Roch's Place

This one hurts. Honestly, there's no restaurant I've ever traveled so far to dine at. 2,035 miles. Okay, I didn't travel the majority of those miles JUST for this place...I was about a hundred miles away for another obligation. But still, even that hundred miles was the furthest I'd ever driven to check out a place. But I had to be here. I HAD to do this...for the name's sake. Roch's Place. It's my name too. 3rd proud generation of Rochs from France to America dating back to the late 1800s. So, when I sat down and ordered my beer, I slid my drivers license on the bar showing the bartender and telling her my story and that I'd love to meet the owner if he's around just to say hi and all that - and, hey do you sell any merch I can take home? She hears me out, looks at the license and says; "Oh, wow, how cool." and that was that. It wasn't particularly crowded, save for an obnoxious f-bomb dropping patron 3 beers in. But that's fine - it wasn't about me - it was about wanting to connect with the namesake of this place and/or at least have a touchpoint that made my long trip worthwhile.For food, I ask the bartender what the locals like and she says, "oh, the CHICKEN TENDERS are great.". Typically, when ordering tenders at other restaurants, you'll find an emphasis on the "tender" aspect. Not here. Over-battered and over-fried-to-death. Batter to chicken ratio 2:1. Not kiddin'.At some point a replacement bartender stepped in. I told her my 'Roch story' and asked again about the merch. After showing zero interest in any of it, she says; "I'll ask and let you know about the shirts. I don't know if we sell anything." I said; "Now?" And she said: "No, come back and I'll see." (I took that as; "I can't help, come back and maybe someone else who cares more will. Maybe.")Nope, I won't be back. I've been touting this place on socials for over 2 years and plugging my trip out to visit it for a couple of months - even going so far as to post on their page. No other visit could possibly make this place better.Sure, this is probably a nighttime hang...live guitarist out there on the deck, locals gettin' their drink on and the food, obviously, nothin' but a weak afterthought. But, if you're going to go to the trouble of being open for business, be OPEN, be present. Be anything but this.

Really tasty foodMany nights they offer live music.Nice hang out with friends.Check it out soon

We have eaten at Roch's many times. The hamburgers are fresh and you can choose what you want on them. I always get grilled onions and pepper Jack cheese. Delicious. We get onion rings with our hamburger and they are the best. Eat at Roch's and you won't be sorry

Great food selection, always consistent and good. Good drink/beer selection, and always good service. A St. Joseph staple.

Ordered a cajun chicken sandwich and split an order of onion rings. The sandwich was simple but good. The onion rings were OUTSTANDING!!! Servers were very nice too. I'm glad we stopped here for dinner!

Perfect little bar , great food , great vibe , COLD beer , if you want a good night out, this is the place, if you want a black tie event go somewhere else

Pretty good bar food. Good greasy burgers. My wife likes the mahi mahi fish basket. Double Frisco melt is really a great sandwich.

So disappointed tonight. I brought a friend from out of town and out of state here. I really like this place so i wanted the best. But he was from California so wasn't ready to eat as early as us. We asked for menus at 9:03. Waitress told us we could no longer order food. We offered $100 to the cooks plus our dinner costs and she said that would not be fair because at least 5 other tables wanted dinner too and they would be jealous. I don't think I can ever go here again because they clearly don't care about thier customers. They also tried some angle about it being illegal for us to bring in food of our own from local delivery options and oddly enough i've done a little digging and it's actually a town law that they have to serve food in order to serve alcohol. Very shady and not friendly. So disapointed. Chips or fries would have made things better. Oh well.

Glad to dine here again twice in a week. The food was very good both times. I love the varieties of cheese choices for my burger. The onion rings are excellent. A very cold Guinness in a chilled glass topped off a very enjoyable day.

Service was non-existent. Couldn't get anyone to wait on us. Very poor. Went to Monicals instead.