Elmwood Inn

Elmwood Inn!

Location

1256 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester NY, 14620

Hours

11:30 AM - 2:00 AM

Phone

585 271 5195

Accessible

No

Website

http://www.elmwoodinn.net/

Reviews

Rageburger blog review

BeerAdvocate user reviews

RochesterDrinks user reviews

Elmwood Inn is a little bar/restaurant near the University of Rochester campus and Mt. Hope Cemetery on the corner of Mt. Hope Avenue and Elmwood Avenue. It has a college/sports atmosphere, with good, reasonably-priced food, and a good selection (about forty) brews and microbrews on tap¹.

An under-appreciated, but supremely bad-ass feature: side-by-side dartboards allowing head-to-head play, with a television display. That is, two people can play each other in a number of timed or untimed games, each with their own board. Ponder this feat of awesomeness.

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2005-07-22 12:10:04   Shhhhhh! This is one of the best townie bars around, despite being the closest bar to the U of R Campus. Enjoy it wisely, and don't expect loud music and a meat market. —JackCalcines

2006-01-26 18:12:38   Very nice bar but not handicapped accessible. —PeteB

2006-12-10 16:15:05   Great wings, cooked crispy. Not with skin that the chicken could still be wearing like at the chains. The 'Suicide" style has just the right balance of max heat while allowing the flavor to come through. —JoeMurty

2006-12-31 17:42:18   New website http://www.elmwoodinn.net/ —PaulDean

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2007-10-25 16:05:24   I've always found the service to be extremely friendly and usually pretty fast. The menu has a nice variety of bar food and regular entrees, and there are usually lots of interesting specials. —RachelBlumenthal

2008-01-17 16:52:27   As someone who went here as a UR student 'back in the day', walking in now always freaks me out for a few minutes. I don't know whether they 'classed up the joint' and drove students away, or whether the remodel / re-concept was a response to the Saturday night drinking drinking crowds drying up and leaving them without a core market, but I suspect it was the latter. In any case, this place is VERY different than it used to be (for the better, I suppose, although I do get nostalgic for when it was darker and dirtier), and even still, I don't know if it's really anything special. It's a decent bar with (just) decent food - I wouldn't go there ever if it were out of my way. Am I missing something? —BrendonTroy

2008-01-26 19:08:29   Fun place to watch baseball. Food is good and beer selection is adequate. —NewtonNola

2008-02-20 11:24:59   Went Friday night for a fish fry. The place was packed - nice support for a local joint. We sat in the sun room or whatever you call it. Our server was exceptional. She was very friendly and seemed to have a rapport with every table. She handled a loud-mouthed group of four sitting across from us, like a champ. The food was plentiful and very good. Nice coleslaw. —BigPun

2008-09-03 02:02:40   Great beer specials, wide variety of patrons, quality wings and good service. Amen. —WillChesebro

2008-09-03 10:19:58   Decent beer selection, but the food is awful. I guess Ill have to try the wings. Ive tried the food 3 times and havent had anything good yet. Its ALWAYS packed though, so I guess Im in the minority. Ambiance is nothing special, typical dive bar. —MrRochester

2009-04-16 21:38:23   I hadn't been to the Elmwood in a few months, since they fired their best bartender, Ed. I went back last night and the entree portions were smaller and the prices higher. I went to the Elmwood every Thursday with friends for happy hour for over three years, and used to love it. It's a shame the atmosphere is not as fun any more and the offerings are not quite as generous! —OxfordWriter

2009-05-20 18:59:26   Wow, some of these recent reviews are sadly correct.

I've not eaten much at the Elmwood, but always thought the place was a charming and affordable place to have some good pub food. Ate there earlier this month, first time in 15 months or so, and first, couldn't believe $8.95 or whatever the price was for a club sandwich. But the real shocker was that the four pieces of the sandwich were about HALF the thickness I'd expect in a club sandwich. It was a tasty sandwich, but priced too high while offering too low.

If the rest of the menu is like that, it'll be longer than 15 months before I return. —bionicsimmons

2009-09-03 14:16:41   After three years of regular patronage, I am officially done with the Elmwood. This had long been a favorite watering hole of the UR employed set— all of us were Elmwood Loyalty Card holders— but we have been priced and jostled out of the market. The prices have gone consistently up, skyrocketing really, since I started going there in the Fall of 2006. Then they featured 25 cent wings, a 2 for 1 UR discount, and nice daily drink specials. No longer. Now, as bionic notes above me, the food is priced for fine dining, not pub fare. The service, too, has declined. Where once my crew was on friendly, first name basis with the entire staff, now ownership coaches workers to lean on people. They consistently refuse to run separate checks on tables (therefore allowing people to use the overflow of coupons and promotional offers the restaurant mails out) and the place waters down its pricey well drinks. So long, Elmwood, it was nice while it lasted. —JeffreyL