The Skillet is remodeled, redecorated inside. It's lovely, fresh interior ; white table cloths, great buffet.. part of a new design and decor. The buffet , so far, is available on Sunday, I believe from 11 until 2. As they re-open the interior for the Sunday Brunch Buffet, they continue their drive thru pick up(which they have everyday). The Food was WOW: The Sweet and sour cabbage-- the best, just like I remembered. Polish kluski noodles, real mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, broasted chicken, moist smoked turkey, fresh Polish sausage, crispy crispy bacon and fluffy scrambled eggs... PLUS a salad bar and a dessert bar with homemade pies, cakes, cobblers...... Lemonade, water, and tea are included with your meal but you can add a soda/coffee. You can do one plate or AYCE plate at different prices but we all did AYCE so I don't have prices.. IT was a great value for all the flavors, the freshness, and good service... in a nice setting. read more

"Christmas Dinner 2025!" We catered in (picked up aluminum trays of food) of the Polish Dinner items except for the chicken. Food was fabulous, and couldn't have asked for a better tasting meal. Only drawback was when we put the aluminum trays in our chaffing servers and put water in them, we found that they had holes in each of them and leaked all over our counter. Thankfully, we had the large replacement aluminum "pans" and a small crisis was averted. Other than that, we have absolutely no complaints about getting future food orders from the Skillet. P.S. A few extra rolls with the carry out order would have been nice. read more

They used to have great 24/2 chicken & sausage special for ND games. Plus great buffet & great prices. We quit going when all that stopped.

over priced and not really polish noodles clumped and sausage 13.00a pound cooked or not that is not realistic

i just want to start by saying this place used to be a favorite. Sat down on our own and waited for close to 10 minutes yet no one addressed us. Many empty table. Another table next to us experienced the same. Stood up to leave and was asked while heading towards the door if we had any question. My question is how in the world could this happen. Will never be back. read more

they have a booth out at the fair, walked up to the counter. The young lady sat there on her phone. I was the only customer and I sat there for over a minute before she would even look up and acknowledge me. then she ask what I wanted and I ordered she was extremely rude and then her friends came up while I was waiting on my order and she continued to tell her friends how she cannot wait to get off of work and how she hated all the old people that are ordering, and she can't stand them. Sorry, but you are making Polish dinners. That's your clientele old people that you hate, and then I ordered a all white meat dinner apparently they cannot tell the difference between thighs and breasts, I paid an up charge for an all white dinner and got two thighs. and I thought a Polish dinner came with Polish sausage. I had no sausage on my plate. I will never under any circumstance order anything from the skillet ever again? read more

Great Polish dinners. I love the Chicken polish sausage, blushing noodles, cabbage, mashed potatoes, the roll , and also the chocolate chip cookie. read more

Drove a half hour to dine at their buffet this afternoon and we even checked their website to confirm their hours of operation. Upon our arrival we came to discover the door was locked. Someone came to the door and said they were open for "curbside only". If you're going to change your business model and how you operate it is imperative to update your website accordingly. You wasted an hour of my day driving out here. I will not be back. read more

This place use to be so good in the 90's and then it became a dump under new ownership. Now, the service is always terrible, the food is either always luke warm or has hair in it, and the place is a dump. I miss the old Skillet. Stay far away unless you want food poisoning. read more

Many variety of meals but I love the Polish style dinner. I have catered over many years for holidays, weddings and other functions and have never been disappointed. read more

Food is great but u have to order it to go bc they don't let people dine in. I feel like they lose a lot of business bc they don't allow dining in anymore. I know many who don't buy from them bc they'd rather go someplace and eat in. read more

Skillet Restaurant - Polish dinner to go - American Near Me - South Bend, Indiana

L if you like Polish food, this is the place to go. The sausage is very tasty. The mashed potatoes and gravy are amazing. The broasted chicken is a number one pit with my family. The green beans are super good! read more

Like hundreds of other folks, we decided to do the Easter drive-thru during COVID-19. We thought we were smart going early (around 10:30), but everyone else had the same idea. We ended up waiting in line for about 2 1/2 hours. Once we got through the line, the ordering process was friendly and efficient. We picked up three polish dinners ($11 each) which included two pieces of chicken, polish sausage, noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll and cookie. Huge portions for the price. Everything reheated well several hours later at home (thank you air fryer!). We also picked up some meals for friends which included the Easter dinner for $15 - also seemed like a generous portion for the price. Nothing fancy (and I haven't actually visited the dining room), but they definitely have the drive thru service down during this challenging time. read more

Great food just wish they still had dine in. We live half hour away by the time we get our food home it's cold and needs to be reheated.

Wow, I moved away from South Bend 30 years ago. Back then, The Skillet was a good restaurant. My mom loved eating there. I never dreamed they'd still be in business when I recently moved back to SB. Tonight, I was wanting some home cooking, without me cooking, in googling places I ran across The Skillet. Anyhow tonight was Swiss Steak or Polish sausage. I chose Swiss Steak, mashed potato's & green beans. Just finished eating and wanted to share my experience. The drive thru service was fast and very friendly. The food amazing. My Swiss steak was so tender. Thank you for a great homemade meal! read more

Skillet is a perfect spot for that family meal kind of experience. Take out service - order ahead and pick up. The polish sausage has a very traditional flavor. The fried chicken is always juicy and tasty. The cabbage dishes are very traditional. Overall the prices are perfect for the portions that you get. Family friendly takeout dining. read more

Went there for St Patrick's Day Corned beef got it home took a few bites and threw it away. Tried polish also this food has no flavor don't this they season anything been there a few time given them chances I'm done read more

The food here is lousy. Poor imitation of a polish style dinner and all other daily specials are not good at all. The only saving grace for this place is they do have fantatic Chicken Noodle soup. So guess what they pulled off the menu. They also advertise on their web site an American goulash but again a no show or never has been. Enough said, you have been advised. read more

Polish dinner was rather flat! Sausage was tough, cabbage was not sweet and sour, very disappointing meal. Service was good just poor meal.

Love the drive thru, convenient. The Saturday meatloaf is great. The noodles are wonderful too.

We ordered their Polish dinner for Easter this year. I ordered 8 meals for 6 people so we would have some leftovers. We had plenty! the food was hot and delicious! we had enough for a generous plate of leftovers for all 4 adults. wait time was about 15 minutes after our pick up time. we will for sure do this again! read more

I don't even know what to say the first time I went to the skillet the food was disgusting I thought I would give it a chance again and try their Polish style dinner I got it home the chicken wasn't even fried chicken was so dry it up I couldn't even eat it the noodles and the mashed potatoes were pretty good the rest of the food was disgusting never ever ever ever in my life will I eat at the skillet read more

I got their Thanksgiving dinner and OMG..it was just like my grandma cooked it!! The turkey was so tender and the ham was absolutely delicious!! Of course all the other fixings (sides) was just as good!! There was SO SO much food that my dog even got her own thanksgiving plate!! Lol. Thank you so much for being open!! Great food, great people, and an even better atmosphere!!! Please keep up the fantastic work y'all do!!! read more

Went here for Thanksgiving about 10 years ago with my now departed father. Seating was long picnic tables. Food was all soggy, prices high for food quality. Think its called polish style cooking, but St Hedwigs has the real deal on that style. If you ever get invited to a wedding reception at St. Hedwigs, go. You will get hearty correctly prepared polish pesent food. Hope the new owners here have made improvements. read more

The fish dinners were not worth 15 dollars. they were dry overcooked fish sticks,.. and they might have been cooked yesterday. The batter was hard . I ended up throwing away. It was the nastiest fish dinner and burnt hush puppies with cheesless mac. Thats it for me, Ill eat at Culvers next time I want fish. read more

I tend to hold back on 5 star reviews, but we've been here many times and liked it so much we had them cater our wedding. Their event coordinating staff was fantastic, covered every detail from the food to table linens and even hosted a free, full meal for us and our immediate family to sample anything on the menu we'd were interested in having at our wedding reception. They were exceptional at the reception itself as well and we received lots of compliments and overheard several people saying things like, "Oh they got the Skillet to cater? Yesssss!". We've been coming here for the occasional dine-in experience and ordering ahead for family holiday parties for a long time and will continue to do so. Highly, highly recommend. read more

Ive been to eat the polish buffet once, the restaurant could use a remodel badly. The buffet was medoicre overall. Friday this week we ordered the tailgate special for carry out. 20 pc broasted chicken and 2 lbs polish sausage. The chicken is good and the special is a good value. their mashed potatoes are usually really good... everything else in my experience is poorly executed over starched and the demographic in the dining room leans towards octagenarian. tl;dr. Tailgate special 20 pc broasted chicken and 2lbs polish sausage for 25.00 is a great deal chicken, mashed potatoes and polish sausage good...avoid everything else. read more

A classic -- nostalgic for me. I hadn't been in maybe 30 years. Not fancy, no, but this is a good selection of Polish comfort food. I have not had such good gravy in recent memory. The chicken was a little dry, but everything else was great. Watch your step on the way in! read more

I had my best Thanksgiving in memory because of the Skillet! A typical holiday meant me preparing food from early morning until mealtime while family and friends arrived just in time to enjoy it. This year my wife suggested taking advantage of the Skillet's Thanksgiving Dinner Take Home Package and what a great decision that was! With 12 people to feed I decided to opt for 2 plans, turkey and ham and we ended up with lots and lots of leftovers. We enjoyed 11 lb. of turkey with delicious dressing and gravy, several great side dishes and 2 pies. The chocolate cream pie was a bit disappointing but the pecan pie was outstanding. My wife has already circled her choices for the Skillet's Family Christmas Dinner so I guess our planning is done! I'm looking forward to another relaxed and delicious Christmas dinner. read more

First time there and the staff couldn't be friendlier or more accommodating!! I was with my elderly aunt so it was difficult getting up and down the stairs but everyone was willing to help. Limited menus but the Polish buffet was delicious. We did the one plate version and were full and content when we left with a bill for less than $20. Good food, good staff for a good price! read more

Well...I am 1/4 Polish and my Great Grandparents immigrated here from Poland. Let's just say that they would roll in their graves (to use an old cliche). I live about an hour from a "good" Polish buffet in Lynwood, IL called the Warsaw Inn. When I drove by The Skillet, and saw "LEGENDARY POLISH BUFFET" I had to try it! Basically, everything to eat was terrible. The waitstaff, and who I believe is the owner, were all very nice and the people around me were ranting about how great everything was! I couldn't find it in my heart to complain. It was your average, family owned buffet with cheap food and about as Polish as KFC is. Pierogis were deep fried?? They also had some type of cream sauce for them, which was a lot like Alfredo sauce... no idea here... Honestly, best thing there was BBQ rib tips...Also not even a little Polish. Haha. Golabki (stuffed cabbage) was not terrible, but not good..if that makes sense. "Potato pancakes" were hash browns smashed together... Everything was canned/frozen except the fried chicken which also was flavorless. It was two ingredients. Chicken and Flour. That's it. No seasonings. Just sad really. Food was either cold or dried up to a crisp... Yet there was a line to get in here. Only reason I left 2 stars instead of 1 was because they were all so nice. read more

Good luck if you're a vegetarian. Maybe you can stick out your tongue and sprinkle a little salt on it, because that's about the only non-meat thing you'll eat here. I like how old school and falling apart it seems. I like how my dear friend Esther spends each Lent obsessing over which Friday fish fries she'll attend. For some reason, I associate her obsession with the Skillet, maybe because she told me about it here. Or maybe it's because they advertised a Lenten Friday fish fry here when we lived in South Bend. Anyway, I've been pretty disappointed the three times I've come, and that's impressive because usually once I'm disappointed by a place, it won't catch me off guard again. But it did--twice! Oh, and get a proper sign. And do some local advertising. And don't seem like you're closed all the time. read more

For a place that has boasted & been voted "Best Polish Dinner" I was not impressed at all. We went because we saw they were rated to have one of the best burgers within 100 miles. We ended up getting the Polish Buffet. We should have stuck with the burger plan. The "award winning" Polish buffet had: no fried chicken, only baked & broasted, the Pierogi were random, you didn't know what flavor you were going to get (scary), Polish sausage was flavorless, and the potato pancakes were not what I grew up with in a Polish household. I asked for real butter for them out of the kitchen, not "honey butter" cup packs (yuck) and that took about 15 minutes to achieve. The potato pancakes that were in the steamtable stayed and stayed. The ones in when we arrived were old & nasty, and the ones brought out were not much better. In summary, I will never be back for the Polish buffet...ever. read more

My son and I enjoyed the breakfast buffet, after much anticipation due to all the good reviews we'd heard from friends. We had waffles, made to order omelets, crepes, bacon, sausage, potatoes & biscuits and gravy. Service was excellent. The young man who was working the breakfast buffet is attending Ivy Tech studying culinary arts; he was very pleasant and professional. The staff seemed to enjoy the patrons and each other. Can't wait to go back for brunch! read more

The building is old and so is the decor. Their polish buffet is the best in town. They do great fried chicken and sausage. The catering is also great. They set it all up and take it down for you. You can also pick up large orders for tailgating and other parties. read more

Skillet Restaurant - Irishbuffet for St Patrick's day! Yum! - American Near Me - South Bend, Indiana

We catered some food this past weekend and was great! Chicken stole the show however pieces were really small- but good! Great Value! read more

The polish buffet is unbeatable. Wish they were open more so I could take advantage of their excellent food. Last time I stopped by they were closed due to seasonal adjustment. Missed eating there and I was really looking forward to it read more

Went this past Saturday and what a disappointment. The quality of the food went way down. The sausage was dry, the sweet sour cabbage was close to inedible, the brosted chicken seemed old. The help was slow to refill drinks, and the one lady who is someone to do with the owners stood looking at our empty glasses and just turned and went into the kitchen. This was a place I looked forward to eat at when I came to town but now I need to find a new polish buffet. read more

The Skillet catered my daughters graduation party with a polish dinner. Scott was our attendant and he did an awesome job of keeping the food well stocked and hot. Everyone loved the food and we had many positive comments on it. I would highly recommend them for catering! read more

Skillet is a meat and potatoes restaurant best known for their Polish Wedding Buffet featuring fried as well as broasted chicken, polish sausage, buttered noodles, mashed potatoes, sweet/sour cabbage, stuffed cabbage, green beans, pierogis, soup, and rolls. All this for $8 to $10. Not really cholesterol friendly, but a tasty feast. It's all you can eat, by the way. Individual meals off the menu as also available at a likewise reasonable price. Service as in drink refills is so good it is almost extreme. read more