Sebi’s Bistro

I crave these cabbage rolls with their delicious sauce and a side of the best sauerkraut I have ever tasted. The cheese crepes are also yummy. Nice people and a great ambiance

We went there for dinner for my Mom’s birthday, she’s been craving cabbage roll.
It was the first time for us to go there. We ordered the Cabbage roll, mushroom and sauerkraut pierogi, and kielbasa platter. I love my pierogi, it has good flavor and not doughy. while my nephew loves his sauerkraut.
The place is very homey and has good ambiance.
Absolutely will go there again someday.

The best food ever!!! I love mushroom and cheese pierogi and breaded pork shnitzel. Cabbage rolls are amazing too!

I had a really great experience here, I sat at the bar with some friends, and chatted with the friendly staff before an outing. We had a few drinks, some of them ate, everything was fantastic. It’s a completely different feeling when you walk into a restaurant to meet a bunch of people that you can tell really truly enjoy what they do. Maybe that is what sets this place apart. They have a great beer selection including Hofbrau on tap which you do not find often. I will definitely be returning to try some of their plates and more of these vodka’s I have not previously heard of. I am also told they still have all the pizza oven’s from the former pizzaria and make some great pizza.

Wonderful service the moment we walked In. Food came quickly and the atmosphere of the restaurant was very lovely. I had the hunters stew and it was good just not as stew like as I was hoping. My boyfriend had the polish platter which was very good and both dishes presently very nicely. I hope this place sticks around so I can go back and try more.

First visit to Sebi’s Bistro this evening — three stars overall, the extra star was for the really nice bartender/​host and our Mill Creek-​based waitress who was working really hard covering all those tables with an upbeat demeanor.
Friday evening traffic on I-​5 South was a pain, but once at the U-​District/​Eastlake destination, there was ample street parking in the vicinity of the restaurant.
We were greeted, seated, handed menus and water with lightning fast speed. The bar and main dining room were mostly full. Smelled great and the atmosphere definitely had a relaxed, welcoming feel. Couples, groups, families, folks of all ages — lots of animated conversation and large screen TVs. Lots to keep your attention while you’re waiting for your food to arrive after orders were taken.
Not the place though if you’re ravenous, because it took awhile to get our entrees. Should have ordered an app or salad to start just to take the edge off. However, once the platters came out — goodness that’s a lot of food! We had enough bits of this and that, the takeout box even fed our kiddo when we got home. Can’t rush quality and clearly there was a lot of attention to detail once served.
The husband had a Polish lager, Okacim ($ 6), which had a malty and hoppy finish.
He also ordered a cup of the Red Borscht Soup (Barszcz, $ 4) which was an assertive broth with tiny mushroom-​filled uzska. For the main entrée, he had the Polish Platter ($ 15) which included: a cabbage roll (Golabkl), two of each pierogi (cheese, meat), sauerkraut, and Polish kielbasa. This evening featured the wedding kielbasa which contained smoked pork. This was very flavorful, lean, and not greasy like the commercially made ones. The sauerkraut, made with cabbage, red onion, roasted peppers, and vinegar was a big hit.
I had the Schnitzel Platter ($ 20) which had all of the items from the Polish Platter, but had an added schnitzel (breaded pork loin). I had flavor and texture issues, but that’s just my subjective newbie opinion. I’m not well-​versed with Eastern European style cuisine, but for a first try this was quite the variety to sample.
Perfection for me would have been just sticking with the wedding kielbasa, the mustard condiment they served, some cheese, some fruit, and good artisan chewy bread.

The service was friendly and there was a really nice atmosphere about the place. Happily, the food was also tasty and I found this to be one of the more affordable restaurants around Eastlake. I’ll definitely be going back for pizza and pierogies.

I found this place because of a Groupon offer a while ago. My husband is from Western NY. Pretty big Polish population there, which means a lot of food we don’t have out here. I bought the Groupon as a gift for my husband. a little taste of home.
He loved it!
I haven’t tried a whole lot here yet, but I can say without a doubt, the pierogies are great. My favorite! I usually get those and a tuna melt. Though they don’t have the melt anymore, which makes me sad. My husband gets a little of everything to try and we like to bring friends here for a little something different. I just wish they were a little closer to our house so we could go all the time.
Always great food and service.

Really bad — this is the type of place that ends up on Kitchen Nightmares. I tried the pierogies and really wish that I hadn’t. They tasted as if they were made far in advance and reheated before serving. The ones I got were with meat and the meat was extremely dry and almost like baby food-​like in terms of texture. In the end, I sliced open some of them open and surgically removing the filling to eat just the dumpling. I tried the borscht soup as well and it was depressing. A thin, watery-​tasting base that was far removed from the cup of borscht I originally fell in love with at Ukrainian Village in Vancouver, BC. The one saving grace of the meal was the sausage (kielbasa). juicy and delicious. The mountain of sauerkraut that it sat on, however, was basically one big pile of mush, though I can’t speak to its authenticity.
All in all, the food here really tastes like they are cutting corners. I don’t doubt that their heart is in the right place, but the food needs to follow. If this is Seattle’s «best» Polish food as their website advertises, I’m scared to try even the second-​best.

Six dollar pierogis on Mondays!
This place is adorable– it has this really nice, homey feel. It’s right off of University Bridge. I went on a Monday night at around 5:30, and it was almost empty. I ordered a plate of mushroom pierogi– yum! They were wonderfully buttery, and full of mushroomy goodness. I was pleasantly full, and all while spending less than ten dollars. Definitely good for a college student’s budget.
The only thing not so great about this place is the location– the noise from the bridge is quite overwhelming (but you can’t hear it once you’re inside). Also, the area might not be the greatest to be in after dark. Otherwise, Sebi’s is definitely worth a visit!

Went in on a Monday due to ½ price perogi’s, it was about 5pm and the place was empty except for a few people at the bar. Was greeted by a nice gentleman and was offered a tasty beer right away while I waited for the rest of my party to arrive.
I ordered the Perogi plate which had two meat and two potato perogi, 2 cabbage rolls and a Kielbasa. I really enjoyed the cabbage rolls and even though I am not a fan of the prepackaged grocery Kielbasa crap I did enjoy Sebi’s. The perogi’s were ok, the meat one was a little dry but perhaps its just the older stuff being used to promote ½ price Mondays.
I ordered some cabbage rolls and perogi’s to go so I could bring my loved one home some dinner. They only charged me ½ price on the to-​go perogi’s which is a nice surprise even though I believe just like happy hours it should be consumed on site.
Over all had a wonderful time with great service and delicious food. I would highly recommend Sebi’s and want to come back to try the German dishes they have.

Finally. Food from home. Pork Cultlets (Schnitzel) are excellent. Couldn’t be more proud of having a tried and true Polish establishment.
I pass on their Bigos because mine is better but their Pierogi’s especially the meat, I can’t replicate, I don’t even come close with how they feel like home. They are also a pain in the ass to make from scratch which you can tell Sebi’s does, it’s a labor of love and it shows.
However, if you don’t make your own Bigos, it is a must for any Atkins/​Paleo sufferer as it is a dish essentially made of meat and complex (veggies) carbs.
The place is the Polish hospitality you know it to be, big portions and big drink. They tell you how much they love you through food.
dziękuję!

Very fresh Polish /​German food. Ordered the cabbage rolls and schnitzel and both were perfect. You can tell the sauerkraut is made fresh. Enjoyable experience.

As a half Polish girl who loves Polish food but has no clue how to make it, I always look forward to my visits to the east coast. I get as much pierogi as I could possibly eat whenever I go visit family. Unfortunately there just isn’t a very large Polish community in Seattle, and so far the only place I’ve found that serves pierogi is the Polish Home. So, when I heard from some random drunk people at a bar about Sebi’s I immediately bookmarked it on Unilocal as I place I needed to try out. Today I looked up their menu online and saw that they had a special on Mondays for 50% off their pierogi. It seemed a bit like fate, seeing as how today is Monday, so I drove there to go try out their pierogi. I had planned to get some to go and just eat them at home, but unfortunately found out that the deal is only offered if you stay and eat there. Luckily the waitress was very friendly and the food came out fast. Though they didn’t have the option to have fried pierogi, only boiled. Also, I asked for half potato and half meat, but ended up with only two potato. In conclusion, the pierogi were slightly better than those I’ve purchased frozen at QFC, but not nearly as good as any I’ve had in a restaurant. I also wish they offered more flavors and dessert pierogi. For now it seems I’ll just have to go back to waiting until the next time I go to the east coast or go buy overpriced pierogi from the Polish Home to get some decent pierogi.

Absolutely incredible food at reasonable prices. Sebi’s bills itself as Polish food, but it has a lot of German favorites, too, which are pretty hard to get anywhere else. The Friday /​Saturday night special, Gypsy Stew, comes with perfectly seasoned and fried potato pancakes. Sauerkraut seems to be made in house, and the beets are fresh. Pretzel tots are a can’t miss to start, and really encourage you to drink a beer with every course.
Bar has the feel of a Polish kitchen, a nice touch that really adds to the ambiance. Plenty of room for those who would like to down some food bar-​side.
Beer offering go from Seattle standards to some more obscure brands – all of them go well with the menu, which tends to run (unsurprisingly) on the heavy side.
Good for groups (many large tables), or a couple who wants to get a taste of Poland without the 14-​hour flight. Unlike some European-​themed places, there’s no community seating at Sebi’s – you will get a private table, and that should make it easier for those people a bit put off by sharing a table with strangers.
Parking: a few curb places, and a lot across the street that looks like you are going off a cliff. But its free, and that’s a good thing in stingy Seattle.
Manager /​owner /​server /​bartender could not be more pleasant – he runs a tight ship to keep the orders and the taps flowing.
Will def return and highly recommend.

It’s hard to wax poetic about a cuisine that has a reputation for being as sexy as eating a bulk package of rice cakes and washing that all down with day-​old distilled water, but Sebi’s does Polish cuisine quite well.
I ended up here, because through some miracle of computer-​illiteracy, I’d purchased TWO Groupons for dining at Sebi’s — one for my Polish friend who goes all Pirates of Penzance over perogies (this was intended), and another for myself (totally unintended).
After calling virtually everyone in my address book to accompany me on my foray into the adventurous world of Polish dining I’d finally snagged an enthusiastic someone who would eat a pair of galoshes, provided they were seasoned with enough salt and pepper. With that abysmally low bar in mind, we set out to redeem my coupon for two perogi platters and two crêpe desserts.
On a weekday evening, the restaurant was quite empty, with the bar packed and only a few people dining. Next to us was an older couple who raved about the food, having just returned from Poland. Across the way was a lone (also older) diner, who seemed to enjoy her food. At the bar was the younger crowd, and our server was also quite young. This threw me for a loop, as I’d expected to be waited on a more Americanized version of Lech Walesa, pushing us to place an order for Sebi’s famous Kielbasa. However, we weren’t given any pressure to order more food, and our server was very hands off.
…as it turned out, ordering more food wasn’t necessary as our meat-​filled perogis (all 15 of them?) were so filling, we couldn’t finish them. The crepes had a cream cheese filling and jam-​like sauce, which wasn’t bad.
The restaurant has an ambiance that doesn’t harken to anything that might scream POLISH!!! — tables and décor tasteful and unpretentious and not in the country’s flag colors (Greek restaurants, I’m talking to you!), with nice pieces of art on the wall; music was curiously dance/​techno. Bar seemed to be filled with regulars. A little schizophrenic ambiance, but probably because the restaurant was trying to cater to a wide set of clientele. One downside — no parking lot and parking a little difficult to find.
It’s hard to make Polish food seem *interesting* to most, but a different dining experience for those of the *comfort food* set, who haven’t eaten for a week and are suffering from a carbohydrate deficiency. Besides the massive perogi platter, there are also pizzas, cabbage rolls, Schnitzel platter, Kielbasa (with or without perogis) — all of the Polish favorites I didn’t know existed. After dinner I quickly spiraled into a starch coma. Polish is perhaps not my first choice in cuisine… maybe not even second or third… but I’d consider stopping by again if in the neighborhood, or with my lone Polish friend.

I had the cabbage rolls which were not edible and cold in the middle. They tasted old, like they had been made a few days ago. My husband had the pierogies which were bland and not very good either.
Then menu was odd they had pizza along with only a few polish dishes and a lot of sandwiches.
Their beer list had a nice selection of German beer which was nice.
There is free parking in the lot across the street, although it’s hard to get to with the divider in the middle of the road.

Sebi’s Bistro was worth what I paid for it with a Groupon. If I’d paid the regular price, I might actually be mad.
The place was pretty deserted when we went in, aside from some seeming regulars at the bar. Maybe we just ordered the wrong menu items, but at a Polish place, my expectation for excellent pirogi seems reasonable, and Sebi’s did not live up to that expectation.
The cheese and potato pirogi was dry and boiled without any pan sauté to add a crispness to the outside and brown them. How you can boil something into dryness is beyond my comprehension. That said, they were edible, at least in my opinion, and the flavor was good, but I suspect laziness in the kitchen – prepping these things days or even weeks in advance and freezing them. At a normal price of $ 12 per plate, I would not be amused.
The dessert was ok, as well. Nothing spectacular. We had crepes filled with some sort of sweet cheese filling with a little bit of strawberry compote on the side. Fresh strawberries would have helped a lot. The crepes were a little bit on the slimy side and could’ve definitely stood for a new cooking procedure that does not involve boiling.
So all in all, Sebi’s is ok. But I probably won’t be back. My boyfriend couldn’t even eat the pirogi because of how dry it was and, although I liked it well enough to eat it, I’m not ok with spending $ 12 for pirogi that’s taken out of a freezer and boiled with a chef too lazy to even brown the outside in butter in a frying pan.

We went here on a groupon. Four meal deal: 4 plates of pierogi & 4 crepes for $ 28. A great deal, since each plate of pierogi costs $ 12 regularly. So we invited another couple for a double date night.
Parked right across the street at the old red robin, free parking, but please be careful there was all this shattered glass (restaurant can not be responsible for stolen items).
Walked in and was seated promptly due to our reservation. Restaurant seemed clean and very inviting. Servers were informative and clear with what the groupon meal was going to be. So you had a choice of either meat& bacon or cheese&potato, all four of us ordered the meat and bacon pierogis.
Plump little dumplings were delicious. Ask for hot sauce if you want some kick and spice! Dumplings had a hearty dough but generous filling of ground meat inside.
Makes me really want to come back to try the potato and cheese! And schnitzel sandwich!
I was too full for my dessert, but had a bite of it and it was a crêpe filled with cream
Cheese and chocolate with berries drizzled. Next time, I won’t order that specialty, but I was absolutely stuffed by the end. What a nice gem.

I’m kinda torn between a 3 and a 4. It was really not bad. I’m also comparing this to Polish Home Association (PHA) as these are the only two times I’ve had polish food. Came here with a group and we just shared everything. Good idea.
Food: The three things I really liked were 1) the Gypsy stew. Weird name. It’s slow cooked beef — which I LOVE! 2) We also got the Schnitzel Platter — so the «schnitzel» was pretty good. It’s a piece of breaded pork. 3) The Polish Sausage was also pretty good. I liked how it’s grilled so the edges are crispy. It was better than the one at PHA. As for everything else, it rated 0.5 star below that of PHA. Cabbage roll wasn’t very flavorful. Pierogi’s were just ok. The Potato Dumpling had so much dough. Very little filling. See picture. We got crepes to because of a Groupon deal. No bueno. The filling has no taste.
Prices: It’s a tad higher than PHA. $ 12 plate of pierogi which is similar, but the Schnitzel Platter was $ 20. Which is fine. I think prices are still reasonable.
Customer Service: This was better than PHA. The wait was forever (to get our food) at PHA, see earlier review. The service here was normal and our waitress was pretty nice. I asked a few questions since no one in our party has been here before and she was pleasant/​patient about it.
There is a wider selection than PHA and no long wait. For pierogies, I would go to PHA. But the things that were good at Sebi’s is pretty exclusive to just this place. Overall, these two places don’t vary too too much. Generous 4 star.