Benjapon's - fast Thai food

[ron_newman]

Benjapon's is open, at 195 Elm Street, the former location of Fusion Express. It appears to be a fast-food Thai place. I don't know how long it has been open. Has anyone here tried it yet?

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[monkeygod.livejournal.com]

they seem to be an odd mix of take-out fast food and curry. they were giving out free samples of Thai Iced Tea when I wandered by which was relatively tasty ;)

[tracelina.livejournal.com]

My roommate and I went today, and I found them to be quick (under 5 minutes to get our food), tasty, and just the right amount of food. I'd definitely go back!

[sissychrissy1.livejournal.com]

funny that all the reviews here seem to be positive. all the ones on the local chowhounds board are a little indifferent at best. pad thai and such was a bit greasy and just so-so but i wonder about the curries...

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

I've gotten food there twice. I'd describe price and quality as being competitive with other take-out oriented Thai places. Both the iced tea and iced coffee were nice. The drunken noodles were a little greasy, but nicely spicy. The green curry had very nice flavor and was pretty hot, but was more dominated by big chunks of eggplant than I would have liked. The fried rolls appeared to be sticks of pure wrapper, with no filling--not recommended. yagagriswold got a stir-fried dish that was tasty and not too spicy.

In sum, I'd give it a weak thumbs up. Not exciting, but good.

[readsalot.livejournal.com]

I'd agree. The fried rolls had a little filling, but not much--I was disappointed by them. But my thai basil curry with chicken was good, and spicy, and had a decent amount of chicken in it.

Also, they have a card that lets you get a free entree after buying 10 of them. I'd say it's a reasonable place to go to if you're in the area and don't expect any waitservice, but it's not a place to go out of your way to get to.

Shrug like you mean it...

[azores.livejournal.com]

I concur. Tried it last week and it was just okay. I was a little disappointed as I tend to invest a lot of hopes and dreams into each new Davis Square venture, so maybe I was expecting too much (I did like Fusion, the previous restaurant in the Benjapon space, and, I'd say Fusion was much better than Benjapon).