Bennie's Italian Foods 309 North Market Street, Marion, IL 62959

"After having been here several times, my wife and I decided to give the chili cheese tamales a try. They were not very good and it's definitely bit of a stretch to even call it "chili". If I would known they were going to charge me $18.75 for 3 tamales (5 total) I would have ordered my usual Fettuccine Bistecca instead, but don't think we'll be coming back. $85 for lunch with 3 people, when 2 ordered tamales is unacceptable. 2 stars only because of decent service. Not recommended."

"Restaurants are about SO MUCH MORE THAN FOOD. I was visiting the area, duck hunting, and met the owner of Bennie's. He let us know about his restaurant as we had a few drinks wrapping up the hunt. Our group decided to stop over at the restaurant, and we had a fantastic experience, all of the people were great, service was great, the food was great. John and his wife welcomed us like family, John told us about the history of the restaurant, and some of the food including, an odd Italian item, Hot Tamales, for an appetizer that were outstanding. I had the baked lasagna, which was fantastic, and our group had a great time. If you're in the area, it is worth stopping for sure!! Thanks John, from the Indiana boys!!"

"Good food. Good service. BUT, wish entree included a small side salad. Entree is expensive enough to include this. I would go there more often if it did, especially now there is a new Olive Garden fairly close by."

"My first time at this restaurant I was there for a meeting around lunchtime. Our waitress was amazing very knowledgeable friendly and attentive. No one had to ask for anything napkins, more drink it was there when you turned around! It was about 13 of us and the waitress killed it! Our food was amazing well prepared. Prices were fair I enjoyed their house garlic salad dressing and their Italian beef sandwich and french fries under $20."

"My wife and I stopped in before a nearby concert. We both had a great meal with attentive service despite it being super-busy. My wife is from the area so she'd been many times before and I'd been a few times myself. Our food and service was definitely on par with what we'd come to expect. Give this place a shot! It's pretty delicious."