Benji's Bakery & Cafe

Banh Mi's are good with very good bread. Price is good.

Desserts are crazy good and innovative. Highly recommend repeat visits for everyone!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Come early, they sell out of the good stuff by the the afternoon. Expect to blow your whole paycheck here and have to be rolled back home. Incredible croissants.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We got a spam and seaweed bahn mi and a ham and cheese pastry. I really wanted to eat the bahn mi but it was INSANELY spicy. I understand all bahn mi's from their menu come with jalapeno and I'm someone who enjoys hot food. But this was by far the spiciest thing I have ever eaten to the point where I had to emergency stop and get something to rinse my mouth out after two bites. Blistered my tounge sadly. And like I said I enjoy hot foods and eat jalapenos pretty often but this was way over the top. Sadly the pastry had about 50% too much mayo? And half the ham was grey in color. A large disappointment and ended up disposing of them into the trash. If the bahn mi wasn't on fire it would have been tasty so that's why I'm giving a 2 star because it seemed like it had good ingredients but wasn't edible. $23.50 with tip in the trash.

Food: 2

Service: 5

Came for the roasted pork banh mi which was good with chewy bread and punchy pickled vegetables. However, I was sad to see that they raised the prices of their sandwiches to $12. I don't begrudge businesses for covering their costs but it's no longer the great deal it always was at $9.

The taro boba milk tea was excellent.

Parents should know that they play loud, explicit music continuously so you'll want to take your food to go.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 3

It's ok pastries were fluffy, we got a croissant the guava one it barely had any filling, the boba teas were not good we got the milk tea boba it wasn't sweet and the milk tasted wierd. Definitely pricey for the quality of the items, personally not worth the hype.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

First time coming here. Pretty disappointed to say the least. I’ve had the pastries before, but never actually been to the cafe.
Music was pretty loud which may have been part of the miscommunication. I ordered 3 of the benji’s special chowders, and one salmon chowder. Then I asked which of the pastries is recommended for chocolate lovers. She didn’t hear me, so my wife suggested I get a strawberry chocolate pastry.
I have some troubles because I forgot my wallet and had to enter my card manually but that’s besides any point.
We get our food, make sure we have the 4 chowders and the 2 pastries. Drive home to find all of the chowders are only the clam chowders. No toppings that make them what we ordered.
I try calling to no answer so I drive back. They quickly apologize and take my chowders back to make them correct. I get in the car and just for funsies check the chowders. They did correct the 3 benji’s chowders. But my salmon one was still just the chowder. I go back in they take it and quickly throw a pinch of salmon bits on. In my head I say screw it and leave. It was such a small amount of salmon I quite literally didn’t taste it in my chowder.
By the time I got home all the chowders were ice cold as they didn’t reheat nor get us new chowder.
I say to myself “well at least their pastries are good” the pastry was mid. Barely any chocolate on the thing, and there was only like white cream filling in the middle. No strawberry or chocolate. Just the tiny bit of the strawberry stuff and drizzle of chocolate on top.
So overall very disappointed. I am definitely willing to try them again, but might give it some time.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

So many amazing options, amazing service, and good vibes. Beyond happy with our visit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cruffins, Clam Chowder, Ube Cream Puff

We ran in after going to PetZoo next door. The person working was SO SWEET!! She had the best customer service we’ve seen in Alaska. The food was incredible and the drinks were top tier. Definitely going back to try more!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is amazing and the people are so nice there

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

They are my favorite place to get boba (taro), pasteries, and bahn mi. If I have a sweet tooth I'll choose something from what they have that day. They always have an assortment of bakery items so what I choose varies. I've never ordered anything that I did not like. The service there is great too. Seriously love this place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My cruffin was scrumptious. I had the white chocolate matcha and I can't the cream filling was so light and fluffy. If I could give more than 5 stars I would. 🌟

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great service, great staff, and delicious boba tea!

Bahn mi is extremely good. Fiance and I had the classic and islander. Lovely bake goods, sucker for ube.

They're always out of the pork bits and bacon that go into your chowder, that's why I gave 3 stars on food. The male workers are always professional, females seem like they have an attitude every time. The atmosphere has gotten dingy in the past year. Ive noticed fruit flies buzzing around the sink prep area. Take the time to wipe your tables, counters, and sweep your floor. And, you guys are always out of something.

This place is AMAZING. Everything is made fresh and the owner is so knowledgeable in all of his items. He answered all of my many questions and even threw in a free pastry for us. 10/10 would definitely come back!