International tastes

Abyssnia Restaurant

Abyssnia, an Ethiopian restaurant, focuses around a family-style meal, with courses brought at once for everyone to try and eat together. The restaurant, which has seating for 75-80 people, has a casual, ethnic feel to it. Ethiopian art and music create an intriguing dining experience.

Aladdin's Natural Eatery

Nestled up against the Erie Canal in the village of Pittsford, Aladdin's is a delicious choice for people with a taste for Mediterranean cuisine. The menu has options for the health-conscience, vegetarians, and carnivores alike. A full menu of salads, pitas, pastas and Greek classics are available all day, and for take-out.

Aja Noodle Co.

You'll find a pan-Asian menu and a trendy, urban decor. The average meal will run you about $10.

Arigato Restaurant

The Arigato, founded in 1973, is Rochester' oldest Japanese Restaurant. It is a hibachi steak house where patrons have a front-row seat to the preparation of their meal.

Cafe Cibon

Caf Cibon, a Euro-styled bistro in Rochesters cultural district offers healthy, rustic dishes influenced by the cuisines of Italy, France and Spain. Cibons menu features authentic panini, focaccia pizza and house made pastas, along with favorite entres like Espresso-crusted Beef Tenderloin and Panseared Halibut with spicy tomato caper sauce. Rich espresso and custom-made desserts provide the finishing touches to your meal. Cibons unique, bohemian dcor sets the stage for a casual and relaxed dining experience; specialty martinis and trendy ultra lounge music create an atmosphere evocative of small bars in Rome and Paris. Dine al fresco in fine weather.

Chilango's Mexican Restaurant

Chilango's Mexican Restaurant's most popular dish - chile rellanos, a cheese-stuffed poblano pepper - is available on the weekends. The owner, Ricardo, also makes six different types of his own salsa.

El Latino Restaurant

El Latino Restaurant serves up several Latin-American and Spanish dishes at very reasonable prices. Some favorites are the pork and chicken. El Latino Restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Fridays. It's closed on weekends. Reservations for large parties are recommended.

Esan Thai Restaurant

Esan Thai Restaurant is open Tuesday - Sunday and brings the delicacies of Thailand to Rochester. Esan Thai Restaurant has 135 items to choose from, including a vegetarian menu, and also has a selection of wine and beer.

Fujiya Japanese Restaurant

Blending a unique fusion of East meets West Coast Japanese fare, Fujiya is a Japanese restaurant in a town not known for many ethnic or independent options. Whether you choose sushi, a bowl of soup noodles or broiled teriyaki, the dishes are colorful, fresh and healthful.Fujiya also includes a sushi bar. The restaurant is located in what was once a counter service fast food site.

Island Fresh Cuisine

This venue serves authentic Jamaican cuisine and is located in the plaza across the street from South Town Plaza. While some traditional American choices like burgers and fries are available, the menu features island favorites such as jerk chicken, curry chicken, curried goat, oxtails, patties and fried ripe plantains. Vegetarian and fish choices are available, too. Tempting Caribbean style desserts and specialty drinks complete the experience. Carry out is available.

Juan and Maria's Empanada Stop

When the place started in 2000, they sold about 10-20 empanadas each day but seven years later that total reached 1,025 with venues at Darien Lake, the Rochester Public Market, and Frontier Field Stadium.

Mamasan's Restaurant

Mamasan's has been offering delicious and fresh Thai and Vietnamese dishes for the past 25 years. The new Mamasan's location on Monroe Avenue is decorated in a trendy, yet simple style. Be sure to try Mamasan's famous Thai noodles. When the weather is nice, enjoy the outdoor patio. Mamasan's is open daily for lunch and dinner.

Monte Alban Mexican Grill

Signature Dish Pancho's Special: This dish combines a savory heaping of chicken and shrimp with cheese, rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole salad, and floury tortilla shells.

Murphy's Law Irish Pub

We hear Murphy's Law Irish Pub has"a big city feel." To appreciate the venue's Grand Room, "you'd have to see it to believe it." After hearing about the 38 tap beers and 65 varieties of bottled or can brews,we look forward to the challenge. Lunch and dinner are served at Murphy's Lawand the menu features American and Irish cuisine. Customers can enjoy house specials like chicken, steaks, stew and meat and potatoes. For more, call 585-739-2500.

Plaka

Famous for its Greek cusine Mykono's also features cheesecake for desert. In fact they have their own bakery on the premises. Americanfare is also served and their are specials for seniors. Open Sunday-Thursday 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Mysore Woodlands

Mysore offers 16 types of dosas, several of them available by request during its lunch buffet. The standard that will come to your table is masala dosa, a plain dosa rolled with a jazzy potato and onion filling.If you thicken the fermented batter, alter the ratio of rice and lentils and steam dumplings instead of pan-fry thin pancakes, you end up with idlis, another South Indian staple that is another high-protein offering at this buffet lineup. Here is another surprising way to eat lentils: as a fried savory donut, called a vada.Mysore Woodlands is an offshoot of a chain of South Indian vegetarian eateries launched in Ohio called Udipi Cafe. The family-owned company's first Rochester-area venture does serve chicken, lamb and shrimp dishes.The buffet was amply filled with a sweet rasam soup, a yellow dal (lentil) stew, several vegetable-based dishes, plain and seasoned rices, several chutneys and two desserts.

Old Toad

This British pub features a wide selection of beer and scotch, as well as traditional entrees and sandwiches, with appetizers until 2 a.m. The staff is imported from Great Britain, making it a pub from over there, over here. Hours are 11:30 - 2 a.m. Monday - Friday, noon - 2 a.m., Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. - 2 a.m. Sunday trivia at 9 p.m., Monday at 9:30 p.m.The Old Toad also features trivia nights, steel tipped darts, a changing menu and free WiFi access.

Piranha Sushi Bar

Offers a fusion cuisine menu of sushi with Latin flavors. Wine and beer are available. There is seating for 38 in the dining room and 20 on the sidewalk. Reservations are suggested.

Salena's Mexican Restaurant

Salena's Mexican Restaurant is located in Village Gate Plaza, and is definitely known for its margaritas! They have over 70 different tequilas, and offer a full bar. Salena's serves full service, Mexican cuisine with outside seating. Smoking is permitted at the outside bar, and is very busy on the weekends. There is live music in the Village Gate courtyard on Fridays nights. The atmosphere is pleasant, and the staff is knowledgeable, and fast. It's a great place to eat, drink and have a good time. Signature Dish Mexican Flag: Salena's Mexican Flag let's you experience a myriad of enchilada flavors representing colors on the Mexican flag. The dish features one chicken enchilada white style which is served with a heavy cream, cheese sauce, as well as one pork enchilada served green style with a green tomatillo sauce, and one beef enchilada, enchilada style. The dish is served up with rice and beans.

Siam Fine Thai Cuisine

This warm, cozy location over looks the river and offers outside dining. Offering Thai and Chinese cuisine, menu items are unique and full of flavor. The Mango Tango dish consists of mixed vegetables in a mango sauce. The crazy noodle is flat green noodles with mixed vegetables. If you are in the mood for something different try the Super bowl which has salad mixed with stir fry.

Sinbad's Mediterranean Cuisine‎

Sinbad's makes Mediterrian food delicious and affordable, along with several vegetarian dishes.

Tandoor Of India

Tapas 177

Tapas 177 is a trendy restaurant that serves unusual dishes such as ostrich, quail, jambalaya, sushi and lamb. All entrees are $18-$24, see online menu. Monday to Thursday and Sunday there is free parking in the lot at the back of the restaurant. Thursday through Saturday there is valet parking after 6:00p.m. for $5. Events include a monthly wine tasting on the first Tuesday of every month, free salsa dancing lessons every Thursday night and live music on Saturday nights. Tapas One Seventy Seven serves dinner Monday through Thursday from 5:00p.m. to 12:00p.m., Friday and Saturday from 5:00p.m. to 12:30p.m. and Sunday from 5:00p.m. to 10:00p.m.

The King and I

The best part of the menu was the first page, with explanations of 25 Thai dishes and seasonings so that unfamiliar descriptions -- for example, "evil jungle prince" (green beans and bamboo with herbs and spices in a hot spicy coconut sauce) and "masamaun" (yellow curry and coconut with onion potato and peanuts). Most of the lunch specials are $8.50 and come with the soup of the day, like lemongrass, and steamed rice. Other than the appetizers and side dishes, only seven items from the restaurant's extensive menu, which includes plenty of vegetarian fare, are cheaper. Any listing with a picture of a pepper next to it can be ordered as hot and spicy, very hot and spicy, very, very hot and spicy, or extra hot and spicy.

Wok With You

An Asian restaurant that combines Sushi with Chinese and Thai dishes.