Rochester Bistro — Restaurant in Rochester

If you’re considering hosting an event here, do yourself a favor and don’t. My experience was incredibly disorganized and disappointing. I booked the upstairs room for my daughter’s baptism, which was supposed to comfortably fit 30 people. However, a week and a half before the event, no one contacted me to finalize the menu. When I called, I was informed that the upstairs room would be unavailable due to a broken AC, and that my event would need to be held downstairs instead. The downstairs area was significantly smaller and not suitable for the event.

On the day of the event, the temperature was around 85 degrees inside, causing all my $800 worth of desserts to melt and become inedible. Not to mention all my guest were extremely uncomfortable and sweating the entire time! The cake was so warm it fell apart, and the appetizers took 45 minutes to an hour to arrive, with the calamari being undercooked. Additionally, three guests didn’t receive their meals until everyone else was finished, and there were issues with food hygiene, including hair in the food and drinks.

The manager, Danny, was unhelpful and offered only a minimal discount of $250 off a $2000 bill after much insistence. He initially offered a $100 GC or $100 off my bill…Overall, the service and experience were extremely poor, and I would never recommend this...

Had a very enjoyable Saturday afternoon dinner, made even more so by a staff that shows genuine pride and joy in their work. Wait staff, bussers, water refillers... Everyone was friendly and going above and beyond. Kaycee welcomed us at the door and also served us throughout the dinner. She was very exhuburant and helpful with menu options; although, she did forget to mention the specials of the day, some of which sounded tempting when we heard another waitress offer them to a nearby table. Nonetheless, her suggestions and our eventual choices were excellent. My sirloin tips were a tad beyond my preferred medium rare, but their flavor and accompanying sauce more than made up for it. The numerous strips of asparagus were done to perfection, and the house-made potatoes put the exclamation point on a wonderful "meat and potatoes" kind of meal. My wife's salmon was equally well prepared, and she said her clam chowder starter was better than the "world famous" one ordered last week in a highly regarded Seattle establishment. Portions were generous, too, with enough for both of us to take the next day's lunch home. Lastly, the creme brule dessert was outstanding - possibly the best we've ever shared (and we're creme brule snobs). Wonderful food, service, and atmosphere. We will...

I brought a few guests here for dinner tonight. This was a good experience! I had the bartender improvise a mocktail for me, which was very sweet, I believe it had raspberry purée. We ordered the charcuterie board which was good. Great mix of cheeses and meats! I always suggest some crackers and jam and maybe a few grapes on a charcuterie board as well though. The entrées were okay. We got two rigatoni’s, a pappardelle and a cacio e pepe. The rigatoni honestly was not amazing, the lamb and noodles weren’t the best mix. The flavor was good, maybe it’s just a texture thing. I didn’t get many details, but my guest who ordered the pappardelle said he didn’t like it and my guest who ordered the cacio e pepe said it was good! We got the chocolate peanut butter cake à la mode for dessert, which was amazing! Very rich and very flavorful. The service was great! Julia was very personable, very attentive and very sweet. The atmosphere is nice. It’s nothing crazy, but it’s a good elegant atmosphere. I would come back. It wasn’t my first time, and it will more than likely won’t be my last! I will probably be trying a different entrée next time but aside from that, everything else was...