I give it a two star in terms of food. I come to rochester for work and my clients like to come here. I have been here 4 times and the best part was the Burger. The wings are mediocre. The Buffalo Chicken Sandwich was plain awful, Think a piece of tasteless chicken smothered with buffalo sauce. The stainless steel bar is cool. The service at the bar is "okay". Around 11PM the music is jacked up unnecessarily. At least the 8 dollar pitcher didn't break the bank...
Review Source:This place never fails to disappoint! Â Order a sandwich with fries to go? Â No fries when you get home! Â Order a beer at the bar? Â Half full of foam! Â Too big, too dark, bad food, poor service. Â Overall, a disappointment over and over again, which is a shame since I live so close. Â The few good things about it: large beer selection, multitude of TVs for watching games, and good outdoor space in the summer, but these hardly make up for the rest of the shortcomings.
Review Source:Stopped in here while in the area for a hockey tournament. Â This place had a great laid back environment, lots of big screens with games on. I ended up getting the hot pastrami sandwich, it could have used a little more pastrami, but it tasted great. The fries were a little greasy though.
The place was packed but I didn't have any problems parking.
I'm new to the area and have heard from many people about The Distillery.
My first visit is a little fuzzy - we ended up there after a night of drinking, and continued to drink there. Â From what I can remember, it was a fairly average bar space. Â We ordered some french fries, and after waiting for 20 minutes, we asked the bartender what was up. Â She apologized; she forgot to put the order in. Â It happens! Â She told us she'd take care of us with a "huge" amount of fries. Â If what we got is huge, then ordering a side of fries isn't worth it.
The second time I experienced the Distillery, hubz and I wanted dinner after (another) night of drinking. Â We ordered a buffalo chicken wrap and I specifically requested fries as my side (instead of the alternatives). Â When hubz arrived home...no fries. Â And the sandwich was fairly boring and tasteless
Apparently the Distillery never wants me to eat fries.
I recently stopped-in for a quick bite and some beers. I had two Shock Top beer "specials" and one order of chicken quesadillas. The beers were, for "specials", overpriced in my opinion and the chicken quesadillas were anorexic. To add insult onto injury, the quesadillas came with a TINY cup of salsa and a TINY dab of sour cream. AND, when I requested another TINY cup of salsa I was charged $0.50! Give me a break! I'll probably stop by for a beer or two now and then, but I tell you what I will NOT do... order any more food. Sometimes it's the little things that make the biggest impression, good or bad. And in this case, bad.
Review Source:Nothing that a few less dollars on the menu wouldn't fix. The food at this restaurant is just average. The quality of the ingredients seems good enough, but when you pay $10.95 or more for a sandwich, you expect it to be something special. For $8.95, I'd expect a Steak in the Grass (or its poultry substitute) to be juicy and meaty. The sandwich was dry, mostly bread, and lacked flavor. They only had one Distillery beer on tap (Scottish ale), but at least that was a very good one, so it redeems the place slightly (along with the rest of their large draft selection). I wouldn't come here again to eat, but I would consider coming back to drink (and possibly having some food at the same time).
Review Source:I know the Distillery is a staple in Rochester, but I've been here twice and I'm not all that impressed. Â The service the last time (Mt Hope location) was slow, I got the same burger hoping it would taste different, but it didn't. Â It had a very charred taste to it. Â
However, it does seem like an ok place to hang out. Â Very bar/night life friendly.
As a person who lived in Rochester for more than 10 years, I visited Distillery quite often. As a college student, I used to drink every Friday and Saturday evening with my friends, and many of those times, the place was Distillery (in Mt Hope).
After graduation, I moved to Brighton, and the Distillery at Winton was less than a 10 minutes drive from my place. Again, I used to go to this place at least twice a month with my friends and/or co-workers.
Then about three years ago, my friends and I were dining again and having a few beers. We are not a rowdy type; we were just chatting, and my friend happened to tip the cup over by mistake, and cup broke.
We called the waitress, and my friends and I apologized for breaking the glass. And the answer from her: "Oh you should be."
Really?
As she left with the broken cup, I asked my friend if I heard that right. When she came over to give us a new cup, I asked her if she's okay, because she seems really upset. Then she started explaning "Oh no, it's just that if you guys get hurt with the broken glass...yada yada yada"
Maybe she thought I didn't speak English too well. Maybe she was just having a shitty day. I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, because Distillery was my favorite spot, and most of the servers are very nice most of the time.
I went home and wrote an email through its website, but I did not get any answer back from them. In the email, I specifically wrote that I am not asking anything in return; all I needed was a sincere apology for a customer who had visited its restaurant for more than five years. No replies whatsoever.
I can live without their foods, and I can live without ever visiting Distillery. That's fine with me.
What makes me write this review after three years is the disappointment and anger that the restaurant I loved did not even care to write a short note back to its customer. And this review is to also let people know that there are other options like Rohrbach and Tully's that they can give a try. It's your money. Please spend it to somebody or some place that at least listens to you when you reach out.
Went for happy hour, and everything went pretty well. Â There was no parking though, which was kind of hassle.
Just had some appetizers, nachos, and spinach & artichoke dip. Â You should always serve that with fresh bread imo, but they go with chips. Â It was okay, nothing stood out, but no complaints either. Â Service was okay, but not exceptional. Â It's a nice location though, and sitting outside on a nice night is enjoyable.
Prices looked a tad high, but not too bad.
While visiting an area vendor, we ended up at the Distillery. Â Lucky for us, they take reservations such that we had no wait for our party of 8. Â The place was pretty busy at noon on a Thursday.
We walked past the stainless steel bar with TV's completely surrounding the area above it. Â I imagine this would be a pretty good place to watch the game, whatever game that is.
The menu is an extensive mix of sandwiches, burgers, salads, and sports bar type appetizers. Â I opted for the buffalo chicken salad, impressed that you can make healthy by getting grilled chicken instead. Â When the salad arrived, the chicken looked quite naked, but it had plenty of buffalo flavor. Â The greens were a nice mix - not the standard bagged iceberg with carrots and purple cabbage mixed in. Â The salad could've used more toppings, but I would still order it again.
The rest of the group got sandwiches and burgers, many opting for sweet potato fries. Â The server tried to tempt us with beer specials, but it was a work lunch, and I'm not in the advertising business in the 60s.
i like this place, and have been here a couple times now.
i was visiting rochester and our hotel was across the street, so this place was easy to get to.
i like it quite a bit, and plan on going back soon again.
pretty good beer selection, the buffalo chicken strips were awesome, but the philly cheesesteak was a little weak in the meat department.
but, its close to the hotel, and seems to have a pretty massive menu. ill update the review when i try some more of their food.
This used to be one of the better Rochester places to get wings, but they changed their recipe and it really went down the tubes. Â The formerly authentic, crispy, hot wings were transformed into a battered, gooey, oversweetened mess. Â Any upstate NY place should know better -- although admittedly many don't. Â The rest of the menu is meh. Â Last time I went the service was fairly negligent, though this is not always the case.
Review Source:This iteration (the one on Winton) is more or less an upper class Rochester sports bar.
It's sports bar atmosphere, sports bar drinks, sports bar food, sports bar patrons. Â
But, compared to the never-ending stream of sports bar competition in Rochester, the Distillery is a few notches higher up the food chain.
I was recently in Rochester on a business trip and a large group of us went to dinner here. Â One of the guys ordered up 50 wings which were really good. Â Personally, I would have gone with a hotter sauce, but the medium was good and tasty. Â I had the seared Ahi tuna which was sizable and quite good, even this far from an ocean! Â Good atmosphere with a ton of HD sets. Â Had too much soccer on for my taste, but in May when we are still four months removed from college football, sports on tv is slim pickings. Â If I wind up having to go back to Rochester, I think I will be more than willing to go back.
Review Source:I have been to The Distillery before and it was passable but this last visit has turned me off from going there anymore. Â The food is way overpriced and the service was terrible. Â I had a side salad, some french onion soup and a piece of pie and it cost me $17 before tip. Â Way too much for a place like this. Â The salad was ice burg lettuce with a couple of rings of onion, one tomato slice and three croutons. Â The french onion soup was good but for the price not enough. Â The pie was a peanut butter pie that I cannot imagine they made on the premises, it was tasty but not worth the 6.99 price I saw when given the bill. Â The waitress only stopped by to give me my food and the bill. Â
Terrible service and I could have gotten better food at a fast food place for much less.
I have been to the Distillery for years and for me it was never a really good meal. Â The food is just OK. Â Everyone is there for the TV's and if you are in your late 30's to early 50's.....its kind of a place for singles. Â If you are looking for wings or a good beer...there are places right down the road that are far better.
Review Source:We have been to the Mt Hope location a few times and didn't care for it, so we were hesitant to try the new location in Henrietta. If you've been to the Mt Hope location and didn't like it, give the Henrietta location a try because it is COMPLETELY different. They have a huge bar and plenty of seats in the back for lunch and dinner. There's a huge menu and we've tried several items on it. Our favorites are the boneless and bone-in buffalo wings. They also have excellent wraps. Be sure to ask your server what the wrap flavor is, because the manager picks one that day and that's the only flavor they use until they run out. We didn't care for the ribs, but we liked just about everything else we've tried on the menu. We are disappointed that they got rid of the bbq chicken wrap because it wasn't a good seller in the other locations. In the summer, it's nice to sit outside, at least until the bugs come out at night. I highly recommend The Distillery Henrietta location. We gave the Greece location a try last night for the first time, and it was good, but we preferred the Henrietta location. The Greece location seems more like a family friendly 'restaurant' and the Henrietta one is more like a bar with a restaurant. Not that the Henrietta location isn't family friendly, but we saw a lot more kids at the Greece location. No need to go back to the Mt Hope location again.
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