Spotted Octopus Brewing Co. - Rochester — Restaurant in City of Rochester

Seriously, I've never had worse beer at a brewery. I really wanted to like this place. It's local and has a fun name and a decent vibe inside. Thats unfortunately the only good I have to say. My partner and I shared a flight of six beers to get a feel for their offerings. One tasted like an ashtray, another like vinegar, and the third like it had been scorched somehow. The red ale (which was a collab with another business) was the only beer we enjoyed. We also got two ciders, one of which was mid, and the other was pretty good. The food took ~45 minutes and was pretty disappointing. My metric is usually related to whether I could do it better at home and I could definitely make a better burger. Not bad, but not worth ordering out (think average dad grilling in the...

This is a great place and we found by accident while exploring the local area around the Museum of Play. The atmosphere is very open, friendly, and easy going with the staff making everyone smile and feel like regulars. The place seemed very popular with locals as evidenced by the small groups of bachelorette parties coming in staying for a bit and moving on. The beer is frankly, beautiful and a work of art. The food is good and we ordered the “trash plates” not understanding that it was going to be a poutine-style affair. Very, very, good and not disappointed, just a lot of food and it was a bit...

A fun hangout place! I was looking for a pub quiz location to hang out with my friends while I was back in town for a night. Quiz was good. Very spacious venue so you don't need to rush there to grab a table.

The spicy seltzer drink was great, nice to have an option that isn't blah blah fruit flavor.

My only gripe is that I couldn't order a garbage plate bc there was no vegetarian option - just hot dog hot dog meat burger - the other garbage plate place always had vegetarian options and it's great! So I had the jackfruit tacos instead, they were decent though mustard on tacos is a little...