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Carroll's Bar & Restaurant

4.5 (13 reviews)
ModerateIrish
Open • 4:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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Quiet
Outdoor seating
Happy hour specials
Good for groups

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Hope C.

Oh dear Lord, how can I be the first person to review an icon in Rochester such as Carroll's?! The best St. Patrick's Day and Boxing Day celebrations take place at this enduring family establishment every year. The Guinness is fresh and on a good night the merriment is infectious. Carroll's is a classic dive with its stand up regulars who encircle the bar and exchange knowing quips with the bartenders; the punchlines to which most of us will never be privy :). On Fridays during Lent they have (shhhh!) one of the best fish frys in Rochester. Their Irish sessions are great fun. Martini-drinkers and designer clothing aficionados take note - it's not a place to see or to be seen. But if you like Guinness, want the company of people who just tell it like it is, and have a hankering for a fish fry, by all means, go!

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10 years ago

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1 year ago

Great food, especially the Friday Fish Fry! Very reasonable prices. Better get there early on a Friday!

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3 years ago

Irish classic neighborhood bar. Great staff and service. Ture Irish fare run by a wonderful family. Where to be on st Patrick's Day.

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9 years ago

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8 years ago

The fish fry was good , friendly staff and customers, will return for St. Patrick's day if in the area.

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