Restaurants

Cheap food where you can fill up for less. Generally speaking, any place where you can get a filling meal for under $5 is worthy of being on this list.

• BJ's Wholesale Club - Henrietta location has half-pound hotdog combos for under $4
  

• Charlie's Frog Pond
  

• CJ's Gourmet Soups- New spot for lunch
  

• Dogtown Hots - the italian bread they use instead of buns is very filling
  

• El Taino - Cheap (but good) Mexican/Puerto Rican food
  

• Flour City Diner - weekday breakfast specials compete for the best value in Rochester
  

• Formosa Breeze - the only Taiwanese restaurant in town, they have their all day lunch boxes for only $4.95 and other cheap dishes
  

• Gitsis Texas Hots
  

• Giuseppe's- Reasonable prices and good sized portions!
  

• Grill & Greens
  

• Hello Dele - Large subs for low prices
  

• Henrietta Hots
  

• House of Six Nations Cafeteria, The at Strong Memorial Hospital
  

• Jing Li Great food, great value, great delivery! Mount Hope Ave area
  

• John's Tex-Mex Eatery very affordable and good Mexican food
  

• KC Tea & Noodles for cheap, filling soup at lunch
  

• LDR Char Pit
  

• Manila Grill Savor the Cuisine of the Philippine Islands
  

• Mt. Hope Diner
  

• Mykonos Express- Very reasonably priced Greek food
  

• Nathan's Soup & Salad
  

• Nick Tahou's Hots
  

• Pita Pit, The (2 locations)
  

• Piatza's Pizza Gourmet slices as big as your face for less than $4
  

• Sal's Birdland
  

• Sam's Club http://samsclub.com locations in Henrietta and Greece. (lots of free samples)
  

• Stephanie's Pizza http://stephspizza.com located in Greece
  

• Sneaky Pete's
  

• Wild Noodles in Henrietta
  

• Wimpy's Burger Basket for late-night "good eats" in Gates

Also see: Deals to check out food that is a good price, although not necessarily cheap.
Also see: Dumpster Diving for the truly absolute cheap (as in free) suggestions.

Rochester does not disappoint when it comes to unique and interesting diners¹. Some of them are cheap, most are sleazy, all will keep refilling your coffee.

• East Ridge Family Restaurant on 104 E, Irondequoit
  

• Gitsis Texas Hots on Monroe
  

• Jay's Diner in Brighton by Movies 10
  

• Mark's Texas Hots on Monroe

• A Little Bit of Country
  

• Afs Eatery
  

• Browncroft Family Restaurant
  

• Campi's
  

• Charlie Brown's near the public market
  

• Country Club Diner
  

• Fairport Hots
  

• First Taste Grill
  

• Flour City Diner — well known for their weekend breakfast specials
  

• Glady's Place
  

• Hank's Ice Cream & Roast Beef Sandwiches
  

• Highland Park Diner
  

• Hyjea
  

• Ivey's Place
  

• James Brown's in Winton
  

• Jet Diner
  

• Jim and Ralph's
  

• Jine's Restaurant at Park and Berkeley
  

• LDR Char Pit — rumored to have one of the best steak sandwiches in the country!
  

• Liberty Family Restaurant
  

• Lindburgers
  

• Lorraine's Food Factory
  

• Margie's Family Restaurant
  

• Mt. Hope Diner
  

• Morningstar Restaurant
  

• Mykonos in Brighton
  

• Nick Tahou's
  

• Pat's Coffee Mug
  

• Pineview Family Restaurant
  

• Scottsville Diner
  

• Schallers
  

• Skyliner Diner
  

• South Wedge Diner
  

• Tip Top on Mt. Hope
  

• The Penguin Diner near the Armory.
  

• Town and Country Family Restaurant in Chili
  

• Uncle Danny's Family Restaurant
  

• Vic and Irv's
  

• Village Coal Tower
  

• Westgate Family Restaurant (Gates)

• Denny's
  

• Perkins

• Avon Inn
  

• Bamba Bistro (formerly Rio Bamba)
  

• Bistro 135
  

• Bistro 1600
  

• Black and Blue
  

• Bernard's Grove
  

• Cottage Sanibel
  

• Delmari's Ristorante
  

• Edible's
  

• Erie Grill
  

• Grill at Strathallan
  

• Grinnell's Restaurant
  

• Hawthorne's Restaurant
  

• Horizons at the Lodge at Woodcliff
  

• Jasmine's Asian Fusion
  

• Joey B's
  

• JoJo
  

• Lento
  

• Mario's Italian Steakhouse & Catering (formerly Mario's Via Abruzzi)
  

• Martini Grille
  

• Max of Eastman Place
  

• Max Chophouse
  

• Norton Grille
  

• Pare
  

• Pazzo Cucina
  

• Peter Geyer Steakhouse
  

• Phillips European Restaurant
  

• Portobello Ristorante
  

• Richardson's Canal House
  

• Remington's
  

• Ristorante Lucano
  

• Rick's Prime Rib House
  

• Rooney's
  

• Schoen Place Prime Rib and Grill
  

• Sienna Grill and Bar
  

• Scotch 'N' Sirloin
  

• Tapas 177
  

• Tastings Restaurant
  

• The Brighton
  

• The Clark House
  

• The Holloway House
  

• Triphammer Grill
  

• Tournedo's Restaurant
  

• 2 Vine
  

• Virtu

Take-out food- food you can get ready to eat that you pick up yourself.

• Make & Take Gourmet
  

• Wegmans has a lot of dishes.

List more please!

• Old Country Buffet
  

• Ponderosa

• Lodge at Woodcliff: $20, Sunday 11:00am - 2:00pm.
  

• Mario's Italian Steakhouse & Catering: $22, Sunday 10:00am - 3:00pm.

• Century Buffet King: $? (cheap), Lunch M-Sa 11:00-3:30 Dinner M-R 3:30-9:30, F+Sa 3:30-10:30 Su 12noon-9:00
  

• China Buffet: $7, hours?.
  

• Grand Super Buffet

• Tandoor of India: $?, Weekdays 11:30am - 3:00pm.
  

• Thali of India: $6, Weekdays ??:??am - ??:??pm.

• Pizza Hut: Lunch buffet at various locations.

• Amiel's
  

• Cordello's
  

• Dibella's
  

• Pickle Nick's
  

• Rubino's
  

• Salvatore's
  

• Bellini's Italian Eatery

• Delmonicos Italian Steakhouse
  

• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
  

• Great Northern Pizza Kitchens
  

• Mark's Pizzeria
  

• Zebb's Deluxe Grill & Bar
  

• Applebee's

• Atlanta Bread Company
  

• Biaggi's
  

• Bonefish Grill
  

• Boston Market
  

• Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
  

• Bugaboo Creek
  

• Camille's Sidewalk Cafe
  

• Carrabba's Italian Grill
  

• Champps
  

• Cheeburger Cheeburger
  

• Cheesecake Factory
  

• Chili's
  

• Cracker Barrel
  

• Denny's
  

• Famous Dave's
  

• Friendly's
  

• IHOP
  

• Johnny Rockets
  

• Moe's Southwest Grill
  

• Old Country Buffet
  

• Olive Garden
  

• Outback Steakhouse
  

• Panera Bread
  

• Papa John's
  

• Perkins
  

• P.F. Chang's China Bistro
  

• Pita Pit, The (2 locations)
  

• Pizza Hut
  

• Red Lobster
  

• Red Robin
  

• Romano's Macaroni Grill
  

• Ruby Tuesday
  

• TGI Fridays
  

• Uno Chicago Grill
  

• Wild Noodles in Henrietta

These are restaurants that aren't quite upscale, but also aren't diners or chain restaurants.

• Blue Marlin Seafood Grille
  

• Cibon
  

• Gate House Cafe
  

• Hogans Hideaway
  

• Hicks and McCarthy
  

• Lola's Bistro & Bar
  

• Northfield Food & Drink
  

• Tasteology - Not sure if this goes here. Will need more feedback as people try it.

Restaurants :

• Arigato Steak House
  

• California Rollin'
  

• Edoya
  

• Fujiya Japanese Restaurant
  

• Ginger Cove
  

• House of Sushi
  

• Jasmine's Asian Fusion
  

• Kobay
  

• Plum Garden
  

• Plum House
  

• Shema Sushi
  

• Shiki
  

• Taka House Japanese Restaurant
  

• Tokyo Japanese Restaurant
  

• Wegmans - They'll make it fresh for you if you ask.

Sushi Chefs Are Known for Knifin' Around

Rochester is home to both national chain pizza places, and local pizza shops full of charm and personality.

• Amy Rose Pizza — 11 Main Street, Scottsville, NY
  

• Barbeque and Pizza Too — 3105 East Henrietta Road
  

• Bay Goodman Pizza — 196 North Winton Road across from Blossom Road.
  

• Brandani's — 2595 W. Henrietta Road (Near Movies 10)
  

• Chester Cab Pizza — 707 Park Avenue
  

• Chicken Moms — 1159 Goodman St N.
  

• Cobbs Hill Pizza & Pasta
  

• Cordello's — multiple locations
  

• Favitta's Family Pizzeria — Henrietta
  

• Galleria Pizza — 16 East Main St
  

• Gipettos — Fairport
  

• Good Guys Pizza — Chili
  

• Guida's Pizzeria — Locations on Empire Blvd in Rochester, Greece, Penfield, Honeoye Falls
  

• Hot To Trot — Gates
  

• Krony's Pizza — Spencerport
  

• Little Venice Pizza — 742 South Ave., next to Equal Grounds
  

• Menezes Pizza — 445 Chili Ave
  

• Mr. Shoes — multiple locations
  

• Napa Wood Fired Pizzeria - Fairport
  

• Nino's — 1330 Culver Road, Rochester, NY.
  

• Phil's Pizza — Chili
  

• Piatza's Pizza Gourmet — Henrietta and corner of Oxford Rd & Park Ave (across from KC Tea & Noodles)
  

• Pizza Agerola — Mendon
  

• Pizza Amore — 391 Humboldt St, Rochester, NY
  

• Pizza Stop — located at 123 State and at Midtown
  

• Pizzeria Americana — Two Locations, locally owned, 1860 Monroe Avenue & 516 Long Pond Road
  

• Pudgie's Pizza — Two Locations, Titus/Cooper and Norton/Goodman
  

• Pontillo's Pizzeria — multiple locations
  

• Rhino's Pizzeria & Deli — Webster
  

• Salvatore's — multiple locations
  

• Slapshot Pizza and Subs
  

• Starvin' Marvin's — Irondequoit and Webster
  

• Stephanie's Pizza — Greece
  

• SS Coliseum Pizza — 1540 Dewey Ave
  

• Tano's Pizza Grill - 2305 Buffalo Road
  

• Tony Pepperoni — Henrietta
  

• Tom & Nancy's Pizza — Spencerport
  

• Veneto

• Great Northern Pizza Kitchens — Brighton, Pittsford and Bushnells Basin
  

• Mark's Pizzeria — multiple locations

• Domino's Pizza — multiple locations
  

• Papa John's — multiple locations
  

• Pizza Hut — multiple locations

• Agatina's
  

• Antonetta's Restaurant
  

• Bacco's Ristorante
  

• Bazil
  

• Bellini's Italian Eatery
  

• Benucci's
  

• Best of Italy
  

• Biaggi's
  

• Bocaccinis
  

• Brio
  

• Cappuccino Italiano Cafe
  

• Cerame's Italian Villa
  

• Cipriani's Italian Seafood
  

• Cobbs Hill Pizza & Pasta
  

• Davinci of Greece
  

• Delmari's Ristorante
  

• Delmonicos Italian Steakhouse
  

• Dentico's Italian Villa
  

• Domenico's
  

• DiBella's
  

• Fioravanti's on the Lake
  

• Giuseppe's
  

• Guido's Pasta Villa
  

• Hicks and McCarthy
  

• Infantino's Market Restaurant
  

• Jonathan's Choice
  

• Mama Rosa
  

• Mario's Italian Steakhouse & Catering
  

• Michelina's Italian Eatery
  

• Mr. Dominic's
  

• Napa Wood Fired Pizzeria
  

• Northside Inn
  

• Palladio
  

• Pane Vino
  

• Panzari's Italian Bistro
  

• Papa Joe's Italian Eatery
  

• Pasta Andiamo
  

• Pazzo Cucina
  

• Perlo's
  

• Pomodoro Grill and Wine Bar
  

• Portobello Ristorante
  

• Proietti's
  

• Red Fedele's Brook House
  

• Ricci's Family Restaurant
  

• Rigatoni's Italian Cafe
  

• Ristorante Lucano
  

• Rizzi's Restaurant and Bar
  

• Rocky's see Rockys
  

• Romeo's
  

• Roncone's
  

• Rosey's Italian Cafe
  

• Starvin' Marvin's
  

• Stromboli Express
  

• Tazza Bistro
  

• Tuscany's Italian Trattoria
  

• Valicia's Ristorante
  

• Veneto

A large list of reviews about Italian restaurants in Rochester can be found here.

• New Number One
  

• Jing Li- "That place in the Mount Hope Plaza"
  

• Yummy House
  

• Cantonese House

• Shanghai
  

• Aja Noodle Company

• Cafe East — Chili/Paul Plaza
  

• Cantonese House
  

• Chen Garden
  

• Chef King
  

• China Buffet
  

• China Garden Kitchen
  

• China Gate
  

• Chinatown Restaurant
  

• Chopstix Chinese Restaurant
  

• Chung Thai
  

• Flavors of Asia
  

• Formosa Breeze - Only Taiwanese restaurant, located in Greece
  

• Ginger Cove
  

• Golden Dynasty
  

• Golden Garden
  

• Golden Phoenix
  

• Golden Port
  

• Grand Super Buffet
  

• He's
  

• Hunan Wok
  

• House of Poon
  

• Jing Li
  

• Joy Luck Garden
  

• KC Tea & Noodles
  

• Lin's Garden
  

• Ming's Noodles
  

• Ming's II
  

• PF Changs Chinese Bistro
  

• Royal Dynasty
  

• Shanghai
  

• The Wokery
  

• Yangtze Restaurant
  

• Yummy Garden
  

If you read Chinese, check out http://yi.weilie.com/RocFoodMap.html

• Blue Cactus Mexican Grille
  

• Casa Azteca
  

• Chilango's
  

• El Latino Restaurant
  

• El Pacifico
  

• El Palenque Mexicano
  

• El Parian Mexican Grille
  

• El Rincon Mexicano
  

• El Taino
  

• Garibaldi's Mexican Grill
  

• John's Tex-Mex Eatery (formerly known as Taco John's)
  

• Juan and Maria's Empanada Stop
  

• La Puesta del Sol
  

• Los Amigos
  

• Maria's Mexican Restaurant
  

• Mex
  

• Moe's Southwest Grill
  

• Monte Alban Mexican Grill
  

• Monterrey Mexican Tacos at the public market
  

• Paola's Burrito Place
  

• Raging Burrito
  

• Rich Port Bakery
  

• Salena's Mexican Restaurant
  

• San Jose Mexican Restaurant
  

• Sol Burrito
  

• Taco Bell

• Taste of India - A whole page in the menu is devoted to vegetarian entrees, made from scratch from fresh vegetables.
  

• Abundance Cooperative Market
  

• Aladdins Natural Eatery
  

• California Rollin'
  

• Esan
  

• Great Northern Pizza Kitchens - Gourmet pizza by the pie or slice, lots of tasty vegetarian options.
  

• Health Garden - Jamaican/Vegetarian
  

• India House
  

• King and I - Thai in Henrietta
  

• Little Cafe
  

• Natural Oasis Cafe
  

• Natural Vibes - aka "Natural Vibes Fish & Vegetarian Restaurant
  

• New Health Cafe
  

• Organic Alley
  

• Taco John's
  

• Thali of India
  

• Wild Noodles - Everything can be made vegetarian, some dishes even vegan by default.

• The University of Rochester Vegetarian Education Group - Guide to Dining in Greater Rochester

• Hicks and McCarthy (English Afternoon Tea)
  

• Old Toad (British pub fare)
  

• Olga's Restaurant (Ukrainian)
  

• Phillip's European Restaurant
  

• Tapas 177 (Spanish)
  

• The Social (Tapas)

See also German Food and Italian Food.

• Aladdin's Natural Eatery
  

• Alexandria's Mediterranean Cuisine
  

• Eros Restaurant & Bar
  

• Oasis Mediterranean Bistro
  

• Olive's Greek Taverna
  

• Olive Tree Restaurant
  

• Sahara
  

• Sinbad's

see also: Greek Food and Lebanese Food

• Gyromania
  

• Mykonos
  

• Mykonos Express
  

• Mythos Cafe
  

• Olive's Greek Taverna
  

• Olive Tree Restaurant

• Aladdin's (2 locations)
  

• Alexandria's Mediterranean Cuisine
  

• Oasis Mediterranean Bistro
  

• Sahara
  

• Sinbad's

• German House
  

• Hartmanns Old World Sausage
  

• The Lamplighter Restaurant
  

• Ralf's European Meats and Delicatessen
  

• Rohrbachs
  

• Swan Market

• Abyssinia
  

• Dashen
  

• Natural Oasis Cafe

• Fox's
  

• Geulah's Kosher Cafe
  

• Brownstein's

See also Bagels.

• India House
  

• India Palace
  

• Taste of India
  

• Thali of India
  

• Tandoor of India
  

• India Cafe

• Korean House (Song's)
  

• Seoul Garden
  

• Sodam Korean Restaurant
  

• Young's Korean Restaurant

• Churi's Ice Cream Parlor & Authentic Thai Cuisine
  

• Esan
  

• Ginger Cove
  

• King and I
  

• Mamasan
  

• Pattaya Thai
  

• Puket
  

• Sak's Thai Cuisine
  

• SEA Restaurant
  

• Siam
  

• Thai Taste

• Pho Duong Dong
  

• Mamasan
  

• Dac Hoa
  

• Le Lemon Grass
  

• Jasmine's Asian Fusion
  

• Flavors of Asia
  

• SEA Restaurant

• Food at Fisher's Station
  

• Open Face Sandwich Eatery

• D&L African and Caribbean Groceries and Cafe
  

• LOM2FWA (Haitian)
  

• LJ's
  

• Natural Vibes
  

• Jerkers Original Take Out

• Chimo's Sandwich Shop
  

• El Conquistador — Puerto Rican food (empanadas!), 1939 Clifford Ave, (585)288-4160
  

• El Caldera de Criollos — Name might begin with "La" rather than "El," but my memory is telling me "El". Located on Clifford Avenue, address to come.
  

• El Jibarito Restaurant —624 Lexington 254-8210
  

• El Taino — Puerto Rican food at 146 Lyell Ave 454-6522
  

• Rich Port Bakery —Puerto Rican/Latin American food and bakery, 298 Exchange Blvd (Corn Hill location—more food) (585) 232-2140, 5 Public Market - (585) 232-6570
  

• Tu Casa — 740 St. Paul St. 14605 - 232-3180

Only certified Halal restaurants with a certificate on display are listed here.
Slightly outdated reviews (they may reference closed businesses) may be found at zabihah.com.

Ariana Kabob House
The Mediterranean Cuisine
Pakistan House
Sharif's

Perhaps the most famous barbeque establishment in Rochester is the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que downtown, though there are many other places to enjoy some finger-lickin' good barbeque.

Barbeque Restaurants:

• Barbeque and Pizza Too
  

• Beale Street Cafe
  

• Big John's Smokin' B-B-Q
  

• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
  

• Famous Dave's
  

• Good Smoke BBQ
  

• JC's Backyard BBQ
  

• Merchant Street Smoke House BBQ & Brew
  

• Nola's BBQ
  

• Sticky Lips Pit BBQ
  

• Taste of Texas Bar-B-Q
  

• Unkl Moe's

A List of Place Uniquely Rochester:

• Nick Tahou's
  

• LDR Char Pit

see also Garbage Plates, Hots, Hot Sauce and Rochester Hamburgers

• Billy's Homestead
  

• Browncroft Family Restaurant
  

• Charlie Brown's
  

• Charlie's Frog Pond
  

• Country Club Diner
  

• Flour City Diner
  

• Food at Fisher's Station
  

• Golden Fox Restaurant
  

• Highland Park Diner
  

• James Brown's
  

• Java Joe's
  

• Jet Diner
  

• Jim's Restaurant
  

• Jine's Restaurant
  

• Le Lemon Grass Officially "Le Lemongrass"
  

• Liberty Family Restaurant
  

• Lorraine's Food Factory
  

• Mt. Hope Diner
  

• New Health Cafe
  

• Rene's Cafe
  

• Simply Crepes
  

• Skyliner Diner
  

• South Wedge Diner
  

• Tip Top
  

• Village Coal Tower

• East Ridge Family Restaurant
  

• Gitsis Texas Hots
  

• Jay's Diner
  

• Mark's Texas Hots

• Bagel Bin Cafe
  

• Bagel Land
  

• Balsam Bagels
  

• Bruegger's
  

• Little Bakery
  

• O'Bagelo's
  

• Pelligrino's
  

• Rich Port Bakery At the Public Market
  

• Scott's Original Stand at the Public Market
  

• Spot Coffee

• Cracker Barrel
  

• Denny's
  

• Perkins
  

• IHOP