Went to Old Town yeasterday for dinner, I spent the whole night in the bathroom. Â I had the Sour Crout Pierogi. Â I don't know what the problem was, perhaps the sourcrout was old but not very impressed at all. I've been there before and same experiance without getting sick, so I'm not going back again.
Review Source:I don't understand how a restaurant can be in business for 20 years and only have 10 reviews. Â Here, let me make it 11.
Not being familiar with Lemont eateries, I trusted my fellow yelpers to point me in the right direction. Â Once again, they came through. Â It is definitely NOT Â American food.
It is sort of Polish with a twist.
It is a small, intimate, place: Â 11 booths and 6 tables, 2 of the tables were set up for 6. Â Wood ceiling and plenty of ethnic decor. Â Home cooked, family recipes, can't go wrong. Â If you don't like the way it is offered, they will prepare it to your specifications. Â Once my husband got over the color of the gravy for his Sauerbraten, he slopped up every bite. Â And the best part, dessert is included with your meal.
Our server, Martin, was very attentive and answered all our questions, and his beer recommendation ~ a BIG success.
From the bread basket to the kolacky, everything was delicious.
This is a nice restaurant. It was empty and quiet during the winter Sunday afternoon when we stopped by, which made it even more relaxing. We got the pierogies (a platter of meat, cheese (sweet cheese), sauerkraut, and potato) and they were excellent. The food and bill came quickly, the hostess and waitress were friendly, and overall it was an enjoyable experience.
Review Source:Old Town is a little gem of a restaurant tucked away in Lemont, IL. From the outside, the place doesn't look like much, but step inside and enter Eastern Europe. Not Soviet-style Eastern Europe, mind you, but the kind of cozy, wood-paneled place one would find in Krakow or elsewhere in that part of Europe.
Everything I've tried here is delicious. Personally, I think the Stuffed Cabbage, Hungarian Goulash, and the Pierogis are winners, but you can't go wrong with either the Polish or German Combination plates (I haven't tried the Lithuanian plate yet). Don't forget the bread dumplings!
If I wanted to die early of a heart-related disease like all of my Polish/German ancestors, I'd come here all the time, but alas, it cannot be so. Even still, I highly recommend a trip to Old Town for some fantastic Eastern European cuisine in an authentic setting.
It's nice to get together with old friends, and though the Old Town Restaurant is a new friend, a former teaching colleague picked this spot to meet for a catch up on things kinda lunch.
With her directions, and my sense of adventure, I said great ... and wound up on the Black Partridge Forest Preserve ... which had I been dressed differently would be what I would be reviewing.
Nonetheless, after storming a canal, I arrived in this wonderful, neat looking town and at this equally sweet looking restaurant. Totally charming. It smelled good too!
Old Town is about eating European and when they brought on the menus I found quite a few choices and super prices for not only the lunch, but dinner options.
My friend decided on the Budapest potato pancake (which I later found was like what I would call a goulash), and it was a goulash, but with a pancake. I picked the Stuffed Cabbage. They were both around 11 bucks. Â
Not to be outdone by other "European" venues, the Old Town Restaurant offered quite a bit with the meal. This included great soup, a choice from a variety of spuds (or bread dumplings), beets, sauerkraut, or sweet/sour cabbage. They also have a salad bar, though I'm not sure if that would have been included.
Massive portions and our lunch entrees were massively mouthwatering. I got a taste of that Budapest goulash (very good) and I really enjoyed the Stuffed Cabbage ... their version had the "stuffing" with a tomato sauce.
Old Town has a decent selection of beer and wine, and their coffee was decent too.
We took our kolacky's to go, and simply waddled out.
Not only was the food great, but the place is cozy and classic for this type of food. And the service was friendly and almost subliminal.
My time driving aimlessly around Lemont was rewarded with a new friend in the Old Town Restaurant. Nice!
A nice surprise in historic Lemont! Â The outside of this place is pretty unremarkable--walk inside and it's a little bit of Europe. Â Nice selection of hearty eastern European fare. Â Don't expect a gourmet experience but the food I had was quite good. Â When I got the bill, I couldn't believe how inexpensive this place is!
Review Source:As someone who enjoys Eastern European type of foods (German, Polish, Slovenian, etc) I am always looking for new places to go. Â My mom wanted to take me out to dinner for my birthday and I found this place, Old World Restaurant, as a place I'd never been to nor heard of . Â Not knowing what to expect we decided to give it a try.
The food there is excellent. Â My mom had the portabello mushroom schnitzel and I tried their Black Forest Schnitzel....both very good and tasty. Â Mine was a pork cutlet stuffed with a mushroom sauce on a bed of dumplings...my moms was portabello mushroom dish (which looked great). Â Then my brother decided to try the pork chops which also looked delicious. Â
Each dinner came with the choice of soup (we all had beef noodle which looked like Mrs. Grass's but was still good) and side (cucumber salad, beet salad, or sauerkraut) and dessert (all they had was a peach coffee cake which was a bit dry).  They also have  a full bar in the back of the restaurant which has an interesting selection of domestic and imported beer. Â
I will definitely come back and try another dish (maybe something Polish or Lithuanian) perhaps around the holidays. Â Its a smaller restaurant so there is a more intimate feel to the place (unlike a place like Szalas) and they have all kinds of trinkets and pictures from Germany and Poland.
So, my friends wanted to eat after a trip to the Hindu Temple (not all in our party were fond of Indian food) and it was too rainy for a picnic, so we decided to go check out Old Town Restaurant.
Before we ordered, we were brought some frybread. I've never seen this before(at a German restaurant), but it was very tasty!
I had the Black Forest Schnitzel with some sauerkraut and the liver dumpling soup. The kraut and soup were really good and the schnitzel was AWESOME 'cause it was stuffed with mushrooms. (I've had better spaetzle tho.)  Also, the dinner came with desert, so I had  the chocolate cake. The cake was very unexpected, almost like fudge with a graham cracker-crust and topped with walnuts. I liked it.  I also had a glass of Riesling and I was happy with the quality.
Now, mind you, over the past year I've happened to eat at about 5 German restaurants, so I'm only judging the German food. (I can't speak to Hungarian, Lithuanian or Polish, cause that's not my specialty.) I've also eaten  Wienerschnitzel mit  Spaetzle in Germany, and so I can be a bit of a tough audience sometimes. It is my favorite dish.
I can say without reservation that this was the best Schnitzel I've had all year. I was disappointed with the spaetzle, as it was kinda watery and soft. Â The gravy over the top was very yummy.
A nice thing I noticed is that for those of you watching your carbs, they had schnitzel served over portabello mushrooms, which my friend seemed to really enjoy.
I was a little disappointed that the sandwiches weren't available on the weekend. Also, I was NOT impressed with the choices of beer.
Also, FYI, if you go as a group, they will NOT do separate checks. When we asked, the waitress just walked away and left one on the table for us.
New Info Jan 2013:
I celebrated my 60th birthday at the Old Town with 40 people. Â Everyone had an awesome time. Â Our wait staff were attentive and put up with our rowdiness. Â 2 Polish waitresses even sang Happy Birthday in Polish to me. Â I brought in my own cake. Â Our food was heavenly as usual.
Previous review still stands:
Oh My Goodness is this place D-I-V-I-N-E! Â Eastern European food - home-made, luscious, flavorful. Â
Polish, Lithuanian, Hungarian, German: Â goulash, sausages, pierogis, sauerkraut, homemade bread, tartar sauce, soup. Â The chicken noodle soup is like golden sunshine in a bowl. Â The Hungarian goulash is just slightly hot - you feel it in the back of your throat; Â the beef melts in your mouth.
All this in downtown adorable, picturesque Lemont. Â It really isn't too far to go to. Â I swear. Â
OK - I am Slovak and was raised on this food, but my German-food hating Irish husband actually loves this place too. Â They always have fresh pan-fried fish that will knock you out.
My only negative comment is that their desserts are lousy. Â Pound cake that is too dry; kolackies that are worse than Jewel Food Stores' kolackies. Â I don't know what this is about, but after eating all the food they give you, you don't have room anyway.
If it's Polish/Bohemian/German food your looking for, this is your place.
Authentic Polish Highlander atmosphere with a folk music background music makes this my ideal spot for a cold winter lunch or dinner. The stuffed cabbage plate with potato dumplings, sauerkraut and beef noodle soup is my recommendation. I'm picky about kolacky, so I had the (real) blueberry coffee cake for desert which is not spoiled by tons of sugar and fake blueberry paste...As far as other choices, our friends had the breaded pork tenderloin and said it was hands down the best they've had. If you can't decide or it's your first time, the ace in the hole is the Polish plate.
Delish!
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