Kan Zaman Cafe

06/06/10

F for service. We walked out.

by Accident Prone , Citysearch Contributor at Citysearch

We arrived last night around 10pm to grab a bite before a show. The waitress asked if we had a reservation. I looked around at 5 empty tables and said "No, will there be a huge wait?"

She said no, it wouldn't be very long, and asked us to wait at the bar. We waited through a drink and about 15 minutes. When I asked her again about the wait, she told me 45 minutes. So, her idea of "not long" had been an hour?

The tables were still empty, so we sat down at one because my feet were killing me. No one brought us menus or an explanation, and after about a half hour, we walked out...

The food looked good, but we didn't have the time or energy to deal with that level of pretention.

• Pros: The food looked good.
• Cons: Pretentious, uncommunicative hostess

03/22/08

Ignorance and bad service

by kacenka at Citysearch

I used to like this place a lot , but not anymore. I tried few times, but I am done. I used to work in a restaurant business, and I can understand that customer is really not always right, but this experience was ridiculous. Mess up our reservation after two confirmations. Not letting us know tha we can't order some items even when we order them. Service showing up every 40 minutes. Undone food. Unprofessional manager who is trying to seat his friends at our table, trying to hurries us up out of restaurant. I am sorry, but this is unacceptable and very dissapointing. I liked this place, but I will never come back or recommend it to my friends.

01/13/08

A nice getaway

by lizd25 at Citysearch

This place is so much fun for a big group. Belly dancing, nice drinks, hookahs... atmosphere is so lively! By the end of the night everyone is laughing, dancing and having a great time. The food is pretty good, falafels are amazing. Go with an open mind and it will be amazing.

07/19/07

Absolutly Terrible!

by hanslo at Citysearch

I will never ever eat in this place ever again.....

Terrible neighborhood and atmosphere. The food was OK but not great.

Our server was rude and he didn't want to open our wine bottle we brought with us - I paid a cork fee

for a dirty look from our server. May I remind him a tip is for good service ONLY, I left him nothing.

• Cons: Dont get mugged on your way in.

05/27/07

Keep walking down Haight, not worth it

by lettersss at Citysearch

The service is awful, some of them are well-intended servers/bartenders in a overly crowded place but others like the bouncer are just plain rude. If you want to go for the food,which is not the best mediterrenean in town, go before 8 or expect to wait and have an unpleasant time. If you want a hookah place I suggest Marrakesh, if you want a bar scene any other place on haight street will do. This scene is overdone and not that fun

• Pros: Art on the walls, music, cheap hookah
• Cons: Service, overcrowded