First time experiencing real authentic Polish place at a real authentic Polish restaurant in Sydney. The waitress only spoke Polish and when I asked for more gherkin, I got sour cream.
My Polish friend was celebrating her 4 year anniversary in Sydney and booked this place for about 18 people on a Monday night. Because it was a big group, we had to do the set menu, which was $50. I like set menus because you get to try everything.
We sat down and everyone was ordering drinks. I got a cocktail with polish vodka, apple, mint and juice - was really nice, but not very strong. Still it was a $9 cocktail, which is not bad.
The meal started with bread and a bowl of "lard" which was surprisingly yummy with the gherkin. We also got a plate of different meats which was good, some stew, dumplings and a really yummy potato pancake. You can either get mushroom gravy with the pancake, or sour cream - both were really nice. For the mains, we had our choice between a chicken schnitzel, a meat cabbage roll, a fish dish and polish sausage. I opted for the cabbage roll as I've had sausages and schnitzel before and my friend said the fish was a bit different.
Before our main came out we also go a bowl of traditional chicken noodle soup which was good but had a very different taste to the chicken soup I was used to. I decided to order a Polish beer, which was fruity and tasty but filling.
I was pretty full at this point and then our mains came out, with more dumplings. The cabbage was nice and soft and the meat was tasty.
Finally dessert, which was this creamy custardy thing in strawberry sauce. It was nice and light and yummy.
After we all stuffed our faces, we asked for the check. Most paid cash but one person asked to be put on his card, but they put the whole amount on there! They said they couldn't reverse it but my friend got them to call the owner and did it. It was kind of an ordeal, which is why this place is getting 3 stars instead of 4.
Overall really good, homey, fatty food, cool environment, great drinks and pretty good service, despite the credit card debaucle. read more