Taste It Polish - Welwyn Hatfield

We went there again after a long break enforced by COVID. The decor has changed for the better, the food is still superb, the service attentive and exceptionally friendly. There were four adults, one teenager and one toddler in our party. We had three different main courses and all of them were delicious. Only three of us were up to having a dessert and all have apple cake to die for.

Found this little gem by mistake. In hotel overnight and came across this little restaurant in town. Really nice friendly staff. Excellent value for money my meal was under £20 and I could not finish it. A piece of advise if you want to eat 2 courses go when you are starving.

Always extremely slow service. Waiting an hour whilst the place is empty might be acceptable by some but it’s not what good service looks like.

Good food and a friendly, laid-back service. All the traditional favourites are there in the menu, the portions are Polish (i.e. generous! and the prices very reasonable indeed. Preparation time wasn't instant. That's because the dishes are based on fresh ingredients prepared on the premises from scratch. To check this out, I chose Placki Ziemniaczane: a dish of 7 crispy potato pancakes served with sour cream, (though you can have them Hungarian-style with a pork goulash too . When I make them at home, I cheat by using Knorr powdered potato... these on the other hand were properly made, by grating potatoes very finely indeed– they took 20 minutes, and were exactly right: light, crisp and delicious. Filling though– I took two of them home! Total cost £6.50. Though it appears unpretentious, it offers some excellent specialities as well as the Polish basics: try their Duck Leg Confit served in its roast jus, accompanied with Silesian Potato Dumplings and grated beetroot. Their Pork Tenderloin served with a Chanterelle sauce and a juicy carrot salad looks wonderful too. I was driving, so their basic range of wines, and some interesting cocktails, were alas, left unsampled...

I had not been out for a Polish before and I was extremely impressed with this one. The traditional rye soup with sausage and egg served with bun (roll) was the best soup that I have ever had ever. The port stew with potato pancakes served with sour cream and sour cucumber was much less stew-like and much more filling than I had expected. I could not manage a pudding. The food was brilliant, the service was really good and the lady who sat alone at a table, facing out of the window, turned out to be anti-socially waiting her dining buddy and was not a detective after all. This is a brilliant place and it is easy to park behind (for free after six).