Benja Thai and Sushi

Vegan dishes are not marked on the menu, only some that "can be made vegetarian". I specifically asked for vegan dishes without eggs or fish sauce etc. and they were like ok, we can do it, and everything seemed good enough (although I'm always uncertain about the places that don't have specifically marked vegan dishes), until the last bite of noodles with tofu where my husband realized he was suddenly eating a piece of beef (no one at our table was having any meat). They apologized but that was it, we left feeling pretty bad...

Southern Utah Vegans and vegetarians !!!!!!!

Please let it known that Benjas Thai menu has changed !!! Most of the food marked with the Veg leafs is no longer vegetarian or vegan !! All their curry has shrimp and fish paste in it the only sauces that are vegan is the ginger sauce and orange sauce !!!!!

I had the manger tell me this !!!! She said they had just changed brands of curry and it all contains fish or shrimp !!!!

She also said some vegetarians eat fish um no that is Pescatarian

Love the cashew nut dish. Ask for vegan with tofu. I get mine at a level 4 of spice. The mango sticky rice is amazing!

Great lunch items. Service was great, and food was beautiful and delicious. Had edamame, pineapple fried rice, a noodle dish, and (our favorite) pumpkin curry. I would visit again if in St. George.

Had a pretty good lunch today. The pad Thai (hold the egg) was fine. So was the papaya salad (hold the fish sauce.). The vegetable tofu soup was very good, and even better than the miso soup. The high point was the mango sticky rice dessert, which needed no veganizing.

After being seated I asked my waitress (Brandy) what she suggested for a vegan to order. She knew what vegan meant and was able to explain that all the noodle dishes and some of the stir fry dishes contained fish sauce. She suggested a few veggie dinners that didn't contain fish sauce that could be ordered with soft or crispy tofu, and also said I could order any of the other dishes without fish oil but said the flavor of the dish would be lacking. I ended up with 2 rolls of veggie sushi (different ingredients than listed on the online menu- was vegan), a roll of cucumber sushi, and some edamame. It was great and I was very impressed with my waitress' knowledge!

Not vegan friendly at all. I had to ask about several menu items, and even asked simply about vegan options. The waiter did not even know what vegan IS. And the owner Benja was very rude, and acted like she could care less about us. Not cool. I will never go back to this restaurant.

Many items on the menu can be made Vegan. When we questioned our waiter about fish sauce and a like, he asked if we wanted our food prepared Vegan! That is a welcome breath of fresh air in a town this size made up of mostly retirees.

Our food was very tasty, it was oilly but that is Thai food, I would expect nothing else. We had vegi rolls and sea weed salad to start and tofu with thin Vermicilli noodles and veggies along with Pineapple fried rice for the main course.

The service was excellent and friendly. I will eat here everytime I come to town.

The food at Benja is good although quite greasy. The menu has clearly marked veg options and also dishes that can be made vegetarian. I was concerned though because most dishes contain fish sauce and it is common for non-veg restaurants to not realize that fish sauce is not veg.

Most dishes contain eggs, even those that do not clearly list eggs in the ingredients contain eggs. It is very difficult to find a vegan option on the menu.

The staff was not overly friendly or helpful. Our waitress was even less helpful when we were requesting help in getting a vegan option. The food is extremely greasy and oily. This was my first experience with Thai food so it may just be a feature of Thai cuisine but I wasn't impressed with that.

Overall the food has a good flavor and I think vegetarians would enjoy the restaurant, but I wouldn't go back.