Such yummy vegan options!!!! Had the spinach, coconut rice, and plantain dish and it was amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe Y
Unfortunately, this place left me with a jarring and disturbing experience. After months of debating wether to write a review or just move on, the photos kept reminding me of my experience.
The restaurant is charming and intimate, you can tell this is a family run place. Our waitress did seem very disinterested in us, which is fine so long as the food pays off. Well it took about 30+ minutes for the dishes to be prepared and we ended up needing to take them to-go as we were on a time crunch. No problem, the restaurant was happy to accommodate this. While we waited we did enjoy some tasty beverages. Once I finally got a chance to dig into my dish, it tasted pretty darn good. A savory, comforting stew over some rice and beans. Well about half way through the meal I discovered a cockroach had been cooked up with my meal… I can’t describe how I felt and how I still recall that meal from time to time and shiver. I get it, shit happens, hair in the food - not ideal but whatever I can move on. New Orleans is an old city, buildings are old, roaches and vermin want to eat too. But you all are serving the public, PLEASE take the proper precautions. I hope they have since cleaned up their kitchen as this experience was back in the spring of 2024. A warning to others, if the place feels dirty and it smells off, proceed with caution.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Brian Kq
Was informed the vegetarian menu can be made vegan. Everything was delicious. It is indeed a slower pace so plan for a leisurely dinner. Spinach dish was awesome. The curry was good, and spicy. We were warned ordering the spicy option would be a lot - but don't worry about it if you can handle spicy food. It's not extreme.
Deserine Mcpherson
The food is not i expected.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Girish Shekhar
First time at Benachin and it's a hit or miss for me. 😕 African cuisine has so much potential, but this visit was just mediocre.
- Spinach, plantain, and rice: OK, nothing special - Boiled veggies (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower) over couscous: big miss - unpleasant garlic and raw onion flavor with non existent spice 🙄 - Bread roll: decent
Maybe they'll hit it out of the park next time
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
theexternvoid
Just the tastiest food I could find in New Orleans. Too much of the local food of course is based on meat-focused Cajun. But Cajun includes West African food in its ancestry. So if you want something unique with some link to New Orleans, go to Bennachin. The food is savory and also seems healthy, not the processed and greasy stuff you get at the local bar scene. I went there twice. The first time, the host was super friendly and made the trip extra enjoyable for discussing the food and jazz music.
Frazier Transportation
The food isn't authentic african food. I ordered the okra soup with beef and it was disgusting. The jollof rice with chicken was a joke, I dont even believe that its real chicken. The food isn't cooked fresh but warmed up. No real authentic african spices ar all. FYI collard greens doesn't belong in okra soup. I guess all they did was add palm oil to try to give it some type of african taste but you all failed miserably. The only thing that tasted anything close to the african culture is the fufu. Honestly yall should be ashamed. All you did was put a restaurant together and slapped the african name on. If you are looking for real african taste and culture go else where, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Jay Peay
Only place i can find a gumbo without pork it’s a smoked turkey gumbo 🔥🔥🔥 i searched so many places and this the only place with a no pork gumbo and it was amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Melanie Powers
We walked 30 minutes to get here, only to discover that they were closed with no Google updates on their page to let patrons know about their changed hours.
Service: 1
Amanda Perlman
Delicious food, welcoming staff, and cool art! Lots of vegan and gluten free options. I had the Kone ni Makondo and would definitely get it again
Amazing food. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough. We had GF and vegan members of our party, and this restaurant met our dietary restrictions perfectly. Absolutely delicious.
Abby
Everything was so delicious! We tried six different things. My vegan and gluten free family members had a great time as well.
Reba Shutters
The fufu and egusi soup was good. This was our first time eating this dish we really enjoyed our experience. We were visiting from out of state.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Celina Garrett
My food was takeout—> Absolutely DELICIOUS!! I was so excited to try fufu for the first time and boy were my expectation met! The egusi soup coupled with the Ginger tea cold/hot of choice…superb!! Thank you thank you to everyone for previous reviews because the positive ones are accurate and pulled me into this little hidden gem. Great staff, excellent phone service, and recommendations!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Harsh Patel
The food is amazing. Mason is the best server in Nola. Friendly, kind, and extremely welcoming. I want to go back here every time I am in town.
Such yummy vegan options!!!! Had the spinach, coconut rice, and plantain dish and it was amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unfortunately, this place left me with a jarring and disturbing experience. After months of debating wether to write a review or just move on, the photos kept reminding me of my experience.
The restaurant is charming and intimate, you can tell this is a family run place. Our waitress did seem very disinterested in us, which is fine so long as the food pays off. Well it took about 30+ minutes for the dishes to be prepared and we ended up needing to take them to-go as we were on a time crunch. No problem, the restaurant was happy to accommodate this. While we waited we did enjoy some tasty beverages. Once I finally got a chance to dig into my dish, it tasted pretty darn good. A savory, comforting stew over some rice and beans. Well about half way through the meal I discovered a cockroach had been cooked up with my meal… I can’t describe how I felt and how I still recall that meal from time to time and shiver. I get it, shit happens, hair in the food - not ideal but whatever I can move on. New Orleans is an old city, buildings are old, roaches and vermin want to eat too. But you all are serving the public, PLEASE take the proper precautions. I hope they have since cleaned up their kitchen as this experience was back in the spring of 2024. A warning to others, if the place feels dirty and it smells off, proceed with caution.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Was informed the vegetarian menu can be made vegan. Everything was delicious. It is indeed a slower pace so plan for a leisurely dinner. Spinach dish was awesome. The curry was good, and spicy. We were warned ordering the spicy option would be a lot - but don't worry about it if you can handle spicy food. It's not extreme.
The food is not i expected.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
First time at Benachin and it's a hit or miss for me. 😕 African cuisine has so much potential, but this visit was just mediocre.
- Spinach, plantain, and rice: OK, nothing special
- Boiled veggies (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower) over couscous: big miss - unpleasant garlic and raw onion flavor with non existent spice 🙄
- Bread roll: decent
Maybe they'll hit it out of the park next time
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Just the tastiest food I could find in New Orleans. Too much of the local food of course is based on meat-focused Cajun. But Cajun includes West African food in its ancestry. So if you want something unique with some link to New Orleans, go to Bennachin. The food is savory and also seems healthy, not the processed and greasy stuff you get at the local bar scene. I went there twice. The first time, the host was super friendly and made the trip extra enjoyable for discussing the food and jazz music.
The food isn't authentic african food. I ordered the okra soup with beef and it was disgusting. The jollof rice with chicken was a joke, I dont even believe that its real chicken. The food isn't cooked fresh but warmed up. No real authentic african spices ar all. FYI collard greens doesn't belong in okra soup. I guess all they did was add palm oil to try to give it some type of african taste but you all failed miserably. The only thing that tasted anything close to the african culture is the fufu. Honestly yall should be ashamed. All you did was put a restaurant together and slapped the african name on. If you are looking for real african taste and culture go else where, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Only place i can find a gumbo without pork it’s a smoked turkey gumbo 🔥🔥🔥 i searched so many places and this the only place with a no pork gumbo and it was amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We walked 30 minutes to get here, only to discover that they were closed with no Google updates on their page to let patrons know about their changed hours.
Service: 1
Delicious food, welcoming staff, and cool art! Lots of vegan and gluten free options. I had the Kone ni Makondo and would definitely get it again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Amazing food. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough. We had GF and vegan members of our party, and this restaurant met our dietary restrictions perfectly. Absolutely delicious.
Everything was so delicious! We tried six different things. My vegan and gluten free family members had a great time as well.
The fufu and egusi soup was good. This was our first time eating this dish we really enjoyed our experience. We were visiting from out of state.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
My food was takeout—>
Absolutely DELICIOUS!! I was so excited to try fufu for the first time and boy were my expectation met! The egusi soup coupled with the Ginger tea cold/hot of choice…superb!! Thank you thank you to everyone for previous reviews because the positive ones are accurate and pulled me into this little hidden gem. Great staff, excellent phone service, and recommendations!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is amazing. Mason is the best server in Nola. Friendly, kind, and extremely welcoming. I want to go back here every time I am in town.
Until next time, wishing yall the best.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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