Outdoor seating
Yes
Exchange Sports Bar in Rochester
Categories
Location on the map
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, US
Service options
Kerbside pickup
Yes
No-contact delivery
Yes
Takeaway
Yes
Dine-in
Yes
Delivery
No
Health and safety
Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits
Yes
Highlights
Bar games
Yes
Fast service
Yes
Great beer selection
Yes
Great cocktails
Yes
Sport
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Yes
Offerings
Alcohol
Yes
Beer
Yes
Cocktails
Yes
Food
Yes
Food at bar
Yes
Happy-hour drinks
Yes
Happy-hour food
Yes
Spirits
Yes
Wine
Yes
Amenities
Toilets
Yes
Atmosphere
Casual
Yes
Crowd
Groups
Yes
Tourists
Yes
Phone: +1 585-417-5623
Site: https://www.exchangesportsbars.com/
Site: https://www.exchangesportsbars.com/
Opening hours
- Monday:12PM–2AM
- Tuesday:12PM–2AM
- Wednesday:12PM–2AM
- Thursday:12PM–2AM
- Friday:12PM–2AM
- Saturday:12PM–2AM
- Sunday:12PM–12AM
Comments (190)
If you want to watch sports….great place. Lots of televisions. THE FOOD IS HORRIBLE. The chicken tenders are the worse I’ve ever tasted.
Let me lead with awesome. And then lets revisit awesome. Play have outside patio with a gas fire so if you like to drink and smoke you can continue to do that also. Lots of flat screen TVs. Watch every sport ever all at once. Great place bet one of the owners while I was there. Cant remember his name. But everyone was great would highly recommend
It was probably the worst service Ive ever experienced in a bar/restaurant in my life. The waitress visited our table once in an hour. We never got to order food, one of my friends didnt get to order anything. The tables around us got drinks, food, refills, our waitress completely ignored us. What made it even better was a manager/owner was sitting at his own personal table watching football while customers were getting treated poorly. Ill never go back, this was just awful customer service.
Food was good, but service was AWFUL. We went into the restaurant at about 4:30 on the day of the RIT Homecoming Hockey Game at BCBS. The staff was woefully unprepared for the crowd that arrived from about 4:45 to 6:00. It was totally unacceptable that youd let everyone that arrived at the door have a seat, then ignore them, because you were not prepared. Lesson: Only seat those that you can provide good service - no more. Furthermore, our waiter (Nick) had NO sense of urgency - he had one speed SLOW. And, he totally blew-off delivering a round of drinks that we asked him for.Weve been going to this place for years prior to games at BCBS. No more....Ill find a new place with management that understands good service.
Fast service and friendly staff. For a sports bar surprisingly clean.
Great staff. They were willing to answer all of our stupid questions because we were from out of town and they did not make is feel like we were a bother. Food was delicious. Atmosphere was very nice large windows brings the outside in and it makes it nice looking.
My daughter and I have been here 3-4 times the last few months because she enjoys their bowl. We always sit on the patio and they never have someone who just works out there. The first time the young lady who went back and forth was amazing! Since I felt we are ignored.Tonight I stood at the bar to get menus and no one acknowledged me for at least five mins. Then when I was approached the server wasn’t friendly at all. She brought out my appetizer and basically tossed it on the dirty table. Yes she did check back on us which I appreciate. I then had to get my check and waited again at the bar for at least five mins. I got my money together and again had to wait for my server.When I gave her my check I said the service needs to be better. Her response was there’s only two of us! I serve part time and understand short staffed but a smile and talking with your customers goes along was!Now with that being said she got an amazing tip from me still. It was close to 30%. My daughter loves the bowl this is the reason we come back. If you have a patio it there needs to be a server. I shouldn’t have to walk up to the bar to order each time I’ve been there.To the young lady who waited on me smile it goes along way!
Love the owner. Took care of me after a long drive from philly to see sabastian manascalco. A destination when i go back to Rochester. Great wings!!!
The service here is so, so, so bad. I come in during the week for kickball and its the worst service ever seen. It takes 10-15 minutes to get served. The guy is the most inefficient bartender. Im here right now and 2 people next to me just left because it took so long. Will not return, embarrassing.
This place is pretty nice. I like it as a sports bar, plenty of TVs, its clean , bartenders are cool. Best tenders and tots Ive ever had. Their tenders are seriously massive. Only reason they get a 4 instead of 5 is because their buffalo sauce is kind of weird and their dessert menu is lacking.
I was harressed beyond believe. I have two service dogs that were refused service, and the dog we adopted they accused was malnurtioned. The dog we originally had we rescued from a poor environment, but we are trying our best to bulk him up. They only treat their dogs and customers and regulars with privileges. Also a regular that they well knew was touchy feely decided to put his hands down my pants and let him resume to drink there. Terrible place for your dogs or humans.
Easily the best sports bar in this city. Plenty of TVs, and draft list has enough variance. Food menu is simple for the cooks to put special attention to items yet pretty basic
Couldnt have asked for a better place to go before a concert
The Exchange was my first bar experience and it was very pleasant. The food is great especially the chicken tenders and fries! I like the staff too. Theyre always nice. The atmosphere is pretty chill there too. I would definitely recommend them to anyone.
It was ok. Went here to eat after going to two different restaurants that had over an hour wait before being seated. Exchange didnt have a wait at all. The food was ok, service was slow. There was only two tables seated and 10 tables could of been taken care of in the time it took for 2 tables. I will not be going back there.
We sat at the bar, just had drinks. It was a busy night, football playoffs, so we waited a few minutes to get a seat at the bar, some other customers offered us their seat, very nice people. Friendly bartenders, decent prices. I noticed they have a Sunday brunch with bloody Mary specials. Lots if TVs for sports.
Great Rueben!
Great food, great beer. Come here often as my girlfriend lives across the street in the Corn Hill landing apartments. Awesome sports bar with HD flat-screen TVs everywhere. Bartenders are super friendly and its always a good time. Go blue!!
This is a nice establishment. The service is good and the food is good. There is an outdoor area which is also great. Im not sure if theres a music venue as I have not experienced that in my three or four visits there. Its great place to go especially if youre looking for some decent food and to chill out.
The first waitress we got was not so good. She took our drink order and disappeared. We talked to another waiter who was quick to remedy the situation. After that everything was great. The food was very good and they have an excellent selection of beer.
This isnt going to be one of my usual reviews because I really dont think this place is worth the time.In a nutshell I was not impressed at all. Went there for a Christmas party, we had a couple of pizzas, three different styles of wings and a couple different nachos. The pizza was, how can I say this, beyond disappointing. It seemed like the pepperoni was an afterthought as it would not stay on the pizza, it was crisp and dry as well. The nachos had no flavor and the chips were old tasting. The big disappointment were the wings. They were dreadfully overcooked. It was almost like eating a dehydrated chicken wing still on the bone.Needless to say I cant in good conscience recommend this place. Really the only reason for the two stars and not one is the customer service was really good. So if you love great customer service and dont care that your food is not up to that same standard or just want to have some drinks then this is a great place for you.
The building and the environment in general has been cleaned up nicely. They have a nice menu selection, great beers on tap and all the TVs you could possibly want in one building. The exchange is definitely a nice relaxed place for anyone and everyone!
We went with a large group of people but sat at separate tables to make it faster before a hockey game. We were no nonsense with the waitress and ordered everything as soon as we got there and were served our drinks and food very quickly. Other people had problems getting their food but I place a fair amount of the blame on them, not the bar.The grilled cheese sandwich cheeseburger was ridiculous but extremely tasty. My Ruben was also very good with a hearty portion of thick corned beef.The beer selection was good with a wide variety of types of beers instead of say 10 different but similar IPAs.
Always enjoyed this bar, even through owner changes and whatever, this place had always been a favorite. What Im curious about, is if the Amerks still show up after games. None the less, the food is still top notch and the bartenders are friendly.
Our server was not friendly and seemed put out taking our order. I ordered a burger and soup which after not arriving after 40 minutes I never had as I left. The water was good. Very disappointing.
Ive gone in two different times and had to walk out because a server never came to our table. The first time I believe was when it was under a different owner, so I gave them another chance. The second time was on a Friday night at about 8pm. The place wasnt busy at all and the bartender looked to be the only server there as well. Even if she was busy, I wish she would have at least stopped by our table and given us menus. I guess if youre going the only place you should sit is the bar.
I have been here multiple time and enjoyed it each time. Today I went and had the worst service Ive received anywhere in years. I waited 35 minutes for our food (table of only 2 people). We watched as 3 other tables came in after us, ordered, and ate their food. Eventually I got up and walked to our waitress who was tending bar at the time and told her we never got our food. She said your what? I pointed to our table and told her again our food, that we ordered 35 minutes ago. She immediately went in the back and grabbed our food which had been sitting back there for who knows how long. She proceeded to tell us that chicken wings take a long time to cook. Really?!? Cause Ive ordered chicken wings several other times in my life and never waited that long. Also it was clear she went back to the bar and was complaining about us as other customers at the bar were looking over at us while we ate when she was talking to them. We quickly boxed our food to go and left. Absolutely terrible service, which is sad- cause I used to like this place. Would never go back again now...
The bar is ok. The bartenders are nice and attentive. They have food so its always a plus for a bar. They sell huge beer pitch , so thats always good. Other than that its a pretty cool place
Convenient location for a fun sports bar. I do like the tall ceilings. Feels like theres a lot of space in there.The kitchen is mostly finger foods. Cant go wrong with a cold beer and food from here. It does get very crowded during happy hour, post Blue Cross Arena events, and weekend nights... but that just means that its that good.
A huge step up from Nathaniels. Lots of nice tvs and great wings. An excellent Bills bar.
Good beer selection, lots of TVs, consistently good food. Nice patio.
Jeff and his staff have always made MUFC Rochester feel at home. Jeffs a great owner and it shows with how cool and nice his staff are. The food is pretty good, love their chicken fingers and the beer is reasonably priced.
Reasonable draught selection, and the food is decent. I come here about once per week. Ive had the fried fresh mozzarella (A+), wings (A-), and chicken Caesar wrap (A, tasted fresh, mostly lettuce, not much dressing, which is a good thing).Service has always been quick, attentive, and pleasant.
From out of town. Found this place. Excellent Pub food with a twist. New yorker burger, fish tacos, chicken parm. Sandwich. ...amazing!!! Hot food cold beer great atmosphere. Kyle was the best server!
Good friend invited me out to a sporting event, said we were going to meet here for early drinks and parking for the game. We did get good drinks, unfortunately though I think the staff was a tad unprepared for fhe food ordering, it took almost an hour for our apps to get done, granted it was busy but it had appeared that maybe the orders had been side tracked at some point. All of this being said, great place, pretty good service ( i think this was a circumstantial hiccup), and great atmosphere the place was busy but in a great way.
Great service and food. Due to Covid hardly anybody there which was nice, but at the same time sad. Would like to see them succeed, simple but good menu.
Changed ownership, a few times, over the past 15 years. Staff is nice but food isn’t that great. Nice place to get a quick beer or watch a fight.
Good place for pub food. But its Saturday evening, huge event at the war memorial, full house, and you have 1 bartender and 2 wait staff. Management: dont be so cheap. Hire more staff.
Great place to eat and hang out! Food is great and they have a lot of beers on draft, including IPA options. A great improvement from Nathaniels that use to be there. I definitely recommend checking it out!
Slow service. People that ordered the same food as us AFTER we ordered got thers first. Wated half an hour after ordering to get food. Also food is falsely advertised, only 3 chicken fingers not 4 however they havent changed the menu OR THE PAPER TO GO MENUS, yhe waitress never told us and the guy at the bar was rude about it when i asked him, i pointed at the menu and he said i could argue with you all day but we changed it. Rude and a rip off, never coming back.
Absolutely a great bar, nice service and good atmosphere.
Ordered food. Waited an hour for delivery (quoted 20-30m). Call and and told they are closed. No one to answer yet they are listed open on all platforms. If your going to say your open be open. Wasted an hour of my time and $30 of my money I might get back after more time and energy from Uber.
Cool place for a quick beer. Nice workers and laid back atmosphere. Outside space as well. They do have food, but didnt try.
Great food, fast service and had all the football games on
They had the best burger I have eaten in my life, the wings were outstanding and I will come here every time I visit Rochester
Running through Rochester solo on a trip for work. Didnt notice how I was labeled on the receipt until the next day when I was looking at it. Weird one dude patio. Cool Kyle, keep it classy!
Good service, fun people. Good prices and food
It has a good atmosphere and atmosphere. There is a variety of beer and the food is better than what you would expect for bar food. Overall great place!
This good. Basic menu, but it is a sports bar, so really you want pheasant under glass? Server was super nice.
I LOVE this sports bar! The food here is soooo good! The staff is super nice and very cool! Great spot for friends & family!
Fresh new look to a great location. Great Food and even better Staff! Found our new stop before and after Blue Cross Arena events! Keep up the good work guys!
Waitess was a little rude when members of my party complained about the way the meal was prepared.when it comes to food service, customer is always right. We are not paying for something we have to consume if it isnt correctly cooked.
Great place with friendly staff and the drinks flow so good
Had a great time! Good people and good drinks. Been here 3 times now. Havent tasted the food but looked and smelled great! Definetly returning!
Pretty big bar, ample seating, bunch of TVs. Outdoor smoking area has those fancy pants heaters to keep you warm during the Cold winter nights
Great food and atmosphere. Also, a large selection of quality beer. I would recommend to anyone making their way over to the Corn Hill area.
I was pretty excited to try this place, as Ive driven past, and walked past it many times, but oh boy, what a train wreck in terms of service!
Awesome! She got the Southwest Wrap and was very happy with it (shes from Texas so she knows whats its supposed to be). I got the caprese pasta and it was very tasty! This place will be frequented by us!
Met friends for lunch. Service was great and food wad delivious and plentiful. We all took food home with us. Will go there again for sure.
Great beer selection and plenty of staff to take care of everyone. Fun, friendly atmosphere.
Had a Royal burger. The aioli sauce was excellent. The place was pretty empty which made me like it more.
Place has been completely redone & looks fantastic. 2 dozen new TVs and tons of craft beer lines. Very tasty food too!
Come, hang in here on match days if you are a Manchester United fan.
Great spot to hang out and have a beer in corn hill. Darts, tvs, outdoor deck, close to blue cross arena. Great for locals and those hanging out in the area.
Great location, REALLY good food, good selection of beers and reasonable prices. One of my favorite places to go!
Their Clam Chowder was not good......
Great for watching soccer (English Premier League). Friendly and welcoming owner (even if he does wear a Man U shirt!)
Cool bar to get a cold beer and some wings.
Good food good crowd
Great bar food, good customer service. I enjoy sitting on the outdoor patio during the summer.
Good food, great atmosphere. Staff very friendly! Definitely will be back!
Food was great! Awesome sports bar in a great location. The updated to the building look incredible.
They have great food its fresh non frozen they have amazing staff and the place is very clean
THE Manchester United Bar in Rochester. Amazing atmosphere on match days. Fun people to hang around with with amazing staff and food.!
Love the new look! Food was great! Perfect place to watch any sporting event as there are TVs all over!
Nice sports bar. Went on an NFL playoff Saturday night and it wasnt crazy. Could clearly hear the game and the conversation at my table.
Always great service great bar personnel. The food is good.
The bar staff is super friendly and the have great options on tap - Ill definitely be back soon.
Chicken and Fish Tacos were good. Eating out on the patio was nice.
Decent food, good beer selection. Check out the rotating daily specials.
Went here for a happy hour with a friend. Great drink and food specials!
Great beer food people and prices... one of my faves
Decent, clean place for a drink and quick bite to eat. Stopped in after a concert at the arena.
Nice large contemporary sports bar with plenty of beers on tap and TVs to catch whatever game youre into.
Great food, great service, very good beer selection 😎
First time being there in awhile. Ordered a cesar wrap, was really good. Will go back
Great food and friendly staff!
The service was slow as ever. The food is quite tasty but its impossible to get in and out in under an hour.
Great food! First time here the fries were amazing
Super nice bar, good food, and wonder staff. Also more tvs than you know what do with.
Very nice atmosphere, Schnitzel is delicious and features a great beer selection
Exchange has great food, good environment, awesome service. Enjoy going often.
The drinks and food are good and it has a nice atmosphere.
Great lunch spot. downtown. lots of parking. great food, great service. clean and friendly.
Best bar in Rochester, great food and drink specials. Great bartenders!
Great atmosphere, service and they make delicious margaritas!!
Nice place, lots of TVs and good beer specials.
Great place to watch sports and have drinks while youre at it
Great atmosphere, good food, and nice staff
The customer service was very nice and their chicken tenders are amazing
Neat place, great location, but they need to better staff for large events
Awesome experience. Great service snd great food.
Pretty low key each time Ive been, but the location is convenient and service is good
Good service though they were pretty busy. Drinks are expensive though.
Great place to have a beer before the Amerks game.
Awesome place. Russell was an amxing bartender. We will be back!
Some awesome food and nice drinks available. Tons of TVs to watch the games
Nice sports bar, friendly place
Great place for socializing! Awesome bar staff 😚🍺🥂
Its our Bills Bar on Sundays nice people
Good place for friends to grab drinks after a hockey game!
Great spot to watch a sports game with a large beer selection on tap
Service was quick enough, just grabbing a beer with a buddy.
Good food very clean
One of the best sports bars in town. TVs everywhere!
Great food, good drink selection
Aaaamazing food!!! Amazing staff! Beautiful place!!!! ❤️
Great draft selection and solid bar bites.
Great food, very friendly staff!
This is a sports bar. Indistinguishable from any other sports bar in the area. They did have Golden Tee.
Great place to have a drink before concert.
Stopped here to watch a game slow service at the bar hard to see all the Tv sets
Best bar, excellent food, great attention
Awesome time there with the staff and good grub
Great city bar spot. Congrats Jimmy!
Service is excellent and so is the food.
Nice looking place great for a quick drink
Spent way too much money here, especially for a sports bar, and the shots are very small!!!
Love the beer selection and food
Young lady was cool and very good worker
You have to try the Rochester Burger 🍔!!! So good!
Good service but just okay food
Love Angie
Place was clean, service was good! id go back again...
Decent bar and they had soccer on
Love the staff, drinks, food, games, and location.
Good bar. Decent food.
Went for a retirement party,friendly atmosphere
Good place to get black-out before a game
Nice upgrade from Nathaniels. Good food
Lots of TVS to watch all sports.
Bartender was super nice and knowledgeable!
Excellent whiskey and beer selection!
Pleasant atmosphere, nice staff!!
The food was horrible never going back there again
Kyle is the man. Best bartender
The bartender Raina is the best!
They say open till 2 am but shut down at 12:30......
Good food. Friendly service.
Nice bar. Can get loud
Great food and drinks!
Nice place
Great food and service.
Quick and easy client lunch.
Service and prices are VERY good
Good food list of tvs
Great duck fat fries!
Cheap drinks. Good people.
Very cute bar.
Somehow it should be better than it is.
Great food and service
Great place for a drink and food
Good wings and beer
Great bar
Awesome food!
Excellent service
Good food and service
It was ok
Angria is the best
Great atmosphere
The go to after work
Ok
Great staff
Awesome
Great variety
Nice
Limited menu.
Nice place
Gŕeat place
Good service. Good burgers. Price moderately. To recommend.
Total reviews rating 4.2
190 Reviews for Exchange Sports Bar 2023:
Review №1
2022-04-09Their food is amazing. Top notch in Rochester. Big portions and delicious. Fish tacos amazing, wraps amazing, hoagies amazing. Definitely would go back. I love their vibe too.Only comment I’ll make is their high top chairs are very uncomfortable but otherwise I liked it there .
Review №2
2022-04-06The service was really poor--the two present seemed like they had attitude issues. The food was unpleasant and giving that, it shouldnt be that expensive. Overall, its a TRASHY establishment. Youre better off going somewhere else in the city.
Review №3
2022-06-08Love it here. Great service, awesome food, good prices. We always eat here before a Hockey game.
Review №4
2022-01-10Recently discovered this place, since we will soon be moving to the area. The food was excellent both times we went there, and the two bartenders we have met - Nick and Dustin - couldn’t have been nicer. Pretty sure this is going to become one of our favorites in the area.
Review №5
2021-10-29Best Chicken Fingers in Monroe County,Rayna the bartender was a wonderful host and super prompt and friendly.Highly recommend!
Review №6
2021-11-26Day before Thanksgiving my son and I decided to eat here before a show at the Blue Cross Arena. This place was busy!! Very clean, staff very professional. We had pub burgers and fries that were excellent. Clean establishment. The only reason I give this four instead of five stars is because we had to get the attention if someone to take our food order and it was a long wait before we got our food. Staff was constantly running with orders. I would go here again, just a different day/time if year.
Review №7
2021-12-24We didnt get a chance to eat as it was busy and only one employee on. He was still willing to try and serve us even though we had about 30 in our party. No way would we do that to him we so cleaned up what mess we made, tipped him out and went on our way. Appreciate his hospitality and willingness to try and take care of us.
Review №8
2019-07-16Local sports bar in the Cornhill neighborhood. Good selection of drinks. The food was reasonably priced and had good flavor; be mindful if your food had jalapenos with it, the cook that was on clearly liked them!
Review №9
2021-12-15Very spacious & fairly modern! Tons of TVs & outdoor deck with gas fireplace! The food was just ok,last visit but has been above average 3 out of my 5 visits. The staff is always welcoming & friendly! I enjoy watching the Bills games at The Exchange!
Review №10
2021-10-16They didnt know it was RIT Brick City weekend so they were short staffed for the number of people that walked in. BUT they managed to give us cold drinks and hot food in a reasonable time.