Benedict's

First, let me preface this review by saying that I have NEVER left a 1-star review for anyone. Just to make it clear that I am not the typical negative person who only leaves bad reviews for establishments. I am going to give the full story below, but for those of you who don't want to read a story, the hostess and host/manager were terrible to my pregnant wife, myself, and our 2-year-old son. To the point that we were uncomfortable and chose to leave the establishment. We've eaten here before a few times and had a great experience with the food quality and table service. But what happened today was unacceptable. Full story: Myself, my wife (8-months pregnant), and my 2-year-old son had an absolutely terrible experience today at Benedict's. My pregnant wife walked in to request a table and was told that the wait would be 20 minutes. No problem. At that time, she requested a booth positioned next to a wall, as we have a lively toddler, and normally seat him on the inside of booths to encourage him to stay seated. According to my wife, the hostess was very lackadaisical and had a poor attitude from the start of the process. Even to the point of being rude to my visibly pregnant wife when she asked about being able to sit down somewhere so that she could rest while waiting for the table. I had been waiting in the car with my son until the table was ready, and once we received the notification, we came inside. Despite asking for a booth next to a wall, we were seated at an open-ended booth, which was not going to work for our toddler for the reasons I mentioned earlier. We asked the hostess if we could be moved to a booth next to a wall as we had originally requested, and she told us that it would be another 20 minutes. I spotted a booth that fit our needs but was just dirty and pointed it out. She said that she would clean it off and get us seated. Mind you, as all of this is going on, our son is getting very impatient because he is hungry and doesn't have somewhere to sit. Due to the craziness, my tired and 8-month pregnant wife sat at the dirty table which we were happy to wait for to be cleaned. Before I could even sit down to join her with our son, a male host/manager wearing an ivy cap style hat (whom my wife previously witnessed being rude and indifferent towards customers), approached us and asked my wife if we had been on the waitlist. My wife quickly explained the situation, but this man did not seem to care. He told my wife that she needed to get up because the table was dirty and they needed to clean it off, making a few snide and passive-aggressive comments in the process. His entire exchange with my wife was rude, condescending, and petty, all right in front of my face. I took exception to the way that he spoke to my wife and treated my family, and informed him that we would be leaving the establishment, to which he replied "Ok, good.". That remark from him infuriated me to the point of raising my voice to him and using a few profanities. I'm not going to hide that. But, he spoke terribly to my wife and disrespected all of us in the process. This behavior by these two staff members and the experience as a whole was completely unacceptable. We will not be returning as long as that man is working at this establishment. To the owner of the establishment, if you would like to make this right then feel free to reach out to me.

This place was actually perfect. It had a sense of familiarity. The food was top grade. The servers were so nice. I had breakfast potatoes with sausage omelette. my friend had the pancakes. I have never tasted pancakes that taste so nice. it was fluffy buttery and something you can imagine eating for the rest of your life. a potato tasted fresh and crispy. Our server took into mind that we do not eat pork, and took the time to give us something tasty and delicious. Hundred out of hundred will come again.