Bogusha's Polish Restaurant & Deli — Restaurant in Portland

FULL OF DISAPPOINTMENT! I was very excited to find that place and thought it would be a perfect place to get the food that brings you back home.

Don’t bother to ask the lady who works there (apparently she’s the owner) about the freshness of the food (I’m pregnant and my husband asked if the food is fresh and well done to make sure there is no undercooked meat). She told him that she’s in the business for 23 years and people who ask this are only Russians because their food is always bad and told him: “Go to Macdonalds!” She was acting very rude!!! I think it has something to do with race (my husband is Hispanic). I was on the phone with him and heard the whole conversation. I asked him to leave that store, despite the fact that I was craving this food... No one person deserves to be treated like this!

I don’t understand why they have so many great reviews. Probably majority of them are the owners friends and family.

Work harder on your attitude lady! It’s very sad to hear that you’re in the business for so long and still act extremely unprofessional !

Do I recommend you to go there? Try, but you’d better be polish if you want to be treated...

we love pierogi's so we called to make sure they were open and had pierogi's. but when we got there, the older woman behind the cash register refused to even look at us. She kept talking (in Polish) with another woman who kept staring at us disapprovingly. It is a very small, old looking interior, there were no other customers. we waited and waited. I have rarely felt more unwelcome somewhere. She would not smile or talk about the place, and was only in a hurry to get us out of there. I asked about potato pierogie and she reluctantly gave us an old sheet of paper with the list on it. She said "We only sell 10 at a time: frozen". I asked if people also eat them hot in the restaurant, and where do they sit. She answered "So do you want some?" I didn't want to upset my son, so I tried again to get her to talk: I asked about Kasimir Pulaski and she said "I never heard of him". I said he was a famous soldier celebrated in Poland and America and she said "Some people celebrate in New York..." Not sure why I still bought the pierogi: frozen lumps in a ziplock bag. They were decent pierogi when we got them home, but what a...

Simply FANTASTIC authentic polish food in a tiny, hole-in-the-wall restaurant/store. I felt like I was in Poland. Go in with the right mindset and attitude, pretending you are visiting Poland, and you will love it. But, go in expecting the atmosphere of some American chain restaurant with attentive table service and all the bells and whistles and you'll be disappointed. The charm and authenticity of this place, complete with the adorable, kerchief-wearing, thick accent, polish woman who owns the place, is unmatched.

Go! The Polish Platter is a winner, the Bigos is phenomenal. Both of us enjoyed our meals.

You may have to park around the corner but the walk...