Pod Samsonem

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Pod Samsonem

  • August 16, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by mightywease from Carshalton, United Kingdom
We went to Pod Samsonem on our first night in Warsaw. It is an attractive restaurant with a rustic feel to it - decorative lamps and glass bottles on shelves, white walls with old-fashioned sepia prints, strings of garlic in the window.

The staff were friendly, the food good, it is in an ideal position on a street running between the Old Town Market Square and New Town Square and it seemed popular with both visitors and locals.


We had

Starters:-
Egg and Onion Salad Mix
Ham
Bread

Main Courses:-
Pork Loin Cheese and Rice
Three Types of Fish with Potatoes
Salad of cabbage, leek and onions

Drinks:_
2 beers and 1 espresso

Total costs (including tip):- 80 zloty (approx. £14.00/$27.00)

From journal Winter in Warsaw

Pod Samsonem

  • September 29, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by sknight_co from Littleton, Colorado
In Old Town, this is a very popular and inexpensive restaurant. Cuisine includes German and Russian influences with plenty of pierogies, cabbage and beet dishes. The roast pork with forest mushrooms is quite tasty. Service is polite if sometimes stretched thin, and the decor is folksy. They also serve red, blue and green beer. Intrigued? The Poles came across the brilliant idea of putting syrup in their beer glasses, making a cross between a beer and a snow cone. Just enough to give flavor without being overly sweet, in raspberry, blueberry, and I have no idea what green is. They also have outdoor seating for warm nights.

From journal Unexpected character

Pod Samsomem

  • July 4, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by viajera67 from New York, New York
Pod Samsomem

Highly recommended in Let's Go Eastern Europe I decided to try Pod Samsonem on a narrow street between the Old and New Town Squares. The restaurant touts Jewish Style (but not kosher) Polish food at reasonable prices, and this is just what I got. Though the inside is adorned with photos depicting Jewish life in pre-WWII Warsaw, I decided to sit at one of the tables outside, where gazed at the church across the street. In another stroke of luck, there was a wedding about to start at the church, and we all cheered as the bride and groom arrived in a very festively decorated VW Beetle.

Feeling adventurous, I decided to try the Carp - Jewish Style and the Jewish Caviar (which I already knew to be chopped liver) with a nice cold beer. I immediately recognized the Carp dish when it was served to me as what's commonly known in New York as gefilte fish. It was much better than any I had ever tasted however, probably because they didn't need to follow the Passover guidelines of leaving out bread, or who knows what else. After just two appetizers and a beer, one might think I would walk away hungry, but I couldn't even finish what I had (enough for Sampson himself!) The bill, however, was more than digestible, at under $10, including tip.

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