OUTRAGEOUS prices - it shouldn't be $60 for one person to have lunch. The quesadillas were fine - about as generic as every other place. The side salad was a few pieces of lettuce a couple of croutons squeezed onto the side of the plate with the quesadillas. The funnel cake fries or whatever they call them were good. I ordered the cheese cake sample platter to go and this is what they think is worth $12? 4 little dollops of cheese cake with some airy whipped cream that disappeared by the time it got home? The pieces were so small they could barely be called bite-sized. I could get a whole cheesecake pie with different flavors at the grocery store for the same price. Only after I came to write this review and check their site for what I got do I see they have a Prix Fix lunch menu which I wasn't given and would have used that instead. I get there's inflation and everyone's paying the cost and their supply end has increased - yadda yadda but this is a ridiculous amount to charge for such tiny portions - the quesadillas were "size" okay but the stuff inside was hardly anything, the salad was absolutely a waste of money for what you "get" (what a joke) and that sampler - that's just insulting. This is why less people are going out - it's one thing that we're paying more but when we're paying more and getting "meh" quality or gouged it's not worth it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Erin Clarelli
Halyna was incredible with our party of 8! Super accommodating to special requests, on top of our drink orders, and overall just went above and beyond. She deserves a raise! Super grateful for her in making our night so seamless.
Service: 5
Ashley Link
we had our sons first birthday party here this weekend and just wanted to write how wonderful our experience was. the staff was friendly, attentive & helpful. the food was delicious. it was perfect spot for our party!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cheryl Raffaele
I have been then 2 days this week... both time great time!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Neal Eckrich
Got an order to go while visiting from out of town.
Wow...genuinely bad. The fried chicken on their sandwich more closely resembled a leather belt with some bread crumbs sprinkled on it than any piece of chicken I've ever had. My wife got the hot honey chicken sandwich. Had the same disgusting chicken on it, but failed to have any hot honey on it. So it was just a bland, leathery mess. While we waited, Bartenders strolled by several times without acknowledging us. Average beer selection.
Unpleasant experience. Would not try again.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Leslie Ermert
Great fries, good food for adults, kids pizza wad lacking. Service was better than average.
Thank you so much to The Bench for an amazing experience celebrating my son’s First Holy Communion. We had 42 adults and 11 kids. The party was in the back room, which has a private bar area. The food was exceptional. The service was even better! Helena and Jess were so attentive to my guests and I appreciate everything they did to make the party a success!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anonymous
Horrible Experience. Very Bad Food that tasted like it was all microwaved. The wings weren’t wings but large pieces of chicken breast that were cold. Some of the food was frozen and the waitress (Jessica) was quite nasty when we requested to send something back that we didn’t like and questioned as to why we didn’t drink it saying, “how is that our problem why should we refund it?” The burger was quite bad, lukewarm, raw onions, and unmelted, processed, pre-packaged plastic cheese. The prices are not great either and for that service and atmosphere it is ridiculous. On the way out of the restaurant the waitress made a snide remark about the tip which reflected the poor customer service. When you go out and spend money the last thing you want is to get frozen and poorly-prepared food along with being nastily questioned and berated by your server.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
lour Diaz
Great food. Everything taste very fresh. Plenty of food to share. You can’t beat the lunch specials with their prices and good variety. Friendly staff and nice casual atmosphere.
Parking: Main Street Entry to parking lot. Parking is free and in the back.
Best spot in Stony Brook hands down. Great staff, delicious food, just a really good wholesome spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good place to have a drink and eat!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a fun place! Servers great. Food great with ample portions
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Freshly Baked Bavarian Pretzel, Mezze Platter, Chicken Wings
OUTRAGEOUS prices - it shouldn't be $60 for one person to have lunch. The quesadillas were fine - about as generic as every other place. The side salad was a few pieces of lettuce a couple of croutons squeezed onto the side of the plate with the quesadillas. The funnel cake fries or whatever they call them were good. I ordered the cheese cake sample platter to go and this is what they think is worth $12? 4 little dollops of cheese cake with some airy whipped cream that disappeared by the time it got home? The pieces were so small they could barely be called bite-sized. I could get a whole cheesecake pie with different flavors at the grocery store for the same price. Only after I came to write this review and check their site for what I got do I see they have a Prix Fix lunch menu which I wasn't given and would have used that instead. I get there's inflation and everyone's paying the cost and their supply end has increased - yadda yadda but this is a ridiculous amount to charge for such tiny portions - the quesadillas were "size" okay but the stuff inside was hardly anything, the salad was absolutely a waste of money for what you "get" (what a joke) and that sampler - that's just insulting. This is why less people are going out - it's one thing that we're paying more but when we're paying more and getting "meh" quality or gouged it's not worth it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Halyna was incredible with our party of 8! Super accommodating to special requests, on top of our drink orders, and overall just went above and beyond. She deserves a raise! Super grateful for her in making our night so seamless.
Service: 5
we had our sons first birthday party here this weekend and just wanted to write how wonderful our experience was. the staff was friendly, attentive & helpful. the food was delicious. it was perfect spot for our party!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I have been then 2 days this week... both time great time!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Got an order to go while visiting from out of town.
Wow...genuinely bad. The fried chicken on their sandwich more closely resembled a leather belt with some bread crumbs sprinkled on it than any piece of chicken I've ever had.
My wife got the hot honey chicken sandwich. Had the same disgusting chicken on it, but failed to have any hot honey on it. So it was just a bland, leathery mess.
While we waited, Bartenders strolled by several times without acknowledging us. Average beer selection.
Unpleasant experience. Would not try again.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Great fries, good food for adults, kids pizza wad lacking. Service was better than average.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
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Great burgers!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger, Chicken Wings
Thank you so much to The Bench for an amazing experience celebrating my son’s First Holy Communion. We had 42 adults and 11 kids. The party was in the back room, which has a private bar area. The food was exceptional. The service was even better! Helena and Jess were so attentive to my guests and I appreciate everything they did to make the party a success!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Horrible Experience. Very Bad Food that tasted like it was all microwaved. The wings weren’t wings but large pieces of chicken breast that were cold. Some of the food was frozen and the waitress (Jessica) was quite nasty when we requested to send something back that we didn’t like and questioned as to why we didn’t drink it saying, “how is that our problem why should we refund it?” The burger was quite bad, lukewarm, raw onions, and unmelted, processed, pre-packaged plastic cheese. The prices are not great either and for that service and atmosphere it is ridiculous. On the way out of the restaurant the waitress made a snide remark about the tip which reflected the poor customer service. When you go out and spend money the last thing you want is to get frozen and poorly-prepared food along with being nastily questioned and berated by your server.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great food. Everything taste very fresh. Plenty of food to share. You can’t beat the lunch specials with their prices and good variety. Friendly staff and nice casual atmosphere.
Parking: Main Street Entry to parking lot. Parking is free and in the back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger, Freshly Baked Bavarian Pretzel, Chicken Wings
Great French onion soup but way to expensive 11 bucks for a grilled cheese
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