Benson's on the Mississippi

108 S Main St, Albany
(309) 514-2046

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Alex Schutman

Food was outstanding, great atmosphere. Can’t wait to go back. Filet was great and the prime rib also.

gt6 mk1

Great place on the Mississippi river. Wonderful view!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gabe Stevenson

Delicious starters and entrees with a wide selection of great drinks! Wonderful service, too. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Smoked Brisket with Asparagus, Lake Winnipeg Walleye Plate

David Murrell

Nice place good food large servings

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Ribs, Fish Plate, Smoked Prime Rib, Prime Rib Dinner

Matt Kruse

Great menu options, food was delicious, really fantastic staff, beautiful atmosphere. Wide range of price options from reasonable burgers to pricier steaks.

Bonnie Michaelsen

Great food, service and view! Steak, Blue Gill, Gumbo, and of course, the cheesecake was so good! Thank you!

Chris Taylor

Prime rib was raw. Can’t believe a cook would put it on a plate or a server would bring it to a table.
We took it home and Will cook it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Sandra Howard

Great view of the Mississippi River too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

James Zablocki

First of all. Very pricey for smoked meat. The soda I had was bitter. They subbed broccolini for asparagus. WRONG!.I couldn't cut it with even a knife. Oversalted. Pulled pork and chicken came out warm to cold.
Will not go back!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Chester Strehlow

Great food, great service .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Smoked Prime Rib

Kassy Marquess

We were sat right away with a gorgeous sunset view of the Mississippi. Our server did a great job with recommendations, we decided on the Lucy juicy burger and the wagu steak. Also grabbed a slice of cheesecake to-go. Everything was delicious and got to meet the owner! Such a great time and great people! Will definitely be back! DO NOT SLEEP ON THE DINNER ROLLS!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Shirley patey

Food was absolutely excellent! We were a party of four and each had something different. One person had grilled salmon with the bourbon beans and a potato. Another had the stuffed chicken with beans, another brisket, sandwich, and beans, and then I had a smoked turkey with two sides, the grilled asparagus was a little too peppery for me. The smoked turkey was absolutely delicious! Very flavorful and not dry!!

Our server was absolutely wonderful and every worker was Kind and pleasant.

Watching the Mississippi roll by was an added bonus. The only suggestion I have is to help reduce the noise level. when you get quite a few people talking in the restaurant it’s hard to hear.

Thanks so much for a wonderful evening

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jim Guffey Jr.

If you want your steak cooked to order you do not want to go this restaurant, I asked my steak to be cooked well done the waitress politely told me that they do not cook steaks well done. I did not argue I then ordered a loaded bake potato with beef brisket in the potato.

I find it odd that you can’t get the steak you are going to eat that you are going to pay for cooked well done because it offends the cook. I wonder if the same cook also prepared the Beef Brisket that was cooked in my baked potato? It was not only well done but Brunt Blackened Dry as Dried Out like a Piece of Beef Jerky left out in the American West during the Settlement of our Western Frontier. The best way to explain just how dry it was the first bite of the Dried out Brisket almost broke my tooth.

Everything was not bad the Waitress was very professional and polite. The view is absolutely breathtaking!! My last Commanding Officer in Iraq we were his and his wife’s guest. Their food was perfect that everyone else ordered.

The waitress told us about the Famous Cheesecake! I saw another person eating a piece of Cheesecake!! It was honestly the biggest piece of any kind of pie I or my wife had ever seen. I asked the Waitress if my wife and could split the Cheesecake between us and she told us yes. We ordered it with Strawberry and when we got I was shocked and stunned by the sheer size! You could actually feed a family of 4 people. I have reduced my own sugar intake but Strawberry Cheesecake is my Achilles Heel. I took a bite, and in my short 52 years I have never experienced such a great Cheesecake! My unfortunate wife barely got 3 bites before before her 6ft 2 U.S. Army Officer husband had ate the entire pie!

The Cheesecake made up for the “Brisket” the whole atmosphere and the view was breathtaking. I listened to everyone at my table and didn’t say very much during dinner because the view looking over the Mississippi River was great and everyone at my table was enjoying their meal.

Overall 94%!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

kevin stutting

Bluegill! Amazing. Not to mention the view.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pete Jarvis

I had the smoked prime rib on Saturday night we got there at 5 pm the service was great the salad was fine , the asparagus was tasty , but the smoked prime rib was the toughest I have every tried to eat in all of my 68 years.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Filet with Smoked Gouda Mac N Cheese, Cheese Curds

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Benson's on the Mississippi

108 S Main St, Albany, IL 61230
(309) 514-2046