Bensi Restaurant

What a great neighborhood restaurant. I don’t know why I haven’t written a review sooner. We go to Bensi at least once a month, and have been for years. The food is a consistently great. It always come to our table steaming hot, and always fresh and delicious. We are never disappointed. The host greats us by name and the wait staff it friendly and professional. The atmosphere is a bit like a diner but don’t let it fool you, it’s a good as any upscale restaurant we’ve been too. It’s comfort food at its best.

Ordered take out from here and I was very pleased with the food and staff. I had the Marsala and it was good. They sell all the sauces for take home by the way. I also tried their eggplant and my bf didn’t have any complaints so I assume it passed his test. I took home their carrot cake. Nothing to brag about. I probably would pass on dessert for next time; but I will be back again.

Been there many times, it’s good, definitely recommended, but they lowered the quality of food a little, for the past 2 years. The interior looks cheaper than other Bensi restaurants.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the pan fried chicken with arugula, tomato and fresh mozzarella. Cooked to perfection, great flavor. Wait staff is always very friendly, nice atmosphere. After dinner coffees are always nice and hot and of course DELICIOUS! Ask for Gus for your waiter… he is the BEST!

Still a great eatery. Ther Margherita pizza is made wirh FRESH mozzarella and fresh basil. Wow! A powerful flavor burst! Service? Always outstanding. And enjoy the fresh, warm bread. Always freshly baked — not warmed over.

Stopped in with my Sandra for a quick bite. Been here many times and have had take out many times. Never disappointed. Always consistent and tasty. Portions are plentiful and the servers are always friendly and ready to help. The seafood salad is one of the best around and a favorite of mine. It’s loaded with shrimp mussels calamari clams and it’s in a lite lemon sauce. Awesome. Had the chicken cutlet parmigiana. 2 big cutlets that were pounded thin and delicately fried topped with mozzarella and a sweet sauce. Amazing but sorry not better than moms :)). Sandra had stuffed manicotti. They were lightly stuffed and served with a sweet red sauce also. Very tasty. Overall great food and great service. Highly recommended and I will be back. Keep it up

I had chicken in a sauce and it was great. Everything from the service to the food was great including the price.

5 stars for everything from food to servers to pricing! Everything about bensi is great! I love all their food! Highly recommend

It was 12:30pm on a Saturday afternoon and this was my first time at a Bensi Restaurant. First impressions took a hit when the manager was too busy with operations to greet me when I walked in. One of the employees finally got away from him and led me to my seat. There was only one other couple in the place and another one who took their place soon after they left. They have coat hooks on posts at every booth table. I researched the menu online and ordered right away. I choose Iced Tea which was served in the classic styled Coca Cola glass. For my meal, I ordered the rigatoni with shrimp and arugula. I ate my meal while listening to Metallica’s «Nothing Else Matters.» It’s not what you think. It was a piano version of the heavy metal band’s hit song. Other tunes were similar to instrumental film scores. Eduardo checked on me often. I wasn’t going to eat any of the bread but there was so much pasta sauce left, after wiping the sauce onto the bread, I wound up eating almost all of it. In a follow up to a previous Unilocal review, the air conditioning was fine on a very hot day.

It’s as if a diner decided to specialize in Italian dishes and pizzas. Not bad. Certainly not great. Décor just beginning to look tired. Lame background music to please the type of crowd that frequents this place.
Service polite yet pretty inattentive. Chicken on my salad consistently dry but flavorful. Really a casual business lunch place to me.
On today’s visit, it is extremely hot in here. My server assure me he would make it cooler in here but alas, it’s still hot as hell in here. Not rushing back.

I love this place. Amazing food, always consistent, and very friendly servers. Great for groups, families, or just a date night! Fairly priced for the portion size and quality of food.

Went there last night with the family… We had an excellent time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The waiter was wonderful and really made us feel at home. I’ve never had a waiter offer to put additional sauce on the leftovers I’m taking home.

Large menu. Decent food. Good service. A bit over priced but BYOB. Good for groups and families…

I get the same thing every time the grilled salmon with white wine. Perfectly seasoned on a bed of fresh grilled vegetables dressed in lemon, garlic and wine… perfection served with the best sald ever hands down I need to figure out their dressing. There is a choice os salad or pasta take the salad and mop up the dressing with their fresh crusty bread.
The pizza is not so great, the décor basic not a pizza parlor more upscale but loud owing to wooden floors and large crowds. It’s also BYOB but I really prefer to get take out. The price is right and their are always coupons so for about $ 16 you can have a lovely salmon dinner.
There are many other options but I love the salmon so much I always order it.

Every time we go there the service gets worse and so does the food ! The help is terrible and they get our order messed up 9 out 10 times. We expressed our frustrations and not even a sorry was said. No more Bensi for my family.

I’ve been here a few times and I’m always disappointed. This area has no shortage of italian restaurants, and this one just can’t compete. The only advantage they have is an extensive menu and reasonable prices.
Last time I went I ordered the grilled salmon. It was unevenly cooked, and some parts were SO sour with lemon, while other parts had no lemon at all. The soup tasted like it was straight out of a Campbell’s can. The Bolognese sauce is incredibly sweet, almost inedible.
The service was average. When we got the check we put our credit card out for him to see, but we never saw our waiter again so we ended up needing to leave cash.

Excellent Italian place — I love their pastas. Mid priced for lunch. Décor is ordinary. Service is fine. Great place for a business lunch or for a family dinner but do NOT bring a date.