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    Baltic Restaurant

    4.0 (104 reviews)
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    Potato & Cheese Pierogi
    Michele C.

    Omg how I love Polish food! I grew up eating my grandma's homemade potato & farmers cheese pierogis and the ones here are as close to hers I have found. I get the kielbasa, side of potato pancake and appetizer of pierogis. I've never been disappointed. If you like Polish food be sure to check them out!

    Stuffed cabbage
    Dan R.

    Ever hear of Borscht? Ever have it? It's a fire engine red soup made from beets and is pretty popular in Eastern European countries. Immigrants from those countries brought it over to America. Growing up, I remember my Romanian born grandparents and my NYC born father used to enjoy it. I thought it looked disgusting and stayed away. Well, I had some today, except I ordered it by its Polish name "Barszcz", and I have to tell you, it was delicious. Barszcz was one of the dishes we sampled at today's excellent lunch at the Baltic Restaurant, located more or less on the border between Berlin and New Britain. The Baltic is simply put, a gorgeous place. When you walk in, you are in a big dramatic chandeliered entry lobby with a fancy staircase leading to the second floor, a banquet or function room on the left, and a fairly elegant dining room on the right. Our lunch choices were peppered with other Polish words besides Barszcz, (some familiar and some not) like Krokety, Pierogi, and Zapiekanka. My Beet Soup appetizer ($8) was served with a stuffed fried crepe filled with a choice of meat or sauerkraut. Both the soup and the crepe were so good, so flavorful, and so.... well... different! The soup was thin, like a broth, but it packed such a flavor wallop, it was awesome. And the stuffed crepe was just as stellar -savory and crunchy and pretty darned perfect. Next I went to the sandwich menu and bottom of the alphabet to order Zapiekanka ($9) plus a $2.50 upcharge for added pickles and Kielbasa. The menu described it as "Poland's Most Famous Street Food", so how could I resist? It turned out to be one powerhouse of a sandwich, it was served on a split toasted baguette with a mushroom and onion puree, melted cheese, scallions, Polish Ketchup (!!!) and sliced Kielbasa & Pickles. It reminded me of those huge loaded Chicago hot dogs you see every once in a while. It was so great- the bread was crunchy on the outside and pilowy soft on the inside, the mushroom -onion jam was delicious, and the melted cheese, sliced kielbasa, and sliced pickles all combined for one helluva taste treat. It came with a choice of one of 8 sides, I went for the Roasted Pickled Beets, which kind of resembled a finely minced red cabbage slaw. My wife ordered a Krakow Special ($19), a monstrous combination plate with two huge Potato Pancakes, four Pierogis, a Cheese Crepe and one Stuffed Cabbage. This was old style comfort food at its finest. Our sever Martyna was very pleasant and helpful as she answered our questions about the menu. For $38.50, the portions were so generous we took half of everything home for a future Polish inspired meal. Gratulacje Baltic ! You treated us very well.

    Kielbasa And Sauerkraut Gdansk Special
    Allison C.

    Visited Baltic for a second time and had a much better experience than the first time! I think there may be a different chef in the kitchen now, because the food was a lot better overall, and the presentation was much nicer as well. I did think the pierogi was a bit overly fried, but I really enjoyed everything else, particularly the sorrel soup which was their daily special. The pyzy was a new dish for me, and it was super heavy but so tasty! The bacon was perfectly cooked on top. We shared a crepe for dessert, which was also heavily fried but still very good. I find the atmosphere to be the most unique out of the CT Polish restaurants, and I'm so glad that the food has significantly improved.

    Tammy G.

    I liked the environment. They have a huge chandelier in the foyer, a large banquet room across from the dining room. Dark hardwood floors with some furnishing that remind me of something I'd see in my grand parents house. A lot of tasteful art on the walls. This is going to be good, right? The food? For me, I was not a fan. Given my self imposed dietary restrictions, ( pescetarian ) I expect to have limited choices when going to certain restaurants, and that is fine. I am a huge fan of cheese perogies, so I ordered the "Warshaw". I was so disappointed! Everything was seemingly over fried and tasteless. My lunch time friend ordered the Polish Pizza. She said she enjoyed it, but it looked like something you make at home when you want pizza, but you only have bread, a slice of cheese and ketchup your kitchen. I really don't like to post negative reviews. I have been lucky enough to not have many bad experiences. If you enjoy meat, you'll have more options, you may enjoy this place. It was just not for me. I know where to go for great perogies and mushrooms!

    Ken M.

    Well, we are back yet again! The menu looks pretty much the same with a selection of beers and wines added on. They use ceramic plates, cloth napkins and metal utensils so that's nice. This place is always challenging to get a mixed drink done right, but I can deal with it. To start, I'm having a Manhattan martini A Manhattan is a cocktail made with whiskey , sweet vermouth, and bitters. While rye is the traditional whiskey of choice, other commonly used whiskies include Canadian whiskey bourbon, blended whiskey , and Tennessee whiskey . This one is made with Knot Whiskey . What's odd is that This is an unusual whiskey liqueur bottled at 50% ABV, much stronger than most liqueurs, and is often mistaken for Irish Whiskey on store shelves and bar menus. The cocktail is usually stirred then strained into a cocktail glass and garnished traditionally with a maraschino cherry. A Manhattan may also be served on the rocks in a lowball glass (yuck ). The whiskey-based Manhattan is one of five cocktails named for a New York City borough. It is closely related to the Brooklyn cocktail, which uses dry vermouth and Maraschino liqueur in place of the Manhattan's sweet vermouth, and Amer Picon in place of the Manhattan's angostura bitters. If you care, the Manhattan is one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury's 1948 classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks. This is really a form of a Brooklyn cocktail which uses dry vermouth (they don't have sweet vermouth which has a short shelf life and needs to be refrigerated ). The server, also the bartender, made it with a very low wash line, but it tastes good ! The dry vermouth makes it less sweet so it has a dry aftertaste. The wash line is the line that the surface of the liquid makes inside the glass after you pour your cocktail. Ideally in cocktail stemware you want your wash line to come up near or at the lip of the glass. If you have a coupe that holds 4.5oz of liquid and your ingredients are 3.5oz you want no more than 1oz dilution so that your wash line doesn't exceed the capacity of the stemware. Beggars can't be choosers around here. They give you a huge ice cold pitcher of water. For my first item, I'm having a cup of barley soup made with barley, potatoes and carrots. This is quite good ! They now serve complementary bread and butter (in little containers). For my next drink, I'm having a Whiskey Sour using Knot Whiskey (again), dour mix and egg whites! Egg whites?! Look at how nice that drink looks! Tastes perfect too. For my salad , I'm having the Harvest Salad made with Mixed Greens, Strawberries , Farmers cheese , Almonds, Honey and a Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing. That's a damn good dressing let me tell you! This salad is easy to eat. For my entree, I'm having the Bigos made with Bigos also known as "Hunter's Stew" which includes Sauerkraut, Carrots , Onion , Pork, Kielbasa and Ba side of cucumber salad . Both are light and tasty. Mike Rolo is having Krakow (city in Poland) Special which comes with Two Potato Pancakes, Four Pierogi and a Cheese Crepe Stuffed Cabbage. Mike says it's very good but very heavy (a lot of it is fried). For dessert, I'm trying the mascarpone cake which is a soft Italian acid-set cream cheese. It is recognized in Italy as a prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale (PAT) ("traditional agri-food product"). All I know is that it tastes good. Outside Italy, Mascarpone is sometimes mispronounced "marscapone", even by food professionals. Yes, I too am guilty of that.

    Bread w/sausage
    Frank W.

    We once again had lunch at the Baltic on a Friday afternoon. I asked the host for the luncheon menus as we were being seated, but were once again provided dinner menus. We told him the menus were for dinner and he responded that he was new and asked what the other menus looked like. Fortunately, our server was very experienced and provided excellent service throughout our meal. In addition to sliced, slightly stale bread, we were provided ice cold butter and 5 slices of some type of sausage. The soup of the day was again white borscht, that's good, which included 1/2 of a hard boiled egg. The serving was both generous and flavorful. For an entree, my wife ordered pierogis, two each sauerkraut and potato. I opted for kielbasa, a large piece was accompanied by sauerkraut and industrial grade potatoes that I did not bother eating. The kielbasa was excellent as was the sauerkraut. Overall, the meal was very good and priced more than fairly.

    Victoria S.

    Had a great evening at the lovely Baltic Restaurant in Berlin! We ( group of 6) went right after the holiday season so there were still a few decorations up in the hallway as well as in the restaurant, giving a homey yet sophisticated vibe. As soon as you walked in, you were also greeted by the delicious smells coming from the kitchen as well as a friendly waitress. The menu consists of classic Polish dishes, from golabki to potato pancakes and pierogi's. The food can also only be described as extremely delicious. There are many levels of flavor in each dish which also warm your soul with each bite. The groups favorites seemed to be the potato pancakes as well as the sauce that came with the golabki and the portion sizes were also great for our hungry group. Our waitress was also friendly and attentive and certainly knowledgeable about the dishes as we did have someone in our group with food sensitivities (there are gluten free options!). This lovely restaurant did have a Groupon deal for a while as well, and it's certainly worth the try

    Joy D.

    Good food, we had beef stroganoff and mixed polish plate, Gdansk. Stroganoff had nice big portabella mushrooms and onions. Onions maybe a little too much, but that's just my taste. Garden salad and housemade dressing was good too. Liked the kielbasa and stuffed cabbage, and pierogis. Didn't care for the potato pancakes though as they were fried with lots of breading and greasy. Waitress Jessica was very nice and accommodating!

    Pretty close to cepelinai,
    Len P.

    So I'm Lithuanian, and the differences between Polish and Lithuanian culture and cuisine are not significant. My wife Judith brought me here to celebrate my Name's Day, not something most Americans are familiar with. The potato dumplings (Pyzy) are very similar to the Lithuanian national dish, Cepelinai. The only thing I didn't like was the meat filling (pork), it was too dry and unseasoned. The "right" way to make the filling is a mixture of pork and beef, seasoned with onion, salt and pepper, and not pre-cooked. A lot of comfort food left to try on our next visit.

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    Belvedere Cafe and Restaurant - Pavlova

    Belvedere Cafe and Restaurant

    (82 reviews)

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    Every now and then, we get a hankering for a unique night out and neighborhood ethnic food. We…read morewanted to hit the Norman Rockwell exhibit at the New Britain Museum of Art (well worth it) and Little Poland for pierogis and other classics. Belvedere was the best reviewed but we found the total experience disappointing despite some bright spots. First off, Little Poland has a reputation for food not warm, chatty service. Even with a reservation, the Belvedere staff seemed unprepared and almost disappointed we showed for our late reservation. We waited an inordinate amount of time for a larger table to fit us was cleared, without anyone taking a drink order or doing much of anything. Drinks were small and watery. Things perked up with the best borscht we've tasted, although it's served warm not the traditional cold. The Caesar salad was huge and tasty but not sure why it's on a polish menu. The pierogis were just ordinary; light on filings and served with absolutely nothing else; they were also lukewarm. The Galumpki was more generous and tasty but the potato pancake with goulash was a complete miss. The pancake while large was over fried and acrid at the edges and you were hard pressed to find a decent chunk of beef or piece of carrot in the meager drizzle of goulash on top. $26.95 for this? The atmosphere was a bit sterile and didn't have that old world feel we were looking for; Miami vice and 80's music videos on the bar TV didn't help. We can't really recommend this spot to others.

    I recently had lunch for the first time at Belvedere because my long time go to spot in Little…read morePoland closed. This is so close to a 4.5 Star review. There were just a few things that were a touch off. The restaurant is divided into at least two parts. I never made it into the second room. The first room was fairly nice. High ceilings. Red brick walls. Large-tiled floor. There was movie related art. I ate a quick lunch alone, but there was a table of apparent business colleagues dining there as well. Service was good. I don't usually do this because I feel like there are better ways to order in a Polish restaurant, but I ordered the Polish sampler. It was fairly typical. Hunter's Stew. Stuffed Cabbage. 2 Potato Pierogi. Kielbasa. And Potato Pancakes. The flavors of the Hunter's Stew and Stuffed Cabbage were good, but both dishes needed to be hotter IMO. The large potato pancakes were really crispy and enjoyable in parts, but they could have been more done towards the middle. They were cooked through, just not ideal. The pierogis were about average for a nice Polish restaurant. The kielbasa was good quality, but could have been a touch less done on the outside for me. I'll definitely return to Belvedere. I'll order one dish next time, as the various components of a sampler like this require great coordination so that everything is peak. Side note. They had amazing bread that you could buy for home use. I don't know the names of Polish breads, but it was nice-crispy on the outside and soft and fresh inside. 4 Stars

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    Moonlight Bistro

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    This business has had a lot of publicity in the local press, so we *had* to try it, even though…read moretheir license is only beer and wine. (I'm a lush, if you've not read the rest of our writing on Yelp.) We're always looking for a new place to have a bite -- and several drinks. This place soft-opened a few weeks ago, and is now officially open. One must enter through the front door of Pol-Mart, a good delicatessen and Polish specialty store (I prefer Zieliniak, down the street, but I'll forgive the Pol-Mart people, because they're creative.) Apparently the space upstairs used to be a dusty gift shop. It's a lovely little cafe with a baby grand piano, a stage, and some ambitious lighting effects. They currently offer live entertainment on only Fridays - but have plans for more. The decor is very Old Country, but handsome and clean. The appointments (glassware, cutlery) are of high quality. We love that - we love a professional restaurant that doesn't cut corners. There's a great beer selection - not vast, but good. Wines are limited and cheap, but not very good, but a good value. I bought a glass, then a bottle, of the serviceable Riesling from Zum, in Germany. Best Buddy had his usual Bud Light. We're delighted they have domestics for him, because there are too many places in town (craft breweries, Polish restaurants) which offer only hops-heavy brews. These folks have you covered. The menu is a delight! There are two different cold-cut platters, either for one ($7-$9) or for two ($10-$12), with bread and pickles to accompany. A "French" platter contained only cheeses. It's all gotta be good because they source all the charcuterie from the deli downstairs! A modest offering of the most popular Polish foods appears on the menu (Pierogies, savory and sweet; stuffed cabbage, and the like -- and salads, by themselves or with a grilled chicken breast or a piece of salmon). We didn't try that -- we opted instead for hamburgers. The waitress, who was delightful, actually asked "why are you coming to a Polish restaurant for *hamburgers?*" I told her that our starting-out place on Broad Street in Little Poland, the Belvedere, had begun to close every Wednesday. I left the new People's Bank, and expected to go across the street to have a Scotch or three -- and then recalled that the bartender had lamented that the ownership decided to take a day off on Wednesdays. So this brought us to this little cafe. (I missed the Scotch, but it's okay). Soft music played in the background, and out the window one could view the enormous cathedral that graces the middle of Broad Street. The whole deal, three beers, a glass and a bottle of wine and two very nice burgers was only $50. It was an off-peak time, so I had to get up to summon our server twice, but she was very, very nice and very professional. She encouraged us to visit on a Friday night when they have the live music. Go here - it's a great place, trying hard, and needs to establish itself. There aren't enough places in New Britain to get a drink at lunch, and that's another (selfish) reason why we love the place.

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