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8191 E. Wardlow Road, Long Beach
562-596-8130

Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.


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Photo: Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT
The nicely designed interior of this small Vietnamese restaurant belies its mini-mall location.

Any time an entrepreneur with more imagination than budget sets up shop, the creative, freewheeling feeling of a gallery district can take hold.

That's certainly what's happened at Benley: A Vietnamese Kitchen. If this stylish, smart little new restaurant were located in South Laguna or even the burgeoning arts neighborhood near the art museum in Long Beach, it'd fit right in. It's a comfortably chic café, the kind of place more usually seen in neighborhoods where walk-ins with an appreciation for details end up returning again and again.
-- Susan LaTempa
Times Staff Writer
Dec. 14, 2005


Cross street: Norwalk Boulevard

 Reader Reviews

January 15, 2007
grrr long beach, CA

Excellent, freah, and healthy. Bonus - friendly knowledgeable staff. I would try earlier int he week

September 8, 2006
jon long beach, ca

This place is incredible. The pho is the best I've ever had, every dish we have is very tasty. Even the desserts are incredible. You would never find this place unless you were looking for it, it looks like it belongs in treny L.A. The people are great too!! Love it.

August 4, 2006
mlgb long beach, ca

Small storefront, get there by 6:30 pm or you may have a wait. Best dishes, add buttermilk panna cotta with lime anglaise, and "shaken beef". To avoid, the panko coated shrimp appetizer.

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 Venue Details
Cuisine Vietnamese
Best dishes House salad, spring and pork egg rolls, taste of pho, vermicelli with egg rolls, tofu steak, cassava cake.
Of Note Free lot parking. Free corkage.
Prices Starters, $4-$5; pho (entrée size), $7; noodles, $6- $8; entrées, $6-$15; desserts, $2.50-$5.


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