The food was great, a bit out of my norm so I was a bit nervous but glad I went for it! Drinks were phenomenal. The place was small and cozy, I didn't think it was too loud by any means. The only improvement I could suggest was our waiter definitely took his cues from the men that were with us. I didn't order a drink the first time he asked us as I wanted a few more minutes but then when he came back and asked the guys how there's were, I couldn't even get his attention. So when he noticed the guys were about finished with their's, he came back and asked them, still I couldn't get a word in. I ended up ordering my drink when I ordered my food. This one bad experience won't prevent me from giving them another chance sometime. read more

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Awesome beer selections, this place rocks. Service was great, Isaac was very knowledgeable about the beers served. Great bourbon choices. Was pretty busy for a Tuesday night. Came in at 5:00 and had a beer, ordered food and we were eating by 5:30. Food was amazing. We might have to come back tomorrow read more

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Just happened to stop here driving through Rochester on our way home to the Twin Cities. Super fun beer and drinks selection, great food, and casual 90's vibe atmosphere. Sausage trio: Love the house made mustards...stone ground Dijon especially. Favorite meat had brat-like flavors. The smoked hard boiled egg was simple, but noteworthy. Toastie sandwich was Reuben flavors, but the crunch was king! It hit the spot. I had the Green's Gluten free amber ale (always looking for great tastes in this category) It was the best gf amber I have ever had. I also tasted Johnny C Belgian Brown on tap and it also met all expectations. Staff was friendly and attentive. We would absolutely stop again. read more

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Fun place - lots of beverage choices - really good Flatbread Pizza & Toasty Sandwiches - service was Super - we will be back (Closed Mondays) read more

Place was busy and well decorated. Service was prompt. Pretzels and chocolate cake are amazing meat balls reminded me of beer boiled frozen meatballs. The flavors of the beer would nicely complement a chocolate cake but not a good choice with the beer and the meat and the mustard. Loved the bathroom decor. If you're going to have a digital menu please don't post the WiFi code there but maybe out in the bar area? read more

Thirsty Belgian Bar & Kitchen - Women's bathroom - Pubs Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

Awesome local pub. Isaac was friendly and helpful. Food was great! I'll definitely be back. read more

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You know when you walk into the perfect, mid afternoon, small bar? It's here! Nicole greet us warmly before the door closed behind us. I knew we had made a good choice. She is a gem. Didn't even falter as I proceeded to dictate how to make my Manhattan perfect! Great prices! Great vibe!! Even friendly owner! I love this place! read more

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I love this place. Great food and place to watch ballgames. Welcoming to Mayo patients. You got to have The Connie sandwich with bacon - OMG to die for! read more

This is one of the best local bars around the town. If you're looking for Belgium beers, they have amazing draft and a great collection of bottles around 70 this is a place that can give you a lot of beer selection. They have great food they were two bartenders who knew everything about the beers and they were amazing. One of the guys name. Charles was very very helpful, it has a chill ambience it's not for upscale dining, but a very casual good local bar read more

Thirsty Belgian Bar & Kitchen - Kwick - Pubs Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

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We went here last night. It's a great little bar, nice atmosphere, and great food. Beer prices aren't cheap for 12 ounce beers, and our service was a little slow. But the server was helpful and gave good recommendations when asked. I got the reuben flatbread, and I am a bit of a meat snob, but the pastrami was pretty solid...i'd give it a 7 out of 10, which is really good for a bar like this. The toasties looked great, and the chips they come with are good, but i would have liked to see a fries option. For apps we got the pretzel sticks, which were AMAZING, and we got the bruschetta, which was meh. Fun bar with great food...would gladly go back! read more

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This place is way cool. If you want some good beer, great food and cool people serving your drinks/food, then this is the place to come. I found it and went there several days in a row while I was up for work. It was great every day. read more

Holy crap this place is incredible. Basic looking bar, basic looking tables, basic looking menu (looking being the key word). Our server was a great guy, when you ordered he checked for understanding first instead of just walking off. He was ontop of it, clearly liked his job. Food was incredible and well thought out and executed, the brie and mushroom soup is something I could eat every day for the rest of my life. It would probably be a short life but I would be happyrhe whole way. read more

Love this place. Yummy food. Nice waitresses, was waiting in line at Kohl's recently. 4 ladies were discussing where to for lunch. I spoke up and said the Thirsty Belgian. Sounded like they were going there. read more

If you're looking for something different to try in Rochester, how about Belgian? There are menu items found nowhere else in Rochester, such as Toasties, flat bread pizzas and Belgian fare. We went afternoon on Valentine's Day and our server, Isaac, was dressed for the occasion. Isaac knows his beers. The food is so good here and the staff always makes you feel welcome and appreciated. Look on the oversized chalkboard for their daily drink, pizza and Toastie specials. I ordered the special pictured, which came out hot and delicious. If you haven't tried Belgian meatballs on a pizza, you're missing an experience. I've ordered the pizza on special about every time we visit. Check out their menu. Where else can you find a Toastie named "The Petty"? My choice for best pizza in Rochester! read more

Thirsty Belgian Bar & Kitchen - Belgian meatball, red sauce green pepper pizza - Pubs Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

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Amazing food. We also got the pretzel sticks which were super fresh and delicious. Our server was very friendly and helpful with recommendations. We recommend read more

Thirsty Belgian Bar & Kitchen - Annie Oakley - Pubs Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

So good!!! Fun trying new craft beers and awesome food. The service was outstanding. Jon C. Thank you for the recommendations! Will definitely be back. read more

Honestly, this place deserves 5 stars for the beer list alone. The extensive options of just the Belgian Trappist beers is enough to make the nerdiest among beer nerds swoon. An important note is that this restaurant is greaseless - no fryer - so adjust your french fry and cheese curd expectations accordingly. Having been here a few times, I can say with some certainty that you can't go wrong. I have had the pear and gouda toastie, the candied walnut and pear salad, and several different pizzas on various occasions. My favorite tends to be their pizza, but unless you want leftovers or have a friend with your specific tastes, it can be a lot of food (darn!). I would also highly recommend trying the baked brick cheese. If I could offer a note to the kitchen on this one: the marinara sauce is way too thick for dipping. This is a great casual spot if you want table service but aren't looking for anything formal or fancy. The food is well thought out and pretty impressive given they don't have a grill or fryer. Always happy to stop here when I'm in town! read more

Thirsty Belgian Bar & Kitchen - Seasonal menu turkey, ham, roasted red pepper and chipotle mayo toastie. - Pubs Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

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I really love their salad (candied part is delicious and their sammich was absolutely delicious my favorites are the grilled cheese and the ham n turkey, cheese. And the drinks.... Royal loon! read more

Waited forever and server never took our food order.... Took the other table's order just fine though... even though they sat 10 min after us. read more

Great little pub, delish appetizers. So glad we spotted it while back to school shopping at Kohls. My significant other loves craft brews, they have a lot to offer. read more

We ordered take out and by the time we got home everything was cold. The sandwiches after reheating was pretty good. Paleo dinner was ok. Pizza was ok . Salad was very good. I was a little disappointed. Next time I'll try dining in if I ever visit Rochester again. read more

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The food was very good. Enjoyed a cocktail. The employees were very friendly. It was a fun place to visit. We are of Belgium descent so that made it more fun. Loved the shirts and other items with fun sayings. Next time we are in the Rochester area we will visit again! read more

Walnut and pear salad, just awesome. Great little spot to meet for cocktails very friendly and so convenient by Kohls.

Fun little bar to stop in for a quick bite or a craft beer. Or to watch a disappointing super bowl game.

Lots of craft beers, love the location, so close to shopping. Great place to meet for happy hour.

Great food, expansive selection of beers, excellent service. The last time we were there was their anniversary and they had puppies!

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit! Great staff! Very friendly. Great beer! Enjoyed fresh made pizza & a great wedge salad! read more

Thirsty Belgian Bar & Kitchen - St. B-12 our favorite! - Pubs Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

Stopped in Saturday. SUCH GREAT beers available!! I had a toastie, that hit the spot! When the gal brought my check...we started talking about beer preferences, breweries....maybe a 10-15 minute convo ensued...which really made this visit great!! I like being able to discuss good beer with like minded folk. All around great spot ....food ...beer... service!! Definitely will stop in next time I'm in town! read more

Thirsty Belgian Bar & Kitchen - OddBall Kolsch & turkey Toastie - Pubs Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

Love this place. Great toasties served with chips and awesome beer selection. The hours are wrong in Yelp. Hours are 11am-10pm daily, closed on Mondays read more

On a cool fall day it was a great place to stop for lunch. The Mushroom Brie soup was very good. I had one of their special toasties which is basically a panini. It was excellent and nicely toasted. The Stella Cidre was similar to a hard cider. Wine is more to my taste but it was good. The chocolate strawberry cupcake was the only let down. It tasted old and dry. If fresh, it would have been very good. They buy them from a local bakery and charge $5. Skip the dessert. Service (Nicole ?) was excellent and fast. read more

My wife my kid and I have been to the best of the best places in big cities across the us and know the restaurant and bar industry well (though mostly in larger cities). Thirsty is by far one of the few places in Rochester that could probably stand against anyplace in the country any day of the week in terms of food and service knowing what you're coming for. Other restaurants in Rochester (even the ones that purport themselves as fine dining) could learn a lot from thirsty Belgian just in terms of service, client management, and consistency of product. read more

So glad we gave this place another try. We've been here a handful of times in recent months, and the service has really done a complete 180 since that first horrible time. The beer selection is great, and the food is definitely better than your typical bar food. My favorite beer is a Sour called The Duchess. The bar tenders/wait staff are all really good about helping suggest new beer to try. read more

Great beer, cocktails, food, and service. We got the dragons milk stout and nutty Belgian (milk chocolate). The pretzels were soft and warm. I'm not usually one for melted cheese but the mustard was great. Nice presentation too. I would probably sit by a window or in the back since I sat right in front of the door. Music was a little bit loud but MAN they had a great mix and I swear I saw each person singing along at some point in sitting there. I would DEFINITELY go here again in a heartbeat read more

Fun place. Great food and bartender. We had a meatball flatbread that was delicious.

The food is amazing! The service is the best I have had in awhile. Great people! Highly recommend

Man..I really had high hopes for this place and the food actually wasn't bad at all but the service just plain sucked. We sat ourselves and waited about 15 minutes before 1 of the 2 workers acknowledged us and gave us menus to look at. Fast forward another 20 minutes and the waitress finally came back to take our orders (soup and pizza). So all in all, upwards of 40 minutes just to take our orders. After ordering, it seemed like an eternity to get our soups and pizza. Oddly, they brought our pizza out first. I was expecting them to serve us the soup as an appetizer to enjoy before the pizza came out- so it was a little off the mark to get everything in reverse order. They must only have 1 cook working back there because I could tell other patrons were getting frustrated as well. Alas, here's the review of the food itself. The bratwurst and sourkraut soup was good. The flip-a-delphia pizza (basically a Philly cheese steak-inspired pizza) was also good but probably not worth the $18 asking price. It was just able to feed my wife and I even though it was advertised as "family sized". The green peppers were underdone and the pizza itself was slightly luke warm but the taste was pleasant. The fried onions on top were a good addition to the pizza and gave it a little extra crunch. To sum it up, we won't be rushing back here anytime soon. The service was lacking; I feel they need another worker helping customers. 2 employees alone can't handle the evening dinner influx of people or else they need to be more attentive. We weren't the only customers feeling like they were being overlooked. And finally, the food was good but probably not worth the asking price. read more

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I lived in Rochester through about 2003, and haven't been back until recently. My peers and I affectionately called the city "the culinary deprivation tank," for obvious reasons. It would appear that things have changed. This place looks like a dive in a strip mall, and perhaps it is, but as dives go, it is clean and busy, the service is excellent, and the food was out of this world! They specialize in pizza (Italian), on Naan for crust (Indian); and I got the reuben sandwich variety (which is American by way of Lithuania). Amusingly, they do NOT have fries, which are actually Belgian despite the French misnomer. So is any of this food actually Belgian? Hell no. Did this jumbled geographical journey across my palate dazzle? Hell yes! Seriously not to be missed! Their is a HUGE selection of beer and cider, and many of these are actually Belgian imports, so I guess that's how they were named, but even if you don't like beer, you really have to go here for some quality eats in a relaxed environment. I brought my school-aged kids. They are annoyingly picky, but loved their pizzas more than their iPad after a long day at school. Seating is limited, but throughput is fast enough that wait times aren't unreasonable. Plus... the pizza. read more

Bravo - I LOVE YELP when we can find these awesome local places. A group of 10 of us from out of town - EVERYONE loved this place ! The food is awesome our server/bartender was awesome. This is a must go place if your in Rochester MN. Don't judge this place from the out go in and experience a great bar and awesome. Food! read more

Thirsty Belgian Bar & Kitchen - Pubs Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

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Oh, this little unassuming place was great. We had Leffe beer, smoked eggs, Belgian meatballs and the Gouda and Pear Croque and loved it all. Next time we're in Rochester, we'll be back! Already sent my brother, who lives in Rochester, to this place! read more

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In Rochester for The Mayo Clinic and Yelp pointed us to this place last evening. Unimaginable selection of beer and ciders. You won't be want for drink here. Wine and mixed drinks as well. The wait staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. Very personable and on point when it comes to taking care of their customers! Food came out quickly. The Belgium meatballs and bread and balsamic were excellent appetizers. My son also got the hot pretzel sticks, which he devoured. My wife created her own "toasty" and enjoyed it very much. Fresh, juicy and flavorful. I tried the sausage flight and was very pleased. Also had the special soup, which was Belgian Beer Cheese, and it was like velvet. So incredibly flavorful, without being too rich. If we lived here, we would be back for sure. We hope to get there again before we fly home. Rochester is lucky to have such a fun, friendly delicious place to go to! read more