Benvenuto’s Italian Grill

We went there last night for our anniversary. It was a great evening. Deb was our server and she was super. Enough attention to keep our needs met and yet, not hovering. Lots of personality and very attentive. My husband had his shrimp tetrazzini and I had a rib eye. Both meals were delicious. The atmosphere near the water falls is very soothing. It was an especially lovely evening.

For a neighborhood Italian place, there’s great variety here, from pizzas and sandwiches to fancy entrees. It’s a bit pricey for just a weekday dinner out, though. With two pastas, a garlic bread appetizer, and two drinks, you can easily hit $ 50 (before tip for the wait staff, who are always friendly and helpful).
Much of the food is traditionally heavily sauced, cheesed, or fried, with not many lighter entrée choices. But if that’s what you’re looking for, it’s quite satisfying. Sign up for the rewards club to earn coupons for free appetizers, glasses of wine, and other ways to help with the bill.
I’ve never had a bad meal here, but I’ve only ever had one outstanding dish (the seasonal bacon jam scallops risotto, not currently available). Most of the time, the food is just ok. My husband, though, loves the only thing he ever orders, the fettuccini Alfredo. And as I said, the service is great.

My meal — mushroom risotto — was unfortunately ruined by quite a bit of grit in the sauce, which indicates a lack of care and cleanliness in kitchen. Otherwise, it’s a nice, soccer-​mom kind of place.
Pro tip: Clean your food better before cooking.

This was my first restaurant that my husband took me to when we first started dating and we’ve been going back ever since (going on 9 years). Love their food especially their pizza’s and the tall beers (great price for them). The parmesan crusted salmon is tasty too! Definitely give them a try!

Ordered veal parmigiana and the veal cutlet was like a piece of leather. Everyone from the bar was using the outdoor seating area as a place to smoke cigarettes. The waitress even took a long time to refill the water. I would not come back here.

What can I see, it’s your typical Italian chain. I’ve been here 10 times or so and never been disappointed. Prices are fair, service is always good. Huge menu selection with large proportions.
You’re not going to be wowed but you will not leave disappointed or Hungry.

Great service. Bartenders are friendly and the place feels like Cheers to me. Great family restaurant too. We have three kids and they all have their favorites on the menu. When we talk about going to a restaurant, they always vote for Bene’s, even though I (sometimes) wish they would pick somewhere else for variety. I can’t, and wouldn’t, say a single negative thing about this place.

Great Italian restaurant in Fitchburg. Good selection of entrees ranging from traditional Italian to pizza. Nice bar area with a nice mix of wines and beers. Very kid-​friendly with a good menu of options including spaghetti and pizza.

Love this place. Awesome customer service and very affordable. Our server Cody went above and beyond. They all write their name for you before they serve you to give you a phenomenal experience with your sever. You also get bread with a delightful olive oil dipping sauce before your meal for free. I highly suggest you go here!

Generic Italian chain. Lasagna is meh, ravioli was probably frozen.
If you are forced to go here by your god damn pleb friends, order the cajun pasta. The bread is pretty good too.

Service was really mediocre. Ten minutes to get water and lemonade. Another ten minutes to order. Had the stuffed mushrooms which I was super excited about but they came out raw and cold. Each mushroom was the size of my fist so I knew it would take a minimum of 20 minutes to cook that dish in the oven. We received them after we had finished our soup and entrees (more on that later) and they were very good. The soup special was a sausage and kale and I enjoyed it very much, shame it isn’t on the menu because I would go back for that alone. My entrée was disappointing. Had the penne pasta with portobellos and balsamic butter. The pasta was drowned in balsamic and after five bites I just couldn’t stand the acidity any longer. I had it wrapped so I could take it home and finish it with a touch of cream. That did make the flavor softer and more enjoyable. I forgot to mention that my mushrooms and artichoke heart were also not cooked thoroughly and at one point I had an ice cold artichoke that I couldn’t even bite through. The one bright spot was my friend’s truffle mac and cheese. Divine! I will not be returning to this location but will try the Middleton location and order the Mac and cheese for myself.

Just stopped in for drinks and snacks after kickball and volleyball on a Sunday afternoon. Beautiful interior, very quiet, nice tap list, a quietly efficient and polite bartender, and tasty apps, all good. Nice way to wind down the weekend.

I am really in the middle when it comes to rating Benvenuto’s. They have great drinks but the food lacks authenticity and flavor.
My last visit here, I ordered their Truffle Mac N Cheese and had grilled chicken added. Maybe it was my fault for not reading the menu as well as I should have but my Mac N Cheese had these gigantic size chunks of feta cheese in there. At first, I thought it was chicken until I but into it then realizing it was feta. To me, this was the death of the entrée. I would be OK with a few pieces but it was as if the cheese would not stop showing up in them meal. Feta overkill to the max!
Honestly, I am not sure why they have feta in the dish to begin with. It completely overtook the the taste of any other ingredient. I may order this meal again minus the feta and see if it’s better the second time around.

Been in the service industry myself as a server for two years, with that being said our server’s presentation (Cody) was flawless. His professional demeanor and attentiveness was so refreshing and something you don’t get very often these days. Very good meal from the beginning with our Caesar Salads to the end with Peanut Butter pie my girlfriend and I split, which is too good to pass up! Thank you server, and hosts for your smiling faces and friendliness.

This is the epitome of a chain restaurant and the food reflects that.
Ordered the onion rings ($ 7.99), chicken fingers ($ 9.99), pasta trio ($ 18.99), and 12 oz ribeye ($ 20.59).
The onion rings could have stand to stay in the fryer longer, we couldn’t get a bite in without the batter slipping of the soggy and mushy onions.
The chicken fingers could have followed the same technique. They offered sauces of ranch, honey mustard, or buffalo and we went with the buffalo sauce. I didn’t realize they would be serving up Frank’s RedHot in its watery form… I guess it works?
The bread basket, minestrone and tomato bisque soup that came with our entrees was the highlight of the meal. The bisque was absolutely delicious, a creamy comfort to a cold winter night. The minestrone had hearty chucks of ingredients in a savory broth.
The pasta trio arrived with unremarkable Alfredo fettuccine, a flat piece of chicken parmesan with little sauce, and a small ramekin of dry lasagna. At least at Olive Garden, they try to dress it up a bit by offering cracked black pepper and grated parmesan cheese with your overpriced noodles.
The worst was the ribeye. By the time my partner got done cutting through the edible pieces, he had
about 8 oz of fat and gristle left on his plate. He chose fries as a size and it was as much of a disappointment as the meal; a child’s portion of dry, stake cut fries. I guess ours or fault for not ordering what they are known for… oh wait that’s nothing.
I will say the servers are incredibly nice and try really hard.

All the people here are super nice. I really enjoy to have meal here. The price is also really reasonable. Every dollar you spent here worth more then it.
I would like to go there with my friends next time.

We are always satisfied here. Good prices on beer. Tasty food in big portions. I don’t think any dish I’ve had was particularly memorable — kinda typical mass-​market Italian, but it never disappoints.

Took friends and family there on ³⁄₁ for a dinner. Service was good, but the food was really disappointing. Steak was not very tender or juicy, penny was slightly better than frozen ones from the grocery store. Bread was sub-​par and the olive oil was not served with the bread immediately.
Okay, the price tag is low which I got it, but please improve the food, service is good and I do give good tips. But let me make my point, restaurant was supposed to deliver taste at a top priority.

I will give this place 3 stars for their bread as well as their lunch service, it was friendly and attentive.
My mother and I ate here, she said she liked it. She had a pasta dish, and I had the unlimited soup and salad, zuppa and Caesar salad.
The soup was good, but extremely meaty, with bacon. I don’t prefer bacon so I ate the broth. It was still tasty and if you like soup, but the Zuppa Toscana at Olive Garden is much better (sorry, sad truth).
If you get salad, ask for the dressing on the side, which is what I usually do, or it will be drowning. Also, definitely try the bread, it’s warm and quite delicious.
Finally, we shared the salted caramel cheesecake. The cheesecake was probably a B. I’d eat it again.
I wouldn’t eat here for dinner and I wouldn’t choose to eat here again, it seems pricey for what I had, but I would eat lunch here again with my mom if she wanted to eat here.

Our first impression of their service wasn’t too stellar. We had no utensils and appetizers were placed on the table… and the servers didn’t seem to notice until we asked! Oh well.
The rest of the night was pleasant.
We ordered scalloped stuffed mushrooms (White mushroom caps stuffed with fresh scallops and garlic, then wrapped in bacon and topped with a baked parmesan crust). It was hands down our favorite part of the whole meal. Too bad they only give you three! Love that their focaccia bread was all warm and sliced into bitesize pieces.
TIP: Skip the olive oil that they hand you for the bread. Dip it in the garlic sauce the stuffed mushrooms came with. With a squeeze of lemon? HEAVEN!
We also ordered the pasta trio (fettucine alfredo, chicken parmigiana, and beef lasagna… and a meatball for $ 2) and the steak gorgonzola (Fettuccine with fresh spinach and a gorgonzola alfredo sauce, toped with grilled beef medallions and drizzled with a balsamic glaze).
The pasta trio was humongous. Bf said it tasted decent, the meatball was too salty though. The steak gorgonzola was also a big portion. it was too creamy and rich for my liking, especially after stuffing my face with the appetizers, but it didn’t taste too bad when I brought it to work the next day.
Overall a good and belly-​bulging night. Definitely wanna come back and try their french dip sandwich. Apparently they use the previous weekend’s prime rib and soak it in au jus for a week before serving it as their sandwich. *drools*