ToTu Cafe

I was there just this Saturday , right after the River-dance show in Rosemont theater
and there was a birthday party with a dj , in lent it is unusual to see Poles dancing
but they had a good time , drinking and dancing
any-who , I was there with my friends and we ordered food - I got a kebob , and my friend got Zapiekanka - like pizza bread -
it was good - maybe not great , but good and the price was good too
it is a polish joint so some snobby Americans especially high-maintenance females from nothshore may feel " uncomfortable "
we all had fun although most did not drink %

I went there with my friends. It was thursday evening. Place was almost empty but we found our spot. It was dark spot but we lighted it up with some candles. Beer was good as always, tasty, polish in big jars. But we also ordered some food. After 20 minutes of waiting we received something different. And they said it is all they got right now. OK, but why we received it, should not they ask before serving? Finally we found long hair inside salad :(.Food was not fresh except fries. Go there if you want to get a beer but skip if you want to eat something!!!!...

Totu has some really excellent Polish food, but we won't be returning. I'm not sure if we arrived at an off time, but the only server was also running the bar, which was awkward and just made our group --the only ones in the dining room -- feel unwelcome. She spoke about as much English as we spoke Polish so I can let some of the service confusion slide, but honestly she missed out on some very basic things-- only serving one couple at a time, letting half the table have their food a full 15 minutes before the other half got our meals, etc.  

It seemed this place doesn't want to be a restaurant. We arrived at 7:30 on a Friday night, which seemed a reasonable dinner time for us. The food took *forever* and our server kept getting very, very confused. It took almost 45 minutes to settle our checks and we came very close to simply walking out.

That said, the food was really yummy. I had the Hungarian pancake and the goulash reminded me of my grandmother's. The pierogi were good but I prefer mine seared after they're boiled, and the potato pancakes were tasty. My husband's kebab was extremely overcooked. But the prices were fair and since we had a group of 6 friends, we were able to talk and visit during the long stretches of downtime.

Overall, good food couldn't save this place for us. It's a local bar; it's simply not a restaurant.