Victoire

East Ave Location, July 2012 Charcuterie Plate, July 2012 Beer flight, July 2012

Location

120 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604

Hours (as of July 2012)

Monday - Saturday: 11:30AM to 2:00AM

Sunday: 4:00PM to 2:00AM

Phone

585 325 3663

Wheelchair Accessible

No

Alcohol

Yes

Website

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Reviews

Beer Advocate Reviews

Victoire, which bills itself as a "Belgium Beer Bar", is a bar located in the middle of the East End nightlife district. They specialize in Belgian and Belgian-style beers, from standard offerings to the more complex dubbels, tripels and the powerful quads. They also serve Belgian-inspired food, including eight variations of moules-frites (mussels and fries).

Victoire opened June 22, 2012 and is located in the Rochester Club Centre.

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2012-07-02 15:43:31   Note- even though it's spelled as if it should be pronounced vick-TWA, the employees pronounce it VICK-to-ree. —alex-c

2012-07-02 17:59:07   Since the vast majority of Belgian brewers are Flemish speakers, I'm assuming that giving it a French name is just to make them look like a bunch of 'sophistos'? —alex-c

2012-07-04 20:38:10   Awesome edition to downtown. Cool interior, awesome deck if the weather is nice for it, and top notch beer selection. All the beers are Belgian styles, and they have around 25 taps as well as a bottle list. The best part was the bartender actually knew the beers which is helpful if your not familiar with the styles. Didn't get any food, but the menu looked interesting. Check this place out! —georgebluth

2012-07-14 13:24:55   Had dinner and drinks on their outdoor patio during the East End fest and was surprisingly impressed. I say "surprisingly" because I typically expect to encounter problems with service, food, etc at newly-opened restaurants .... but everything here was fantastic! Hard to believe they've only been open a couple weeks. Waitress was attentive without being annoying, and everything we ordered was delivered promptly. The reasonably-priced menu ($10-$16 range) featured a variety of tasty-looking eclectic items. My husband and I opted to share the Endive Salad and Duck Confit Reuben. Both were delicious, and the salad was accompanied by two very yummy bacon-wrapped figs and potato-cheese croquettes. I normally avoid French fries because they are so greasy, but the fries that came with the Reuben were anything but. Additionally, mention must be made of the beer, of course – there are at least 15 on draft, mostly Belgians/Belgian styles. Although I am a craft-beer fanatic, I detest the banana-clove taste present in many Belgians, so I was very wary/skeptical of trying their beers ... but the knowledgeable waitress helped me select ones that lacked this characteristic. Overall, I give this place a 10 out of 10! —ajh

2012-07-14 21:27:30   My wife and I recently had dinner on their outdoor patio. We opted to share an order of mussels (Farmhouse Ale) and the duck confit reuben. I think we would both agree with ajh (above) that the reuben was fantastic. The mussels were good too - solid 8/10. Both orders were accompanied with fries and three different aioli - spicy, garlic, and some other (good) flavor - all of which were delicious. The beer selection, as you would expect, was extensive and the two beers we tried were nice and refreshing. The only hiccup with our experience was the service; it was very... slow. However, between the food, the beer, and the kickass patio the service was nothing that would keep us from coming back.. and come back we will! —Bucksmack

2012-07-28 10:53:10   Great ambiance, very large selection of beer (that I didn't even drink). The staff (especially the hostess) were kind of stuck up but they didn't spit in my drink as far as I could see. —marcuskroll

2012-07-28 22:07:02   Went here on 7/27 after work for drinks and dinner. Great beer selection, they had Saison Dupont on tap which is a wonderful thing. The food was excellent as well, I got the Victoire Moule Frites which were very flavorful, they had about 8 varieties of Moule Frites and I would like the try them all. I also got the charcuterie plater which was fantastic! I will definitely be back! The service left a lot to be desired, the bartenders were nice but the waitress was not attentive at all. —markrizz

2012-07-30 18:47:41   We were here with friends this past weekend, had a great time. We tried all of their small plates along with the mussels, and were very happy with everything that we had. The four-glass beer flights make it easy and fun to sample a variety of beers without drinking too much! For us the service was perfect, we had no complaints. The bill for four beer flights and four dishes was $100 before tip, so about $ 25 per person, which we felt was very much in line with the quality of the experience. —DottieHoffmann

2012-07-31 13:03:19   Came here for the second time on Friday night, after a not-so-great first experience. Things definitely are still sub-par. Service is VERY slow. We started with the wings - the sauce was good (a BBQ sauce), but the wings were not crispy at all and were doused in the sauce. They needed to be cooked at a higher temperature in order to make them not soggy. We got 2 orders of mussels, which are good and the broth is good, and the fries are good as well but portions are small and fries are not seasoned. They say it is 1 pound of mussels, but when we make the 2 lb Wegmans bags at home, we can't finish them all, and we easily each finished the "1 pound" serving here - didn't seem like a full 1 pound. Our friend got the burger and thought it was ok. Beers are good but not having prices on the menu is really unnecessary and definitely a sticker shock when you get the bill. We also had to correct the bill because an extra order of fries was $5 on the menu but $6 on the bill - I know it is only $1, but you shouldn't have to check your bill prices and compare with the menu prices! We have gone here twice now and not been very impressed. This place needs some work in order to get people to keep coming back. Also, why do the servers say "Victory" when clearly the name of the restaurant is "Victoire"? Seems like they are definitely trying to be something they are not. —goldengirl217