| Location |
26 Corporate Woods, Rochester NY, 14623 ![[Directions]](/wiki/dd_start.png "Click for driving, walking, or bus directions from Google"){kind=small} across from MCC |
| Handicap accessible |
| Hours |
| Mon-Sat: 11am-Midnight |
| Phone |
| 585 272 9910 |
| Website |
![[WWW]](http://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small} http://www.phillipseuropean.com |
Phillips European Restaurant is a continental upscale restaurant located in Brighton, well known for their desserts. A full menu is available on their web site.
Phillips also sells 'Zellies'. These are candies based on (no kidding) Birch tree bark sugars. A lot of tooth decay is related to bacteria that feast on refined sugars, and this type of sugar is good for other bacteria, and hard on the decay bacteria. Some studies have shown a connection between eating these candies, and decreased tooth decay. It's an interesting theory/product/candy, and an interesting place to sell them. While it's not clear these candies are a big help, they certainly don't hurt.
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ADMIN NOTE: Comments from 2006/2007 are archived in Phillips European Restaurant/Comments
2008-06-30 18:33:31 I can’t believe there’s a professional chef running this kitchen or participating at any cooking station. Not only is the menu ill-conceived, they just don’t seem to have a clue about how food should be prepared.
The service isn’t any more professional than the kitchen staff, and the décor is as frumpy as it gets.
The desserts are supposed to be the strong point. I can only comment on the German chocolate cake I tried. It tasted nothing of chocolate, coconut nor pecan. Rather, it was simply overly sweet; like eating a bowl of sugar.
Perhaps I wouldn’t be so harsh if the place didn’t take itself so seriously. This place makes one wonder if people in Rochester know anything of good food or fine dining. It’s so bad it gives the city a black eye. Everyone would be better of if it would just go out of business. —experienceddiner
2008-06-30 22:36:32 This is a popular spot for a nice birthday dinner for my husband and I, only eating an entree because my Mom said I needed to eat my dinner before I can have any dessert - and like the many many others stated above... the desserts are the best part of the meal. Despite the hideous interior design, the service from the hosts to the bus boys are always pleasant, the appetizers and entrees are alright, our favorites being Steak au Poivre which is always right on. My favorite dessert (hands down) is creme brulee, Hubby likes the carrot cake and viennes meringue torte, we've had a few others but those stick out as favorites. —StephanieTodd
2008-07-04 11:13:26 The reason they sell Zellies is because the owner of the restaurant, Ellie Phillips, is a dentist. That is her business next door to the restaurant. Their desserts are OK. They look better than they taste. Rochester needs a good European style bakery. —LKelley
2008-07-04 16:46:24 I've had all positive experiences here and been going for years. Food is fair for its price and desserts are certainly their specialty, wide variety. Viennese Merengue and chocolate truffle torte are the best. —LorenzoServantes
2008-08-27 15:35:06 I've eaten there once and I thought the food was outstanding. For starters, I had a basic house salad, and it sounds strange to say, but it was the best salad I've ever eaten! Every vegetable was crisp, fresh, cool, succulent and flawless. The dressing was great too. Then I had some sort of Shrimp Provencal past dish that was immaculate and delicious as well. And the desserts, don't even get me started...
2008-09-01 22:26:09 A wonderful abiance, one of the few places in Rochester where you can dress up and have a nice meal. The entres can be hit and miss, but the Chicken french is always amazing. The desserts are divine! I highly reccomend the Mocha Mouse Cake. —carolturo
2008-10-28 13:42:23 Skip the entrées, I recommend their desserts!!! I usually tend to dislike chocolate, but I love the Chocolate Raspberry Torte, in addition to the Fruit Tarts.
I have lived in France, and if it already isn't obvious to you, this is far from European food or even the style of the food, sorry to break it to you, but it's just American food. By the way, escargots is one of my favorite dishes, but don't come here for it (or for most Americans - don't come here to try it), it's not authentic French style.
Their cappuccinos are quite larger than what I am used to...I suppose I'd have to attribute it again to its American background.
The interior designing is lovely and very cozy. —JenFromDC
2008-12-31 00:44:51 We went here tonight (it was my fiance's and my first trip) and I loved the place. The atmosphere was a mix of hoity-toity (sp?) and hospice house. In the grand scheme of things, this didn't really matter. The desserts were unbelievably excellent. We'll be coming back here, most assuredly, again and again. —BatGuano
2009-03-19 12:54:45 My last couple times there, I found that the desserts looked better than they tasted; they were dry and lacked flavor. I have to wonder if some of them sit in that display case far longer than they should. —DavidPausch
2009-07-18 11:50:10 I've gone here several times and I've had mixed experiences. The food has been hit or miss for me. Lately, it has been better than I usually have had. Desert wise it has been consistently better than most other places. That being said, it's not anything extraordinary either, most recently I had the carrot cake which wasn't bad. Their cheesecake is better than most that I've had though.
That being said, I've had some of the worst service experiences in any restaurant I've ever been to. A friend and I went to get some dinner there and about 5 minutes after we ordered, and before we got our food, we got our check. While I wasn't planning on getting anything beyond what I ordered, my friend was debating on dessert still after dinner so being non-confrontational we just didn't get dessert. Personally I did not think this was particularly rude, but it seems like poor taste (and poor business strategy) to give someone the check before they've eaten.
A friend of mine actually, ironically, had had dinner earlier that day and had something worse than poor service. They had some, albeit minor, credit card fraud during their dinner. He had the same waitress that I did and had also received the check before he was finished. He found it rude and decided to give her a small tip. He paid with his credit card and like most restaurants you get your credit card back and there's a line for how much tip you want to give. He wrote a number, added up the total, and signed it. A day later when he was studying his credit card expenses he noticed that his bill for the restaurant was higher than he recalled. He compared his receipt to the bill and lo and behold, the waitress added $2 of tip to his bill without his consent.
Anyways, I'm still split on the place. Supposidly the waitress has had some sort of reprimand after this incident was brought to the owner's attention, and up until recently I've enjoyed my experience there. So I'd say if you've never been there, give it a try...just watch your bill carefully. —dltprm
2009-10-09 11:30:18 I went here last night for dessert. Their hours say 11am-midnight. But, seriously, don't try going there at 10.45pm any other night besides Fri/Sat. They were turning people away at 11pm. (We were eating and saw this happen multiple times.) I can understand it may be slow, but if that's the case, change your hours. Don't have a sign out saying you'll be open until midnight and then shut down early. You are a restaurant, suck it up. I owned a business, there were times when no one came in for 5-6 hours at a time, did I close up early? No, because I made a commitment. Apparently, Phillips doesn't feel the same. Plain and simple.
Oh, the desserts we had were fine. —MarcVera
