Grappa Rochester

Our first time at Grappa. Everything exceeded our expectations.

Dinner for three. Ordered: 2 apps (fagioli soup and meatballs) Caesar salad Chicken cutlet w ala carte side smashed sunchokes. Veal parm. Pasta bolognese Soup good meatballs needed knife and dry as sawdust. Came w 3. We ate 2. Not good. chicken cutlet overcooked and dry sunchoke side good veal parm good however the marinara was watery and just meh. Bolognese was good. Overall food was marginal at best for price point. The real issue was the service. All food above was brought together all at the same time. Both apps, salad and all three entrees were brought out by 3 servers. When I voiced my displeasure our server said oh you didn’t want all of this as your appetizers? Ummm, what? No. Her response was oh sorry for the misunderstanding. Maybe it’s a Rochester thing to order 3 courses and have them all come out at same time and cover the entire table like a Las Vegas buffet. But I doubt it. This is my first OpenTable review this low. Will not be back. At $183 before tip for the above go elsewhere. This place won’t last.

Overall is a good place and a decent food. Not a big selection for vegan but I managed.

How can freshly fried calamari comd cold at the table? Twice! Answer: if you pre-fry them and just heat them up when they are served …

Nice menu and wine selection. Waiter was well-versed and attentive.