Recipes - Rochester

I love the Troy location, so I was so glad to hear about their Rochester location! This restaurant is significantly bigger but still has the same homey feel and delicious food. Same amazing menu and attentive staff. This time I got the tuna croissant. Very generous portion and not too heavy. I love their French fries and ranch! Definitely would order again.They have a parking lot in the back and it's off the Main Street so it's not too crowded. This location has a liquor license, so they serve mimosas, Bloody Mary, etc.

Had an awesome brunch at Recipes! The spinach and sprouts omelet was huge and delicious, and I swapped the sprouts for crispy French fries--so good! The Vietnamese iced coffee was perfectly balanced and not too sweet. The ambiance is cozy and welcoming, with friendly service that made me feel right at home. Can't wait to come back!

Cute breakfast spot with a Troy and Rochester location. I've been here maybe three times and this is a review of the visits. Five stars for free parking in a lot behind. Three stars for service. It's never been stellar. Five stars for having one vegan item on the menu. It's a tofu scramble with vegan sausage. The gross part is they leave the plastic casing on the sausage. You're supposed to remove it before cooking. So every time I order this I have to pick off the casing. Second gross thing is the guacamole on all of our plates was brown. Not fresh. I told myself it was frozen and tried to eat it. Not appetizing at all. Lastly, if you order the vegan dish you will get butter on the toast that comes with it. No thought from the servers or chefs to ask or remove it. The food is three stars. You can make a better scramble at home. The juice is not fresh and the grapefruit is neon pink. They do have a liquor license for mimosas if you're interested.

I had a great time at Recipes for brunch with friends and will definitely be back! Our group arrived at 12:30 for brunch on a Sunday and had no wait. All the staff were really friendly and happy to answer menu questions. The Santa Fe vegan hash skillet was delicious. It was nice to enjoy brunch somewhere out where you can also hear each other talk and not be interrupted by crowds of people screaming for bottomless mimosas.There is plenty of parking in the back but a few street spots are available in front but fill quickly so plan to park behind. There are a couple of front porch tables for outdoor dining with small groups.Diverse menu from omelettes to sandwiches, good food and great family-friendly place for breakfast and brunch.

I enjoyed our girls brunch at Recipes when friends and I all met to catch up this summer! It was the perfect place to go and have a conversation. I feel other local brunch places are loud and close quarters. At Recipes, the tables are spread out enough that you're comfortable and can relax. We started with mimosas, I had the pink lemonade mimosa, and it was more champagne than lemonade. Depending your preference you can decide if that is a pro or con, ha! I ordered the buttermilk pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream. The waitress asked "thats the stuffed strawberry french toast?" (A special at the time.) I clarified that, no, its the pancakes and I'm adding the strawberries and whipped cream. She seemed she got it and went to put our orders in. Everyone at the table received their order and I waited maybe 5 extra minutes, no big deal, until the food runner brings me out the stuffed french toast. I catch him and explain that this was incorrect and he took it back, clarified my order again, and said he would be back. The waitress had not been back to our table yet, and about 15 or so minutes later I'm finally served what I ordered. Then maybe 5 minutes after that the waitress comes back and says something to the effect that she was sorry for the mix up and she had told them to make what I ordered and does not know how they still did it wrong. My table was mostly done with their food when I got to start, even though they tried to wait, but it was around 1:30 at this point and we had all been waiting for our brunch date to eat. Overall, the food was good but the pancakes were nothing super special. I would really like to come back to Recipes in Rochester to try something else on the menu and have a (hopefully) different experience that is maybe more true to how a normal visit is.I do recommend them, the rest of the table was very satisfied, so I will be back!

I was having lunch today at Recipes when I walked in I noticed at the comer table a small dog on a leach. I was surprised that the restaurant allowed the dog inside the restaurant. I proceeded to my table where my friend was already setting. She informed me she overheard the dog owner saying it was her service dog which I was surprised since there was no markings that I could see on the dog's collar. The next thing the dog was upon the table walking around. If this dog was a service dog definitely not that well behaved. For someone who usually eats at Recipes 2-3 times a month I think I will reconsider next time where I eat

To say I was underwhelmed here would be an understatement. This place presents itself as a nicer breakfast joint, which to some degree it is, but I left feeling disappointed after my breakfast here this morning.Walking in, the place is spacious and well decorated. Lots of seating and plenty of staff wandering about. I got seated at a 4 top and reviewed the menu for a bit while waiting for my server. On average, most of the food here runs about $15 give or take a dollar, which I had anticipated since I've been to their Troy location. I went with their Wild Bill omelet which they offer as one of their weekend specials. The problem was mostly service here while I dined in. Service was slow and non existent, which really affected my experience here. There was plenty of staff lingering about, but it seemed that only two of them were really working-and I use the word working since I was mostly ignored most of the time here.Anyway, my server never came over and I ended up having the hostess step in to take my order after waiting quite a while. After my food came out it looked and tasted really good, but not for $15. I would pay closer to $10 for this meal if it were up to me. It's far better than coney island any day, but not as good as other food that I've had at the same price point, easily.The final straw was at the end when I was waiting for my bill and a box for leftovers. At this point, my waitress spent more time hiding than actually helping. All the other servers were still standing around and I wanted to grab one of them to get more water and see if I could leave, but they ignored me as well. After standing up, it looks like they were ignoring most of the others in the restaurant as well. Eventually I found what looked like a manager and told her I needed to cash out and would like to leave. She took my cash with the bill and placed it on the counter, then leaving. Nice. Shortly thereafter my server eventually cashed me out and I got to finally leave.I know it's post pandemic at this point but this place doesn't appear to be short staffed, at least from this visit. Mostly they were standing around doing whatever. Food here's good, but not enough for me to really return in the future. Thanks Recipes, you really let me down. Get it together.

Great breakfast / brunch spot. The food is well prepared. The service is wonderful. The noise level is low enough to have a conversation.

The menu is physically gigantic, that is why there are so many pictures. Beautiful restaurant on university between paint creek and main; there were only a few parties inside and the place felt even bigger than it is. We had very attentive wait staff and the whole setting was really nice. The food is just average though. At least the things that we ordered were. I got the Spanish omelette and my daughter got chocolate chip pancakes. The pancakes were weirdly flaky and dry, definitely not up to par with some of the places we've tried over the last few weeks. My omelette wasn't bad by any means. There was chorizo inside, it just was not seasoned it felt like. You don't get very much salsa with it. I'm sure I could've asked for more, just making an observation. I would come back for sure, but personally I will keep my expectations a bit lower.

Very lovely and homey brunch spot. I really like the omelettes here! The fries are my favorite. Super crunchy and crisp. Service was friendly