Magnolia's Deli & Cafe

Magnolia's window 3-2008 Magnolia's Deli & Cafe: photo by RUDY!

Location

336 Park Avenue, Rochester NY, 14607

Hours

Monday - Thursday: 10:00AM to 9:00PM

Friday - Sunday: 10:00AM to 10:00PM

Phone

585 271 7380

Magnolia's Deli & Cafe is a deli and cafe on Park Avenue offering a varied menu of deli style sandwiches, soups, salads, and specialty pizzas. Pizza is served after 3PM, and subject to availability of dough reserves for the day. Breakfast is also served. Vegetarian options are abundant.

For dessert, they have a modest selection of pastries, cakes, and cheesecakes. Espresso drinks, coffee, and tea are served. They have a variety of beers on tap, in cold cases, and wine to boot.

During the warmer months, outdoor/patio seating is available.

University of Rochester students receive a 10% discount off their total food purchase.

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2006-06-11 13:53:22   The tiramisu cake (yep) is consistent. You just gotta let them know if you get a stale piece, though. Don't suffer quietly! —ChristineLeo

2007-03-27 13:29:31   The sandwiches are very interesting and they have fridges with a good selection of drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic). It's a place worth checking out, especially if you come across their "buy one, get one 50% off" coupon they often print in the local paper. —TravisOwens

2007-03-27 13:31:16   Lots of beers here, most bottled though. They do sometimes have CB or Rohrbachs on tap. I love to eat here though, especially lunch. The chicken salad wrap is good and I like the tomato artichoke soup alot. They also have boardgames you can play like Connect Four! As a bonus it is next to Lakeshore Records, cute guys work there ;) —KimBee

2007-03-27 13:37:30   Last time I was there, there was a nice selection of board games to play. The sandwiches taste good, but I don't like to "contaminate" my sandwich with toppings, so it's pretty unreasonable for me to spend 7 bucks on meat and bread. If I liked a more elaborate sandwich, the price would be ok. Delicious bread. And I agree with Travis—there's definitely a good selection of drinks. —RachelBlumenthal

2007-03-27 13:37:52   oops, you beat me on the board games comment :) —RachelBlumenthal

2007-09-09 15:03:09   I was very disappointed with the service I received on my last visit here. They refused to serve me because I joined my party later after they arrived and had ordered already even though the waitress was aware that a third was coming. The woman running the place actually came out and in front of everyone told me they would not be serving me because I came later than my other 2 friends. She then made of point of saying that I appeared to be annoyed by this, but if I was willing to wait for a new table they would serve me at that point, even though there were many empty tables!Needless to say, after this embarassing scene on the part of the owner, I left hungry and annoyed. She even refused to serve me a beverage! I made a point of telling both her and the waitress I would never be eating there again. —ColleenAnguish

2008-02-26 13:19:23   This is a charming place to take a date. The sandwiches are pretty good and cleverly named but for the price should come with something more than just chips. Your best bet would be to try one of the pizzas which always look good when they come out. Desserts are hit or miss. Coffee is ok but the last time I was there they set up this new serve yourself kind of coffee cart reminiscent of the kind you find in a gas station. It seemed kind of out of place to have to get your own coffee especially when you have waitresses serving you food and dessert. —JaimeTe

2008-05-04 18:27:32   A friend and I visited today (5/4) for our second and probably LAST time! The food is very good, the atmosphere nice - the service HORRIBLE! They either have no direction or no interest in good customer service. Just like the first time (when there were 4 people in the place) we waited to sit at one of several empty tables. Once there NOBODY stopped by for nearly 7 minutes. Then when a waitress did slow down it was to say she'd be right back - and she was - 5 minutes later. OK if it's crazy busy - but it wasn't. There's a lot of good sandwich places around - I'll try them next time. —SteveSays

2008-05-05 10:19:55   Great beer selection and pretty good sandwiches.

Nice little place to grab a quick bite to eat.

Popular neighborhood destination, great fast casual restaurant. —MrRochester

2008-05-06 23:13:16   Had the "Alexander" sandwich (tuna with red onions and raspberry vinaigrette) and sweet onion chips for lunch yesterday. Very fresh-tasting and recommendable. I went at lunch hour and had to wait awhile for my food, but the place *was* pretty busy. I'd definitely go again. —MattDeTurck

2008-05-22 01:11:06   I love love love this place!! Service is always both speedy and very friendly. The food is fantastic (the tomato artichoke soup is my favorite!) also their pizzas have always been great. More so a great place for lunch. Has a very welcoming vibe to it as soon as you walk in the door. P.s-the desserts are delicious as well! —SillyGirl49

2008-09-26 18:02:47   Had the buffalo chicken wrap just the other day - super good! And the Natalina pizza is also highly recommended. I also think their desserts rival Phillups desserts in Henrietta. —AlisonRose

2008-09-29 12:08:24   They have some really fresh and healthy menu items as well as some good greasy guilty pleasures. I like going when I can sit outside and sit. I have to say that when I go to pick up an order, you can stand at the counter with person after person not bothering to make eye contact or ask if you are helped. God forbid you would have to interrupt them putting napkins away.

They have microbrews in the cooler which you can buy to drink there or take with you, but they are SUPER expensive. You pay sit down prices to take them with you, like $3 or $4 a bottle.

Cool place but they could work on their customer service a bit. —BadFish

2009-01-06 20:49:59   Great place to eat when the weather is nice! They have a nice beer selection (local microbrews from CB's, for example), good food, good coffee, and good desserts! Try the fruit cup or one of the pizzas with goat cheese. Delicious! Although service has been slow when it's busy (understandable), I've always had really nice, friendly servers. No complaints here! —TrishHeckmann

2009-03-28 11:01:21   Just went to Magnolia's again last night for dinner. Unfortunately, I live close so I end up spending too much money here! I agree with some of the other comments that the service could use a little work. When we went last night, it was busy so we were put on the wait list. As there is NO WHERE to stand inside and wait and it was a nice night, we stood right outside the restaurant and waited. We watched as many tables got up. Unfortunately those dirty tables sat there dirty....for a long time. There must have been 5-6 dirty tables that just sat while groups of people came in and were waitlisted because there was no one to bus the tables. The hostess made eye contact with my friend outside several times (he was the one who put his name in) yet she started seating others who came in after us. When we were finally able to get inside she said "Oh, I didn't know where you went" despite watching us go outside and blatantly making eye contact with my friend several times. Good for Magnolia's that their food is delish! The tomato soup is HEAVEN and I highly recommend that you check it out! I will eat this even when it's 90 degrees outside because it is so good. I have sampled several things from the menu including appetizers, sandwiches and pizzas and I have to say that I've been impressed with everything. So, if you want a good meal, check it out. If you want great service, try somewhere else. —dmarie