Benchmark
“The cookie dough egg roll and the expresso ice cream was soooooo delicious!”
“From using Loki's balcony for the ceremony to having a stand made to project images on the tent…”
“We had the filet Mignon and it was so juicy and tasty, it was the best piece of steak I have had in a long time.”
Benchmark
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
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Great experience at Benchmark!!! Came here on a Friday night with a table of 6, they were very flexible with our reservation time which was nice. Our waitress was very attentive and took our drink orders right away.
Unfortunately they were out of the first bottle of wine we asked for, but on to the next..We started with the burrata, wedge salad, and pulled duck confit appetizer. Everything was very delicious, great start to the meal!
Next, I ordered the ahi tuna which same with a side of mashed potatoes and mushrooms, my dining companions ordered the scallops with risotto, and lots of steak. We also ordered the side of Brussel sprouts and fries. OMG the French friessssssssssss you MUST order them if you go. SO GOOD. The Brussel sprouts were way too big for my liking so I'd pass on these next time.
DESSERTSSSS were seriously amazing. I think we ordered everything on the menu but I was IN LOVE with the cookie dough egg rolls HOLY COW WANT THIS RIGHT NOW, the Chocolate dessert was also amazing, the bread pudding, and the housemade gelato was to die for.
Def recommend checking this place out !
3rd times not a charm. Mother's Day dinner review.
Opentable reservation on Friday got us a table outside under the tent. (Earlier you made the res, closer to the inside you got.).
Foie gras always good, pineapple a tiny bit over peppered. Short rib trio – meat was tender with good accompaniments. Scallop starter good but a tad overcooked. Bone-in rib eye lacked flavor thus ($2) sauce was advertised. Kobe steak was about 5 pieces, tender. Skip the wild mushroom spätzle – small portion, mustard doesn't go well.
Desert was awesome though! Strawberry white chocolate pudding was warm with just the right amount of sweetness! Chocolate3 sounds really rich but is actually delicious! The layers of dark, milk and white pair well with caramel gelato.
7/28/16 – After wanting to have tried this place for a while, I went here last night for restaurant week with a buddy of mine. The food and the service was excellent. He started with the burrata over peaches and I had the scallops. We paid the extra (well spent) money to upgrade to the porterhouse for 2 – which was cooked to perfection. The sides (creamed spinach and mashes potatoes) weren't my favorite but the steam more than made up for that. I also had 2 excellent Michter's Rye Manhattans – I will be back for those for sure. Dessert was also delicious as many have recommended here on yelp I had the cookie dough egg roll – which I liked a lot – my friend had the sundee. My one complaint was that it was very warm in there (even before I had a drink). I will be back in the future for sure, but I know that I will wait for ti to be cooler out and request to sit in their lovely tented outdoor section. Good eats – Salutee and enjoy
Local Brooklyn eatery which seems to be serving up decent steaks and other fare. Yelped it and was surprised to find it tucked between two buildings past an alley way. This was definitely a find whose steak was decent and prices not outrageous. The rib eye had a good char and flavor so if you're in a carnivorous mood, this place can be your fix. The seared foie gras was very good as a starter as well as the short ribs 3 ways. I made the short ribs a meal with its ample pieces. The meat seemed sous vide so it was quite tender. Also thought the spaetzle was a savory side dish but maybe a little too fussy as an accompaniment. I would have enjoyed just a plain buttered spaetzle instead of the sauce and mushrooms it had. If you want it as as main dish, then all the acroutements would be fine but as a side to a good basic steak, I like unadulterated starches. Plain rice to me would've sufficed.
Didn't have room for dessert so will have to come back to report. It was a perfect round up to weekend eating fest and birthday celebration. Hope our little local steak place discovery doesn't get so popular that we have to make a reservation which you can and which we did but wasn't really needed the Sunday evening we went.
The back end of the alleyway just before the entry way is enclosed with one of those event tents and is an extension of the dining room. It's an odd arrangement but with a large space heater, extra seating is available if you're a large party. The bar is not big but there if drinks are all you're having.
It's has all you need for a neighborhood go-to place for basic better than diner food!
Benchmark is a little hidden as it sits in what could be considered an alley way alongside it's bar/lounge neighbor Loki.
Once inside the restaurant the ambiance is quite appeasing to top it off with friendly wait staff. The food was good..but I will say be careful on ordering your steak well done as it may be more charred than anything. They have some great selections on their brunch menu, I will definitely be back.
I dined at Benchmark last night with a friend.
When we walked in, we were seated right away. We asked for a bigger table but unfortunately they were unable to accommodate us. A couple of moments after we sat down, a family with young kids were seated next to us. We really wanted a quiet dinner, so we politely asked the manager to seat us an empty table across the room. They were able to do it and menus were brought.
The waiter was an absolute pleasure to work with. He was very well versed in the menu and was able to suggest the perfect dishes that would make our night.
We ordered the Trio of Short Ribs, Assorted Cheese Plate, Burger and Tuna.
We also brought our own wine — They charge a $30 corking fee.
The food was absolutely phenomenal and well priced. They cooked the burger at a perfect medium rare and the tuna at a perfect rare. (Makes me happy because some places just really screw up the temperature).
Overall it was a lovely night, great company and great food.
I visited during restaurant week, February 2016, and boy was it pouring that day. I went during lunch time with my mom and brother – they jested it was a hole in the wall but given it was hard to find and barely had visible signage on the outside I really can't rebut it too much. It was an intimate place and tight with seating, thank goodness it was slow because of the rain. There was a full bar but it was not the time or mood for a drink. It was well lit and tables had linen tablecloth but had a brown paper on top – I guess to make easier cleanup for the table. Service was okay and surprisingly slow considering there wasn't too many people there. It took a while before our waiter decided to give us menus then another wait for him to think that maybe we wanted to order as well. Either way the menus (outside of the restaurant week prefix) were a bit limited – my brother isn't a beef eater and the chicken selections were practically nonexistent and the waiter let us know there's no substitutions on the menu…
Well I had the crab cakes and delicious falls short of how good they tasted… the beef short ribs was okay but it could've used a bit more seasoning and for dessert I had the cookie dough dessert with ice cream – because the bread pudding wasn't being served (which is what I mainly came for) – and it was not a good choice. It wasn't my cup of tea because it was like a melted exploded cookie with more chocolate than anything wrapped up and the coffee ice cream it came with was just nasty especially since I'm not a coffee person.
The place had its highs and lows, the kitchen being next to the bathroom, seats being so close together, plus it didn't seem like there was not any type of insulation because the place was freezing. Nonetheless, I wouldn't do a repeat visit there, it was hard to find, seating it tight and the food didn't wow me – I can live without it.
LOVE LOVE LOVVVVVVE IT!
This was the BEST birthday that I have ever had, over the past few years my birthdays dinners have been nothing short of a shit show. If you read my reviews you would know last year after having made reservations A MONTH ahead of time to "The Confessional" ( Which is currently closed and I hope stays closed! The owner is a C*$T… sorry sorry flashbacks flashbacks)
Benchmark was literally everything I could have asked for and more.
It was a small cozy, yet sophisticated.
The service was amazing, literally at our beck and call the entire evening, always polite and courteous.
What made it all even better was the food! I will say it takes a bit of time for it to be prepared, it felt like they may have slaughtered the animals on site.
But it is well worth the wait. EVERYONE at the table loved their food, which is never an easy task. Speaking to my salmon specifically it was like a rhythmic harmony of flavors performing in my mouth ( That's what she said )
There are not enough wonderful things that I can say about this place. I will definitely come back again.
To the entire staff, Thank you so much for making my birthday amazing and wonderful!