Sum it up this way: best Polish meal I've had since my babuska passed away. Lively, authentic neighborhood place with delicious- everything. Efficient, helpful service even though my Polish is rusty. I wish I could get to Chicago more often just to come here. read more

I love potato pancakes. I order them almost every time I see them on a menu. And most times... disappointed. Too thick, too greasy, cold in the middle. Here, they were perfect -- like, best I've ever had. Thin, crispy edges, delicious. I'd ordered the Polish Plate because I couldn't make up my mind, and it included pierogi, cabbage rolls, and Polish sausage with the potato pancake. All were delicious -- the pierogi also among the best I've had. Everything was obviously made from scratch -- no microwave/boil-in-bag/serving-sized, etc. Service was a bit slow, but not to the point of annoying (we were there early for dinner and our server was also tending bar, which was hopping). Still attentive and personable. Definitely going back. read more

Had the Polish combo. Definitely a bar atmosphere. If you're looking for a good authentic Polish meal and some drinks, this is the place. I am not able to able to speak Polish, but many of the patrons did. This is usually a good sign that You're going to get a good authentic meal. read more

Polish Platter was very good - great combination of all of the usual Polish staples -- Sausage, Pierogi, Cabbage Roll & Potato Pancake. Everything was very authentic and tasty. Felt like grandmas cooking! Sat on the dog friendly patio and it was a great patio. Lots of picnic bench tables and chairs and many pretty plants. Our waitress was very friendly and the service was prompt. Everything came out quickly and fresh. Great visit! read more

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The food was delicious. I'd never had polish food before and this restaurant was a good advertisement to have more of it. The waitress was quick and attentive. I will say that previous reviews that said the regulars like their music loud are telling the truth, but I personally didn't mind. The restaurant was very clean. read more

Sip happens, but mojitos make it better. Aneta thank you for the service, Monika D, thank you for the cocktail read more

Polish Bistro - Sip happens, but mojitos make it better Aneta thank you for the service, Monika D thank you for the cocktail - Polish Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I had lunch here today and ordered the polish plate . Pierogies , potato pancakes, sausage , and cabbage roll . All was very tasty and service was great. read more

Amazing food! As a native Polish girl from Chicago, I have been in Las Vegas in the Polish food desert! Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!

Went to the bistro again today. The food was good but the once again the service was lacking. The bar tender was the only one who was not only working the bar but also the dining room. The place began to fill up with customers and she spent more time talking to the young guys at the bar than attending to people at the tables. The music in the place was turned up to a deafening level you couldn't hear the person across the table talk. I wanted to get out of there as fast as possible but took forever to get the bar tenders attention to get the check. As I have expressed before this place could really be something but it is painfully mis managed. Put more wait people on staff. Keep the music at a sensible level. read more

Nie polecam! $22.04 for this?! 3 tiny scoops of mashed potatoes, little fried egg and a undercooked pork chop. Super rude when I called to report the issue. Was told by the girl who answered the phone " I don't feel like talking to you about this " read more

Polish Bistro - Polish Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Service is fast, the outdoor patio has bench-style seating and wooden tables in a wooded oasis. The food is authentic and tasty. read more

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Don't recommend this place, not a good food , rude waitress. Food was served cold, didn't taste fresh too.

Ate in the garden, a delightful and pretty area. Food was good so was the service. Prices were reasonable.

Upon arrival, not greeted, my friend and I basically walked ourselves to the patio. We spoke polish but shifted to English to be more cordial. While we spoke English, waitress was very rude to us, I asked for a drink menu, with a bad tone I was told they don't have one, i accepted that, I proceeded to ask for a specific type of whiskey, she says... I don't know, let me check... She was out of tune and did not know what was in stock at her bar.... I ended up getting a drink... Whiskey served with a straw... Really?...when this was plain, not even on the rocks... Poor quality serving.... I ordered a shrimp cocktail as I was not very hungry at that point, cocktail sauce was literally frozen, could not even dip the poor shrimp, so I guess I ate plain shrimp... Couldn't even send it back because she never appeared to check on us... 30 mins later she comes back, I was in the mood for something sweet, oh guess what, kitchen closed.... I would have loved for her to come back before the kitchen closed and said "hi guys, the kitchen will be closing in 20, would you like to order something else?" I think that would make sense.... Clearly this place/waitress was careless for her customers... I sure don't recommend this place to anyone... Sorry fellow yelpers... Hard pass read more

Polish Bistro - Shrimp cocktail - Polish Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I thought it was pretty authentic and enjoyed the cuisine. I ate outside and recommend the outside

All was fantastic went while working a convention show. Will definitely have to go again when back in town next year

Witaj (polish for Hello) Foodzies, I'm sure by now you have figured out our new cuisine. Yes it is Polish. We went to the Polish bistro at 8303 w Irving park rd, in Chicago. The dining area is small and quaint. The restaurant is deceiving because as you enter just beyond the dining area is the bar area and then further to the back is a large outdoor area. The restaurant was quiet which made it nice for having a conversation. Our server Emilia was very pleasant and helpful, she walked us through the menu, and made some suggestions which we found to be very tasty. We begin with teriyaki wings and a bowl of Flaczki (tripe soup). The wings were nice and crispy, the soup was very umami (earthy flavored) I would have liked a little heat kind of like menuto. Glenda had Kotlet Wersalski, pork chop which was slightly battered and fried but very juicy on top of the pork chop were two different types of cheeses and it's sunny side up egg which helped enhance the flavor. This was served with mashed potatoes, beets which could've use a little seasoning but were a refreshing addition and coleslaw. I went with the Karkowkaz Warzywami which is pork shoulder sautéed with vegetables topped with a mild horseradish sauce. The pork was nice and tender and And the horseradish had just enough spice to make it very flavorful. We also Took home some pierogis Z Miesem (meat) and some Ruskie (potatoe and cheese) the meat pierogis were kind of dry and had an off putting taste. The potato and cheese were good. When we were done eating, we had to track down our server because she went into the bar area and we lost her. She was In there talking to another customer, and when she brought our bill she went back to the bar and ultimately I had to walk into the bar to pay my bill. I give this restaurant 3 1/2 stars. Please give them a try and let me know what you think. Ciao Ciao for now. read more

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Wouldn't recommend! Food was very mediocre and overpriced. This place used to be good but the new cooks aren't that good. Also they don't have waiters so be ready to wait. read more

OMG! The cabbage rolls are the best I've ever had in life! The BEST! I can not WAIT to come back to the Chicago area so I can get more! read more

Polish Bistro - The absolute best cabbage rolls I've ever had in life! - Polish Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I was there yesterday with my family. The waitress who was finishing her shift tried to help us, but the new one who came in for the later shift snapped at her not to. It was around 545ish pm. After sitting there for 20 minutes, I finally got up and asked if we are going to have someone take care of us. Once she finally came out, she had a huge attitude. It took about an hour to get our food. She came to check up on us once we were finally finished. Again, after another 45 minutes of waiting I had to go inside to get the check. She started yelling at me that I should have told her that the check was going to be split in two. I told her to subtract 4 items and she said she couldn't so I took the check and had to do it myself. When my check was 130, I gave her 70 in cash. When she brought the check to my cousin, somehow it ended up being 180. The fact that she tried to yell at me is beyond unprofessional. If you hate your job so much then maybe you should pick a different profession. I work in the service industry and to have a server act like this is beyond embarrassing for the establishment. It was very disappointing. The patio is beautiful and the food wasn't that bad. The service was so awful that I had to share. It's not worth getting your nerves ruined like that by some idiot who thinks it's ok to yell at everyone. Very unprofessional and made it one of the worst experiences I ever had in this industry. read more

I have tried Polish food before and it really wasn't too appealing to me. But, when I went to the Polish bistro I tried their food and loved it! I have been back numerous times ordered different items on the menu, they hit it out of the park every time. I am a big fan of Polish food now did I mention their beer is very good read more

Had a very enjoyable afternoon here. Their hospitality was top class and it was a fun atmosphere. Tried steak tartare for the first time...it was fantastic! Big shoutout to Halina! Highly recommend! read more

Polish Bistro - Steak Tartare - Polish Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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This was the most amazing polish food I have ever tasted. I started with a chicken barley soup which was amazing. For my entree I ordered a platter that included potato pancakes, cabbage roll, polish sausage and 3 perogi. It was all so delicious I cant even tell you which was my favorite but probably leaning toward the perogi. Service was great as well. I ate here yesterday and already want to go back, it was seriously that great! read more

Delicious food and great presentation. Would totally recommend and they have a beautiful patio read more

Polish Bistro - Polish plate and prime shoulder - Polish Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Three of us stopped by for a late lunch on a Thursday. We ate outdoors in their very quiet and well-kept backyard garden. Our server met us enthusiastically and immediately brought our beverages. Our three dishes were delivered hot, clearly freshly prepared and well presented (see my photos). We ordered the following: - Talerz Rozmaitosci (Polish plate with potato pancake, sausage, three pierogis and stuffed cabbage) - Poledwiczki Wieprzowe with Sosie Kremowym (Grilled pork tenderloin with creamy sauce) - Kurczak Po Staropolski z Rusztu (Chicken breast with grilled cheese and mushroom) All three dishes were served with Czerwony Barszez z Krokietami (Red borscht with meat or kraut croquettes). Everything was delicious! We'll be back soon! read more

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My beautiful polish friend Marlena introduced me with this place. She loves to cook, and she is good at it. So I trust her when it comes to food. She told me about this place and since we were passing by we decided to step inside. Totally hidden gem! You can choose to sit inside by the bar or they have few cute tables or outside on the patio which is very European style! With trees around us, wooden table and bench, I loved it!! I really enjoy every single second! Food was amazing, I tried borscz (I hope I wrote how it should be, white one), mushroom soup, and breaded pork chop with cheese and mushrooms which was amazing! Fresh, good polish food. You can not ask for more. It was soooooo great vibe inside that this is going to be our thing this summer, we decided. Oh and bc of vibe I forgot to take a single photo but I will in few days bc we are going back! Must try! read more

We walked in on a week day for a late lunch. I love Polish food so I thought to try this place. First of all the restaurant is 3/4 bar on one side & 1/4 dining room. It smelled very very bad in the dining room from the liquor smell of the bar. We both ordered our food...me breaded perch & my friend potato pancakes. I took only 2 bites of my perch & I got dizzy & nauseous. I asked my friend to get me home immediately. After I got home I ended up w/ a very bad case of food poisoning for 2 days! I hadn't eaten any breakfast nor drank anything that day elsewhere so I know it was this place. I wish I could give this place a big zero! I wouldn't even recommend a dog to this stinky place. read more

Stopped here on my way to O'Hare. Very friendly staff. 2 servers greeted me, one in English, one in Polish. The owner came out to say hi, too. And the food was amazing. Reminded me of Grandma's Slovak cooking. Next time I am in Chicago, I will be visiting again! read more

Polish Bistro - Cheese and potato and meat pierogis. Plates of 6 or 12. - Polish Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

We have dined here numerous times over the past three years. We believe that this is by far the best restaurant that specializes in Polish food that we have ever visited. I almost every time start with the potato pancakes and follow that with anyone of the numerous entrees. My friend loves the kishka and the Polish plate. We can honestly say that we have never had a bad meal at this location and in the summer the outdoor dining area is great. read more

HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!! Let's start from the go..... The outdoor terrace was something I was looking forward to -- it's a little oasis that you don't expect BUT....... My boyfriend and I were not expecting that........... EVERYONE WILL BE SMOKING!!!!!!!!! It was like sitting in an ASHTRAY -- YUCK!!!!! Did I miss something? I thought smoking was banned at public venues in Chicago ‍ Secondly I also don't appreciate being surrounded by loud mouthed Eastern Europeans swearing up a storm and not being respectful to other patrons!! (I too am of Eastern European heritage -- this sort of stuff is beyond embarrassing to me!) Thirdly we ordered our meal - no silverware on table - no one asking if we'd like an appetizer or a drink other than water. After a nearly 45 min wait- ask where our food and waitress are - this server goes to check brings out food and says the order was only placed 10 minutes ago!!!!! That's just great / she NEVER placed our order when she took it!! In addition the order was wrong but I said nothing seeing that we had been waiting so long already! Food was "ok" I won't say it was bad - but it also wasn't great or anything special -- but then again NO ONE BOTHERED TO ASK!!! ‍We weren't asked if we wanted coffee or dessert and when we gave the server or check with our payment - thought she wasn't coming back!! Waited for about 15min to get our change - Now do we or do we not tip?!?! In all honesty anyone else wouldn't even leave an extra penny for such an awful experience -- WORST SERVICE EVER!!!!!! But etiquette is Key - and we did leave 20% though it was not warranted! To end our original server who forgot about us -- smoking with a group at a table as we were leaving!! Thanks for your hospitality - AWFUL EXPERIENCE ALL AROUND read more

Delicious and so authentic! I stop here every week when I'm in town! Make sure to get the combo plate for a little taste of everything!

Homey, inviting, and quaint A little hard to find but worth it. The service was welcoming, friendly, and attentive. The beer garden has a lot of atmospheres. The polish food was excellent. The polish pancake was thinly rolled and the cheese for the had pancake was just lightly sweet. Delicious. The polish sausage was juicy and lightly browned. It gave way easily to a light crunch and the sausage was not too spicy. The horseradish was not too hot. It went well with the polish cucumber salad. Yum. Cool and dilly The meat pierogi was light but filling. It is a must-try for you, Polish food lovers. read more

I was passing through the area and decided to stop and get a carryout of pierogies. I ended up also ordering the Polish plate. With a few tweeks this could have been a better review. The meat and potato/cheese pierogi were delicious. They were not sauteed in butter but oil and unfortunately sitting in oil in the packaged container. I had to put them on paper towel to drain all the oil away. Same with the potato pancake, crisp and delicious but too oily. The braised cabbage and stuffed cabbage were very tasty. The biggest miss was the Polish sausage. Very dry and overcooked. Why would you score the sausage and let out all the interior juice before cooking? Expensive for these careless cooking mistakes. Hoping they read these reviews and owner talks to the cook. I do want to see these cozy small ethnic restaurants succeed. read more

A great find. Beautiful patio area. Generous portions and great food. $4 beer. The wait person was very helpful with menu and suggestions. Love the place. read more

We had confirmed reservations for a party of five. We were turned away because of a larger Party and we were refused seating in the back. My party and I will never go to this establishment again.iI only wish that I could give it a zero. read more

My brother and I were in the area waiting for a flight out of O'Hare. We literally stumbled upon the Polish Bistro. The food was outstanding as was the service. It exuded an Old World atmosphere. Five stars! read more

Great pierogis. Poor music choice - techno music makes for an inauthentic polish experience, and less than desired music to enjoy food.

My friend introduced me to this place on a warm summer evening and I really enjoyed the outdoor backyard seating and food. Since then I have been there several times with my husband or a group of friends. Food is pretty solid, good to very good, especially homemade pierogi and potato pancakes. I have yet to try their soups as some people mentioned they are delicious. Service can be lacking, especially if you don't speak Polish they tend to ignore you. I once waited for 25 minutes for the waitress to show up so I can order another beer. Still worth a try and experience it for yourself! read more

I had such high hopes for this place based on the reviews here and the general high quality of polish food in the city. Unfortunately, our experience was not good. We came in and, having read the reviews, I knew that the only room we could sit in was right there and the bar was around the corner. There was one other table of two people and we took a seat by the window. We ordered the polish plate, some soup for the kids and the husband got the pork shank. I tried to get some of the traditional polish Kopytka, but they don't have them on the menu and only make them for parties. Sad as I know the kids would have eaten those. We also ordered fried mushrooms, but never got them. The other table left and we were the only people in the room - we could hear people in the bar - so I am not sure why the service was DEPLORABLE!!! We waited FOREVER for things to come out (and, never got some things) The chicken noodle soup had good flavor, but had some really gross parts of chicken (tendons, etc.) in there. The polish plate was a mixed bag. The stuffed cabbage was my favorite and the potato pancake was also good - but there was no sour cream or anything for that or for the pierogies (which were not good and quite dry inside). The polish sausage also seemed dried out. The funniest part of the meal was the husband's pork. It came skin on (fine) WITH HAIR ON THE SKIN!!!! He was horrified and couldn't really eat much of it after seeing that (we literally stopped for fast food for him on the way home). The kids were restless, so I took them to the car and was literally waiting like 15 minutes for the husband to be able to get the check, throw cash down on the table and leave. Never again. There is no excuse for this when there are so many good options in the city. read more

DO NOT ORDER CARRY-OUT FROM HERE If you are Polish and wanting a beer with some other Polish people, then this place is for you. Otherwise, prepare to be disappointed. I am Polish myself (however, I do not speak the language or look the part) and I could NOT believe how I was treated at this place. I have ordered carry-out through GrubHub at Polish Bistro more than 5 times in the past year. There was a problem every time. Every. Single. Time. Without going into too much detail, some of the problems were: - I arrived at the restaurant and the order had not been started (this happened twice) - Being asked to pay in-person even though I already paid on GrubHub - Picking up my order, going home, only to realize that they had given me the wrong dish (I received a pork cutlet with mushrooms, when I ordered a chicken cutlet with a fried egg. Even though the GrubHub receipt was printed correctly IN BOTH POLISH AND ENGLISH) I wanted this place to be good, honestly. I kept ordering, hoping they would get things right. It is in my neighborhood, and it is one of the few remaining authentic Polish places in the area. I want you guys to be a great restaurant!!! But they keep disappointing, time after time after time... I would not usually go out of my way to write up an extensive review like this, but after my last visit to Polish Bistro, I had to say something. I came to pick up my food, I went up to the bar to talk to the bartender/waitress/hostess/only employee in the front of house, and right before I took the bag, I asked her if it was a chicken cutlet with a fried egg. She smiled, pointed to the GrubHub receipt stapled to the bag, and said "Yes, look it is exactly what it says!" I went home, opened the bag, and of course.....pork cutlet, mushrooms. So I go back to the restaurant and calmly explained that it is not what I ordered. The bartender seemed embarrassed, apologized super politely, and ran to the kitchen to get the correct dish made. In the meantime, an older women with blonde hair approached me and started asking what was wrong. I explained that it was the wrong dish and mentioned that this was not the first time that they have made a mistake (at this point I assumed that this was the owner). To my surprise, she had the nerve to say "If you do not like the food then you can find a different restaurant." .... ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! .... This place alienates any clients that are not Polish and do not speak Polish and the owner needs a lesson in basic customer service. Polish Bistro, do the community a favor: keep your bar open, but shut down your restaurant. You are wasting space and do not know how to run a service business. read more