ROAM Cafe,

260 Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607

"Had an excellent dinner! Two of us had the strip steak special which was huge and cooked perfectly. Sides were good size portions and everything tasted delicious. One had smothered chicken which they said was delicious. We started with the fried calamari which had excellent flavor. Make reservations as it is a very small restaurant and you likely will not be seated without one. We would absolutely go again."

"I’ve been here for brunch a handful of times and it was always great. However, I went here for dinner the other night for the first time, just for appetizers and wine. The pork steam puns were good, the arancini was ok. I prefer them smaller in groups of 3, theirs is one big one and it’s not as crunchy as I’d like. But man, the crab cakes were terrible. Probably worst I’ve had, hate to say. They should advertise that it’s imitation crab and not real crab meat. Especially considering the price. Not to mention the mayonnaise squeezed on top, never seen that before. It’s supposed to be a Louisiana style remoulade with other seasonings in it. I rate the crab cakes 1/10. I say this only in hopes for the restaurant to get better. Our server was lovely and I will be back again despite not liking one dish."

"WASTE OF $30 First time ordering from here, got take out and was appalled to see only 4 bones practically for the duck wings which have little to no meat on them. There's more breading than meat, and a huge bowl of chili sauce to dip them in... where am I using this sauce- There's no meat here.. Makes no sense - very disappointed it's not in description there are only 4 wings. Debating on walking these back into the restaurant to get my money back - but don't want to be more disappointed if they say there's nothing we can do about it. Also ordered the pretzels - saving grace bc I'm starving and have 1.5hr road trip even tho they are well-done...baked longer than desirable luckily the cheese sauce is good to cover up the almost burnt flavor. Huge waste of calories but I'm starving. *Review Update* throwing out the 3rd pretzel bc they were so tough and burnt flavor couldn't be masked by the cheese"

"Stopped here on a food tour. We got to try a cocktail, the Arancini, and the Creamy Tomato & Artichoke Bisque. Everything was amazing! I can't wait to go back and try more on their menu! This would be a great restaurant for a date, they have a cozy atmosphere and a bar if you wanted to hangout and have a couple drinks."

"Definitely a bad night for a Google Level 8 Local Guide to bring his whole family in for dinner. I write honest reviews and pull few punches. We’ve been to Roam several times and usually quite satisfied with the experience. Not tonight. We arrived a few minutes prior to our 7pm reservation and the seven of us were seated pretty quickly. Then we sat for 15 minutes before anyone even greeted us. Eventuality we were given tap ice water. Another 15 minutes lapsed before we were able to order drinks and were asked for our appetizer and entree order. Drinks hit the table at the 30 minute mark and the appetizers were another 15 minutes behind them. Dinner arrived at 1:45 into this and it wasn’t great. Served just warm and lacking flavor. The steaks and salmon were way over cooked and never did we get asked if all was okay. The only reason they earned a couple stars was due to the artichoke appetizer and pesto chicken. They were excellent. The martini was perfect and the bar tender was actually pretty friendly. As I wished them luck after paying our tab and walked out. They knew it was bad. You could actually see it in their faces and less than pleasant attitude. It was very disappointing and we won’t be back."