The Polish Place

I’ve been here twice and really enjoyed it. It’s a cozy little place, very homestyle and inviting. The food is fabulous, real comfort food. I use to eat Polish food in Manhattan all the time and everything I’ve eaten here has been better! The keilbasa was nice and crispy on the outside, tender and flavorful on the inside. The blintzes were out of this world. Definitely try the cheese blintzes and the cheese pierogies, you won’t be sorry. The potato pierogies were also great. We also had the beef goulash which was also very good. I highly recommend this place. The people are nice and the food was delicious. If you’re on the ferry, get off and either walk (not that long a walk) or take a short bus ride to this restaurant.

This was the first time I have ever been to this part of Staten Island. It’s very close to where you get off the ferry but requires a couple of stops from the bus S51 to get to the Polish Restaurant.
PROS:
— I really like their Barley Chicken Soup — I had a pretty windy ride from the ferry to Staten Island so this warmed me right up.
— Perogies — I had no idea what they were but I realized they were very similar to Chinese fried dumplings. The Perogies were delish. my favorite was the potato and the meat one.
— Good Lunch Special — only $ 7. (comes with soup, entrée, and salad)
— Décor: The Polish Place had a very warm homely feeling to it — sort of like your grandma’s place when you go over to eat.
— Very Nice Waitress — explained what the stuff on the menu were.
AVERAGE:
— Mash Potato was alright.
— Green Salad was alright — I liked the orange dressing — whatever that is.
— Cucumber Salad was ok. It tasted like cucumbers and mayonaisse mixed together. nothing special.
CONS:
— the meat was very very dry for the «lemon chicken» and the «beef gulash» but the sauce was good…
— Beet Salad was Ok — I’m just not used to the taste — never had it before so it tasted kind of funny to me.

We went there on a Friday night and quite surprised that the restaurant was empty. It’s not the best neighborhood, but this place was very nice and comfortable inside. It has a rustic Polish look to it. The service was excellent, friendly and attentive. We ordered the Family Style Dinner and it did not disappoint. I grew up on Polish cooking, and it was very similar to the way my Mother prepared our food. The prices were very reasonable and I think this is a great place to try Polish Cooking if you haven’t had it before. Just make sure you bring your appetite because you will walkout of there filled to the brim!

This place was amazing. We had the family style order so it was non-​stop food for like an hour. The pierogies were awesome, the potato pancakes were also awesome, the kielbasa was awesome, and the chicken meatballs were… you guessed it– awesome. I seriously couldn’t stop eating! That was apparently fine, since they kept bringing out food. The service was very prompt and she took good care of the group of us, which was 11.
I could eat potato pancakes until I burst. Seriously.

my roommates & i would have Polish food every now & then when one of us would bring home food from their place (their version of «dumplings» is simply yummy!). came here one time, towards closing time. my roommate knew one of the owners & managers, as she lives a block or two away from our house. we chatted as we ordered for «take home» their stuffed cabbage and mashed potato, plus sweets (they’re expensive!) — -totally enjoyed the dinner a few minutes after at home. needless to say, the place is worth the visit, in case u find urself here in Staten Island.

First let me say that I love this place. I have eaten almost everything on the menu at one time or another and it’s all delicious and incredibly inexpensive. I love the atmosphere and the service is usually friendly (with one caveat)…
This place would definitely get 5 stars if they didn’t consistently give you a bad attitude when you show up any less than a full hour before closing time. If you are later than that, don’t expect them to serve you with a smile or possibly at all.
Also, if you want your pierogies boiled (not fried) and you want the fried onions that the menu says come with them, you must remember to tell them because they will not ask how you want them cooked and they will not bring onions.
As long as you know these two things and aren’t too bothered by them, you’ll love the place.

Loved this unassuming little restaurant. Half the place was taken up by a Polish-​American family with their relatives from the old country going back and forth between English and Polish. Our waitress was friendly and the kielbasy was excellent. It came with a huge dollop of mustard on the side — it’s like they knew what I wanted before I even knew what I wanted. Came with beet and cucumber salads and sauerkraut, which were also great. My gf gave high marks to the pierogi, too.
There was a odd little area in the back with plush chairs and a tv wheezing out NY1; it was like they sawed two restaurants in half and glued ‘em together. But hey this neighborhood is like they sawed fifteen ethnic enclaves into pieces and mixed ‘em up, so I guess the eclectic atmosphere makes sense.
Oh, and hey, cheap Polish beer. Go for it.

Some friends and I came here on a tasting tour of North Shore SI. This was one of our first stops, so we didn’t order all over the menu. We did have some Lech beers, which are HUGE and light lagers which went well with the food. We enjoyed a few plates of mixed pierogies with sour cream and applesauce. The crusty brown bits from where the dumplings met the frying pan, the chewy exterior, the pillowy potato inside… it was all good. The table agreed that the best ones were the sauerkraut – delicately spiced with seasonings surprising to our non-​Polish tastebuds.
My husband and I often go next door to the attached deli, where you can get the pierogies to go, and choose from a vast assortment of kielbasy. The very nice counterhelp will also tell you the difference between each, helpful because there’s like 15 different sausages. The deli has tons of Polish products. On this trip, we scored some hard-​to-​find buckwheat groats, chocolate wafer biscuits and acacia honey.
I know there’s other Polish delis on the Island, but we love this place. It’s nearby, the people are very nice and helpful to non-​Polish speakers, and it never fails to impress our Manhattanite friends!

starting with the negative:
it was FREEZING! our food got cold quickly and we were shivering. they don’t turn on the lights so its a bit dark.
the mediocre–
it was eclectic. there was a couch in there? haha. with a tv on? it looked like a living room. with a table in the middle.
the perogis were also mediocre.
the AMAZING–
potato pancakes with sour cream and apples.
the kielbasa!!! BEST kielbasa, so so sooooo good!!! oh man.
we probably would have stayed longer and had dessert if it wasn’t so cold. the waitress wasn’t too helpful when we asked for recommendations, either. but the yummy food made up for it.

This place was great… a low key restaurant with a store you can shop in too and get things to go. It was absolutely delcious and growing up with a Bobshe reminded me of all the delicious things that I grew up with. Don’t miss the peirogies and the stuffed cabbage. Babka excellent too! Well worth the trip!

fabulous pierogies
the best

OMG.
Although it has been close to a year since I have been here last, the food still resonates on my taste buds.
I have always come here with my family. The polish place is a quiet and cozy restaurant. There is a store right next door where you can shop before or even after your meal. A wall separates the store and restaurant but connected by an open open window.
Inside the music is relaxing and the lighting just right for a family dinner or a romantic night out.
My favorites are & come highly recommended by yours truly, include the following:
(1) Tripe Soup
(2) Blintzes (with feta cheese and apple sauce)
(3) Pirogies
The Wait staff are kind. There has never been a time i was not satisfied with my order here!
Great for a first date!

ok– I am of Polish heritage and my mom made the best goubalke (better known as stuffed cabbage) and pierogies. But since I can’t get my mom’s or my grandmothers– this is the place to go.
the dinners are amazingly inexpensive.
since teresa’s on 1^st avenue is gone… this place is worth the ride on the ferry and the very short walk up victory boulevard from the ferry to get real gourmet polish food.
the soups — as everything are homemade– and it’s all available take out in the store next door– the deli has polish delicassies with seasonal treats too.
i love the potato pancakes, the cucumber salad, the beet salad, the keilbasa and the blintzes.

Warm and friendly space. Lovely wood décor.
Best pierogies, blintz’s and potato latkes. YUM
Pierogi are half rounded dumplings of unleavened dough, stuffed with cheese, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, mushrooms, hard-​boiled eggs, dry cottage cheese, or any combination or with a fruit filling like blueberry. Mashed potatoes are the most common filling. They are fried, deep fried, or boiled. I actually prefer the boiled.
The Polish way is boiling, then frying in butter. They are usually served with sour cream, and the savoury ones can be topped with fried bacon or onions.
Blintzes are made from unyeasted batter (usually made of flour, milk and eggs) and are nearly identical to French crepes. Made popular in the U.S. by Jewish immigrants as blintz are a popular dish in Jewish cuisine. Although they are not associated with any specific religious rite in Judaism, blintzes that are stuffed with a cheese filling and then fried in oil are served on holidays like Chanukah and Shavuot. They can also be stuffed with potato or fruits. mmmm.
Potato latkes: thin, fried cakes of grated potato and egg, often flavored with grated onion, topped with sour cream, or sweet applesauce or sugar with or without cinnamon.
fact: At the 2007 Pierogi Festival in Krakow, 30,000 pierogi were consumed daily
The Polish Place is close enough to the ferry for a lovely ferry ride, walk to restaurant, and return to Manhattan for a nighttime skyline from the boat. Just perfect.
OH WAIT… i said nothing funny… um…fuck. It’s 2:30 in the morning. I have to be up for work at 6:15. That’s funny, isn’t it?