The Polish Place

Food

By the time we made it here, it was close to 3pm. There are a variety of dishes on the menu, but all with a Polish take. I'm not sure how authentic everything is, but we decided to try the very traditional dishes. I ordered the Polish Bigos with Sausage ($19) (Traditional winter meal for sauerkraut lovers - prepared and cooked with different meats and herbs, served with a Polish smoked sausage. Mustard and Horseradish on the side, served with a bread roll and butter) - the sauerkraut was cooked in heavy stock. It wasn't as good as what I had in Germany, but pleasant enough. It was a good dish for winter and complemented the polish sausage (which was not as good as German or Italian sausage) well. The accompanying seed mustard and horseradish was excellent. The bread roll was a plain, soft, white roll, and uninteresting. Slokky went for the Meat & Herb Pierogi - Polish Dumplings ($19) (meat and herbs, wrapped in pastry and boiled, with fried bacon and onion) - which was like a Chinese wonton, except there's no soup inside the dumpling. The pastry was thicker than a wonton, but not gluggy. It was sprinkled with fried bacon pieces and accompanied by a pickle and onion salad.

We were too full to try the desserts or coffee, but lots of people were ordering them and they looked great! Overall, the food can be described as very homely. There's nothing fancy but I think it is very fitting for the surrounding.

Rating - 6

Atmosphere

This place is very cute, and very kitsch. There are traditional Polish decorations all around, you can sit outside, which has a wonderful view of the hinterland, or inside, with its real wood-fire burning. You instantly feel at home. There is accommodation available as well.

Rating - 2

Service

You've got to give it to the Queenslander. The service wasn't very professional but there were very very friendly. The kitchen was closed when we went, but they accommodated our request. They also didn't flinch when Slokky knocked over their whole tipping jar when he was trying to pay.

Rating - 4.5

C-factor

I love this place. The prices aren't cheap but you go for the experience.

Rating - 1.5

Brownie Points - 14

Info

333 Main Western Road
Tamborine Mountain
QLD 4272
Phone (07) 5545 1603
Website