Not bad food but worst service I've ever had in Paris...
We went here after reading reviews on cityvox, the restaurant is on a charming street and the vaulted cellar is very charming. Access to the front door was constrained by a big skip full of beer bottles, but after squeezing through we were in. We were seen to our table quite quickly and looked at the menu which was a fixes entrée/amuse bouche, a choice of 4 mains and a fixes desert, the price was about 28€. We ordered relatively quickly and started to settle in. my 1st complaint about this restaurant are the tables. Firstly, they are tiny, they are round tables, roughly the size of the ones one would have in a French terrace when having an aperitif, too small for dining. I could see this causing problems all around, frequently the sound of dropping cutlery was heard. New problem is the tables swivel and if you but your elbows n them they sink, very disconcerting, the sinking made it hard to relax and chat and the swivel meant that while eating an errant push with the for would make the whole table turn, I find it interesting that this was not mentioned in other reviews, as I could see a number of people having difficulties with it.
We had 2 waitresses, one older and pleasant and another younger and impolite. When setting the table the impolite waitress smashed a glass by smashing one off another, it was really a result of too much force and not enough care. Possibly the overly small table also. After waiting and chatting for about 45 minutes she came over to us and asked if we'd had our entrees yet. We were starting to get worried, obviously forgotten about. After about 50 minutes our entrees arrived, 2 prawns with salad in a shot glass, and 4 small amuse bouches. It was eaten in less than 5 minutes. We awaited our main course, my wife is pregnant and can suffer a little if she's overly hungry. After being in the restaurant 1 hour and 15 minutes we were really starting to wonder where our main course, after 1 hour and a half my wife asked again, shortly after I complained and we then decided after spending 1 hour and 40 minutes in the restaurant that we would leave, shortly after our main courses arrived, unfortunately after al this time waiting our main course was 3 prawns on the shell with a sweet and sour sauce and rice, totally inadequate for the amount of time we were waiting.
The food when it eventually did arrive was good, but I would advise going to this restaurant only if you are not at all hungry and would like to nibble some food, however the service in this restaurant was so shockingly bad I would advise to avoid! During our waiting my wife started to feel cold as there was a draught from an open window behind her, she asked if they could close it, the response "I would have to climb up a little to reach it", the waitress then walked away. We had to swap seats and it was ok, but to be honest the staff in this restaurant couldn't care less about the comfort of their customers.
In 14 months living in Paris this night was the worst service I have ever received, Baan Kanya will stay in my memory only for this. They did realise that we did not receive good service due to our multiple enquiries as to where our food was, but nothing other than a "sorry about the delay" when our mains arrived was offered.
I definitely will not be back!
