Bennu - Utica

Admittedly, my expectations were low for a small restaurant in an old strip mall. What a surprise! This place is my go to when I'm in town now. There are not many truly healthy choices nearby- where a vegetarian, someone with celiac, and a lactose free person can all have a great meal. Why I like it: It's fresh and lots of veggies can be had. (If your thing is pulled pork, they have that too. Service has always been excellent. No complaints.

Stopped for lunch, the menu looked great and I settled on The Omaha (roast beef, horseradish mayo, provolone, red onion, served as a panini). I upgraded for the fresh cut fries a huge plus! Price was reasonable, fries were incredible. The sandwich was a bit overpowered by the horseradish. I think roast beef needs to be salt and peppered to shine on a sandwich and it would've helped a lot here. Pickled red onion would've improved the sandwich, also. I think it was pretty good but with so many other options on the menu, I would not order that sandwich again. Hope I'm in the area again soon to try another sandwich.

Very cute setting. Small and clean. The food is a bit pricey but it's good quality. There's a really nice selection of salad, soups, sandwiches, and desserts. It usually takes a little time to get my food but it's worth the wait. I like the ahi tuna salad. Staff is friendly

The food was good and the service was too. My only gripe is that I called in advance for reservations (we had a party of 10) and whoever took my reservation had no idea what to do and didn't set aside a table or even let anyone know we were coming. it all worked ouy

This was the second time I came to Bennu, both times was at my wife 's urging since she LOVES their ahi tuna salad. First time I wasn 't impressed and this time was worse. First off when we walked in and went to the counter there was no one there to greet us or take our order, so we waited probably for a minute or 2. Someone was heading our way and I thought, Finally, someone to take our order ; but alas they just said we 'll be with you In a minute . So we waited a little longer and then someone came and took our order. We sat outside and the table was filthy, so we cleaned it ourselves. They don 't really keep things clean and bussed like a normal restaurant. This was one of my pet peeves the first time I went there there 's a lack of service. We asked for napkins and silverware and it seemed like a bother. The food is good, but the service isn 't great. I also used the restroom and there wasn 't any soap! No SOAP...are you kidding me?!?! Embarrassing in my opinion. Don 't care for the overall feel and the food isn 't good enough to overcome the major deficiencies they seem to have. Last time I 'll try it.