Bennethum's Northern Inn

This has to be at the top of your list of favorite restaurants

We loved this place. We will be going back very soon. One thing, I tried to sign up for anniversary and birthday specials. However, because I used my email for our first visit to reserve a table, I am not able to complete the application. It keeps telling me that the email is already in the system. Catch 22. Can you help?

Food came very fast, very delicious, friendly wait staff - thumbs up all around.

Excellent service. Great food and large portions.

Very courteous service. The food was truly exceptional.

Amazing as always!! Our favorite northern Michigan restaurant!

Friendly staff. Food is always great. Very lively , you van tell everyone is enjoying themselves.

As always it was fantastic.

You can't go wrong by dining at Bennethums. Excellent food, wine and service!! Also they have the best Happy Hour. Josh Bennethum is an excellent host and always makes you welcomed.

As always the food was outstanding. We had a new server so service was not up to par, but being new we tool that into consideration.

We will return!

We are regular customers and went for our Anniversary and it didn’t fail to please us. It’s like home, we loved it and must say may be the best Calamari appetizer ever.

Very good food, lighting was really bad, we had to use the flashlight on our cell phones to read the menu. Waitresses were very nice, and appoligitic for the dim lighting.

I love Bennethums. Truly enjoy it every time I go. I do feel that their prices are too high. While the quality of the food is excellent, I find it hard to justify paying $30 for a fish entree or $40+ for a steak. I know I could go to the "pub" side and pay less, but I would miss the uniqueness of their signature entrees. That is why Bennethums is only a special occasion restaurant for me. With the prices so high, I still go and experience a meal I will remember and crave, but I wait almost a year before going again.

Great food and service. Happy hour excellent value for your money!

Amazing food every time

Guess our expectations were high. My previous visits were over the top. My wife’s steak was not rare. My baked potato was very firm. Obviously microwaved. When he moved up there he was spot on.

Excellent dinner. Happy hour drinks were fantastic and a great value

Fantastic food and fabulous service. We have eaten there many times and always come away amazed and satisfied. Their theme menu never disappoints and their standard menu has something for everyone.

Josh, havarti scallops should be just ‘on’ the menu, same with the bruschetta we had, been coming to Benethum’s for almost 10 years and this last visit was by far my favorite, 2nd time I’ve had the key lime pie, just fabulous.....

Best in the north! We take all guests and go ourselves whenever we have the chance! Great food, really great service It represents authentic northern Michigan without being stuck in 1963.

We have dined at Bennethum's several times and we generally get great service. However, service was slow on this visit.

We went to Bennethum’s to celebrate our 49th anniversary.
When we arrived, there was a lovely card on our table congratulating us on our anniversary.
The food was all delicious, from appetizers to dessert ( which was on the house!)
And our server, Deserea was very attentive and personable.
We will certainly go back!

Awesome restaurant! I highly recommend Happy Hour with delicious small plates.

Our favorite place to dine when traveling down I-75! The restaurant was open for lunches at one time and we wish they were still!!

It is our go to spot for happy hour

Food was yummy, nice selection available. Portions were good also.

Great food. Very solid wine list. Desserts were awesome. Service was on-point.

And what is Michigan gourmet cuisine? Step right up! (Comments with each pic.) We recommend you go OUT of YOUR WAY to dine here.
Midnight Manhattan, Dark Cherry Marguerita, Cherry-Maple BBQ Ribs Lake Trout Almondine, Jalapeno Cream Corn.
Server Alecia - spot on perfect.
We are believers.

The place was smart, clean and well maintained. We enjoyed our dinner and it provided a suitable end to our vacation.

Happy Hour was fantastic! We had drinks and 4 small plates that were just delicious! Our server was very attentive and checked on us often. It was a great experience and we look forward to our next visit.

Finally, we found a restaurant in Gaylord that was not just pub food. We had a schnitzel and spaetzel dinner and a lake perch dinner. Both were beautifully presented. The wine list was excellent. I would have like to have seen more wines by the glass. There seemed to be only 1 per category. As it was our wedding anniversary, they treated us to a complimentary dessert - yummy cheesecake with Traverse City cherries!

Took away our favorite table for a loud one man piano player 😢

Wonderful as always. They have made a change that I don’t like. No more boom boom shrimp on their appetizer menu I think you should rethink that.

Excellent experience! Food was fantastic as always and service was great!

Girls week!

Great value Happy Hour, excellent service, entrees very tasty.

Food was DELICIOUS!

We had a great dinner at Benntheums, it was our final night in Gaylord before going home. We’ve been visiting Gaylord for YEARS and we can’t believe we hadn’t visited Bennethum’s before. It was delicious, our server was wonderful, the group next to us was a little loud but not at fault of the restaurant. Since most of our group was camping this restaurant is a wonderful break from grilling over the fire. Everyone really loves what they had, between the peach dinner, fettuccine Alfredo, chicken sandwich and pork we all walked away very satisfied. We will definitely be back.

I had a Filet and it was one of the best I have EVER had. Loved the bread too!!

Great food and drinks. Recommend not charging $3 for each cup of coffee though!