Char Steak & Lounge

550 East Ave, Rochester
(585) 241-7100

Recent Reviews

Lisa Pascetta

I had high hopes for this place because the atmosphere is nice and the staff friendly. After waiting an hour our food arrived.(we were a party of 2 )The juicy $29 hamburger that I had eyed my fellow diners enjoying arrived at my table and while I ordered medium - this burger was not just well done it was burned and cold. Not edible —literally tough as if it had been on the grill 45 minutes and then sat for another 15 under the heat lamps. The staff and manager couldn’t have been nicer about it but someone should’ve checked in with us while we were waiting for an hour for our food. During that time our server was MIA. The chef should be ashamed to have served this. McDonald’s would’ve been a huge upgrade.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 2

John Magere

Work event Cocktail Party!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

team romans

Negronis are excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Diane Foy

Our waiter was the absolute best!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sea Scallops

Kaitlyn Jones

The staff at Char was incredible and extremely attentive. 10/10 recommend dining here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tuna Tartare

Marco Coppa

Great experience although I was alone for a business trip.Professional service all along my dinner.The NU strip was great: perfectly cooked at medium rare as I wanted.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Robert

Our party of 6 dined on a Friday night and had a lovely meal. The food was fabulous and all 6 steaks were grilled to perfection. We loved the wedge salad and the mushroom and spinach sides, but were not fans of the lobster Mac and cheese. The service was excellent.

O2doc

Char's physical plant has recently undergone superficial/minor renovation. Noise from the contiguous hotel bar continues to spill over into the dining area; *any* table location will remain affected to a degree. It's especially irksome if there's conference/meeting bar patronage, and attendees are big in number and/or rowdiness. Food/service was very good. Waiter Mark was affable and accommodating. Steak was prepared spot-on med rare. Short ribs were tender. Selected wine (a Zin) was priced with about 2.5x mark-up over retail.

Waiter had no idea what was going on... we had to wave him over several times as he stood behind the bar looking bored as hell. Not to mentioned it took 30 mins to bring out 3 salads and a lobster roll. hopefully dinner service is better.

Mike Lacagnina

Ordered filet medium rare. Prepared perfectly service was excellent. On a Monday night no less.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cindy Calzone

Char helped me host a dinner meeting for 16 people, everything was perfect!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Shawn Quinn

The place was really nice and the greeter was very pleasant and treated me and my party with respect. But on the other hand my server wasn't so pleasant so that changed the whole atmosphere which cause me not to really enjoy myself. I did leave a nice tip because I worked in the food industry before, so I understand that tips help. I would love to go back and be served by a different server. Overall, it was a nice place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Charcoal Roasted Oysters, Steak Tartare, Mac and Cheese, Butternut Cashew Risotto, Oysters on the Half Shell

David Gomez

It's a really nice place but there is no wow factor!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Jeff Bosco

Not impressed Beer's were not cold, had to ask for limes for drinks 3 times. Calamari was all rings ( frozen) and tasteless, sent back and never taken off the bill? Steak was Good. Spent 260.00 for 2 people definitely not worth it..

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

SaraE

I was looking to have a nice steak and a friend recommended this place. The steak was cooked perfect. We did a side of Brussel sprouts which were AMAZING. I will def be coming back

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