Bennigan's - Canton

Last night I visited Bennigan's Restaurant at 4926 Dressler Road in Canton. It is a national chain with an Irish theme and serves American food.

I, along with 4 friends, arrived at Bennigan's around 7:30. The restaurant's main dining room was empty but there were quite a few people in the bar area. I am sure that this was because of the college football national championship game on the big TV behind the bar.

We had chosen Bennigan's for dinner because we had coupons for $4.99 burgers, Turkey O'Toole (TOT) sandwiches, or Monte Cristo sandwiches. Everyone at the table ordered either the Monte Cristo or the TOT. Each sandwich came with french fries and free refills on the fries were offered. The TOT is my favorite thing at Bennigans. It is a hot turkey sandwich, with melted cheese and a honey mustard sauce, on a pretzel bun. The one I had last night was piled high with plenty of turkey. I thought that my fries were a little over-seasoned. I like pepper but I felt like they were overpowered with the pepper on this visit. My friends that had the Monte Cristo sandwiches also enjoyed their meals. The Monte Cristo has ham, turkey, and two kinds of cheese on wheat bread. It is then battered and deep fried, dusted with powdered sugar and served with a raspberry dipping sauce. It is actually two sandwiches, so it is plenty of food to share or to take home and have for another meal.

The service last night was much better than I have had on other visits to various Bennigan's restaurants. I am not sure if this was because of the particular server we had or the fact that we were the only customers in the dining room. At any rate, our server was very pleasant and made sure we had plenty of drink refills.

The restaurant seemed clean, which was also a change from previous visits. Again, I am not sure if the slow night had something to do with that, or if they are just keeping it cleaner than they did in the past.

Overall, I would give this visit to Bennigan's 4 out of 5 forks. The price was great because of our coupons, the food was good, the service was nice, and the restaurant was clean. The fifth fork is not given because nothing was extra special. A solidly good meal and experience, but not more than I would expect from a casual dining chain restaurant.