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    Max and Benny's Restaurant

    3.5 (654 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    MAX AND BENNY'S RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    San Francisco Reuben
    Tim H.

    Remember when this was the place to go. My first visit today was inspired by my sister wanting some cabbage soup. Back in the 90's she ate there every Friday. This particular Wednesday evening seemed off. Soup came out lukewarm warm. Soup should be hot. Server took it back, came out warmer but hardly any cabbage. Took it off my bill. Never heard of a San Francisco Rueben before, so gave it a try. Bottom bread was mush and sandwich fell apart. Needed a better sear. Last few bits the corned beef was tough. I did grab some frozen cabbage soup for my sister. Hopefully it brings her back to Northshore life and good times.

    Drinking the lemonade
    Lance R.

    Just an update after 7 years. Still the best house made corned beef in the midwest. Maybe someone in NY would quip but nothing Illinois or Indiana or Wisconsen or Iowa comes close. This is a well oiled machine

    My great pastrami on rye
    Sidney Z.

    My Delicatessen life started in San Francisco on McAllister Street a very long time ago. When you grow up with Jewish Deli's your whole life, you tend to know what's excellent, what's good and what's just "Okay". Excellent would be Katz's Deli or Russ and Daughters in New York or Brent's or Langers in Los Angeles. There is a host of very good deli's that are too many to mention by name. I would put Max and Benny's in the "very good" category for many reasons: First, would be their pricing. What they give you for the price you're paying is fantastic. Second, would be the service. These helpful people working here are incredibly accommodating. Third, would be the food. No bells or whistles going off here. Just down home, real, authentic delicatessen food that is being served. Max and Benny's is huge. There is so much room to move in this immense building, I could only imagine if this place sold out? That would be crazy! I had a very good pastrami on rye with deli mustard (not hot dog mustard). It came with a crisp pickle and a basic cold slaw. I found this dinner to be very good without the "break your bank" prices some Deli's charge. Max and Benny's Deli, way out here in the suburbs of Chicago really worked for me!

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    Seth G.

    Interesting deli. Good sandwich, could have been hotter. Good service, fast and friendly. Decent portion size too. The bowl of soup and half of the sandwich filled me up. I wish that they had a counter to get cookies by the pound, but they didn't.

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    7 months ago

    Great gluten free matzo balls and soup! Also a chocolate phosphate can't be beat. Yum!

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    The food is so good and the portions are amazing! The waitstaff are all long time pros.

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    4 months ago

    Everything was delicious. Enjoyed the pastrami and took home bakery items along with soup and egg salad. Loved it all!!

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    2 months ago

    2 stars all around on food, service and ambiance. Below average food with no flavor. Service was okay but nothing special.

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    4 months ago

    Both food and service are great! For many many years. Every dish comes out just the way that you would expect.

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    1 year ago

    Food and service were 5 star - we were there with a large group and servers did a tremendous job delivering prompt and delicious food!

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    6 months ago

    Good Jewish style deli. Sweet and sour cabbage soup like my mother made. Most items on the menu are great.

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    We used to order a lot of birthday cakes from this Deerfields Bakery.  They always did an excellent…read morejob.  Our daughter's favorite customized cake was an 8" to 10" chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, and chocolate whipped cream frosting, which was huge, rich, and delicious.  Ever since she was little, it also became a tradition to pick up a big smiley face cookie for her whenever we picked up a cake. Recently, we had ordered a small cake from the Deerfields Bakery in Buffalo Grove, and really loved it.   A few days ago, while I was in the Deerfield area, I decided to stop by the Deerfield location for the first time in at least five or six years. This bakery has gone through a nice renovation. It is clean, bright, modern, and pleasant, just like the one in Buffalo Grove, except that it is a lot smaller.  Since it was after 4:00 pm when I went, within an hour of closing, some of the shelves were already empty, which is understandable and probably a good sign for the business. Out of nostalgia, I purchased a big smiley face cookie for $3.95.   The girl who helped me was very polite and friendly even though I was just purchasing one cookie.  That made the visit even more pleasant.  However, I would likely get some other baked goods instead next time, as this cookie and its icing were quite hard, and just tasted like a lot of sugar. I am deducting one star mostly because of the parking situation.  There are only four parking spaces by the building, once these spaces are occupied, customers have to walk to the parking lot in the back that's diagonal from the bakery, and cross a busy driveway shared with a bank.  This can be especially inconvenient when carrying a cake. Since the Buffalo Grove location is much larger and has its own parking lot that makes parking easy, I will most likely continue going to the Buffalo Grove location unless I happen to be in the Deerfield area.

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    4.1(382 reviews)
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    Great place for delicious cake! Parking can get a little bit crowded right in front of the store…read morebut if you don't mind walking the lot is larger in the back area. I ordered online for a 10:30 cake pickup but got a text that it was ready at 10am. We had the strawberry lychee cake which was nice and light and the favorite 'not too sweet'. The store itself had so many options and coming in the morning they had a huge selection. The service was fast and friendly for pickup too.

    I rarely leave negative reviews, but my experience here was disappointing…read more My family and I stopped by on Saturday shortly before closing. As employees were already putting away the bread, I politely asked if I could grab a piece before everything was picked up. I was told that the bread was being moved to the front and that someone would assist me there. While I waited, two other groups entered after me. They heard the same information and ended up being helped before I was, despite the employees knowing that I had been waiting first. I politely asked twice for assistance and was told to continue waiting while the other groups were served. What made the situation more frustrating was that the customers ahead of me were taking a long time deciding what they wanted. I had already put on a plastic glove and was prepared to select my own bread, but I was told that wasn't necessary because an employee would help me. While waiting, I witnessed one of the teenagers from a group point directly at the bread, and another teenager pushed their hand into it. This happened in front of the employees, and no one addressed the situation or reminded them not to touch the food. As someone who was trying to follow proper sanitation practices, I found this very concerning. Not only did this happened once but 2,3 times infront of them. Yet nothing was addressed. After being ignored, waiting while others were served ahead of me, and seeing unsanitary behavior go unaddressed, I decided to leave without making a purchase. I was disappointed by both the customer service and the lack of attention to food handling standards.

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    Max and Benny's Restaurant - delis - Updated July 2026

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