On a Tuesday evening, your choices for food are limited but several locals recommended Benson's for pizza. We had 10 people. We ordered 3 large pizzas and had so much left over. The crust was really good. We had both regular and thin crust. The amount of cheese on each pizza was out of this world Our server took our orders quickly. The pizzas took a little time to come out but it was worth it. The inside was busy but not crowded. There is a dog friendly patio but it was cool out so we didn't sit there. Parking was no problem because the downtown had already rolled up their sidewalks (ha ha). Over the years we haven't had very good luck with places to eat in walker. We will be back to Bensons to try some of their fare. Try it! read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Half and half pizza: Pepperoni and just cheese - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

Omg! We came in hungry and my husband and I couldn't decide on what size pizza to order. There are sizes displayed on the wall and they honestly look like small, medium, and large. We can typically split a large (4 slices each) when hungry and the price point wasn't too bad for a lake town. Welllll the 18-inch was giant and we only ate half- be warned that the 14 inch was perfect for 2 hungry people, and the 18 inch would definitely feed 4 at least! Pros: pizza was pretty fast and yummy (especially after a day at the lake and driving up north), service was friendly, the boat table we sat at was neat. Cons: it took a while to be seated due to some confusion/ some parties waiting for their checks, it was very hot in the restaurant, bathrooms were pretty dirty (hair in the sink, trash overflowing, and no paper towel), and the pizza flavor was just meh. We ordered a pizza with pineapple, jalapeño, and buffalo chicken but the pineapple tasted canned and the chicken wasn't saucy and flavored. It hit the spot but wasn't anything to write home about. Would have been better with a drizzle of ranch or barbecue. read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - 18-inch pizza- phone for scale! Pineapple/ jalapeno/ buffalo chicken - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

Walker Minnesota does not have a lot of great food places. This one is just OK. Their pizza is OK. Their sandwiches are just OK. Their service on the other hand was great! read more

if I could rate it lower I would, went in with a large group had horrible water services who forgot water for 30 minutes. the food is poor quality everything tastes like bad high school cafeteria food, when you order one thing you are more likely for the order to be wrong than right. Would never recommend. read more

Awesome pizza! Got the Minnesota Island! Was not disappointed. We came home with enough pizza for another meal. Will definitely return on our next trip north! read more

Great pizza with a great selection of local beers. Always busy, but the staff is trained to handle it. Highly recommend.

As a vegetarian, I try to be flexible and realistic when I eat out, especially at more casual places. Sadly, my recent visit to Benson's Eating and Drinking in Walker was disappointing. When I asked if they had a black bean patty, the server told me they are not "fancy" like that here. The comment felt unnecessary and a bit rude. They also did not offer any other vegetarian options, so I ended up ordering the cheese quesadillas. The quesadillas were not good. The cheese was melted on top as well as inside, which did not add anything to the dish. Other than that, the service was okay, but the lack of simple vegetarian choices and the attitude toward my request made the whole visit underwhelming. I hope Benson's can add a few easy vegetarian options and train the staff to handle these requests with more care. read more

Look here, I'm from Nevada and I got to say this place was amazing and thick crust is the go to for your pizzas

1st time here...ordered a pizza to go...had a tap beer while waiting ...happy hour starting at 2 very clean ..service was great...The Pizza was awesome...will return and recommend to friends read more

Poor service shamed for water consumption and pizza was cut terrible. Not terrible price and was open late for Walker . read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Pizza was cut terribly and was shamed for how much water we preferred to consume while getting drinks. - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

We (husband and I) came here for lunch at 11:30 on a Saturday. It wasn't very busy, and our waitress was promptly at our table ordering our drinks. Our waitress was wonderful - friendly, helpful, and kind. We ordered the French dip sandwich and the cajun chicken sandwich. After we ordered, our waitress mentioned that they had just changed the menu and the sides were no longer included. The actual menu didn't show this, but that's how the orders worked. We chose to not order sides. (We noticed on the receipt that the price was cheaper than the price listed, so they didn't include the price for the sides.) Both our sandwiches were good, but I was a little disappointed that the cajun wasn't at all spicy. The 2 things that were a little off putting in the restaurant were - 1. Most of the TV's were on boxing. It's not my favorite thing, but I can just not watch; children however, have a hard time not watching. And I don't think boxing is child friendly. 2. I generally don't judge a food place on the way it looks, but the bathrooms could really use an update. Without these 2 items, I'd give them 4 stars. read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - French dip - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

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They have the best pizza but they need to chop there veggies up more and the staff are very nice would recommend

It took a long time for us get a server, but once we did he was very friendly and attentive. The atmosphere is casual and the pizza was really tasty and pipping hot (as it should be). The side salad was yummy but seemed quite overpriced. read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Moscow mule - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

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Benson's is THE Walker staple. Don't expect "heaven on earth", be reasonable- They cater late at night and all through the day. Many choices that are comfortable and safe for the northern demographic. Family friendly, group friendly, or even a little intimate ;) Food is GOOD. Drinks... full bar- margaritas are a no. But that's me. I can always get me another mixed drink! And they are great! Staff is BOMB. *STAFF* LOVE~ I love them all- so great at what they do. I can only imagine the stress and pressure they endure as a constantly successful establishment and as hospitality workers... but they all always remain genuine, kind and professional AND attentive. read more

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We went later on a Monday evening. Just serving pizza which was fine by us. We had the basic everything pizza, a large. Too big for two people unless you want it for breakfast everyday, which my husband did. Really good pizza. Service was great. The guy was attentive and friendly. We will go back, next trip North. read more

Dog friendly shady patio!!! Waitresses were so sweet to our two puppies. Pizza was a phenomial cheesy thick crust masterpiece. They had lots of different topping options. Big list of beers. read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Half cheese. Half taco pizza. - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

We came in here on a Sunday evening when most of the town was closed. We were very impressed with the pizza and the salad. Our waiter was friendly and helpful. read more

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We ordered a pizza to go. You'd think given this was offseason in a tourist town, the establishment would welcome your business. Not the case. The pizza wasn't ready when we arrived, despite coming 5 minutes after the promised time. The pizza we ordered was decent tasting with lots of ingredients but severely overpriced. Then, when we questioned the price, the server was indifferent bordering on rude. Given all of the above, we won't go back and wouldn't recommend. read more

Came here for dinner. Yelp didn't have an updated review so hopefully this helps. Super busy as heck but in my opinion they did great with the amount of staff they had. Rachel always had a smile on her face and a cheery voice among the crowd. Market salad was phenomenal! We had The Pelican pizza- stuffed crust which was great! The stuff crust was over stuffed which we like so we asked for Marinara sauce. They has the Bemidji Brewing Octoberfest beer which is pretty yummy and a good selection of beer on tap. Smaller restaurant with good kickbutt pizza- yeah go check it out!! read more

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Pizza is great..service is crabby and not patient. The entire town of Walker are worn out service people.

We have eaten here twice and both times the pizza was excellent. However the service was amazing the first time and awful the second time. The first time we sat at the bar and it was fairly busy. The bartender took great care of us and everything was wonderful. The next time we were with a group of 12 and sat in "The Boat" which I love the idea of. Super cool with momentous of past guests. The waitress I think just wasn't ready for a group yet as apparently they're waitressing and making drinks? She didn't seem to know how to make a couple of them and the food wasn't quite right, but what we did have was really good (the food, not the drinks). The summer atmosphere is a think a bit chaotic with tourists coming and going and I think a lot of the local kids out of school use it as a hangout. I'd definitely go back, but was a little bummed that I referred everyone there and it was a bit of a disaster. I didn't try anything but the pizzas and they were good! read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

Thank goodness Benson's was open the evening we were in downtown Walker! There was only one other eatery place open for business (and it was packed). I enjoyed our drinks, meals and local friendly vibe here! read more

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Food is WAY over price. 4 chicken wings for 12 dollars, no celery included. Reuben sandwich smells horrible like bad meat. Two people in our party couldn't even stomach the pizza. trash. read more

The service was great and the pizza was amazing!! Loved going to a hometown favorite when we were walking down memory lane read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

Excellent food, variety in selection, even assisted my daughter with finding dairy and gluten free options

I had high hopes for this place but was disappointed. The server greeted our party of 8 and served the drinks very quickly. Not many people in the restaurant. We lost sight of our server after first contact. She later returned to take our food order. She was very accommodating as we all wanted separate checks. She did get a guaranteed 20%. (I know that is customary) The food preparation took over 30 minutes which I thought was a little excessive but I'm a little more forgiving with large parties. The food presentation was very good. I ordered the pizza, only because it was proclaimed as their signature food item. It was good but nothing that knocked my socks off. The sauce was not spicy and was pretty bland. I ordered sausage and pepperoni. Pepperoni was plentiful but sausage was scarce. Crust was thin and crunchy. Reminded me of a saltine cracker. Good taste! Others in party reported chicken sandwiches had good taste. Sweet potato tater tots tasted good. Place had a cool decor. A few games and a digital jukebox. It had an interesting Native American figure. The story behind it was originally outside but on many occasions it was stolen and placed at different locations around Walker. The owners always located it but sometimes it was damaged, missing arm, scraped nose and missing foot. The owners finally place the statue inside. Worth a stop, but I would order something other than there specialty until they improve upon it. read more

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Good food. Great service. Quick! Had the spicy burger and I'd recommend it. 1919 root beer on tap was great. Strong flavor.

We stopped by to have a beer and split a pizza. Both were just okay. Our server was very friendly but would not recommend our pizza. Maybe something more traditional next time??? The pizza was just not cheesy and kind of dry?? read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

Our family stopped here on a rainy summer night. Ordered the pepperoni pizza. Wasn't expecting anything out of this world for pepperoni. Oh my word! So delicious, great sauce and pizza crust. We will definitely be craving this. Will be back again for sure! Service was also excellent! read more

You just can't go wrong here. Everything is great!! Fantastic pizza, sandwiches and salads. And a great atmosphere with good service. Best bar in Walker!, read more

I was there a couple of days ago, Saturday May 18, and the service was excellent, but the chicken tenders were very salty. Every piece of breaded/battered chicken I've ever seen has seasoning already in the coating. These had a garlic salt or something like that on top of it. The first tender was great, but the other three were so salty I could hardly taste anything else by they time i was done eating. It was just too much. Maybe a garlic powder or a salt-free seasoning would be ok, but why?? Again, the waitress was great, and the speed was very good. read more

Our server Jenny was great! The 3 of us had very detailed orders & she got it all correct all with a smile. The chicken quesadilla was very good! However, the chicken wings weren't what we were expecting, only one of us liked them. No one liked the bleu cheese dressing and the fried mushrooms were just ok. read more

honest to God, this is my favorite pizza outside of Chicago (gf crust also Available!!!!!) long islands are also amazing. if you're in the area you cant go wrong stopping here. staff is amazing and so kind. read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

The pizza is good when it's good, but it's pretty inconsistent! One day it's the best pizza you ever had, the next day it's pretty blah.

We've been coming here for pizza for years. Great menu choices, unique and standard selections. read more

Benson's Eating & Drinking Emporium - Pizza Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

We had the MN Island pizza. It had a nice selection of toppings. The crust was crispy and a medium thickness. Stella was an excellent server. read more

Great pizza, friendly staff. We tried the cheeseburger pizza (it has a different name) and it was very good. Great Thursday night pizza specials. read more

What a huge disappointment. Me and my buddy head north to Walker for an annual fishing trip and last year we stopped in at Benson's. We both came away feeling like it was the best pizza we had ever had. We talked about going back there all year long. This year we get geared up and head into town, and go right to Benson's. There was a very light crowd and flies everywhere in the restaurant. It was so gross. We mentioned to the waiter that they needed to bring out the fly swatter, and he just laughed and said "yea, they are everywhere." Gross. But, we still had the pizza on they way. Well, the pizza made the flies look great. We were so incredibly disappointed. The crust was soggy, the cheese was all over the place and it tasted so bad. How could a pizza place go down the tubes so fast? The owner or manager has to know that the pizza is no longer any good. Last year at this time, I would have told you to run for that place. Now, I'm telling you to run from that place. Flies and bad pizza. Ugh. read more

Best pizza in walker and the best bar as well. Love the food love the atmosphere. I recommend cheese fries or wings for an app. The shingobee or the Minnesota island pizza is 100. read more

Awesome service!!!!!!! Our bartender was a rockstar and o sooo nice!!!! Pizza was great! Love the atmosphere!!! Never disappointed when we stop! We will be back! read more