Krolewskie Jadlo
“My very favorite thing right now is the Cold Veggie Borscht on their menu for the summer.”
“Of course they have pierogi but there are also delicious unusual meats like venison and pheasant to try.”
“Food was so good, ordered potatp pancakes, raw beef, venison meatball and goulash and some other beef speacial.”
Krolewskie Jadlo
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Have been here many times that I'm just a little tired of it. They have good pierogies, soup (chicken noodle soup is my fave but there is no chicken, just the broth for 3 bucks), kielbasa and more.
I usually go with family here as this is surely a crowd pleaser. We almost always order the koryto, which is a combination of everything they serve.
Do you want to feel so full that you feel like you'll explode? Then order the koryto. The word is Polish for "trough" but we just referred to it as the meat boat. It was a concave slab of wood filled with just about every type of animal. It would've made Noah blush.
There are four of us so we did the koryto for four (makes sense right?). But that was WAY too much food. Especially with a giant beer and after a pheasant dumplings appetizer (strangely titled "little bags full of pheasant).
Anyway, the koryto included sausage, blood sausage, bacon, pierogies, stuffed cabbage, baked hocks, grilled pork shoulder, grilled chicken, chicken kebabs and pork kebabs.
Phew, I think I'm full from just typing that all out.
Anyway, like I said: a lot of food. Most of it was great. The chicken was dry but that was really our only complaint. It was a good excuse to stop eating anyway. The sausages, pork shoulder and stuffed cabbage were my favorites. The pork just fell off the bone.
Service was a little rough. A few of the other Polish restaurants I had bookmarked in Greenpoint seem to have recently closed (take that, stupid Yelp gentrification study!) so I'm guessing that's why this place was so popular. The line was out the door. We ended up waiting about 15 minutes. Hostess tried to start us right at the door but we snuck into a booth and nobody said anything. Don't be a jerk like us if you can help it.
Oh, and the best part of this place? The full knight's armor out front.
Second best part? It's cheap. For all that food and a giant beer, it came out to less than $30 a person. Best deal in Greenpoint!
If you want authentic Polish food, you've come to the right place. If you elude any inkling of Polish, they will hand you the Polish menu. Nie rozumiem po polsku? Do not fear, they have an English menu.
The fried potato pierogi was one of the best I've ever eaten in my life. Definitely order the white borscht soup (żurek) because it's literally CRACK, and be sure to put the mashed potatoes in side. The portions here are generous and the price is right. The food is all fresh, made in the smallest kitchen I've ever seen; full transparency back there and the waitresses are very friendly.
No complaints – definitely recommend!
I wish there was a place like this where I live…
As a Polish expat on a brief visit in New York I made the necessary trek to Greenpoint with the sole purpose of finding Polish food. I'm so happy that an hour-long commute was not for naught!
We waited briefly for a table. The place is relatively small and there's no foyer, you just walk straight in, therefore we had to wait outside. No biggie. Once seated, you get to admire the interior, which I loved. It was nice to see real effort put into the decor, which imitates a castle cellar.
To begin we were served bread (the good kind, not what Americans call bread), cucumbers (pickled) and a spread which I expected to be a traditional lard, but turned out to be more like a lard/pâté mix.. All delicious. I'm embarrassed to admit I ate the entire thing myself.
Then I had pickle soup (ogórkowa), which was absolutely on point. Wow. For main course I opted for pierogi mix (fried), which were delicious as well. My companion ordered gulasz, which was more like a pot roast, but still very good. As someone not familiar with Polish cuisine she didn't care for red cabbage salad or horseradish beets. I ate those too. Yum.
I really didn't have any room left but I just had to end it with szarlotka, a Polish version of apple pie. It wasn't as I expected it, but it was still traditional and scrumptious.
All in all, great experience. The service could have been more prompt but the food made it pretty insignificant.
Let me begin by saying that I love Polish food and since my family is Polish, I have eaten at a lot of Polish food in my life. This 3 star rating is in no way a bad rating, the food was excellent, just not what I prefer best from this cuisine — and I'm willing to admit I'm a bit of a snob.
We ordered the pierogi (all flavors), potato pancakes (regular, without fish), and golabki (stuffed cabbage).
Firstly, this is the first place I've been to that seemingly deep fries their pierogi. It was good, of course, but I like more doughy dumplings lightly fried on each side rather than a whole mouthful of crunchiness. Other than that, all the fillings very great, exactly what you'd expect/want.
The potato pancakes were very good as well. Some places like to use shredded potatoes, but here they do not and I think I prefer it this way instead. The consistency is much softer and better.
Lastly, my cabbage rolls were a little under cooked for me. I like the cabbage casing to be softer — something I can slice with a sideways fork, not repeated knife gestures — but that's just me. The filling was great (just like home!) and the sauce was delicious.
Overall, I would still recommend this place and would probably come here again if in the area — I'd just try a different dish, there's definitely no shortage of selection!
Wow! Great food!!! Came here on a Brooklyn Food and Culture tour so we were able to sample some of their food. The server brought out a sampling of dishes. First were the pierogies served with sour cream. I've only had pierogies that were boiled and from the supermarket. These were boiled then fried. They were amazing! We were told they had cabbage in them but not sure what else. It didn't matter. Then came the grilled Kielbasa with sauteed onions and mashed potatoes. It was so delicious. Next came dessert. They called them apple crepes but to me they were more like fritters. Deep fried, warm, topped with powdered sugar and whipped cream. Heaven! This tour was with a friend from Australia visiting for the 1st time. He was blown away with how great the food was and never had this type of food before. I felt the same! I live in N.J. and getting to this part of Brooklyn is a little daunting but I will come back with my family!
Loved this place!
You will definitely want to order a giant mug of beer and you'll want to sit back and enjoy while the parade of food comes by.
All tables come with bread, pickles, and tasty meat spread (sorry can't remember what it's called whoops!).
Highly recommend the borscht — all of them. In fact you need to make multiple trips to do a borscht tasting, meat tasting, and pierogis.
Don't wait — you should be eating lunch here already.
This place has a really nice location nearly adjacent to the Nassau Ave stop on the G.
Having only visited Poland only a few days, I can't speak to the authenticity of this food, but it's definitely good, at least to my American palate. The white borscht soup was my favorite. I felt it had beautiful, rich flavors without being overly powerful. That soup is accompanied by mashed potatoes with bacon in it (mmm… bacon), so what's not to love? The red borscht soup was more robust and admittedly, didn't strike my fancy as much, though it was still very good. I once had a sampler entrée, which was huge and robust, and the the meat was good.
The service was efficient and helpful. And friendly, at least, if one compares to Eastern European stereotypes. Also, for the prices, I couldn't ask for much more.
All in all, a lovely restaurant, with the prices of a greasy-spoon diner, but with the ambiance of a proud ethnic restaurant, and great-tasting food.
Bathrooms: Clean and functional.