The food is always good here! Would recommend the tacos. Especially the beef and shrimp! The drinks are strong and the vibes are very chill. Very intimate space with only a couple tables, mostly bar top seats. Each of the employees is friendly, and we have never had to wait for table or food read more

The Backdoor - BlackBerry Beret - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

Cute little place which is literally in the back (with their own entrance) of D'Marco's on Main. They share a kitchen m, but it's a Mexican restaurant. Huge drink menu and small food menu. You can order individual tacos or get a 4 combo with rice and beans. We ordered the dip trip as an app and it was enough for 4 and well made 3 of us ordered tacos...lots of choices and every single one was good. I ordered the burrito bowl and it was well made and tasty. It was my birthday so I ordered the pumpkin cheesecake. Delicious!!! Service was excellent!! I'd definitely go again!! read more

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This place has such potential. The service was excellent and the drinks were very good. The food however needs work. We got the dip trio guacamole (excellent), salsa, queso(hot AF). The carnitas taco was perfect, the chicken ones tasted like a salt lick, the fish one was oddly sweet. We also had the Mexican pizza which was asked about it being hot and the server said no but it came covered in spicy jalapeños. The cheese they use is all spicy. The Mexican pizza was good after we took the slices off. It's a cool downtown location and it's very cozy. They also have a large selection of tequilas and have flights. read more

The Backdoor - Midnight margarita without the sugar rim - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

We ate here during happy hour on a Friday night. Backdoor might be the best upscale "drinks and an appetizer" place around. The margaritas are amazing, and the food is really good. All of the seating is very intimate and cozy, the wait staff is attentive and helpful. The seats along side the windows are great for people watching and hanging out. The only challenge is parking is tough (limited street parking) and there will almost certainly be a wait after 5 or 530pm. Love this place and can't wait to eat here again. read more

Love this little speak easy taqueria behind D'Marcos on Main Street! It's an intimate setting, great for a small party of friends. The staff is very friendly and will help you pick out the best flights with a delicious cocktail/margarita to pair with your meal. I recommend the chips and dips as an appetizer. The dips are Guac, (spicy) salsa, and queso. The mezcal flight was my favorite. The shots get smokier from left to right and tastier. The white peach sangria is good if you like a sweeter cocktail vs the blackberry beret margarita which is a stronger drink. Overall, a great place to eat tacos and drink tequila! When the red light is on the tequila is flowing! read more

The Backdoor - Blackberry Beret Margarita & White Peach Sangria - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

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This is a cool taco and tequila bar! Located in downtown Rochester behind D'Marcos. It is very small inside and fills up fast. They have a large selection of over 150 tequilas and also serve cocktails and margaritas. We ordered brisket and carnitas tacos prepared street style (topped with onion, cilantro and lime) and made it a combo, where it comes with rice & beans. I would say the tacos were a little dry and skimped a little on the onion & cilantro. We would try this place again, we liked the atmosphere. read more

The Backdoor - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

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Delicious Jalapeño Margaritas! Beef Brisket tacos are our favorite! So delicious. One of our fave spots in Rochester. read more

The Backdoor - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

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Great food and service. Happy hour is the best $4 tacos $3 coronas. Get the street style tacos over American

Walked in the front door to go to the back door. Guess who back, back again, Shadys back, tell your friends! Once back there ordered some tacos and marghs. They brought back more food and drinks and had to stumble out the back. Must be back breaking work to make such great tacos. Kind of backed into this place, initially, but Can't wait to go back to the back door. read more

We love the bartender, Valentina. She is upbeat, attentive, and very knowledgeable. Great atmosphere and excellent drinks. I love the salt and sugar options for the Margarita rim. This gem is located behind DiMarco's and has a wide variety of and . read more

The Backdoor - Skinny Margarita - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

The first time I was here, I stopped in with a friend after shopping. The tacos were delicious and the margaritas were great. Came back about 6 months later and we both ordered the same thing. The tacos were soooo salty I couldn't eat them! I had to send them back. My friend tasted hers and felt them same. They tasted like maybe the day cook had salted the and the night cook forgot and heavily salted them. The bartender acted as though I was being unreasonable. I suggested she go back and request a taste. We did not get an apology or even asked if we'd like to order anything else, so we drank our margs and headed down the street for dinner. It's a shame! We thought this place had such potential. read more

Stopped in on Cinco de Mayo, their big day to take advantage of. This place considers itself a premium tequila and taco bar and "speakeasy". My friend and I got seated and looked at the menu. For the holiday, they were only offering a taco bar, we could not order off the menu. It was a buffet setup in back, serve yourself. The food looked awful, low quality. They had paper boat bowls for customers to use, not actual plates. They served our $14 margaritas in small plastic cups. After seeing the food on other customers tables, we finished our drinks and left. Strange that they would market themselves as high end and look that way with the decor, and then offer such low quality food and experience. read more

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The service was great. My server Lauren was amazing and very friendly. Our food was delicious and the service was great.

Great service, great food, happy hour prices are super, good atmosphere. We had three waiter/waitresses check in on us at various times . All very genuinely pleasant and nice. Definitely will return and recommend to friends read more

Cute little bar off main in downtown Rochester. We were able to find seats at the bar, but beware this space is tiny. Drinks were good not great. Same with the food. A little pricey for what it is. I'm going to give them another try though. read more

This was a very unexpected stop for us as our night was planned very differently. But it was a welcome surprise! Located behind Demarcos Italian and wine bar, the Backdoor is a speakeasy taco and tequila bar. I love Mexican so you can't go wrong feeding me tacos. Lol. When we first arrived, it was just starting to get busy. We were fortunate enough to get a spot at the bar. By the time we left, it was standing room only. We just loved it here. There was something to see on every wall. Such a charming spot! The warm dark wood gives it a cozy feel yet it has an upscale ambiance. We tried out several of their drinks and split a taco dinner. Absolutely delicious! I do hope they get more help because two bartenders making handcrafted cocktails is definitely not enough. They were slammed. The service was understandably slow as a result. This may become my new "go to" spot in Rochester, as we frequent the downtown area quite often. Can't wait to bring my sister here next time! I loved it! read more

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The place is very small yet we only had to wait 10 min for two seats at the bar to open up. The Mexican pizza was good!

The best little cozy restaurant. Great vibes but also GREAT FOOD!! Service is also very quick.

I like the vibe of this place it's small and sort of dimly lit. It's a good spot for a date. The cocktails are fantastic. But, the queso tasted like it was from a can. The quesadilla was pretty good. read more

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The atmosphere is nice. The seating is very limited so I suggest going right at 5 unless you like to wait. The drinks were good, we got a modelo negra and the 401. Chips and salsa were ok. The chips were great but there weren't enough and the salsa was just ok. The tacos were very bad, way too much meat and it was so dry, very little toppings. The refried beans and rice were bad as well, it tasted like box Mexican rice and canned refried beans. I will not be back for food but possibly for drinks. read more

The Backdoor is exactly as you'd imagine... like if D'Marco's made tacos. Made with as little effort as possible and charged top dollar. The chicken tacos appear to be made with dry, unseasoned rotisserie chicken and iceberg lettuce costing $5 apiece, and no salsa, sour cream, or sauce come with it by default. I seriously wonder if the owners of this place would themselves pay for and eat this low effort taco themselves. I could go to a number of authentic places for a cheaper and better taco. Add in your $15 dollar margarita and it's a disappointing and expensive visit already. I will say the margarita was good, albeit small, and the tequila list is massive, which is cool. Our waitress seemed more interested in leaving work than taking our orders. However, I don't doubt that normal people who want to go eat in Rochester will gobble it up. read more

First time here! Awesome taco and tequila bar, perfect for a date night or friends night out. Small and quaint. Love the style and theme. New go to spot read more

The Backdoor - Taco salad with beef - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

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Megan is an amazing bartender and server. She is very attentive and personable. Love her personality and vibes! Highly recommend this place

The 401 margarita and Pineapple jalapeño margarita are a solid 7/10. Bartenders are nice and personable and the aesthetic fits the vibe. Tons of tequila and mezcal options along with flights which is a fun way to try new tequilas. Haven't tried the food yet but looks good with a variety of options. Overall, enjoy the experience and quality cocktails. read more

The Backdoor - 401 and pineapple jalapeño margarita - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

Amazing food, friendly staff, and nice ambiance. We come here regularly and have never had any complaints!

When you come make sure you ask for Lauren! She is extremely attentive and makes sure she serves you to the absolute best of her abilities. Overall the restaurant has fantastic food, the environment makes for a fantastic experience overall. read more

Please ask for Lauren! Seriously such a wonderful person. She talked with my fiancé and I and actually picked out our wedding flowers! She is definitely invited to the wedding! Please everyone come here and ask for Lauren! read more

We had a great meal at The Backdoor! It started with the warm tortilla chips and salsa. I also had the Royal Treatment cocktail and it was delicious. For dinner my husband had the burrito bowl and I had the beef brisket taco and the ground beef taco. Both meals were excellent and we also received quick and friendly service. We can't wait to go back and really enjoyed the whole experience. read more

Loved this cute and cozy place! Service was great, the manager came by to make sure we were happy. We ordered the Dip Trio to start, then chicken, beef and fish tacos...and of course margaritas! There was so much food, the tacos were delicious! We can't wait to go back! So glad to have a nice place for tacos and tequila in Rochester! read more

It's ok. Nothing to rave about. Just basic small plates and drinks. Was expecting a speak easy kinda vibe but it wasn't anything like that. The patrons were quite loud and drunk to the point where one tried to climb a chair and fell on top of another drunk. All this to say, if you're going for a quiet date night or for more of a classy vibe, you may be disappointed. read more

Just found out about this place last week so my boyfriend & I went for a date night. It's super cute & easy to get a table if you go before 6. The food was pretty good. I cannot have gluten due to a medical issue, so tacos are my go to. The server seemed annoyed at my questions about what's gluten free. Thsaid the tacos are small but I thought they were normal sized. I ordered 3 but was full off of 2. I highly recommend getting the brisket tacos. read more

Margarita was good, food was decent but the service sucked. Never got asked how our food was or if we wanted more drinks, had to physically stop our waitress for a bill after being ignored for an hour then stop someone else to take our card! read more

I wanted to love this place but they need to work out some logistics before I would come back. I love a good speak easy and the idea of a new spot in downtown Rochester was enough to get me to try it out. Walking in the place is quite small but quaint. The decor was lovely and the menu had a good selection of tequila and cocktails. We tried the trio of dips which came with chips and salsa, queso and guacamole. All three were delicious. We were a good size party so between all of us we tried most of the cocktails on the menu. My favorite was the pineapple jalapeño but if you like something on the sweeter side I would recommend the blackberry beret. Service however was very slow, I understand you've only been open a few days but only staffing 2 people to work the whole place? Not a good idea. Our waitress was also the bartender and the buser. It took over an hour for someone to take our food order and probably another 45 mins for our food to come out, which was delivered by the owner himself. Guess he realized only having 2 people working the whole joint was a bad idea. The tacos were pretty good which made up for the lack of help. Overall I would say a good place for a drink, dinner? Maybe not so much. I'm a firm believer in second chances so I'll be back to try this place again, hopefully they'll have ironed out all the kinks by then. read more

The Backdoor - Blackberry beret & pineapple jalapeño - Mexican Near Me - Rochester, Michigan

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I'm in Rochester all the time and I just found out about this place, I can't wait to come back!! I got the pineapple jalapeño margarita and it has made it to my top 5 best cocktails (a mental list). The carnitas and chicken tacos were delicious. I ordered the dip trio as well but I would've been more than satisfied with just the queso. The atmosphere was really cool too! I love this joint. read more

This was a horrible experience. While I lived my midnight margarita the great experience ended there. My brisket tacos were extremely spicy. I asked the waitress if the fish tacos were spicy as well and she said she would check. She never came back to the table. A female manager came over about 15 mins later and said no food in the tacos were spicy. She was very disrespectful and quite mean about it. She did not offer to get me anything else. We did not tip well as we usually do because the service was so unprofessional. I cannot recommend this restaurant to anyone. read more

The best Mexican bar and food in Rochester, great drinks and food, the service thanks to Yara is top notch and the reason we keep going back. read more

Sad to say...horrible service. I am not one to leave bad reviews but I have yet to receive such poor customer service. The space is small so there was a short wait but, we seated ourselves...the bar staff was not helpful, and they were so rushed for everything it was difficult to even communicate what we wanted! There was a miscommunication amongst us, when we tried to clarify...they basically shrugged their shoulders saying "too bad" and didn't care. When we asked to speak to a manager she told us that she was a manager and there's nothing that anybody could do for us. We told them that it was very poor customer service and their answer was "we are busy" and they walked away. Just RUDE! Long story short...we lost our appetite for tacos and ended up at the meeting house where service was amazing. I was so excited for this place but sadly very disappointed. read more

The tacos are amazing. The nacho is one of the best I've ever had. And the drink menu is great. 5 out of 5 Stars!!

As someone who is in the industry, I do not appreciate being "identified as someone who needs water" when my group arrived. We were out having a night of fun for my husband's 40th and the mood immediately dropped when our server "identified" a few of us as needing water. My sister-in-law had literally only had half a beer, so we're not entirely sure where this identification came from. It was offensive and a complete turnoff. We will not be back, to say the least. Not impressed by the level of service. read more

If you're looking for drinks, 100% recommend. Salsa was sadly WAY over salted and I love salt so I was pretty disappointed. Tacos were okay. Brisket was also way over salted. But would come here again. Service was great. read more