My wife, my father in law and myself were there today to celebrate my father's in law 84 th birthday. We have been welcomed like family. The 2 hosts are very friendly and prepare an excellent Eastern European menu that includes the following dishes which we tried and enjoyed: the best schnitzels on this part of the ocean, not to say the pirogies, the spatzles, the chicken paprikash and the great sides: beet salad, caramelized onions, sautéed red cabbage. The bistro seats about 12 around 3 counters, but if one prefers, food can be boxed for take out. The 3 of us highly recommend this little jewel of restaurant on Innes road where genuine Hungarian and Polish dishes will delight everyone.
The Duna Bistro is a very welcome addition to our little community here in Blackburn Hamlet. The cooking is very tasty, the helpings generous and the prices reasonable. They have a very fine regular menu starring their featured schnitzel, of course, but also with regular Polish style pierogies, a smaller Russian variety ('pelmeni'), Hungarian goulash, cabbage rolls, bigos, plus side dishes of pureed beets, sauerkraut and so on.
Especially the owners go in for very interesting special dinners, including main dish, sides, soup, salad and dessert. We were enticed in the first place by their Christmas/New Year's roast duck dinner. The duck was terrific, and came with chestnut stuffing, red cabbage mashed potatoes with caramalized onions, etc. Then we tried their lovers' themed Valentine's Day dinner with quail, and more recently the Easter roasted boneless leg of lamb, served with an extremely good roasted melange of root vegetables, a couple of salads, soup and dessert.
Janine Marshall McDuff
+5
Duna Bistro is a gem! We had been looking for a restaurant in Ottawa that served good German schnitzel and spaetzle. We absolutely found it at Duna. Huge portions and delicious fresh ingredients for the sauces and sides. Although this is more of a take out place, you can eat in at the countertop seating (8 or 10 chairs) which we did having come in from the other end of the city. You won't be disappointed!
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