Rochester Restaurant Guide
Rochester Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Rochester restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Rochester just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Rochester, you've come to the right place.
Our Rochester restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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Palermo's is a wonderful Italian cafe. It's the 2nd location, the first being in Irondequoit which is known for its wonderful meat/ butcher shop and Italizn products. Guy goes out of his way to help. I never go anywhere else when I want great meat! Their fish fries are wonderful as well. We've us...
Palermo's is a wonderful Italian cafe. It's the 2nd location, the first being in Irondequoit which is known for its wonderful meat/ butcher shop and Italizn products. Guy goes out of his way to help. I never go anywhere else when I want great meat! Their fish fries are wonderful as well. We've us...
I must be the weird one.. I read the rewiews and couldn't belive the responses.. We took my son and his boys there for dinner, and it was above and beyond what I expected.. The boys enjoyed looking around outside while we were waiting to be served. My steak was wondewrful.. We also went there...
From the soups made from scratch, to the delicious entrees and desserts, Tip Top was a delight. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, and willing to help however they can. It was an enjoyable visit, we had sufficient quantities of food, and felt like we were members of their families.
Nice place to take the kids after a day at Ontario Beach Park. There were long lines but the service was fast and friendly so it didn't take long. Would visit again but not if it was next to a Hagan Daz ice cream store. ;)
Great diner! Donna is a great server. Starts when you walk thru the door, mmmmm, with a bittersweet ending. Great food, little cost. Just look at that ham!
The goodness is in the bread. This is one of the greatest places for a classik true sub. Be sure to ask for you bread to be buttered and toasted. I got the smoked turkey which was great. Go there, the goodness is in the bread!
This is a great family style Italian restaurant in Rochester. The portions are large and you never feel rushed when dining there. The staff is helpful and courteous without hovering. I always have food to take home after eating there. Delicious Italian food with lots of menu options.
This place has has the best Dominican food in the greater Rochester Area. Besides great food they have friendly service. My favorites are the Mangu (mashed plantain) with Roasted Pork. Their Pork stew is to die for. Their steak with onions is very tasty as well. Actually there is nothing these cooks...
Giovanni’s Trattoria 4768 Lake Ave Rochester NY, 14612 On Saturday my girlfriends and I headed out for an early dinner. We had heard that Giovanni’s had opened in Charlotte and excitedly anticipated a new restaurant endeavor. We arrived ~4:30pm, the sign read open but the door was locked...
This is a deli/diner so ambience is not there. People are friendly and nice. Chicken wings were delicious.
Food is good, most of the time unfortunately however the fish pond in the middle causes quite an unpleasent aroma.
Not even 1 star does this place deserve. We held my mother's 80th birthday there yesterday. The place was filthy dirty both inside and out. The food was disgusting beyond belief and almost unedible....the bisque (if that is what it is called) was devoid of any seafood whatsoever, the broccoli was mu...
food is excellent!!!
Good diner food. Very good breakfasts, Burgers are very good. Jan & Jen are two of the best waitresses you'll ever get. Peter makes terrific home fries. Prices are quite reasonable.
The food here is a small step above other buffets in the area. The place was clean and the dishes were well-stocked. Despite the pleasant meal we found their credit card receipts to record our credit card numbers- which is against the law, and one for the most common ways for people to steal your i...
Pizza was so over-worked that it was difficult to chew; outer crust was at least 2" deep, making the medium pizza I ordered more like an over-sized small. Ditto for the cinnamon sticks (bread, whatever they're called here) very tough and hardly any cinnamon at all! Boneless wings were OK, but not th...
I can’t believe there’s a professional chef running this kitchen or participating at any cooking station. Not only is the menu ill-conceived, they just don’t seem to have a clue about how food should be prepared. The service isn’t any more professional than the kitchen staff, and the décor is as fr...
I've been going to Cam's for almost 13 years. I work around the corner. They have the best pizza and the owners are verrry friendly. My family likes it better than any other pizza in Rochester...we live in Greece so if we want pizza for dinner I call in my order before I leave work and take it ho...
this is a great home town restaurant a friend asked me if the sat night special (prime rib) was just as great on the second visit YES it is and so is the rest of the menu. ENJOY!!!