Benson City Grille

Benson City Grille is a nice, safe restaurant to go to in a little town that, quite honestly, I'm a bit timid to eat in.  I hardly ever have luck at these types of restaurants.  But I would definitely go back to this one the next time I'm in Benson.

The place isn't visually stunning.  The parking lot is a little beaten up.  The building is just a ho-hum kinda building.  The decor...well, there really is no decor.  Tables, chairs, carpet.  That's all you're getting here.  Still, it was pretty clean and looked to be kept up at least a little bit.

We called ahead because we were bringing a very large party.  They set up a bunch of tables for us, but it turned out that we needed a few more, and they made it happen with no issues.  The space is actually great for large parties, but make sure you call ahead to be fair to them.

After we were settled, a very kind and patient waitress took our drink order.  They were delivered pretty quickly, and a second waitress made sure they were always filled.  I was quite shocked at how awesome the drink refills for such a giant party was handled!  Major props to Benson City Grille for the attentiveness!

They then took all of the kids' orders, which was an excellent idea, because the little buggers were getting antsy.  They put those orders in, and soon started to take the rest of the orders.  Because the party was so large and the small nature of their kitchen, they decided to take the orders in stages.  The first third of us, then the second, then the rest.  There are pluses and minuses to this strategy, but all-in-all, I think it was very smart of them.  They knew their kitchen couldn't handle twenty meals at once, so they split them up, making sure every meal was served to every customer hot.  Yes, we didn't all get to eat together, but it wasn't a big deal.  The people who naturally gravitated towards each other in conversation all had their meals served at the same time, which was pretty awesome awareness on the waitress' part.  I'm pretty sure everyone was happy with the arrangement in the end.  I certainly heard no griping.

The food itself was pretty decent.  I had a turkey club, which was very tasty.  It was a nice portion of turkey, bacon, and cheese.  It's a basic sandwich, but they do it well enough here.  My husband had the Reuben, and he loved it.  He seemed pretty sure that the meat was freshly prepared in-house.  It just had that taste and tenderness to it.  The bread was good and the sandwich had plenty of cheese and sauce.  He also had the house made chips, which were good.  Not a slam dunk, but good.

Everyone else's food looked good.  The tuna melt looked really good.

After eating, everyone went outside to admire Benson City Grille's patio that overlooks the golf course's ponds.  It's a very pretty view, and the patio gave the kids a nice stretch of land to run around on without interrupting the other diners inside.

My only real gripe was the bathroom.  I went in early on when we first arrived at the restaurant, and I was not impressed with the cleanliness.  There were multiple dead bugs on the floor, and I'm pretty sure there was a smear of poop on the wall.  It was brown and right next to the toilet in any case.  Meh.  When I'm traveling this far from home, I really want to dine at a place with a clean toilet.

In any case, for a town like Benson, Benson City Grille is a real gem.  I would definitely recommend it, and we'll be back for sure!

We were hungry for lunch after doing the cavern tour and saw a good review on Yelp and decided to take a chance (there was only one review which always makes me suspicious). It is at the golf course but the food was very good. So don't let the looks of it chase you away. Everyone enjoyed their lunch. Not really worthy of a 5 star but a good 4. Enjoy watching the golfers and have a great lunch. Ruben and pesto sandwich are recommend as well as the homemade chips (not greasy).

Traveling in town from Atlanta and my future brother in-law recommended this place as he eats here often. First it has a beautiful view over the gold course. He told me it was under new management and Chef Randy Galleano knows what he's doing in the kitchen. The Reuben sandwich was amazing, so was my fiancé's Swiss and mushroom burger was excellent. My in-laws had the corn beef meal which was so big they shared it and they too loved it. I highly recommend dining here!