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    Strangebird

    4.4 (220 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 11:00 PM

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Colette G.

    Really nice brewery with kitchen for hot food and dessert selections. Beautiful space with a bar the length of main room. Plenty of tables to sit at. More of an upscale vibe than your typical brewery space. Freezing Friday night, we are visiting area for 1st time. There's so many local breweries to choose from. Glad we chose Strangebird. They don't have flights, but you can sample any beer you would like. Took me 4 choices before making my selection. We were only stopping for one or 2. Settled on honey brown (4 ounce) and one of the IPAs Wish we had been hungry because the food selections looked amazing. The crafted drinks looked really good as well. The ladies tending bar were friendly, fast and very helpful with any questions. If you are looking to sample some local flavor, Strangebird is a great choice.

    Bill Z.

    It's not so strange at all here, and the strangest bird I think was the duck wings. This place has a very welcoming feel, bright, busy, and family friendly with the food options. For a brewery, the cocktail bar, and the cocktails they serve, were both quite impressive. I had heard good things about the wings here, so of course we tried them. But I think we aired on the side of mild. The dry rub wings were well made, but I thought the flavor of these particular wings should have been more adventurous. Similarly, the fried chicken tenders on the steamed buns were also well made, but all the flavor seems to have come from the sriracha mayo sauce. Gotta try the other wing flavors. But there's lots of other great food options here. The beers were also satisfying. I was a little disappointed they had no darker beers on tap (maybe in the colder months?), but the Belgian saison I ordered paired really well with our food. It's too bad their outside space is limited, it fills up quickly in nice weather. Though indoor seating is bright and comfortable. The men's room is really cramped, it feels like a football huddle in there if there's more than 2 people. Those things said, food and drink here was overall a very enjoyable experience.

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    Laura R.

    Great spot to meet friends! Lots of indoor seating - tables can be pushed together & moved around - and some outdoor seating. They have a small parking lot, and there is street parking, and a public overflow lot on the next block. Gender-specific bathrooms were clean and easy to find. Upon entering there is a sign to seat yourself - first come, first served - and we were able to find a table for 4 on a busy Friday night. The wait staff will bring out your food but there is no table service. Go to the bar to get your drink. Go to the food counter to order your food. They have a great system which allows you to start a tab at either the bar or the food counter and just have one tab and order in both places. So some of our visit was spent standing in line, and it's quite noisy in there (no soft surfaces to absorb sound) so hard to hear at times. We had some drinks and a couple of pizzas. They food was great - very tasty and fresh - and the drinks were a good pour! We would definitely stop back!

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    Anh N.

    We heard the pizza here was quite good, so decided to stop by on the weekend. There were plenty of people soaking up the sun in their patio, but also ample seating on the inside. You go up to the counter to order, and food came out fairly quickly Fries: solid. I liked the frieds herbs and the lemon aioli Chicken wings: we got the garlic parmesan wings, but it had a sweet sauce on top of it. If you're a sweet/savory type of person this might be your thing, but I wasn't the biggest fan. Mushroom pizza: meh. The garlic aioli was too rich and overpowered the flavor of the mushrooms Mortadella pizza: this one was surprisingly good! The mortadella is oven-baked so it becomes crispy and loses that weird smooth texture it normally has. It was dressed in green pesto and was definitely my favorite out of all the pizzas Sausage: It was a sausage pizza. Nothing that stood out too much. Pepperoni pizza: I liked the contrast on this pizza, between the sweetness from the truffle honey, the mild spice, and the acidity of the pickled peppers. Overall, a decent place to get oven-fired pizza in Rochester.

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    Fred N.

    Fun times at this spot and plenty of space indoors and outdoors to hang out. Got the burger and wings for dinner and good choices to go with. Double smashed patty tasted great with the seasoning and crisp on the patty. The garlic parm wings were tasty as well. Plenty of meat on the bones and crisp on the skin. For those wanting a cool place with a good atmosphere to hangout...this is it.

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    Jess S.

    This place is awesome! I met up with some friends, you seat yourself and since there's no wait staff, you go up to the counters and order your drinks or food yourself. This means you can relax and have a great time for as long as you want. No pressure to get out fast, which I totally appreciate! Every single food we ordered was for the table to share and everyone loved everything. I particularly loved the mixed drink "fact or fig-tion" which my friends did not think was going to be so tasty. Turns out all 5 of us agreed it was the best drink anyone at the table ordered! I highly recommend this place and despite not living in Rochester, I will most definitely be going back!

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    Natasha Y.

    De.lic.ious food! Soooooo happy they have vegan cheese for the pizzas, not only that but it's the best pizza I've had in ny, wow oh wow!! Perfected pizza dough, perfectly cooked, awesome sauce, outstanding vegan cheese!! Now for the fries!!!! I dream of these fries, it comes with lemon aioli that can be vegan too which I appreciate, this sauce makes dreams come true!!! The service is great and everyone is friendly, the parking is packed full all the time because it's a very small parking lot and it's on a very busy small street.

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    Jenny G.

    Never a complaint at Strangebird. Had one of the best salads of my life here and they are always changing so much on their menu. Can be a good thing and a bad thing lol. Beer and cocktails have always been solid.

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    Strange bird pizza was bomb! I got the mushroom pizza and it was delish.... I will be back to try more!

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    Amazing salads, excellent pizza, very good beer, a small but very nice whisky selection, and fun ambience!

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    Had a great time with friends trying their ale and good for the first time. Excellent food!

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    Food was so mid for the price, I wouldn't recommend honestly unless you have money to blow

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    Everything I've eaten here is good. The fries are so good a friend brought me here on a "potato crawl" once.

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