Papa Joe's Italian Eatery

I don’t know what it is about this place but there seems to always be an old guy blowing their nose at the table here… Marcella is good though! Please take your snot to the bathroom.

The food is delicious. The service is good, and the atmosphere is very good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food was excellent, my wife had shrimp scampi, I had seafood diabolo, it was excellent except the calamari was very rubbery !! You definitely will take some home !!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmigiano

Amazing. Nice traditional menu, great taste, service w a smile

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Italian Wedding Soup

Beth is the BEST!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had the fish fry. Excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Italian Wedding Soup

I had the shrimp scampi and it was wonderful! Portions are large and I had another meal out of it, plus my husband had my pasta. Italian wedding soup was good too! Staff was attentive and the server was great. I absolutely will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome food, awesome service.

Great place.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Surprisingly the service wasn't great. Our table was ignored for over 10 minutes utes while people that came after us had dri KS and salads and soups. We had to flag a bus boy to get a server.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

The company I work for had a lunch consisting of salad, greens and beans, Italian sausage with peppers and onions, roasted potatoes, ziti, and eggplant and chicken parmesan. It was delicious and everyone enjoyed it. Everything was fresh and the flavors were spot on! The eggplant parm was especially tasty! I would highly recommend their catering. Usually catered food is a miss for me, but this was stellar. Great job Papa Joe's! Also, I'm not a huge fan of store bought jarred sauce but if you're in a pinch, there's is the best!

I was introduced to this restaurant through a friend about 11 years ago and every visit has always been great! I love the eggplant, veal, and chicken parmigianas. And something about their side salad is always so great. The drive thru to pick up orders is always convenient. I no longer live in the area but I sure miss Papa Joe's when I'm craving Italian food.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everyone at my son’s wedding said the food was the best they ever had! The waitress they had serving us was amazing! The whole experience was incredible! 5 stars all around!!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmigiano, Sausage

The young hostess needs more training, when we arrived for our reservation no one was at the front desk. A young girl came over and my husband began telling her our reservation party name, in the middle of the conversation she started talking to a co-worker then moved on to another task leaving us standing there. She and another woman came back and neither one of them apologized or addressed us. It was quite shocking actually. Finally another woman addressed us and say us at our table.
On a positive note, the food was delicious and the portions were quite large and reasonably priced.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Italian Wedding Soup

It's always a pleasure to come here. Great food, service, and environment ! The only place in the Rochester area that my boyfriend will go for some tripe.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French, Sausage

Went here for dinner on a Saturday night, with a reservation at 6:00. We arrived on time and were seated right away, which is always a plus. Our server was friendly but VERY busy as the restaurant was essentially a full house.

We placed an order for the fried calamari and were both very happy with it. The calamari could have been browned a touch more but that's honestly just nitpicking on my part. We also both got the Italian Wedding Soup which was to die for!

My mother ordered the chicken Parmesan and I ordered the carbonara. As a note, this is NOT a traditional carbonara...it's basically an Alfredo. Still, everything was delicious. My mother got not one but two full sized chicken cutlets.

The food was excellent, but I am marking a point down for service as they are so busy they couldn't effectively serve their tables. We were there for over an hour and I only got a single refill on my drink.

All that being said, we will DEFINITELY come back to Papa Joe's! The food is excellent and they FEED YOU! We both had large doggy bags!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmigiano, Carbonara Romana, Italian Wedding Soup, Full Portion