This is the summary of the 5 Oyster Specials we've reviewed in Rochester. For more details on each location, please see the review dedicated to that location. This is just a quick run-down.
Our summary is that there are really two tiers of oyster specials in town.
Our top 1-3 are all very close to each other and we would recommend them all with the same gumption. Where they landed within our 1-3 really came down to tiny details and personal preference. So, use our notes and read the full reviews to decide if you might shuffle them around a bit.
Our bottom selections (4-5) are clearly below our top 3. Similarly, one could shuffle them between each other, but they are clearly on a level below our top 3. We would equally caution anyone before attending these locations for an oyster special, and one can move them between 4 and 5 depending on personal preference.
Starting with our favorite at the top.
1) 2 Vine -
Turn Ons: Best tasting oysters, great presentation, inviting and elegant atmosphere, best bar area, oysters served with both mignonette and cocktail sauce, great (other) food, great staff, parking lot near East Ave.
Turn Offs: Cramped Seating area, Oyster Special only available at the bar, only one oyster option, we want the Seafood Platter back.
2) Erie Grill -
Turn Ons: Best Mignonette Sauce, decent oyster selection, great view of the Canal and atmosphere, very relaxed and intimate, quick service, great happy hour specials and prices for two hours, great $1 salt chips.
Turn Offs: Worst fries, small space
3) Lento -
Turn Ons: Best oyster selection and variance, great cocktails, great service, amazing duck fat frites.
Turn Offs: Feminine atmosphere, long wait for oysters, pricey entrees
4) Roux -
Turn Ons: Romantic and intimate upstairs atmosphere, great staff and few tables per server, fun and unique drinks (absinthe), Very good frites, good food presentation.
Turn Offs: Atrocious bathroom, bad oysters, only 1 oyster option, hit-or-miss food, small space, no happy hour.
5) The Vesper -
Turn Ons: Very good frites, craft beer available, walking distance to Geva, hip atmosphere, good plate presentation, incredible corn fritters.
Turn Offs: Unacceptable sauces, no malt vinegar, sketchy neighborhood, bad oysters, only one oyster option, no mignonette sauce with oysters, no ice with oysters, unreliable food quality, no happy hour, servers don't really seem to care.
Check out the full reviews, below!
Our summary is that there are really two tiers of oyster specials in town.
Our top 1-3 are all very close to each other and we would recommend them all with the same gumption. Where they landed within our 1-3 really came down to tiny details and personal preference. So, use our notes and read the full reviews to decide if you might shuffle them around a bit.
Our bottom selections (4-5) are clearly below our top 3. Similarly, one could shuffle them between each other, but they are clearly on a level below our top 3. We would equally caution anyone before attending these locations for an oyster special, and one can move them between 4 and 5 depending on personal preference.
Starting with our favorite at the top.
1) 2 Vine -
Turn Ons: Best tasting oysters, great presentation, inviting and elegant atmosphere, best bar area, oysters served with both mignonette and cocktail sauce, great (other) food, great staff, parking lot near East Ave.
Turn Offs: Cramped Seating area, Oyster Special only available at the bar, only one oyster option, we want the Seafood Platter back.
2) Erie Grill -
Turn Ons: Best Mignonette Sauce, decent oyster selection, great view of the Canal and atmosphere, very relaxed and intimate, quick service, great happy hour specials and prices for two hours, great $1 salt chips.
Turn Offs: Worst fries, small space
3) Lento -
Turn Ons: Best oyster selection and variance, great cocktails, great service, amazing duck fat frites.
Turn Offs: Feminine atmosphere, long wait for oysters, pricey entrees
4) Roux -
Turn Ons: Romantic and intimate upstairs atmosphere, great staff and few tables per server, fun and unique drinks (absinthe), Very good frites, good food presentation.
Turn Offs: Atrocious bathroom, bad oysters, only 1 oyster option, hit-or-miss food, small space, no happy hour.
5) The Vesper -
Turn Ons: Very good frites, craft beer available, walking distance to Geva, hip atmosphere, good plate presentation, incredible corn fritters.
Turn Offs: Unacceptable sauces, no malt vinegar, sketchy neighborhood, bad oysters, only one oyster option, no mignonette sauce with oysters, no ice with oysters, unreliable food quality, no happy hour, servers don't really seem to care.
Check out the full reviews, below!
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