Warszawa Restaurant
(310) 393-8831
1414 Lincoln Blvd
Santa Monica,
CA
90401
34.0192
-118.4912
Neighborhoods: Downtown, West LA
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In Short
This century-old Craftsman house has been transformed into an elegant Eastern European restaurant with vintage Polish posters, crisp white tablecloths and knowledgeable servers. Lively clientele fills the dining room with the buzz of conversation. Warszawa boasts an menu of authentic, high-end--but reasonably priced--Polish cuisine. Bacon-wrapped dried plums present an offbeat starter, and the traditional borscht, spiked with kielbasa sausage, exudes extra flavor. Pierogies come in a wide variety, including beef, chicken, wild mushroom and lamb.
User Reviews
jaysanjay
March 30, 2009
I agree with those reviewers who have said that something has changed at Warsawa in the last year or so. It used to be a really good place to eat -- both food and service used to be excellent back some five to ten years ago. But we were there for dinner this past weekend and had the second disappointing experience with Warsawa this year. I don't think I'll be going back. Neither the food nor the service is what it used to be. Even the Polish sausage was flavorless! Yipes. They used to get their sausage homemade from J&T European Market on Wilshire (or so I was told years ago), but if so, that market must have changed hands because the sausage I was served was flavorless and nowhere near what I used to get at Warsawa years ago. They need to get back to the friendly attitudes, top quality food service, and excellent dishes that used to be the norm at Warsawa in years past. Right now, it's just not worth the money.
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pekkle1
January 05, 2009
I had been to this restaurant before and found it delightful in every way, but New Year's Eve was a shocking departure from what I expected. When we entered, the hostess informed us that she wanted everyone to leave as soon as possible so that she could "party". We ordered from the sole waiter on duty that night, and he was attentive but very rushed. The potato pancakes were delicious, but the rest of the meal a big disappointment. The Veal with paprika and tomato sauce had an unappealing tang, and there were no caramelized onions or dumplings in evidence. The Beef Stroganoff was bland, again no mushrooms or dumplings as on the menu. Finally, the hostess started to RUN between the tables, picking up checks, etc, so great was her hurry to clear us out. Her parting comment as we left was "I still have to shoo the other people out!"
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January 01, 2009
What would you expect for a New Years Eve dining experience? Festive atmosphere? Attentive service? Especially well cooked menu? WRONG! This night was a Saturday Night Live sketch which would have been funny if we hadn't had to shell out $100 for the bitter laughs. First, there was one rushed waiter for the entire restaurant. Then the food was dished up in bland mounds cafeteria style....I couldn't even eat the veal. The coup de grace was the hostess who RAN between the tables she was in such a rush to clear us out...shaking the room like a human earthquake....it was absolutely unbelievable!
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