canteen19.bkk — Restaurant in Bang Phongphang Subdistrict

Food was average (3/5) — only the tomato gelato and pizza stood out, while the rest of the 6 dishes missed the mark (undercooked salty fish that had to be recooked, bland squid ink pasta, etc.). And this is me being a foodie so would have overlooked the poor service if food is great, but food was just meh.

Service was terrible (1/5). We were a group of 7, but one friend had to cancel ~4 hours before due to RSV from her child (with proof), and the restaurant still insisted on charging for the no-show — even though the 6 of us ordered 13 dishes + a bottle of wine, easily more than 7 people would. Happy to pay a no-show fee when it makes sense — but here it didn’t. No-shows are meant to cover wasted prep/ingredients. In our case, nothing was wasted since we ordered even more. Policy was just illogical - pls do min order per person if this matters to you restaurant.

To make it worse, when my Thai friend (who speaks Mandarin) voiced how unreasonable the policy was, the waitress — who normally spoke to us in Thai — deliberately whispered back in Mandarin while pouring her water, just to signal she understood the complaint. Incredibly passive-aggressive and unprofessional.

Final verdict: Wanted to like it so bad, but left disappointed. 🚫 Would not return, and definitely do...

Very impressive restaurant! Great value for money and I highly recommend 👍🏼.

Local Thai ingredients served in Italian style. All the food we had today was very awesome, fresh ingredients and very tasteful. We had a few dishes today and everything was perfect. Chef was very friendly and welcome as well as all the staffs. Understandably that staffs are still quite new so still need some refined training but all in all they were good and I have no complaints at all.

We think they could charge customer slightly more (and trust me, I don’t normally say this). Food portion was great and you can enjoy number of dishes without breaking the bank certainly.

Drinks were ok, they don’t have wine by glass so we didn’t try the wine. But we did try glasses of standard cocktail which were good as well. Choice of deserts is limited but we went there for the seafood so that’s alright.

The only downside (which I hope the Chef really consider this) is the chair! 😅. Chair was a bit uncomfortable and I think we would enjoy talking and drinking a lot more (since overall environment was great already) if the chair is better. Hope they think about...

We went there as a group of 12, so it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves! The atmosphere was cozy and intimate — kind of like a chef’s table but with a home-cooked touch. There’s parking available, which is always a plus.

The food was amazing — Italian style with a focus on seafood. Every dish was delicious and perfectly suited to Thai taste buds. My favorite was definitely the Gambas — their signature shrimp dish. I’ve never seen any restaurant use shrimp head butter like this before. It was so flavorful! Even the complimentary bread was great.

For dessert, I had the homemade vanilla gelato with vanilla olive oil — it sounded strange at first but turned out surprisingly good. The flavors blended together so well!

Before coming, I saw some reviews saying the food was just okay and the service wasn’t great, but personally, I had a really good experience. Everyone in our group enjoyed both the food and the service.

Would definitely love to come back again (if we can manage to get a...