Bennie's Red Barn - Saint Simons Island

The atmosphere was great. Super busy. Unfortunately we waited for an hour to sit and then confirm another 25 minutes for a waitress. The food was about 45 minutes later. The food came in large portions, but it lacks taste. Big money for what feels like a factory restaurant

Experience from the waiter/waitress/manager were all unacceptable. Had an issue where the bill did not add up to the subtotal, we pointed it out and it came out to be the modifiers to the meals that were the difference however they got the modifiers wrong on the bills, it was terrible experience and no apology from the Manager and she didn't come out until the very end to explain what happened..then tried to offer us $2 in cash to try to make us happy... just terrible and highly do not recommend ?

First off food was great, except small portions. Brought me 6 steak fries for a side. 6 piece shrimp appetizers over $10 each. We were seated without a reservation. Chose this place as the only restaurant we ate the 5 days we were there as we are a large family with 6 kids. My parents ate with us as well on separate tickets. 4 kids meals and 4 steak meals were $192. Steak was great. Then the surprise....at the bottom of my ticket, a service charge of over $40, with the waiter stating we have to pay that tip for him to split with employees, and anything more than that goes straight to him. And my dad's ticket had $25 service charge on his $95 dollar bill making it $120. We're a large family but was never told this. We very well would've tipped Thomas greatly as he was an amazing server. When my wife spoke to owner, she had a nasty attitude about it. And said there was many other restaurants we could've ate at. That is not very professional. So they made us tip the staff $65, and wanted us to tip our waiter more. I've never been to a restaurant that made you pay a certain tip. The owner was very rude and sarcastic. We have to watch what we spend as we have 6 kids We're raising, so we were so excited about getting to eat somewhere nice. But it was a major disappointment. As mentioned steak was great, salad horrible, serving size horrible for the price. Shoutout to Thomas though, bc he was really a great waiter. Very upset with them making us pay a 20% tip and still expecting more. We will take the owners advice next time and will definitely eat at one of the other many places on the island

We had the Sunday lunch buffet at Bennies and it was incredible! The buffet is huge and has a little of everything. The vegetables were great but the free fish and prime rib were the highlight of my meal. The price point is fair so definitely worth it!

Very popular restaurant on St Simons Island GA. Has quite a history going back to 1954. Large, large barn building with abundant seating capacity for large groups to sit together on long tables. Beautiful twin chandeliers hang high above a large seating space. More seating at wing areas on both sides. Has a nice bar and even an adjoining room with more space. The staff was friendly and overall presented in a nice atmosphere with the special flavor of the barn structure. The food was carefully prepared and would meet or exceed most expectations. I had the seafood combo which was excellent, wife had steak which also was flavorful and cooked exactly to her liking. Overall a nice restaurant to be with friends and enjoy a wonderful dinner