprise. To begin with the waitstaff was great. The ambiance was really nice and best of all the food was amazing. I particularly enjoyed the delicious lasagna while my wife loved the specially prepared chicken. One other thing that stood out was the dressing on the salad. It was the best I've tasted, my compliments to their outstanding chef! What a great find in Rolla, Missouri. I live in Texas and can't wait to get back here for more great Italian food.

Although this restaurant has incredible decor, the food was a little less incredible. We went as a group of 3 and ordered the crab cakes, chicken Alfredo with side salads, and a meatball type sandwich with a side salad. The salads were good but the ranch dressing was kinda chunky and tasted off. We got sodas and they were flat. The sandwich was fairly decent, no complaints there! But the Alfredo came with very little sauce (easy fix just ask for extra sauce no complaints there) and when we tasted it it seemed to truly lack flavoring. You couldn't taste the basic components of the sauce such as garlic, butter and Parmesan. 2/3 of us got sick afterwards with frequent trips to the bathroom, perhaps from the ranch? Gave 2/5 because of the big name we were so excited to see this place and drove 45mins to go just to be let down by the food. The owners and staff are very welcoming! The decorations are spot on for a very romantic feel, candlelight on each table and it's warm and has that perfect vintage feel. However for the cost and quality of the food idk if we will make the drive to dine here any time soon.

This place is definitely not a 4 1/2 star restaurant. Hostess sat my husband and I at a table and it took 15 min for a server to get our drink order. We ordered the spinach artichoke dip. The dip was served with little bread pieces, which was weird. For dinner we decided to get chicken parmigiana and chicken Alfredo. Food was horrible!

Very nice decor. It's a little off the beaten path but isn't hard to find. Waiter was very attentive. The stuffed mushroom was excellent. The house salad dressing was delicious. My son ordered the Tutte Mare and said it was very good. My wife ordered Eggplant Parmesan and said it was very light with great flavor. I ordered the seafood lasagna with lobster sauce. It was very good as well. We will definitely be making a return trip when we visit our son at Missouri S&T.

This was literally just okay. It's a nice atmosphere but doesn't tell you that you're in an Italian restaurant. Unless you get that the decor would fit right in with a NJ mob wife's home style. The service was nice, but could have been a little more "fine dining" level. The toasted ravioli was good. I had veal parmigiana and it was quite good. The place is cool because it's an old school.

Horrible horrible service... for got to put in our lunch order... waited over a hour for our food ... so to say thumbs down. Very disappointed

This is definitely one of the nicest and higher quality restaraunts in the Rolla area. The food is always excellent and the service is amazing also. Di Trapani's is our date night go to!

Went there last night with a group of 11. Everyone was happy with their food, the variety on the menu, and the atmosphere. Service was excellent! My husband and I have eaten here a number of times and always enjoy the food. I do find the dinner menu better than the lunch menu - the dinner menu has more choices.

I was truly looking forward to an excellent Italian dining experience when we visited our son in Rolla last night . The ambience inside was beautiful! The waiter attentive and informative . The food was just ok. I had the chicken fettuccini and my husband had chicken parmesan. Bland , dried out chicken for both of us. My husband asked for penne pasta and was told they only have linguini as the pasta no matter what dish you order ? Weird . And my son asked for Caesar salad and they only offer house salad . No Caesar nor no Caesar dressing . However my son ordered their meatball parmesan sandwich and that looked excellent and he said it was very good ! Maybe lunch should be their deal and stay away from the fine dining experience ?

Good food but was very disappointed that they were out of bread pudding before 7 on Valentine's day. Only reason my fiance reserved this restaurant.

Very disappointed picked here to celebrate New Years with friends and we were seated at 7:00 and our dinner did not come until 9:00. When it arrived mine and my wife's pasta was lukewarm at best. The dinner rolls were hard as if they had been sitting out all day. Our server was not very good she smelled of cigarette smoke because we think she took a smoke break several times during our service. They at least took 30% off our bill but it still ruined our evening. I would like to say it was not our first time here but may be our last.