Reviews for TRATA: The Restaurant At The Armory in Rochester, NY

This is a stunning restaurant. The decor isn't just nice in a flashy or cheap way like so many hollow restaurant designs today.... It's truly classic, everything from the brick walls to the choice of wood looks and feels genuine and high quality. In terms ofthe food these are some of the best hamburgers I've had in years. They do come very rare if you order them that way so Irecommend just getting them cooked medium. The French fries are fantastic, ultra crispy and cooked well without being overcooked. Read more

If I could give this place 2.5 stars, I would. I want to start off by mentioning what I liked- the atmosphere is casual and... upbeat. Great location, love the views from the windows, service was friendly and fast (in spite of it being busy), and theprices are reasonable. The menu also offers a variety of food and drinks that should satisfy most palates… Unfortunately,the food was disappointing. The tempura shishito pepper appetizer had way too much batter— in fact there were two large globsof batter and peppers that we had to cut apart…. Though the dipping sauce was tasty. The warm pretzel appetizer… wasn’tterrible… but was just eh… The lettuce wraps were subpar…the meat was dry and the accompanying sauces were salty andtasted of artificial flavoring. The bahn mi sandwich was too soggy, however the pork had good flavor and was well prepared—it would have been more authentic and better balanced had they used a crusty baguette, less sauce, added cilantro, more pickledradish/ carrots / and cucumber… The cocktails were very average. Not bad but nothing to get excited about… I wouldconsider this average sports bar quality food…. Unfortunately, I had expected more. Read more

Very good bar/comfort food. Easily the best grilled cheese I've ever had. The food is fairly affordable, and you even get the... bonus of watching the servers skillfully carry huge trays of food on a single hand. Would definitely recommend! Read more

Went to dinner with coworkers on a Thursday evening around 5:30pm. We called ahead since we were a party of 7. It was extremely... busy, parking lot was very full. Food & drinks were phenomenal. Love the atmosphere here. I ordered an Amaretto sour and theblackened fish tacos. Tacos were delicious, can't wait to go back. Highly recommend. Read more

Food was great, had a party of 12. Food was cooked perfectly. I would absolutely come here again for a date. All 12 of us got... steak and every single one was cooked to perfection. Read more

I always enjoy the food here, when it gets busy it can take service a little longer. We had one of our dinners forgotten in the... process but they did get it out to us within 15 minutes of realizing. We had a party of 8 so it is understandable there was someconfusion. Personally I could eat 100 of their Duck Cranberry Quesadillas! They are my FAVORITE! Read more

Trata was very pleasant. I can’t say this is my favorite restaurant in Rochester but I could definitely see myself returning... here 2 or 3 more times. Very nice place to go on a date or a night group of friends outing. My table mainly ordered the salmondish like myself and I would rate it a 7/10. Salmon was cooked perfectly and the vegetables were nice (the mushrooms & onioncombo) but something about the combination of the type of vegetables and the salmon did not sit well with me (carrots, wintersquash purée and the cherry vinaigrette). We all enjoyed it but it wasn’t the best dish we ever had. The duck quesadillaswere very delicious, I know I would come back just for that. Though I wish more was given. The sorbet was amazing too and I amvery particular on my sorbet. The chicken wings were pretty good but nothing to brag about. I had an upstate New York Rieslingwin and of course it did not disappoint and my companions also enjoyed their drink I believe they ordered a Chai Latte whichactually looked very appealing. Read more

The ambiance was nice and the building was esthetically pleasing, the cucumber drink I had was amazing, and I got the blackened... fish tacos which were actually really good. The clam chowder however was very different and the taste was very different thanyour typical chowder. It was chunky, but just odd tasting. I went with a large group who ordered different selections off themenu and there many were very unsatisfied with their selections. One ordered a burger well done and it literally came back redin the middle and only a desert was offered. Baked Mac and cheese was ordered and it was terribly dry. I’m not sure whatexactly was wrong with the birthday girls burger, but she exchanged for a Caesar salad. So although I was happy with myselection and drink, pretty much everyone else was, and it was actually brought to the servers attention and the server said“and I put the order for well done on the burger”, but yet only offers a free desert is uncalled for. Without guests youhave no establishment. The burger looked like it was going to run off the plate and she asked for the burger to be “welldone”. To the owner: You can have a pretty building, and great location, but it takes excellent customer service and productto keep it going guys!! I see this way too much and this is B2B ;) Okay hope this helps. Read more