bennidito's pizza

just had one of the most awful restaurant experiences ever. while the pizza was descent and the server was nice enough, i can't say anything nice about the rest of the evening. let's start with the crappy parking (which in all honesty we knew about ahead oftimebut still sucks), followed by catching at least 2 of the employees hanging off the back stoop in a cloud of pot smoke on our way into the restaurant. so we enter with no greeting or direction as to where to sit and follow the overhead sign that says we may seat ourselves. knowing full well we'd have a table of 6 adults and 2 kids plus several pizzas, we sat on the much less crowded side of the restaurant at 2 tables. being there a few minutes, we were then asked to move to the complete opposite side of the restaurant as that half of the place was being closed for the evening. how much extra work is it for our server to walk an extra 10 steps to the less crowded table we'd originally chosen and be comfortable at? so, long story short, we were served frozen marinara with our breadsticks, the server tried to cram 5 pizzas on the table leaving at least 2 people to hold their plates to eat as there was no table room, the music was blaring, our drink refill request was ignored, and to top it off.... we got to pay the automatic 18% gratuity for this ridiculous experience. thanks for nothing benniditos pizza, we won't be back.

holy crappy service batman!. i don't live far from here, and i've probably been here 20+ times, and i still feel like i'm treated like crap everytime. with a town as small as spokane, good customer service should be king, but for a longtimei've seen bad customer service reviews on here and other sites, plus the fact none of my friends will go there anymore because of the (lack of) service. not sure when the owners will pick up on that, or maybe they just don't care? either way it doesn't matter because i'll never go back. it's too bad because their beer buddies are awesome.

best pizza i've ever had! (service isn't great though). a little on the pricey side as far as pizza in spokane goes, but defnitely worth it! i'm a vegetarian so i'm always looking for places that use fresh vegetables and beneditos definitely does. yum! everytimemy family visits from dc, we order from here - everyone loves it :)
the only thing i don't love is that the staff isn't super-friendly. if they were a little nicer, we'd probably eat here all the time.

worth the drive .... on a whim, we decided to drive to spokane in search of some real pizza (sadly, moscow lacks authentic new york style pizza). with about 90 pizza places, how to choose? we checked out urbanspoon, read the reviews and settled on bennidito's. it was easy to find, though parking was a bit tight (which is sometimes a good sign). the place was packed, loud and full of energy. tables of families, some with friends, and others just couples...all eating, drinking and enjoying themselves. we were greeted promptly and within minutes were sipping a cold seattle microbrew. we didn't havetimefor more than one brew, though their selection sure tempted us to stick around (a reason to return). it didn't take long to choose a pizza - goat cheese, kalamata olives, fresh tomatoes and roasted garlic cloves! the crust was perfectly light, the white sauce a great compliment to the toppings, leaving one filled but not heavy after eating it. the medium size was just right for 3 adults. we will definitely eat here again and would highly recommend it to anyone else out there in search of perfect gourmet pizza along with an incredible beer selection to wash it down with.

best pesto pizza!. this is one of my favorite pizza joints. the service is always friendly and you can watch the staff making your (and other people's) pizzas. they have a variety of beer that changes everytimei'm there. the food is delicious. i like that they have combinations for pizza toppings instead of the boring toppings that you see at every chain pizza place. i recommend their cheese garlic bread. the bread tastes like it was baked in the last 24 hours. the cheese is so cheesy that it keeps extending into that long string as you keep distancing your food, hoping it will break at some point. and of course, best marinara sauce i have had in this city.

hands down, the worst service ever!!!.... the attitudes of the staff flat out sucks. what a bunch of screw ups! i am dumb founded too, to see all the negitive reviews and nothing is being done about it from the owners or even the staff themselves???... i've been here twice, firsttimewas with my girlfriend and we sat at the bar, had to clean our own spot and they weren't that busy. "just lazy dumb staff i guess. had to wait awhile and stare down someone to even get a beer. i will have to say the pizza was good but the wait and service was slow. as for the second time, i brought my friend in to try out the place. let me tell you, this was by far the worst service and pizza i ever experienced in my life!!!... it was busy and we decided to clear our own table again, unreal!!! and when we did they must have got mad at us cuz the holetimethey ignored us, for real! the pizza took so long to get and was horrible they must have made it that way on purpose. i will never set foot in that place again.

horrible service. ate there twice and the service was horrible both times. firsttimethey lost our order and we had to wait over and hour and a half for food. thistimewe got there around 6:30 and didn't get our pizza until almost 8. we saw other people come in after us who ate and left before we were even served. the pizza was ok, but not worth the wait. i'll never go back.

inconsistent but last visit was good. updated mar 2012: well we gave them another go and it was great! thank goodness! i would hate having to quit going. let's hope they continue the good work.


we used to love bennidito's; however, we have had very inconsistent quality the last few times we've gone. the last two times that we've had beer buddies, they were so dry the cheese wouldn't even stick to them and they have been totally overcooked. in fact, the lasttimethey were very dark brown (nearing black on some). our pizza the last two times has also been overcooked. in fact, our last pizza was burned so bad we didn't finish it and we complained.

we will give them another go, but if it doesn't change i don't think we will be back. this will be sad because we love the environment and normally we love the food and service.

just keeps going downhill. i live within walking distance, but because of the horrible service and inconsistency of the food, i never eat here anymore.

the lasttimei went i ordered a pizza to go and had a beer with a friend while we waited for the pizza. 45 minutes later we were still sitting there with our empty glasses. i went to pay for the beers and was going to leave without pizza, but when i went to pay the gave me my pizza which had been sitting on the counter for about 15 minutes!!

i have also had under cooked beer buddies on more than one occasion and over oily pizza.

i have had some great pizza from this joint, but the frustration and inconsistency is just not worth it anymore!

good beer buddies , bad service.. the one redeeming quality of bennidito's is the amazing beer buddies, however the staff is unfriendly and slow! they fail to have enough staff working at onetimeto attend to everyone, and frankly at most times there is only one person waiting tables on even the busiest nights. this frustrates me to the core. additionally, why the f are their slices so large?? it simply doesn't make sense. this restaurant is way too overrated in spokane. try davids or south perry pizza.
the blonde waitress with the large bust and the owner are very rude. avoid them!

your kidding me right!!!!. benniditio's is loved by the spokane crowd; they even won the inlander's best pizza award this year. so we decided that we would stroll around manito park and then try them out for a casual pizza dinner.

we started off with the much raved about beer buddies - plain pizza dough cut into small bite-sized sections, brushed with butter (i was told it was olive oil, but we all agreed that it was butter, there were butter fat solids plainly vissible) and topped with commercial parmesan cheese (think kraft in a can cheese). the concept is good; but the dough, the highlight of the appetizer was tasteless. we had 2 hungry teenagers and two adults present when this appetizer arrived, it did not get finished, we each ate about 1 or 2 and kind of shrugged our shoulders. the only flavor outside of fat, and salt from the commercial cheese came from the sauces. we figured they were called beer buddies because after about 5 beers you just don't care what you eat.

for dinner we had one salad two medium pizzas, one calzone and a salad.

we will start off with the extreme culinary disaster - the calzone was the worst calzone everyone at the table had ever had. that's bad. it was made horribly and looked terrible, overcooked crust, paper thin on the top while soggy and undercooked on the bottom. the appearance of it was a turnoff, but looks can be deceiving. in this case though, they weren't. the flavors inside were just off, we all tried one bite and we all pushed it to the back of the table - yuck.

the pizza that i and the oldest teenager were eagerly awaiting for was the benniditos original pesto. i am a pesto fanatic, many times just eating my home-made pesto on crackers for a snack. ever have basil ice cream - yum i love it. i make pesto pizzas all thetimeat home, pure delight. but what arrived at our table resembled more like the exxon valdez oil tanker disaster. my wife's comment was "that's sick, you guys aren't going to eat that are you?"

the pesto they used appeared to be mostly oil so the whole pie was covered in a layer of unappetizing green olive oil, when we removed the first slice it was like breaking a dam. the oil came cascading off the pizza to fill the now vacant slice area. it took about 12-15 napkins to soak up half the oil but the damage had been done because the bottom of the pizza crust had soaked up the other half.

the excessive oil had ruined this pie, it wasn't finished by us, you could only take 1 or 2 slices of this heart attack on a plate pie, however it had potential, i liked the addition of the ricotta cheese on it although nobody could pick out the flavor of fontina, i think the oil and pest overpowered it.

the only pizza that got devoured was the mowie wowie, in this case the fontina cheese was very prevalent and a great addition, i also make my hawaiian style pizza with prosciutto, the saltiness of the ham compliments the sweetness of the pineapple very well. the only problem with this pizza was the tasteless dough that had a large amount of raw flour caked onto the bottom. when we were there all pizzas were rolled and but not hand tossed. hand tossing helps to knock off any excess flour, then the oven floor should be dusted with cornmeal to prevent sticking in the oven, there was no cornmeal evident on our pizzas, hence why they use the flour, but that is wrong.

the highlight of the meal was the salad, which was a good size and value for the money. lots of fresh greens and toppings and they did have a nice selection of beer on tap. and a special shout out does go to the server there, they were very busy while we were there and she was handling the whole restaurant by herself and doing a great job.

in the end we left with an uneaten calzone, some beer buddies and half of a medium pesto pizza, we stopped by an ice cream store for dessert and when we got home the boys cooked themselves some more dinner.

the moral of the story is, if pizza and calzones go uneaten by teenagers you know you have problems.

ps if you ever find you self up on the north side and hankering for some pizza, try fat daddy's, the best pizza in spokane.

used to love it; i've given up.. when we moved to spokane about 7 years ago, we were so happy to discover a locally owned neighborhood pizza joint with a great atmosphere and good beer on tap that we can ride our bikes to. we've eaten there or ordered take-out at least once a week for the past 7 years.

the pizza can be really great, but if you get it delivered, check it before the driver leaves because chances are good your order will be wrong. on more than one occassion my order has been lost entirely. the breadsticks are almost alwasy doughy and uncooked inside. lasttimewe were there our pizza was almost inedible: the toppings (same pizza we always order) were just weird tasting; they must've changed to a cheaper brand of canned ingredients. blech.


other people complain about the service but honestly, that's about the only reason we keep going. chelsea is wonderful and so is the blond gal. in my experience, the servers bust their a**es.

i want to love and support benneditos, i really do. but they are just way, way too inconsistent. i can't keep pouring my money into this business hoping it gets better. we're switching to south perry pizza.

great food but the service has been horrible everytimewe have gone. no more for me, i'll take my money some where both are great

slow, slow, slow. i love the pizza, but recently called in my pick up order, left the office and arrived at thetimethe pizza was supposed to be ready (25 minutes) and then waited another 40 minutes. it's not worth that much of my time. i think i'll try pedro's.