We visited last weekend (Sunday night 5/14) after a graduation ceremony at U.I. Our party of 8 got seated right away, just before our reservation time of 8:00. The attention at the beginning was spot on. Emiko was our server and she got the drink order in right away and got the rest of the order taken in a timely manner.
As far as the food goes, our party had a variety of things on the menu from burgers to pasta to steak and I think the consensus was it was about average. Nothing really stood out as amazing to eat. One of the steaks was ordered med-well and came out med-rare but it wasn't a huge thing. Those things can happen anywhere and it was dealt with as quick as possible.
I saw some of the same things that other people have posted in their reviews when it comes to the service. Our server kind of disappeared after the main course came out and it just seemed like our table got put on the backburner for awhile. She eventually did get back to fill drinks and check in, and actually apologized for the delay since they were 'short staffed'. That very well could have been the case but if so then I put the blame more on management rather than our server. Short staffed on the Sunday of the local college graduation? Seriously?
Overall we had a nice celebration dinner and it turned out ok. Nothing spectacular for the price, and hopefully the issues Big Grove is having with the management & training side of things get worked out sooner rather than later, as there are many of other options in Champaign/Urbana for a higher end dinner.