Uptown Steakhouse 111 North Main Street, Benton, IL 62812

"Want an exciting night out? Go here! Music, comedy show, excellent service and staff. It is a small place, and when my guy and I went, we needed reservations. (So keep that in mind) The food was not as top notch as I expected to be since it is a Steakhouse. The filet I had needed more seasoning. It was tender, juicy.. however, if you're a picture taking crazy person, like me.. I suggest getting your food before a show starts because the lighting is different and unfortunately my photos did not look great. Also if you like to drink drink.. expect a large bill. Lol"

"Out of our group of six, three of us ordered a side salad. It took and hour and 20 minutes to get them and then our food came out immediately following. The two bartenders/servers were horrible and the owner had to take our order and get our drinks. We had to order our 2nd drinks three times before we finally got them. We had four cold steaks, one cold salmon steak and a hot piece of overcooked chicken with no flavor. The cheesy potato casserole was amazing. The comedy was good. They have literally thrown some tables in an old bar and called it a restaurant. Way too overpriced for what it is."

"Appetizers were good. For the price of the steak, I could have made a better ribeye at home. Steaks at a high-end restaurant are usually of highest quality but this one tasted no different than when I could have picked up in Kroger myself. It was cooked correctly to medium rare. The service was good except the gentleman corrected the waitress right in front of us over not having a lit candle on our table which I thought was unnecessary humiliation for her. Our waitress was very good checking on our needs and refilling our drinks but it seems she was a little too eager to take our plates when we weren't ready for them to be taken yet. It felt rushed. The pace of the appetizers, salad and entree was good though. The atmosphere is small and there's a huge bar area. It seems to me the bar sticks out so far it really takes up a lot of the room for the tables but it was clean, just chilly in the restaurant. This was my first time here and I was looking so forward to it. I was so excited about it because I'm a big steak fan. I wish I could give it a better review. The staff is friendly and did ask us where we were from and were polite to us. I might give it a second chance at a later date."

"They had wonderful food and comedy. Understaffed. Our drink glasses were reused as in a new drink was not served until we were done with the drink and then it was refilled. I was asked to hand my dirty dish to the server across the table. I understand our current staffing situation, but it was not worth $100.00 per person. We did have quite a few drinks but it was steep for the cramped seating and bar atmosphere."

"Food was excellent service was great. The owner was there, took a lot of pride in his Food that he was serving"