11 Best Italian Restaurants in Rochester

“This is the only restaurant that I have worked at that I will ALWAYS come back to. For the atmosphere, live music, the incredible staff (no, not favoring because I worked here, totally different staff), the food is consistent and the drinks- chefs kiss (Ryan is FANTASTIC)! Something about coming here is like coming home, it's very cozy and intimate! A best kept secret of Rochester for sure! I must add that the staff are seemingly genuine and you can tell they enjoy their jobs- not like other restaurants where you get a fake nice.“

“Definitely will go back! The best spaghetti and meatballs around. I love Italian but the bruschetta was not great. Had no seasoning or something so I was a bit disappointed in that ! But overall , great meal and friendly servers!“

“I've been meaning to come here since it opened and I'm so sad it took me this long! The restaurant was beautiful and uniquely decorated. A perfect atmosphere with just enough murmur of conversations and music in the background. Our server Corey was amazing, he was very patient with us while we took our time ordering and gave good insight on the menu and answered all questions! Our door came very quickly and was so delicious! Our side of cauliflower was gone in under 2 minutes (I could've just eaten that for dinner) both of our main dishes were amazing. I'm already counting down the days to have the rigatoni again! We finished with dessert or the olive oil sea salt ice cream which was perfect in all ways. We were sent complimentary champagne toasts to celebrate my mother's birthday and they put a candle in her dessert. We felt very cared for and will definitely be going back!“

“The food was outstanding. The sauces on the two dishes we tried were phenomenal. They were even able to replace the butter in the sauce with virgin olive oil for the Veal Portabella dish. We liked it so much we bought a quart to bring back home with us to Chicago. We used it on Salmon I caught in Alaska. It was amazing how the sauce complimented the salmon. The staff was super friendly and knowledgable about about the menu and were able to make excellent recommendations on choosing what to try. It was our first time there. We will definitely be going back when we are back in Rochester.“

“It's hard to find a restaurant with consistantly AWESOME food but Sorellina's is just that restaurant!“

“8 of us were there for our Grandson's 19th Birthday. We had 2 servers, and very nice and friendly 20 yr old female and a friendly male. They were both very helpful and fast at bringing drinks and then the soup and salads. The meals came quite fast also, before some of us were done with the salad and soups.\nThey made sure that we had plenty of bread and more salad.\nThen it seemed like something changed as they did not come back for a long time when we were eating to make sure that we had everything and how it tasted.\nWhen my wife paid the bill, she noticed that they charged our Grandson for the supposedly free Chocolate desert given to him when the sang Happy Birthday. As we were leaving, she asked if it was to be free and the waitress said yes. She told her to have Olive Garden give that to her and the waiter as a Tip along with the already designated Tip.\nWe hope that Olive Garden followed through with the request.“

“We tried the pizza for the first time today. It was so good! The owners are so friendly also. Definitely our new favorite pizza. If you haven't tried it yet we highly recommend doing so!“

“Omg..I grew up in Jersey, have been at Mayo for 2 days with my mother in law. My husband just got me a taste of home at Pasquale’s and it was amazing!! Now I will be driving from La Crosse for pizza!“

“Brought our kids/grandkids out for pizza. two extra large and one gluten free. The pizzas had generous toppings and cheese and quality tasting ingredients. The GF pizza was wonderful...rare for GF. Really nice waitress as well!“

“They’ve been open for about a week with a new menu. The staff was super friendly and genuine. We had the beef tenderloin appetizer (not pictured) which was delish, and our meals were shown below. Everything was cooked perfectly (I had walleye and he had a bone in pork chop)…and the mushroom risotto was EVERYTHING. We felt like things were priced on point as well. Would definitely go again.“

“Chicago style pizza was great! Sauce was tasty. Crust was light and flavorful. Italian sausage has a deep star anice flavor. All good things in my book.“