Reviews for Bennigan's Clear Lake in Clear Lake, IA
We showed up for dinner tonight. The server was nice and our appetizer arrived. While our food was being cooked the manager came... out and told us that there were some electric issues in the kitchen, they have to close, but our food was done. He and his staffhandled the dilemma with precision and honesty. They gave us 20% off and we took our food back to our hotel. The salmon with thepassion fruit glaze was to die for. Oh so good! Good place, good atmosphere, honest workers, good food, definitely recommend. Read more
Wait staff is so unfriendly. They seems as though they dont want to be there. They didn't even ask if I wanted to add hot sauce... to my wings, I wanted them plain, I was going to send them back but it took a while for them to come out when I first ordered.Never again ! Read more
For just getting take out I was blown away by the terrible customer service, if there was an option to not give a star I wouldnt... I was directed to the bar to pick up my order as I sit there for about 10 min and there two other ppl at the bar that alreadyhave there food, another person walks up and the cashier/waitress/hotess/dishwasher ?bluntly ignores me, I walk to the end ofthe bar she yells to another server " she doesn't care if I'm standing there, she's to busy" all of this is going on while I cansee my food just sitting on a shelf. After about 30 min someone else asks if they can help me and the disrespectful waitressturns around rolls her eyes, needless to say I left my food at the counter after waiting 30 min and disrespected by an awfullittle girl that needs extensive training in the customer service department. Personally as a manager I understand how hard itis to get good help, and these bad eggs can be totally detchermental to your business in return also as much as it pains me toeven write this review, I never as much recieved a call from managment either to say the least. Hopefully this rude waitressgets tons of training in being more professional and working on time management, best of luck to this buisness! Read more
I really liked the fish and chips. Hubby had the Monte Christo sandwich which he enjoyed. I also tried the Irish car bomb which... is a whiskey shot poured into a Ginuess. Very reasonably priced as well. Read more
Staying at the Best Western Holiday Lodge, we came here for dinner. It says American-Irish fare. We were lucky it wasn't too... busy, though the waitresses and bartender were very busy. Service was quick enough, food selections were ok and prices wereok. Ordered a turkey sandwich on a pretzel bun with fries (it said no where on the menu that the fries were seasoned and I'mallergic to pepper so that was a failure for me) and fish and chips....we were warned by the waitress that these came withjalapeno tartar sauce...I said we can't have anything spicy (health reasons) and she brought us a plain tartar sauce, BUT thecoleslaw that came with the meal was super hot and spicy....which again, it did not say on the menu and the waitress (new) didnot know. We don't blame her, but my partner was in gastronomical distress for hours after one bite. All in all it was fine,just a little more disclosure on the menu would have been appreciated. Who expects "Irish" food to be jalapeno-laced? Read more
Our visit to Bennigan's was a bit of a mess. We entered the restaurant and noticed there were signs about pizza delivery. I... actually thought pizza sounded great, but since the signs all talked about delivery I thought I'd ask if that was something youcould get while dining in. There were also signs all over stating "wait to be seated," so we stood in the entry way (alone, notanother person in sight) for a good five minutes before someone came to seat us. Eventually we got our table and I asked thehostess about pizza, and she said she wasn't sure (like she'd never heard they even served pizza) and she'd ask the kitchen. Wemet our waitress, who was very nice, and received our single-piece-of-paper menus. Now, I'm aware that COVID has affected manybusinesses, and that was definitely the case here. I really try to cut businesses (especially restaurants) some slack becausethese people are just trying their best, but we should have trusted our instincts and decided to try for another place toeat. The hostess returned to tell us that a party was coming in and they were going to get all the pizzas, so our tablecouldn't have any (which by the way, I never saw a party of more than 3 arrive). I thought this sounded strange, but decidedfrom the very limited menu to try the chicken tenders and fries, along with both of my kids. My husband chose not to order. Wedidn't wait a crazy amount of time for our food, but when it arrived I wasn't impressed. The chicken was really dried out andovercooked and the fries were overcooked and looked (and felt) and felt like they'd been sitting under a warmer for who knowshow long. I nibbled on a few bites of chicken and ate the fries reluctantly. My daughter's version seemed somewhat better cookedbut my son's looked about like mine. Overall poor experience. We would definitely pass on this place in the future. Read more
GOOD APPETIZERS. We went to Bennigan?s in Clear Lake, Iowa around 6:30p.m. on Saturday, March 27th, 2021. It took a few minutes... to be seated. Our waitress was friendly and attentive. The food was good and hot. The star of the show was the sauce that wentwith the Hogan?s Egg Rolls! It was a sweet cream sauce with pineapple and peppers and was phenomenal. I forgot to take picturesof the restroom, but there is nothing to report about it. It was clean and modern. The grounds outside were kept and therestaurant itself was clean. The decor on the walls was interesting and there were several televisions to look at. We orderedtwo appetizers: mozzarella sticks and the Hogan?s Egg Rolls which were a type of southwest egg roll with chicken, corn, beans,and cheese inside. My wife and I each ordered a burger and fries and my two year old had macaroni and cheese. My wife?s DietCoke was fountain, but my Coke Zero came in a can. Both sodas had free refills. Note: you tell your wait staff how you wantyour burger cooked! Here?s the breakdown: food flavor got a 9/10. Cleanliness received a 10/10. The value of the food receiveda 5/10. We ordered burgers, fries, mac-n-cheese, and a buy one get one appetizers and our bill was $50.00! Kinda pricey forburgers, fries, and cheese sticks. That equals a 24/30 = 4/5 = .8 = 80% or a B-. It?s been a long time since the last time Iwas there and now I remember why: they are over priced for what you get. Read more
Huge portions! We shared a steak salad and it was plenty big enough to fill us.