Sawa's Old Warsaw Restaurant

There's a learning curve to this place. They seat you and bring you the bill at the end. I think this suits heavy drinkers who want a bar plus buffet but its not particularly good polish food and the nightly specials are either out of stock or underwhelming. The salad bar is sad and tired, the fruit is unappetizing and flies buzz around the desserts. On the bright side they do have a soft serve station so my toddler loved it.

Harvest 365 in forrest park is vastly superior buffet minus the full bar and soft serve.

This may not have the largest selection in buffets but they are always turning over fresh food so the selection is always hit and fresh. The polish is better than most and the ham and beef were awesome. The broasted chicken was juicy and the sleeper was all the homemade desserts.

The nice touch was also the owner manning the carving station and overseeing everything personally- this is a do not miss!!!

The buffet on Fri and Sat is $24 per person and offers prime rib and ham on the bone.

The potato pancakes and potato pierogis were exceptional. I'm not typically a fan of sauerkraut but there's was on the milder side and almost tasted like smothered cabbage. There's also a great salad bar, several fresh soups and a dessert station with kolacskis.

Their diet soda is diet rite. I asked for Diet Coke and was surprised the distinction wasn't mentioned or disclosed. That said, it resulted in me consuming mostly water.

The ambiance is dark, old school, casual flair, which is a nice way to plan to have a plate or two over good conversation.

Very good variety and decent quality. Great value for what you get and so happy
To have a Polish buffet still around.

When we first walked in, there are video gambling machines and full bar. You have to walk to the other side of the room to be seated for the restaurant.

When we first walked into the dining room there were pinkish red and blue lighting on the ceiling which would be nice for Valentine's Day but it was not the best lighting to see your food. I took pictures of our food using the flash... if not all you would see is pink food.

Our waitress was very sweet, she gave us a pitcher of water and kept our table cleared from empty dishes which was surprising cause it seemed like she was the only one working the tables. They must be short staffed. There was another lady carving the meats and a guy putting out clean dishes and cups.

They don't have any music playing, so you can easily hear people talking around you. It was not too bad though. The floors are carpeted and someone spilled a topping on the floor by the dessert buffet and it was a huge mess. The ice cream was being used so much it was more like a shake texture then ice cream. So eating a cone is pointless.

As far as the food buffet, there were lots of great options and I loved trying every hot entree. I don't think you could even try all the cold ones cause there are tons of them!

The chicken noodle soup was so yummy, thin noodles and lots of chicken.

The salad bar was stocked full of fresh veggies and there were lots of cold salads (macaroni salad, and other toppings)

The meats I tried seemed to all be flavored the same... ribs and fresh polish sausage tasted very similar.

There were lots of great dining options so I am sure even the most pickiest people would find something they like!

I think this restaurant is good to come to maybe once a year when your craving polish foods, I cannot see myself coming here regularly. They only had potato pierogi, it would be nice to have other pierogi flavor options. They were good but not the best I have ever had.

If your in the area I would definitely recommend dining here at least once. You will not be disappointed!

Food was great, service was top notch.
Best buffet in town. Plenty of old school items.
5 stars from me.
The Lounge was also great.

Love this place. I come here a few times a month. Service is always great, food is always fresh, and it's very clean. I like the old school pink walls

Bland and unexciting. I understand they cater to a mostly older clientele, but Polish food is very flavorful. Everyone was very nice though.

The place has not really changed in many years, and that is a good thing. We took our friends here for a nice meal out. The foods are fantastic and as delicious as we remembered. The buffet is clean and fresh plates come as soon as you finish.
Our server was very good and was doing at count at least three jobs. We enjoyed the foods and the company too. We stopped at their house afterwards for dessert cake and gifts time.

Good food good service nice old place to eat. Found this place outside of Chicago. Any time in the area, I will stop in to eat.