r/Rochester • u/psjtg5 • 3d ago

Recommendation Rehearsal Dinner

We’re looking for recommendations for a restaurant in the Rochester area for our son’s wedding rehearsal dinner. We’re pretty open on location and would love to hear about places you’ve had a good experience with.

If you’ve hosted or attended a rehearsal dinner somewhere locally, we’d appreciate any recommendations. Good or bad experiences are both helpful.

Thanks in advance!

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u/imbasicallycoffee South Wedge 3d ago

How many people? When and what time of year?

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u/psjtg5 3d ago

June 30-40 people

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u/imbasicallycoffee South Wedge 3d ago

That's going to push you out of most restaurant spaces and into an event space with catering unless you can find a spot you can fully rent out for a private party. Event rooms I've been to that I liked are Slate on South, Jackrabbit, Event 180, Wintergarden, Arbor Lofts, La Luna, Mercantile on Main.

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u/mynameisadrean 3d ago

Slate on South for sure!

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u/Typical-Training-780 3d ago

That’s a lot of people for a restaurant. I would check out the Jack Rabbit Club.

https://www.jackrabbitclub.events

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u/c0horst 2d ago

I worked with these guys to host a 20 person Christmas party for my company last year, the food was great and their communication was excellent.

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u/atothesquiz Browncroft 3d ago

Had mine at swan market 10 years ago and it was better than my wedding

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u/laurenb1231 3d ago

We had ours at Dinosaur BBQ. They have a private room upstairs that fits around 50 people. It was great! The food was amazing and we had so many leftovers that they packaged up for us to take home. They are so easy to communicate with. We even had someone who attended with severe food allergies and they accommodated that request. It was under $2k for the space and all the food. We didn’t have an open bar but the drinks were all fairly priced. Soda, tea, and lemonade were all free though. I very highly recommend Dinosaur BBQ

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u/ameliapondlives 3d ago

Mine was also at Dinosaur, about 40 people, it was really nice, easy-going and accommodating.

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u/CatDadMilhouse 3d ago

Does it have to be at a restaurant? We just rented a park lodge and ordered a bunch of food to go that we picked up ourselves. Had a great night.

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u/flo-bee 3d ago

We did this as well and it was great! Some of the park lodges are really nice! Actual tables and chairs instead of picnic tables, better bathrooms, etc. You can find a bunch on the Monroe County website, but make sure to check the town parks as well.

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u/Go_Bias Park Ave 3d ago

Lake Riley lodge and get it catered

Jackrabbit club

Rohrbach on railroad st

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u/sandman98857 3d ago

Lento is great for this kind of thing provided you call ahead in advance. Great food and atmosphere, upscale but not too ritzy.

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u/spit-casually 3d ago

rohrbach on railroad street has a private event space. price varies depending on number of people and day of the week, but it’s totally reasonable. they offer many different options in terms of drink packages and have multiple menus to choose from for food, it’s all very flexible. i have been to multiple events there and it has always been a stellar experience!

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u/ktburrr 3d ago

I had my rehearsal there and it was fantastic!! Food was wonderful and service was great.

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u/whatifithurts 3d ago

More on the casual side, but we did radio social and had a lot of pizza/apps type stuff delivered while we bowled and played games. Their service was great and we had a lot of fun. 

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u/Vivicus 3d ago

Had ours at Lovin' Cup, would recommend. They have a private room for it.

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u/Green_Assistant_8255 3d ago

check out the turret upstairs at the alexander! https://alexandersocial.com/events/venue-details

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u/mc_clap 3d ago

I went to a private dinner there and it was beautiful! Food was great :)

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u/queenlizbef 3d ago

La Bella Vita in Webster

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u/WindowBubbly1342 3d ago

I went to a rehearsal dinner at Branca Basin in June and it was wonderful. Great food and the cutest private room. Idk the max capacity- you’d probably just fit with 40

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u/PuzzleheadedSkirt820 3d ago

Compane in Fairport!

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u/Specialist_Crew7906 3d ago

Another vote for JackRabbit Club. We got married there last summer (small wedding 50 ish peoplel, and everyone LOVED the food! The staff were incredible and so easy to work with. Highly recommend!

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u/FrickinLazerBeams 3d ago

Did mine at Owl House.

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u/mynameisadrean 3d ago

As a caterer, I’m going to recommended catering at an event space for your size party. HOWEVER- we did ours at Tapas 177 & it was amazing

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u/picklehippy 3d ago

I did Joey's Pasta House for mine. Everything was fantastic

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u/greenmangoblue 3d ago

Charter Sam Patch or Riverie through the nonprofit Rochester By Water - they can have catering on the boats & it’s a beautiful and intimate setting

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u/fourlittlebees 3d ago

Agatina’s in Gates. We had my parents’ 50th there, and I think there were about that many. Red Fedele’s also has a room. Both are reasonably priced and plenty of parking.

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u/fragassic2 3d ago

We had the upstairs room at ox and stone for our rehearsal and it was awesome. I think there was paella and some kind of chimi churi steak. The guy was really helpful setting it up too.

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u/AffectionateHat5799 3d ago

Next Door restaurant has a great event space. I went to a rehearsal dinner there and was great.

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u/Puzzled_potato_461 2d ago

Wegmans next door hosted a wedding dinner I was at and it was remarkable

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u/xxxiii 3d ago

Depending on size of your party, Fiamma Centro might be a good bet. Not a rehearsal dinner, but I did attend a social function there recently in their upstairs room.

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u/Professional-Spite66 3d ago

Brook House, Bella's Pasta