This place is Absolutely great. We live close to a hour away and there isnt anything near as good for anywhere near the price. Absolutely amazing. A personal favorite of our family. read more

Large portions done REALLY WELL !! Desserts are delish, and be prepared to either split or have some for breakfast the next morning. I cant pick a favorite except to say "Everything!!". Excellent service too... read more

Solid food, service was very friendly and responsive to all customers. Its very clear that this is a friendly community that knows and respects each other. The ambiance was cozy. Country music, stuffed deer heads, warm lighting. Classic. read more

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We had a party of 8 and gave an excellent review for excellent service on our last visit. We ordered pizza, burgers, wings, a meatball sub and a grilled chicken Mexican salad. All was good except we received a Greek salad instead of the Mexican salad ( didn't realize it until I bit into it) We never received a return visit for drink refills but I did ask for ranch dressing for the " Mexican salad". They were very busy and we were very disappointed due to not receiving the correct order or a return for assistance. It took a very long time to get the bill and when we mentioned the salad the waitress said she didn't know and it was clear she didn't care. I think it's time to find a new place to visit. The food overall is delicious but the service this time was terrible. read more

The Wheel in is a located in central Vermont, The Wheel Inn, is a cozy breakfast and brunch spot tucked away in Benson. They serve great dinner food as well! Upon entry, I was immediately seated by the inn's friendly staff. This American restaurant offers a wide range of dishes, from hearty burgers to delicate salads, catering to all tastes. I had the pastrami quesadilla for my entree! It was excellent and satisfied my hunger! Don't forget dessert, the Wheel Inn offers a variety of delicious pies. I had a slice of the Maple Walnut which was awesome. The dessert was huge, it spanned over two days! So if you are traveling on VT 22A, the Wheel Inn is worth the stop!! read more

The Wheel Inn - Pastrami quesadilla and Rutland Red - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

We found restaurant on a recent trip home from my brothers in Essex Junction searched for restaurants on our way home to Albany area ny. Great find food was fantastic and so was the service. read more

Discovered the Wheel Inn by chance as we were driving home from vacation and it was incredible! We ordered grilled cheese sandwiches, which were simple but delicious and really hit the spot. But the star of the show were the pies. The maple walnut pie in particular was incredible! We got a huge piece of pie with the most delicious maple filling. Truly one of the tastiest pies I've ever eaten! Service was lovely and quick read more

The Wheel Inn - Maple pie - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

This looks like a "locals" place and the food was good. My wife did think the chicken in her Parmesan was a little tough, but my pot pie was excellent. Good service. It looks like it has in house pets, if you care about that. Worth a stop and going out of our way. read more

Food was excellent and staff were very friendly! Lots of food choices. The atmosphere was very welcoming and homey. Would definitely go again read more

A drive to the middle of nowhere brought us to this breakfast joint. Rustic, but very clean and well kept, the menu was just what we were looking for. We even started with a home made chocolate eclair which was to die for. I opted for the house made corned beef hash (just right, not too salty or greasy) while my wife ordered the sausage gravy and biscuits (massive!) The prices were a bit high, but considering the quality of the food, we didn't mind. We were amused by the locals who seemed to be related to the staff or owners who played with a cat and walked into the stock room. All in all, it was a very good breakfast, with a bit of local flavor. read more

The Wheel Inn - Prepping the coffee - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

The last few times here we have been disappointed. Yesterdays meals were sub par, fries cold and undercooked, chicken on ceasar salad was cold and dry, pizza dough was raw. If your gonna charge top end pricing, food should represent what your paying for. Desserts were very good. read more

This place is the best. Prices are awesome. But the food and people are the best. Food is the best.. Most friendly people. I love this place. read more

IT IS NOTHING LIKE IT WAS 15 YEARS AGO NOTHING. NOT GOING BACK.Never have I ever ordered food I did not like there years ago not breakfast nor dinner but now I believe it will be a long time before I sit down to or make spaghetti and meatballs again. read more

$15 for pancakes, $6 for a side of bacon. Add coffee and breakfast for one was $27 without tip. Mediocre, too. Server was "absotootly" awesome, though read more

The restaurant is in the middle of nowhere but it's worth the drive (20 miles for us). They have good solid fare such as burgers, chicken & biscuits, veal parmesan, liver with onions & bacon, fried haddock, etc. I've recently had the haddock baked in parmesan cheese and another night had pork chops with mashed potatoes & gravy (yum). My wife goes primarily for the desserts, especially the coconut creme pie. I like the carrot cake with a little whipped cream. Portions are huge so we usually have enough for several nights...The ambience is rustic but nice and clean. It's not a fancy restaurant but it's our favorite place to go during our summer stay in VT. read more

This is the perfect Vermont restaurant. Great food, great service and awesome atmosphere. And the price are reasonable all things considered. I order a burger followed typically by pie or bread pudding a la mode. Best ever. read more

Best Cole slaw this side of the Mason Dixon. Gluten free bread too! Apparently this review is too short, and I have to keep writing. read more

Spent a lot of my childhood weekends here and had wonderful Memories. Stumbled upon it again a few years back and recently have been making the hour + trek frequently because it is that good!! Great place, amazing food!!!! Chimis are incredible if you're bored on a Monday. I literally downloaded this app so I could at least let people Know how good it is!! If you ever end up this way, STOP HERE! I promise you won't be disappointed!!! read more

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If you love fresh food and great people - both with lots of local flavor - then you should already be turning off the beaten path and making your way to The Wheel Inn. They offer delicious food (such as beef from Bridport, Cabot cheese, locally baked rolls) and a zillion varieties of homemade pies and other desserts (ALERT: one dessert serving feeds 2-3. Don't say you weren't warned!). The optional gravy on the fries is hella salt (and probably not made from scratch), but everything else was stellar. read more

The Wheel Inn - Maple Walnut pie - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

The food and atmosphere here were amazing! Everyone on staff was fantastic too! My husband had the Jambalaya and I had the Steak...and finished it off with the 3-Berry Pie...A-Maz-zing! Thank you, we needed it after a long flight from the west coast! read more

12/12/2019. Another Wheel Inn catered Christmas dinner at GE today. As usual, the food was great. If you have never been out to Benson, and eaten there, I highly recommend going. read more

The Wheel Inn - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

Found this in the middle of nowhere on our drive home from the ski lodge area in Vermont. Not the friendliest Vermonters I met but had a delicious breakfast and the food came out in minutes. The melted Vermont cheese on home fries was delish! read more

The Wheel Inn - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

The Wheel Inn offers authentic, homemade New England comfort cuisine. The portions are generous. Our group ordered chicken and biscuits with peas, the hot turkey sandwich, and two wheelburgers. The latter are popular with guests. The meat is locally sourced and you can taste the difference. The hardest part about the restaurant is saving enough room for pie--there's almost a dozen fresh pie choices for dessert. The spot has a wonderful home feel to it and plenty of locals. Worth the drive to the charming small town of Benson if you are visiting Vermont in the summer months. There is a full bar and wide selection of local Vermont beers. read more

The Wheel Inn - Hot turkey sandwich with gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pickled beats, and a friend zucchini stick (top left corner) - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

Everything about this Vermont landmark is great! Mexican Mondays is great and Wednesday is chicken & biscuits! Desserts are made locally and all are fabulous especially the cheesecakes! read more

Great place.... The food is excellent.... They always have at least 10 pies available.... We had the maple walnut pie and the winners circle pie.... The maple walnut was amazing.... It's like a pecan pie but better.... There was a maple sauce poured over it, delish.... The winners circle pie is a toll house pie, also excellent.... Monday is Mexi-Monday's.... I had a chicken chimichanga that was awesome.... They brought out two huge chimichangas, it wouldn't have been offended if there was only one, that's how huge they are.... I highly recommend!!!! read more

The Wheel Inn - Chicken Chimichangas!!!! - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

Two of my friends and I decided to go here for dinner, as I had been here before years ago and I remember it being so delicious. We arrive for our reservation and upon arrival, no one working there was wearing a mask. We were placed at our table and as were sitting there chatting, a cat walks out of the kitchen .. and then proceeds to go outside. This cat is obviously familiar with the outdoors and is allowed in the kitchen where customers food is being made? Our waitress was also so rude. She made us feel rushed to order food, and then she completely forgot about us so we kept asking the other waitress to help us. Aside from the completely disrespectful waitress, the cat coming out of the kitchen into the dining area, the tables not being placed 6 ft apart, and the employees not wearing masks. It wasn't necessarily awful lol. I don't recommend for future reference coming here. read more

Excellent service! Food was awesome and the beer was cold! I love these out of the way places that still value customer service and take pride in their menu! read more

We go out of our way to make the trip to Benson specifically to eat at The Wheel Inn. The portions are crazy huge. The food is exceptionally home made. The size of the desserts are out of this world. One piece of cake could feed a family of 10! I reccomend the maple cake. Always take home at least 3/4 of it. Yummm!!​ read more

Everything about this place is special. Most delicious homemade food - and I mean homemade. The baked goods are out of this world, chicken and biscuits - fantastic, service is friendly and super efficient. I've eaten here 9 times and have savored every meal. read more

this place is a place to go out of your way for. always a great time and pleasure to be at. wait staff is always friendly and the owner is always hard working! read more

Never been here before, and I will never come back. The food was alright, for not even receiving what I ordered. Asked for condiments to burger On the side (food allergy but others in party were going to eat it) received them on my burger was told to "take them off myself". Was also missing half the condiments it was "supposed" to come with. Asked if ketchup/mayo came on it. Was told "this isn't McDonald's, we're not going to do it for you". Confirmed that it came with chips and a pickle. Got fries, and was expected to pay up charge for the waitresses mess up. Not to mention that she was extremely rude. Yelling at peoples children, bad attitude. says she's been working there for 10 years!! I don't see it. The owner wasn't any nicer than the server. Also, don't ever ask a customer if you want them to bring you change. Like yes, bring me MY money back. read more

I have been to Paris, and I have been to Rome, but I have never found any restaurant like The Wheel. This is a must for anyone in Benson, if you find yourself there. People have cursed me for never ordering the chicken and biscuits. Everything else is fried, fried, and more fried. Not bad, though. read more

Best breakfast is always served here!! The Mexican omelet is a favorite. You can't go wrong with the stuffed French Toast as well. read more

The Wheel Inn - Stuffed French Toast - American Near Me - Benson, Vermont

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Great food! Served hot. Large portions. We headed over to The Wheel Inn with our fingers crossed that the food would be good enough to go off the main road for and left with the hopes of coming back in the future. The grilled chicken salad was big, fresh and super tasty. The turkey hot sandwich was right from my childhood. Yummy hometown fare. The pie slices were so good we took a slice to go. Worth going out of your way for. Oh, the service was smiley and nice. :) read more

Went for breakfast and were the only ones there. The burrito was served with raw onions and peppers, was watery and an overall mess. The omelette was a scrambled egg folded in half with the omelette filling added to the middle rather than making an actual omelette. The orange juice was store bought and hot good. But here's the kicker. The bill was was inflated by 20 percent. Every item was higher than it should have been. We got charged $40 for an omelette, a burrito and three glasses of oj. The price should have been $33 with tax. I would be wary of going here ever again. Had I not been cheated, I would have given a higher score. read more

This is a restaurant in the middle of nowhere. If you don't want to eat here there's a taco stand in the middle of a corn field down the road, but I can't vouch for that place. When you walk in you are greeted with the smell of an old musty house that's never been updated. Leak in the bathroom ceiling in the mens room, but they've got that covered. There's a bucket underneath where the toilet brush goes. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger. It didn't suck.....look I don't know what to tell you. What are you going to do? Not eat? Ps. The next place is 40 miles up the road and it's called "the halfway house". Halfway to what I don't know cuz I'm not going there but that's another option for you. read more

Very disappointed! We have been here before and things have gone downhill. 45 minute wait for breakfast, had to ask for a refill. When the food finally came not one word of apology for the wait. The building itself is shabby and the bathroom dirty. The food mediocre at best and i think a little pricey. read more

We were recommended here! Seems like the best place to eat! The choices seemed endless and the service was fantastic! I had fish and chips, poppers and mozz sticks and everything was delicious! I also had a margarita, which I think was probably the best one that I have had! We were all happy with the food and the very friendly waitress and staff. This place will not disappoint! read more

Wherever you are right now, The Wheel Inn is worth the drive. Just get in the car and go. There is not a better breakfast available anywhere. Burgers are always good. Wings are unbeatable. I'd put the maple BBQ sauce up against anything. Great food. Always. read more

Corned beef hash was lacking meat and wasn't very big. Maybe I ordered wrong but I was expecting more from the "World Famous Hash." Way overpriced for diner food. French toast was good with homemade bread but nothing fancy. $70 for breakfast for 4? That's way too much for a little roadside stop. read more