Recently came with a group of people for a comedy magic show at their new location, Elmwood Commons. Located in what used to be a school, there are light refreshments available (pizza, popcorn, drinks, candy) setup in the hallway. The show takes place in a school auditorium. It was a sold out show so it was packed. With auditorium seating, it was kinda tight and everyone had to get up from their seats if anyone needed to get out, so I wasn't a huge fan of this for a comedy show. Also, there were not enough bathrooms for the amount of people, but they extended intermission until everyone could go (which was nice). However tickets were cheap and I appreciated that they don't have a 2 item minimum policy like other venues do. So I would probably go back. read more

Rob's Comedy Playhouse - Comedy Clubs Near Me - Kenmore, New York

Had a BLAST!! Seating reminds me of Shea's. Good for date nights, just eat before you go or they have pizza, popcorn and candy available along with Beer, Wine, Hard Seltzer, Pop and water. Bathrooms were clean and parking was easy. A Really Good Time. No table minimum because there's no tables but open seating. read more

I didn't know Rob's Comedy Playhouse had moved from Colvin, and I'm still not sure when it did. It's a much smaller place in the banquet room behind Dandelions restaurant but it was still a good time. On the night we were there, there was a comedian from Buffalo and one from Rochester. It was a nice night to laugh. We didn't order food but did have a couple drinks. They have a small menu with finger foods you can order from along with drinks. read more

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All the staff were very friendly. There was a snack menu with lots of choices and priced fairly. The comedians were all very funny without being raunchy. Lots of laughs and a really good time. The only thing that I didn't like was that I ordered a glass of wine, $7.36 I think that's ridiculous! read more

Rob's Comedy Playhouse - a group of people sitting at a table - Comedy Clubs Near Me - Kenmore, New York

Rob's Comedy Playhouse does a terrific job transforming and old banquet room adjacent to Dandelions restaurant into a weekend comedy club. The walls and fixtures are painted black with an occasional pop of white and the small stage is overshadowed by a large depiction of the theatre masks creatively goofed up to represent comedy on both parts. No tragedy here! Well, at least that's the hope. Seating is very long skinny tables with black tablecloths and black slightly padded banquet chairs. Everything was clean and in good repair. Friendly though slightly overtasked waitresses tried their best to accommodate the room. Parking was easy in the big lot. Comedy will vary night to night with different comedians every week. We enjoyed Bill Bushart's candour and riff with the crowd. The host was a natural at warming up the audience. Even the music and rising level of noise brought in an atmosphere to raise the expectations and mood. The food was tasty. Plentiful appetizers bar-style with a few vegetarian options. Local beer and the coffee was pretty good. Two desserts offered also. We enjoyed our night out! Great date night, just dont sit in the front unless you want to be in the show. Arrive early for your pick of seats and enjoy a bargain of an interesting live event. You never know what's going to happen... read more

Rob's Comedy Playhouse - Sorry, but i truly have a horrible phone camara. This comedian would probably comment "best picture ever" in that self-deprecating way. - Comedy Clubs Near Me - Kenmore, New York

My husband knows the manager and we had the opportunity of going to Rob's for a Friday night outing with some friends. Was such a great time! Lots of laughs and great drinks! Thanks again for the fun times. Would recommend anyone in town to stop by and have a good laugh! Great atmosphere, staff and an amazing hot pretzel! -John read more

I was here for a fundraiser. I haven't been to a ton of comedy clubs, but those I have visited have been in much larger cities. I saw Chris Rock twice and I freely admit he did set the bar for me. That said, this was fine. Local guy, who told very funny stories about growing up in Buffalo, owns this place. He was very good. The "headliner" - introduced with a resume including writing for Letterman and more - was, at best, sophomoric. We finally left after one too many "body function" jokes. For some framing - he could have hit on a large variety of things happening at the time - Trump, Sanders, Putin, popes visiting prisons, Cuba, VW's and so much more. As a former clever comedy writer, bring some of that to the standup. Your audience had an average age of over 40. Past the "fart" jokes, never mind the "beleaguered husband" ones. Spend some time and give us some good relevant commentary, like you must have written in the past. The space is difficult to find as there is no signage we could see. Finally asked someone who said its through Dandelions. Once inside its a nice space. Drinks were deemed "honest" although as the driver I didn't sample. Small food list, fried, we saw lots going by so people must like it. I'm giving 4 stars as I understand lots of fundraisers happen here, so the owner is community focused. Also for comfortable seating and easy parking. But for the comedian we saw, maybe a 2. read more

Inexpensive night out with friends since the ticket price is only $10pp. The level of funny is really dependent on the combination of comedians and the crowd. On this particular night I was continuously annoyed by the comedians desire to feed into the incredibly annoying audience members (who repeatedly mentioned it was Sherry's birthday). read more

If you're looking for a fun night out in Amherst (who isn't?!), check out Rob's Comedy Playhouse. The location is your standard suburban oasis - next to a dry cleaner in a strip mall behind a sushi restaurant and a bank. The room is dark and cozy, with long communal tables, which I really like. The comedy talent that Rob's attracts is quality. Often they have one or two local comedians who warm up the crowd before the headliner. If you come often enough, you'll likely see the same local acts, but because their material is often laced with inside Buffalo jokes, it's always funny. The headliners are usually from LA or NYC, and they kill it! If you sit in the front seats of the long table that runs to the stage, you will get chirped at by the acts (at least I did lol). In terms of food and drink, it comes from the adjoining restaurant, Dandelions, and they pour Buffalo's best beer - Big Ditch Hayburner IPA! The food is pretty standard pub fare - wings, quesadillas, etc. Get your laugh on at Rob's soon! read more

We all enjoyed the Comedy Club tonight. Besides the MC, there were two other comedians. They all interacted with the crowd and luckily "picked on" the right people in the audience. A wide range of subjects were covered by them in their jokes and stories. It was a different kind of date night, a nice change of pace. I am glad our friends suggested it. The menu is pretty much the same as the adjoining restaurant's appetizer menu, plus two desserts. We were not pressured to buy X number of items as we'd just finished dinner next door, but noticed many of the customers did have wings or quesadillas, "easy food". Two of the four of us ordered drinks. The couple with us also ordered the molten chocolate volcano dessert. It is served with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream. They offered us a taste. While a very nice flavor combination, the cake seemed a bit "rubbery". I recommend going to the earlier show as when we left the customers for the later show had to stand in the entryway, waiting for the customers from the early show to leave. read more

I came here last night with 3 friends. If you are looking for a night out with friends and want something different than the regular bar scene, this is a great option. The venue is low key, nothing fancy but comfortable. The comedians were funny. The drink menu could use some updating, but they offer standard drinks which are fine. Check Groupon before booking- I got 4 tickets for $20 which is half price. read more

So glad to see comedy back at Rob's Conedy Playhouse. HreT show and great comedy! Can't wait to go back. Think about catching a show. You won't regret it. read more

Love this place, the owner brings in great talent and he is a great guy. You can't beat the price of $12 per person. The wait staff is friendly and efficient, make sure you come hungry because the portions are large. I will be going back often. read more

What a great time! Went there with family who live in the area, and everyone had a blast and laughed the whole night through. The host was surprising the best part or the night, being very sharp and exercising great crowd work. The headliner was funny as well. We also liked the variety if stand up and improv. The servers were all very polite and quick with the drinks/food, especially since one of then went home sick. Highly recommend this club and will return next time I'm in town. read more

I have to admit, I wasn't expecting much. But 5 of us went to support Sadie's safe harbor, for a benefit they held at Rob's. It's small, but we were all comfortable. Our waitress was kind of bitchy, but we were there to have a good time, so we let it go. We ordered chicken fingers which came with fries, personal pizza and chicken faulatas. The chicken fingers were okay, but I was really impressed with the pizza. The chicken faulatas were good too. I would definitely go back, something different to do! read more

Funny place to go to and reasonably priced. Drinks are great and food was very tasty. Rob is very funny and class act. read more

Rob's Comedy Playhouse - a view of a city from a bridge - Comedy Clubs Near Me - Kenmore, New York

Always a fun time at Rob's Comedy Playhouse! We hold a charity show here every year for Children's hospital and it never disappoints. The comedians are always very funny and the wait staff is always great about bringing over fresh beers throughout the show. I've ordered food once or twice over the years and it's not half bad either! Highly recommend if you're looking for something low key to do on a weekend. Pro tip: Sit in the back if you don't want the comedians to pick on you. They will every time! read more

I am writing this review in defense of Tim Joyce. I have seen his act between 50 and 100 times over a 20 year period. Joyce has indeed made a living in stand up comedy and his act is the farthest thing from the review that accused him of being racist. The reviewer must have been a friend of the heckler. Note, she makes a case based completely on baseless allegations: "He claimed not to be racist but he repeatedly singled out the one black guy in the audience. I know that racist jokes are common at comedy shows, but Joyce was not funny and he kept going on and on. A random girl on the audience called Joyce out on his offensive shenanigans, which led to extreme name-calling on both sides." There is not a single substantive fact in those assertions How did Joyce "single out the black guy"? Even the fact that the reviewer claims that she a. herself singles out "the black guy" and that b. "racist jokes are common", so she apparently expects them and that c. the jokes--which she never gives an example of, because there were none--were "not funny". She is saying that she will laugh at a racist joke or two, but she expects racist jokes to be funny. No wonder she didn't like Joyce's act: he neither tells racist jokes nor countenances patrons doing so nor would he ever maintain such jokes are funny. Then our reviewer says "A random girl called Joyce out..." Sure she did. What our reviewer means is that after she fails to make any case at all against Tim Joyce except that a comedian who is a proud liberal with a long, long history of comedy appearances in which he has never uttered a racist joke somehow made "racist jokes" which she expected and wanted to laugh at but could not, and after the so-called black man, who was a patron who wanted to and did enjoy a comedy show, made no complaint because again the racism never happened!, after the reviewer's non factual vendetta--she mentions not a single thing Joyce said that was objectionable, because she cannot because again, no such action happened--is reaching for a stupid climax, she elevates a heckler to the status of guardian of the poor black man. What nonsense! A drunken heckler tried to spoil the show, which always happens in comedy clubs, and Joyce dismissed her. Our reviewer makes it too easy to see that she has grudges and a hidden agenda, as she notes that "3/4 of the audience was cheering him on as he told the girl to leave the venue." Of course they did! The audience was loving the show; the audience knew Tim Joyce made no racist jokes; the audience loved the show. One hyper vigilant girl with no facts to back her up, not a single remark or direct quote from Joyce's act because there were no racist remarks and the whole audience whether white or Chinese or any other race loved the show, identified with the drunken and stupid heckler. The audience, including all races stood and cheered when Joyce dismissed the drunken heckler because nobody wants to pay to see a stupid and witless 20 something slug out to shout brain-dead slurs at a professional who has been honing his craft and making a living performing for 27 years and counting, and nobody wants to read a baseless defense of that idiot by what is obviously her moronic admirer. Many people have bought Tim Joyce's Comedy books and even more people have packed clubs to see him from Los Angeles to Maine and from North Dakota to Florida. If audiences have a bone to pick with Joyce it is over his liberal politics and defense of Mexican Immigrants and arguments against the closed minded and insular people who want everyone to be exactly like them. It is clear that with "3/4 of the audience was cheering him on as he told the girl to leave the venue", Tim Joyce spoke for and directly with his audience. Sorry of the drunken and unread and ill informed 20 something girls who love to get pie faced and then shout at the comics got their feelings hurt, but nobody comes to a comedy club to see out of control drunks try to turn every venue into Mardi Gras and win beads for their exhibitionist attempts to spoil what 3/4 of the audience were cheering: a consummate professional doing an act that he has been working on night after night, week after week and city after city to the delight of everyone but hecklers. read more

I really enjoy this place I've been there 4 times and they have all been great. I love getting there early to be in the very front you are so close to the action it's awesome! read more

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What a great evening out!! We celebrated my husband's 50th birthday a few weeks ago ( sorry for the late review) and had a hilarious evening!! Rob was very accommodating and made sure we had a great night, which we did!! read more

For $10/ticket and no drink minimum, this is a fun night out. I have been here three times: an office holiday party, my bachelorette, and most recently for my husband's 30th birthday. Great group outing. You can order appetizers and drinks during the show. Comedians are not A-list, but funny none the less. Usually there are 2 or 3 comedians for the night and they tend to get funnier as the night progresses. read more

I have been a long term customer of Rob's. I started attending shows in the early 90's at Comics Cafe. I must say that last night was one of the worst displays of stand up from a comic I have ever seen. Dom Pare was the headliner for the show last night. Dom presented himself as a over stuffed sweaty bratwurst with a mustache that only Joey Buttafuoco could sport as a representation of his intent. Dom proceeded to tear down a patron that sat in the front of the room. The group he sat with was a group of people from a work party called "Home Team" they are a construction team from what was extrapolated during the comedy show. This man wanted to,have a good time and he was just berated all night. The man wasn't heckling he just wanted to enjoy the show. This man was verbally abused because he didn't have a tooth but was "wearing a tie". I felt bad for Dom as well, Dom appeared to be so drunk that he couldn't keep a joke or a story line in his head long enough to regurgitate them into coherent language. Dom was wearing clothes that were a size smaller than he should be wearing. So with this sweaty fat man with his velcro mustache and his snug clothes struggling to thrive in his drunken stupor he then slams a double shot of whiskey and 2 pints of beer on stage. This was a sad stage of comedy because everything Rob has done for the local comedy scene Dom wrecked in one night. read more

Have been here several times and always had a great time. Good comics, good food and drinks. Don't get better.

I attended a fundraiser at Rob's Comedy Playhouse last Friday. The event was popular and space had to be made to accommodate extra patrons. The seating was already tight, but it worked for the night. If you're trying to locate Rob's Comedy Playhouse, look for the parking lot for Dandelion's restaurant, in a plaza on North Forest, just north of the corner of North Forest and Maple, and enter through the restaurant to get to the comedy space. I know, it seems easy but it confused a few people. The evening's entertainers were Dan Pordum and Rob Lederman, and they did a fine job of keeping the crowd in stitches. Admission included one or two drinks, depending on your selection, and the wine pours were generous. My guest and I ordered fried pickles and a cheese quesadilla. Both were better than I'd expected, although I prefer my fried pickles in pickle nickel form and not as spears. The quesadilla serving was large for the price and we shared it with the table. Other dinner items, such as pizza and burgers were available. I have to give credit to the night's comedians. I'd go see them again, especially for a benefit event. read more

It's been a long time since I been to a comedy club, they certainly are not as good as they used to be. Honestly though, I had a good time and laughed a lot. Service was par and menu was small with mostly deep frier food, but I came for a laugh and I got a laugh. read more

A great little "club" in Williamsville. (I think it used to be Dandelion's banquet room.) Anyway... It's kind of like a night at the movies: most of the time the movie is pretty good. Try to go on a night when Rob is MC'ing. He's a real pro, and knows how to work a crowd. Wife and I and various friends have been semi-regulars for years. This last time the headliner (you'll usually see Rob, and middle act, then the headliner) was Bill Buchart, and he killed. I've seen a lot of great comics all over WNY (B. Regan, L. Black, K. Madigan...) and he was great. (Side note: the later show (9:30) is usually a little rowdier and sometimes a little raunchier, so be ready.) read more

Great place for food, drinks, and entertainment. Always a fun time here. Shows are fantastic.

When I can, I make Rob's a Saturday stop. Great low key place, reasonable budget, decent food and drinks and seriously funny comedy that wash & rinses the craziness of the work week. I truly enjoy the place, Rob and his traveling comedy show headliners. We all need a little laughter to counteract stress - Rob's delivers it. Great laughs and fun. read more

I have been here a few times. It's a tight space in a room in the back of Dandelions. Last night I attended a fundraiser. The comedians were very entertaining. At one point, I had tears streaming from my face from laughing so hard. Entertainment 5 stars. Service: there was one server to accommodate a packed room, so I had to actually place my drink order at the bar. I ordered 4 specialty drinks at the bar while holding up my drink tickets that I thought were included in the admission. The bartender made the drinks and then told me they weren't part of the admission deal. Ok- my fault for not reading the small print. $32 on drinks. (They were delicious though!) Got back to the table and the server finally appeared. So, I ordered chicken fingers. After 40 minutes they arrived and were mediocre at best. The plate had 4 crumbly looking chicken pieces with fries. It almost looked like popcorn chicken. But, they were busy and it was a fundraiser so I didn't complain. About 20 minutes later a friend at the table also ordered chicken fingers. They came out in 15 minutes and were full, lengthy-sized looking fingers. Based on what she received, I'd rate the food at 5 stars. Based on what I received, I'd rate the food at 1 star, maybe. End of the night when I received my bill, not only was my order on there but someone else's at the table as well. Instead of having the server take off the items, I just paid for it and took their cash, but paid the server's tip. Even with the mediocre food that I received, I'd still recommend the place for an entertaining evening, especially when supporting a fundraiser. read more