Lenas Pierogi House — Restaurant in Hubbard Township

More of a 3 1/2 star....

Hummm. This is a tough one. After all I had heard about this place and its "delicious" Pierogies, I finally gave them a try and was disappointed. Not by the price nor quantity/portion but the quality. That being said, I am very picky AND also come from Detroit where were have the suburb of Hamtramck, our own little Polish, German and Hungarian Central. I know this food well. (To bad Lena's doesn't have City Chicken)

Lena's is a small place, maybe 14 tables. There is no table service so you order at the counter and someone brings your meal and drink to you. There is a beverage cooler to the left of the register with a decent selection of prepackaged drinks. Service was friendly and helpful.

Both my friend and I ordered the stuffed cabbage with Haluski (theirs is made with dumplings, seemingly homemade, instead of noodles, which gave an interesting texture and an added weight). I ordered a side of french onion pierogies and Pam wanted to try the spinach and red pepper. Both our plates came out quickly.

Once arriving at the table, you couldn't help but notice the SIZE of the rolls! 2 of them and big as damn oranges! Impressive! Well more than the average person could eat. The haluski was a good portion as well. I was jealous that my friend had more, lol. The pierogies, 6 for $5 were average size.

Now, once we got settled and started it was immediate that we both said the same the thing: the cabbage rolls, GREAT BIG things that they were were bland and pretty flavorless and just this side of warm. Pepper was really needed as was an extra 10 minutes in the oven. It was hard to believe given how beautiful the rolls were to look at that they were blah in flavor. The haluski was decent tasting but needed a bit more "umph" as well. The pierogies, sadly, were flavorful but slighty gummy. Not super bad mind you, just a tad too much where they weren't pleasurable but they were filling. The spinach/red pepper one was pretty interesting. I wasn't impressed with the french onion version but we each have our own tastes.

All in all, for the portion size and price, $12, we can't complain BUT the flavors were really lacking. Yet you received enough food for 2 meals.

We both said the same thing, "decent and plentiful but not worth...

The food was very good. It is made fresh while you wait. The woman serving us on us was very nice but dont think she was very experienced as a server. I had to ask another server a few times to get our server. Our server, also, did not remove empty cans and dishes from our table during our meal which made the table a little crowded. The menu is limited since they are a new small business. They had a lot of Takeout orders and it took much longer to get our food and servers kept apologizing for it. We got there a little before 5 pm on a Friday night and there were only 2 couples there for a sitdown meal. Several people standing and waiting for Takeout. The seating is a little tight in the upper level. We were sitting in a booth and kept getting bumped in the back by the people behind us since it was a shared backrest (not sturdy enough). I highly recommend this place for the food if you are not in a hurry or want Takeout. I think that in time they will improve and may need a larger location eventually as this is a unique restaurant (the only competition would be...

Disappointed after all of those reviews. I don’t get how this place has so many stars. It must just be because the hostess is a gem. Those pierogis are not it. I could taste the dough in the areas it was half cooked. I got home and cooked them over because one fell apart. I felt like just mashing it all down at first because it was like loaded mashed potatoes instead of a pierogi. I like both boiled and friend pierogis so I’m not partial to a fried over boiled. I’m just upset those were basically loaded mashed potatoes. I forgot to take a pic because when I got home I fried them right on down but there are enough pics in reviews to see what you need. To each their own, but I’m not certain I would give this place a second try. Possibly in the future, but if it takes me 10 years from now to try it again, I...