The Rochester — Restaurant in Mesa

Went on St Patrick’s Day on 2025 restaurant very busy hostess very friendly dressed nice we are full might have room on patio checked was all full observed the owner she is always around her restaurant watching everyone and everything I asked any tables she said yes in Our rear dining room on the Ball top notch owner runs a excellent restaurant the Hostess said need to clean the table she did we sat down. Within minutes Taryn arrived at our table we ordered the 1/2 order of onion rings 001 would note she did not upsell on appetizers this increases sales for the owner. She smiled very friendly dressed nice with name on shirt. 001 ordered the corn beef & cabbage dinner entree . O02 ordered the classic Reuben sandwich with potato tarts she nicely went over all sides. 001 ordered two green beers she said Bud lite ok excellent to go over type of beer to the customers. O01 noticed drink menus for st Patrick’s day selections on table with decorations. The inside restaurant was clean and tidy . All staff were very busy assisting customers. Within minutes our appetizer was delivered excellent time on serve time . The onions rings were large fresh and tasty , served with green onions excellent touch . All were served hot. O01asked for ketchup Taryn quickly delivered the ketchup. Our two beers and water were delivered within 3 minutes after the water was chilled and fresh the green Beers were served chilled and both were fresh & tasty . Within 5 minutes after our dinner entrees were delivered by our waitress . 001 asked for white vinegar was delivered to our table . O01 enjoyed the corn beef and cabbage all was served hot huge fat slices of ground Beef very fresh and tasty . The potatoes were fresh and hot were good. Butter was also fresh and carrots all hot and tasty . The cabbage was fresh very tasty white vinegar great and a fresh roll was included was fresh and moist. 001 enjoyed the Corn Beef & Cabbage excellent. O02 enjoyed the classic Reuben sandwich corn Beef piled high on pumpernickel bread was tender & fresh with the sauce on sandwich. Was very tasty and fresh. The Tater tops were loaded on the plate and were hot and fresh . O01 noticed at 5:45 pm live music started to play adding to the restaurant ambience. The owner was all around the restaurant kitchen tables bar and outside . Taryn stopped back at our table to check on food an excellent waitress. 001 ordered two more green Beers . Both beers were quickly delivered were fresh and tasty nicely chilled. Taryn also delivered to go container to our table . Check # 219 total $67.78 tip of $10.88 . Taryn used a credit card machine at our table for tip also delivered receipt to 001 excellent . Taryn was excellent waitress was all over rear dining room all staff were excellent around the restaurant. She Thanked 001 & 002.for our visit. 001 and 002 would highly recommended Rochesters Dining & Sports Bar to our friends and family and the Mesa Arizona community. Great customer service great prices great food clean inside & outside is...

Update 8/20/25. FYI. After moving, I just visited the renovated The Rochester to pick up six wings @$1.00 each to go. I was very disappointed to see, along with the price increases, the total was $6.30. They are now charging a "Sunland Village Golf Club RFI Fee" of 5% on every order. After reaching out to The SL Village, I was told that money does not go to Sunland Village and stays with the restaurant. I was told by the server that this was to cover the new renovations. If I recall, the renovations would be capitalized into the value of the up-fit. After over 40 years on and off in food service I have never heard of charging a fee for renovations the owners chose to make. Best wishes as we will not be back. Thank you for a good few years. Rating reduced to * * *.

Previous post: It pains me to post this as we have enjoyed our neighborhood visits for years but with the new ownership things are slipping while prices are the highest. We arrived on Sunday at 8:30 with our pet and sat outside. I went in to advise we were out front on the patio and grabbed menus to be told by the server that it was going to be a while as she was by herself. We did not get service for 20 minutes until a second server arrived after we had to go in to ask for beverages. There were multiple tables inside with only one server stretched thin. Serving beverages could help with our patience for service. Raising prices during slower times without ensuring timely service for all just doesn't make sense. Food has always been good but at what cost.

Update. The owner was on duty and we discussed the issues at hand which were addressed immediately. I appreciate James concern regarding the dining experience. Increased my...

I live nearby ( within walking distance) and was never was a fan of the food at Rochesters so I haven’t been for quite sometime… but since it’s under new ownership and has been recently remodeled I thought I’d give it a try..turned out to be a bad decision. Went for the 4-6 pm happy hour & Friday night Fish Fry.. Other than the baked potato I found the entire dinner to be pretty tasteless, my partner had the “cornstarch” chowder, ugh! My garden salad was room temperature and limp, dressing was an ordinary bottle variety, tartar sauce tasted like mayonnaise, Cole slaw not much better. Frankly I wasn’t expecting much, so wasn’t terribly disappointed…. Until I got the check! There were no “ happy hour” prices (4-6 pm as listed on the website) I questioned the waitress & I was informed the hours for that had changed. The price of fish dinner on the website menu was $11.99 for 2 pieces, surprise !! that had “changed” also, new price $16.95 for a one piece dinner. Ok so I won’t go back nor will I recommend “The Rochester” I did find some humor in the evening .. when I paid the check, along with the receipt was one small piece of candy… seriously there were 2 of us, were we supposed...