Blue Danube - Windsor, Ontario

Appears to be permanently closed. Went by recently to find a message redirecting mail and a kitchen supply auction message. A shame, I would have liked to go one last time.

One of the only places to get good schnitzel in Windsor. Not cheap though and the dumplings are often watery. It's hit or miss. Sometimes it's amazing and I question why we don't go more often then we go back and it's just not that good.

Great Hungarian food! Owners retired after 30+ years on September 11, 2016 and closed the doors. It will be sadly missed.

In 1989, I had the absolute worst pizza ever at a mother's pizza in New Market, Ontario. An experience that I tell friends about some 27 years later. That experience was beaten handily today at the Blue Danube Hungarian restaurant on Ottawa St in Windsor. Mind you, I am not a ... foody.. I eat fast food and am not a fussy person. So, here is my review. A tiny, watery cabbage roll soaked in bland gravy with water-logged meat that resembled sawdust and tasted like chicken Bologna. 3 raw perogies that tasted like the frozen ones at the supermarket, cooked in water with slimy onions. Portions of food covered less than 20% of the plate size. The bread served at the beginning of my stay was ok, but the house dressing on the salad was 1 tsp of ranch diluted with a quarter cup of water.. The dressing basically looked like leafy salad with skim milk poured on it. The breaded fried broccoli we had for starters was maybe ok, to bland. The dip, again was tasteless and watered down like dipping in milk. Too bad, because the lady who served us was very polite, but a bit slow. Overall, I found myself feeling instantly "heartbroken and insulted" At the first sight of the main dish, as this was supposed to be my father's day treat from my wife. I personally would rather eat a regurgitated mcdouble in retrospect. Sad :( Read more

Decided to take my wife out for dinner and I was in the mood for some eastern european food that night, so I checked the reviews on the Blue Danube and they were pretty decent. When we went in the place looked like no one was in there. Wait staff ... (looked like the owners) turned the lights on and started playing music. Waitress was nice at the beginning. Took our order and we started off with fried perogies and battered broccoli & cauliflower. The perogies were nothing that stood out. More on the greasy side. The broccoli & cauliflower were very bland and no seasoning and was very mushy (like they have been frozen and than thawed out). After the appetizers my wfie got cabbage rolls and dumplings and I opted for the Hungarian goulash. The goulash was not that pleasant. There was nothing that made it stand out. The beef was tender and that was the only thing in the dish worth eating. In the kettle there was only 3 pieces of potatoe and maybe a half dozen or so pieces of celery. The flavor was bland. Did not taste the paprika. The meal tasted like a watered down version of beef stew (bad version at that) as there was no seasoning at all. On to the cabbage rolls with dumplings. My wife has a love for cabbage rolls but with this meal that might have turned her off. Not once have we ever come across a meal that is so revolting we wouldn't feed it to our dogs. The plate is brought out and there are 2 cabbage rolls and dumplings but the cabbage rolls were underneath this thick brown gravey mixture and the smell was not that pleasant.When she cut into the rolls the meat was slightly undercooked and she stopped right there since it was pork in it we didn't run the risk. The dumplings were cold and bland and very sticky (very glutinous). We stopped eating right then and there. We took the bill and wanted to pay and the waitress asked us how our meal was and my wife explained and she said "well maybe you're not used to european food" and we both were like "no we have eaten at many european restaurants..." and we also informed that I cook my grandma's recipies from Poland and Germany and nothing tastes like what we tasted that night. She then asks my wife what nationality she is and she advises that she's "Irish and English" and she said she was surprised as she said "you look Romani" and we are thinking as to why she said that she looked like she was a Gypsie. Needless to say we will not be venturing back to this place ever again, unless the show "Kitchen Nightmares" or "Restaurant Impossible" come in and spruce it back to life. Read more