Unique Food Attitudes

This is our go-​to when my husband and I are looking for a hearty home cooked meal. My husband is Polish and it’s his favourite place for Polish food in the city. The menu is short but all the options are delicious. I’m a huge fan of the goulash with potato pancake and pierogies and I highly recommend the soups. Service is always quick and friendly. No liquor license unfortunately but that’s ok. It’s not in the nicest location but when inside it has a great crisp and modern atmosphere and it’s small and cozy too. Highly recommend checking this place out!

If you are ever near London, Ontario, you need to make time to go here for lunch or dinner. We stopped for lunch and were thoroughly impressed with the food, service, and cleanliness of the restaurant. My entire family loved it. They redefined my perception and appreciation for goulash. I previously thought is was a horrible dish quickly prepared by someone wearing a hair net for school students. I was wrong. My gorgeous wife had the cabbage rolls and loved them. The only downside was that parking wasn’t clearly marked. Don’t let the discourage you from checking this place out.

Agnes said it best «It’s so fluffy, I’m gonna die!» She may have been talking about a toy unicorn, but potato… pierogi. Perfect little pillows of light fluffy yum. I’ve been trying to go to UFA FOREVER but the odds were never in my favour until last Saturday afternoon. My increased motivation was spurred by an off hand comment in a FB group about their Polish Poutine. Say what now? Pierogies, goulash and cheese. Yep, sold! I don’t think I’ve had a better made and tasty pierogi in my lifetime. Such yum, much good. The goulash’s beef was a bit tough but it didn’t detract from the full flavour of the poutine at all. My side salad choice was mizeria aka cucumber salad. It’s a simple dish — cucumber and sour cream — but it makes my heart happy as it is a family favourite.
We also had to try a cabbage roll. It is very big. The rice/​meat ratio is a bit different than I’m used to, as Alida R mentioned, but it’s an old school family recipe and wasn’t altered for our meaty palettes. I also found the sauce a bit too «tomato soup-​y» (sweeter than expected) but mixed with the roll made it better. Overall, a tasty sample.
I live a stone’s throw from this place so I shall return very soon for those tasty pillows of light fluffy yum. Maybe try another filling. But that poutine is so amazing, I’m pretty sure I heard Agnes yelling her approval as we departed.

The good was delicious and the prices were reasonable. The service was also very good.

Delicious food at reasonable prices, and the owner is very nice.

Food is very fresh. Portions just perfect leaves you room to try there homemade desserts Food was excellent and service friendly. Prices are very reasonable. Only thing I would say that the 6 o’clock closing time is a little early. But highly recommend trying this restaurant. Ample parking. Will return for sure. Perogies are amazing. Cabbage rolls very nice.

Unique Food Attitudes is perhaps the strangest name for a restaurant that I’ve encountered. But don’t let that deter you, because it’s my favorite restaurant I’ve found in London in the two months I’ve been here so far.
The most surprising thing about Unique Food Attitudes is the upscale, modern, polished interior. The prices and food quality are what you’d expect at a typical hole-​in-​the-​wall ethnic food place, but the atmosphere is what you’d expect at a trendy city bistro in LA or New York.
The menu is small and seems to consist mostly of pretty traditional Polish food — things like goulash, meat cutlets with cabbage salad, stuffed cabbage rolls, and of course pierogis. Perhaps surprisingly for an Eastern European restaurant, there are a good number of vegetarian options, too!
I tried a blackboard special of one cabbage roll and four pierogis. The presentation of the food was delightful, with an adorable little plate for the sour cream and slick-​looking white china dishes. I had my choice of pierogi fillings, and picked the potato and cheddar, which were great (although served on the lukewarm side; they could have been hotter.) The cabbage roll was quite large. I’ve had stuffed cabbage in the past with a stuffing that’s maybe ⁶⁰⁄₄₀ meat/​rice; this one was probably ²⁰⁄₈₀ meat/​rice. But the flavor was great.
My guy tried the krokiety, which were like pan-​fried crepes (sort of like egg rolls) filled with a mushroom/​cabbage mixture. It was served with borscht, which (unlike most borscht I’ve had) was a thin broth without any «stuff» in it. The flavor was fantastic; I want to figure out how to make it myself!
We made an impulse buy of a Polish donut with custard. It was delicious, although there wasn’t actually very much filling in it. Recommendation: if you get it to go, throw it in the microwave for a few seconds to make it warm/​less dry.
Entrees range from $ 9.50 — $ 15. They also serve breakfast sandwiches and coffee in the morning.
There’s metered parking on the street; if you park on English street a little ways down, you can park for an hour for free. That should be enough time; we visited on a weekday at around noon and the place was packed, but we were still in and out in under an hour.
One big way in which Unique Food Attitudes could improve: they should hire another person for the lunch rush. One poor frazzled guy was manning the cash register, taking care of take-​out orders, and providing waiter service to the entire restaurant. This guy was impressed; he remained attentive, friendly, and professional in spite of being obviously overworked. But it meant that we had to wait for quite a while to take our order; it would be a more pleasant customer experience to have another staff member.

Absolutely amazing food and service. This is a true gem of a place. I love the perogies, the potato pancales and the red celery salad.
The apple pancakes for desert are to die for.
One of my favourite places in London

A good place for a quick, hearty meal! I had the goulash/​potato pancake & didn’t realize that it would be goulash on top of a potato pancake. It was pretty awesome though. Also tried the meat perogies — not as big a fan of these, but the perogie dough itself was of good quality. I suspect that the cheese/​potato perogies would be much better. Will definitely be back to try more things on the menu!

Wonderful lunch location. Perfect portion on the smaller side. Great and clean environment. Great service from friendly staff. Food is good, I like all items I’ve had on the menu. It’s at probably the worst block of the city but the restaurant itself is always clean inside out with nice flowers in the summer. They also have outside seating not sure if still have them.

Had a wonderful lunch, perogies were fresh and tastey and so was the coffee and a lovely dessert! Don’t be afraid of the location, be brave support new options so that the area will flourish! this is London, Ont what’s to be afraid of!!! We will definitely be back can’t wait to try breakfast crepes.

The cabbage rolls are amazing. We had the meat perogies which were also fantastic. The owners were really nice and the service was excellent on a busy Easter weekend.