It was freaking delicious . I had a great time and the employees were so nice and friendly. Food is consistently amazing and bread is yummy.

My husband and daughter require Gluten Free meals. The carbonara and the eggplant were delicious! Both meals were good portions. The side salads were also good portions. The meals also came wrapped in plastic, which demonstrates a level of detail to keeping the food clear of contaminants. The order was called in and the food was still hot when it was unwrapped. This restaurant will be ordered from again!!

Food is really delicious - flavorful but not heavy. We got the Penne Benzi, Salmon with Garlic Cream sauce, and a cheese pizza. The service was excellent, really appreciate the waitress recommendations.

Surprisingly good food where you least expect it. From the outside, it's easy to miss since it's a nondescript restaurant in a strip mall, but you're transported to somewhere completely different the moment you step inside. For a local Italian place, it's pretty good and very reasonably priced. Food is flavorful and the portions are appropriate. We'll definitely be making repeat visits.

A good number of years ago, my birth mother was treating me to lunch, and we dined at the Bensi on Rt. 3 in Clifton. I really had never heard of the chain at that point, but I was willing to give it a go. I remember thinking it was ok-- not great, far from terrible. Not gourmet Italian, certainly, but for a chain...not bad at all. In fact, when my late father was still alive and living in the Caldwell area, I brought him over, thinking he would enjoy it (my father used to have an epicurean's taste in restaurants, particularly in NYC, and some of my earliest memories are of eating at Luchow's or at mob-affiliated Ponte's on the West Side...my parents took me there on my 12th or 13th birthday in deference to my increasing interest in Mafia history and lore, and I remember watching in rapt fascination as a group of very well dressed, seemingly "connected' men dined at an adjoining table...or in Chinatown, but as he got older, frailer, and his mental acuity started to diminish after my mother died, he lost that high-brow sensibility and came to think of the Olive Garden or Red Lobster as "fine dining"), but by then, the restaurant in Clifton had closed. I'm not sure what the status of the chain as a whole is at this point. From what I've been told, the Bensi at Whitehouse is one of the last still remaining in existence, located in a strip mall "noted" mainly for its Kings grocery store. At one point, my old friend, who lives in the general vicinity, invited me to dine with him and his son, but I wasn't able to make it. Later, after his son had returned to college, he invited me again, and this time I was available. Did I go in expecting world-class cuisine? Hardly. But then I hadn't inherited my late father's epicurean tastes (even though we weren't genetically related, I like to think I acquired at least some of my father's heightened standards by upbringing and osmosis). I like to think I'm versatile-- I can certainly enjoy a steak at Spark's (if my oldest friend is paying for it, as he has; he once treated me and a business associate to dinner there and it cost approximately $400 for the 3 of us, and that was decades ago), or at Smith & Wollensky's (once, the late columnist/writer Sidney Zion was dining just a table or 2 away from where we were partaking of that venerable institution's justifiably lauded grub), just as I can enjoy a hot dog "all the way" at some grubby Texas wiener place in Paterson, or a "seen better days" diner in Sloatsburg, NY. The Bensi restaurant was roomy and spacious, and the color was a sort of dark maroon. Not my favorite color scheme, but there was enough light that I'd be able to see what was on my plate. The place was busy, which I took as a good sign. I never pay much attention to what my friend orders, but I ordered a soup, chicken parmigiana, and spaghetti. Supplemented with a large Coke, and a dessert of vanilla ice cream in a bowl (my 1st order in any Italian restaurant I haven't been to before is either lasagna or chicken parmigiana, and then...if I like it...that's usually what I'll order every time I eat there again. I'm nothing if not predictable, at least when it comes to my eating-out habits). Our server was attentive, friendly, efficient, and the prices were fair for what we got. As a chain (whatever links are still left in that chain), it certainly beats Olive Garden (although I developed a fondness for the Olive Garden in Livingston, NJ...long closed now...since I used to dine there regularly with my father in his last years, and unexpectedly came to look forward to certain dishes, although I think I more relished those final times I was out in public with Dad, and he still had some of his wits about him; maybe at some point I'll write a bittersweet "memory review" of that now defunct restaurant location). Don't expect gourmet, but if you're looking for a relatively decent Italian meal for not a lot of money, this isn't a bad pick. Bensi as a chain might be on life support (or may have actually succumbed to capitalism's version of the Grim Reaper, for all I know), but this particular outpost seemed to be thriving on the occasion I was there, and hopefully will continue to do so. I'd certainly be willing to dine there again.

My family and I have been long time customers of Bensi ever since it opened and it never disappoints! Entrees are delicious, and they have super great salads, too. My personal favorite is the Battuta Salad. Prices are fair. Atmosphere is nice and clean, pretty casual attire (no dress code to my knowledge), but a little dark inside for my personal taste. I usually order for pickup though, and it's always delicious!

I recently ate at Bensi opposed to ordering to go and the service is exceptional. More than 1 server will always make sure you're doing okay. The food is next level insane so you have to gp.