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Balaton
13133 Shaker Sq
Cleveland, OH 44120
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Main Menu
Appetizers
Fried Flat Bread
$5.00
served with soour-cream, and fresh garlic
Summer Stew
$7.95
with sausage our hungarian summer-stew, spicy at times
Stuffed Cabbages
$7.95
cabbage rolls made of fresh ground beef, pork and rice, over sauerkraut
Breaded Mushroom Heads
$7.95
breaded in hungarian batter, and with our homemade tartar sauce
Homemade Potato Pancake
freshly grated potatoes, our own seasoning, pan fried to a crisp
- 2 Pcs $7.95
Seasoned Feta - Cheeze
$8.95
seasoned hungarian feta bread-spread with onions, thrilling aroma
Veal-crepe Ala Hortobagy
thin crepe filled with ground veal, chopped mushroom, and seasoned light. served with paprikash gravy and sour-cream
- 1 Pcs $8.95
Family Appetizer
$16.95
choice of breaded chicken livers or breaded mushroom heads, stuffed cabbage, and potato pancake
Cold-cut Platter
$16.95
seasoned feta, three famous hungarian salami, and vegetables
Homemade Soups
Vegetable Soup
tuesday. light soup with carrots, celery, peas, cauliflower may have it with homemade dumplings
- Cup $2.95
- Bowl $4.95
- Large $5.95
Goulash Soup
wednesday. hearty soup made with tender chunks of beef and diced potatoes, simmered in a rich paprikash broth
- Cup $2.95
- Bowl $5.45
- Large $7.95
Soup Of The Day
thursday.
Navy Bean Soup
friday. navy bean soup with vegetables, and smoked sausages or large may choose hamhocks
- Cup $2.95
- Bowl $5.45
- Large $7.95
- Large May Choose Ham $9.95
Chicken Noodle Soup
saturday. filled with chunks of carrots, homemade noodles, and liver dumplings on request
- Cup $2.95
- Bowl $5.45
- Large $7.95
Soup Of The Day
sunday.
Salads
Tomato-pepper Salad
$3.95House Salad
$2.95
with our sweet & sour house dressing
Hungarian Cucumber Salad
$2.95Homemade Beet Salad
$2.95Sandwiches
served with salad
Wiener Schnitzel Sandwich
$9.95Chicken Schnitzel Sandwich
$8.95Porkchop Sandwich
$7.95Breaded Tilapia Sandwich
$7.95Meat-loaf Sandwich
$7.95Take Home
Our House Bread
- 2 Lb $5.00
Our House Salad Dressing
- 32 Oz. $6.00
- 16 Oz. $3.50
Our Chicken Paprikash Gravy
- 32 Oz. $6.00
- 16 Oz. $3.50
House Specialties
Wiener Schnitzel
which made us famous a generous cutlet of choice veal for a hearty appetite! in traditional batter and fried to a golden brown, served with applesauce, and speatzels
- Small $16.95
- Regular $21.95
Chicken Schnitzel
$17.95
boneless cut of chicken breast bathed in an old fashioned egg and bread crumbs batter, fried to a golden crisp
Gipsy Cotlet
$17.95
two slice of pork chops grilled with garlic, and paprika cream, and served with a mound of fried onion rings
Veal-crepe Ala Hortobagy
old recipe for veal-lovers. thin crepe filled withground veal, chopped mushroom, and seasoned light, served with paprikash gravy and sour-cream
- 2pcs $17.95
Classic Platters & Rotisseries
Hungarian Platter
$23.95
combination of stuffed cabbage, chicken or veal paprikash, and wiener schnitzel, comes with choice of side dish
Hungarian Woodplatter
the favourites from hungary, assorted in a most appetizing two person platter. veal, chicken, pork, sausage, bacon, with three side dishes. 2 pers
- 2-4 Pers. $52.95
Duck Roast
$21.95
first saturday of the month, one half roast duck served with steamed-red cabbage, baby-red potatowith parsley, or other side dish
Wurst Platter
$18.95
every friday & saturday, we make oven-roasted (hurka)
hungarian sausage & rice sausage, with yukon potatoes
and our own red cabbages.
Our Famous Hungarian Dishes
All Entrees Include Our House Salad, Fresh House Bread, And A Choice Of Homemade, Dumplings (speatzels), Or Mashed Potatoes, Or A Hungarian Style Rice Pilaf, Or French Fries
Veal Paprikash
veal tips with mushroom and hungarian sour cream sauce, served with dumplings
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Chicken Paprikash
served disjointed, specially prepared in our own gravy and served with choice of side dish
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Beef Goulash
lean beef tips prepared in lightly spiced hungarian sauce, and served with dumplings
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Szekely Goulash
tender pork tip with sourkraut, and our sour cream sauce, served with dumplings
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Stuffed Cabbages
cabbage rolls made of ground beef, pork and rice, served over bed of sourkraut and dumplings
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Hungarian Lecso
delicious stew of tomatoes, and hungarian yellow and banana peppers, simmered with onions, rice, and smoked sausage
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Breaded Chicken Livers
fresh chicken livers bathed in an old-fashioned egg batter, and rolled in breadcrumbs, fried to a golden brown, served with choice of side dish
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Breaded Porkchops
two large porkchops, breaded and seasoned, and fried, served with your choice of side
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Light Dinners
Breaded Tilapia
market fresh farm raised fish breaded in our home-made
batter, and served with ricepilaf and steamed vegetables
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Tilapia, Pan-seared
farm raised boneless fish in lemon-butter with garlic, scallions and white wine, served with rice-pilaf and steamed vegetables
- Small $13.95
- Regular $16.95
Pan-seared Chicken Breast
$16.95
seasoned flanks of chicken, pan-sered and served with
rice pilaf and/or steamed vegetables
Broiled Porkchops
$16.95
Two slices of seasoned chops, pan seared and served with rice pilaf and steamed vegetables
Vegetarian
Potato Pancake
three pieces, served with applesauce and/or sour cream
- 3 Pcs $13.95
Breaded Mushroom Heads
$13.95
served on a bed of rice pilaf, and with tartar sauce
Lecso With Dumplings
$13.95
our hungarian summer stew, spicy-hot at times
Mushroom Paprikash
$13.95
sauteed and cooked, champion and portobello mushrooms served with rice pilaf or speatzels
Side Orders
Homemade Dumplings Or Spaetzels
$3.95Homemade Rice Pilaf
$3.95Steamed Red Cabbages
$3.95Tomota -pepper Salad
$3.95Hungarian Cucumber Salad
$2.95Homemade Beet Salad
$2.95Kosher Dill Pickles
$2.95Homemade Mashed Potato
$2.95Cabbage-noodles
$6.95Cheese-noodles
- W/o Bacon $6.95
- With Bacon $8.95
Our House Bread
- (2 Lb) $5.00
House Salad Dressing
- (16 Oz) $3.50
- ( 32 Oz) $6.00
Chicken Paprikash Gravy
- (16 Oz) $3.50
- (32 Oz) $6.00
Desserts
Crepe Suzette
$3.50
choice of appricot, poppysead, walnut, or our own sweet cheese filling
Crepe Suzette Ala Gundel
$6.00
walnut ground and sweetened, raisins and orange peel rolled in crepe. showered with rum and set aflame
Hungarian Strudel
$3.50
a flaky pastry filled with either apple, cherries, peach, or sweet cheese
Dobosh Torte
$5.00
eight layers of rich cake, with seven layers of smooth creamy chocolate, covered with hard-caramel
Walnut Torte
$6.00
layers of walnut cream and light cake with ground walnut, all natural (please be aware if allergic to wallnut)
Napoleon
$5.00
a custard and whipped-cream delight between crusty upper and lower layers
Chestnut Cream Torte
$6.00
several layers of delightful walnut cake, filled with chestnut cream, and topping
Chestnut Puree
$6.00
mashed and sweetened chestnuts with vanilla, sugar and touch of rum, served with whipped-cream
Golden Dumplings
$6.00
Sponge-cake based with soft pudding & whipped-cream, raisin and spices, a touch of rum, chocolate sauce, walnut
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About Us
We have been serving Clevelander's and tourists coming to Cleveland since 1964. Balaton Restaurant in Cleveland is most famous for it's superb Wiener Schnitzel and a variance of that, the Chicken Schnitzel. Other fine offerings on the menu include: Stuffed Cabbages, Goulashes, and the Hungarian Lecso, a yellow paprika and tomato based summer stew, and of course Chicken Paprikash.