Fallen Leaf Bistro

Honestly the best food and service around! The menu is always amazing and so many rotating specials! It truly has expanded beautifully over the years since it's open. This is the place to go to for food!!!

I am always going to send people to this restaurant! Every single thing I have had on the menu has always been a hit and mouthwatering delicious-ness. Also... you really cannot beat the prices with how good everything is and the portions are great and the nice ambiance of the place adds a nice touch if you wanted to dine in.

Service has always been top notch from the cashier to the cooks. And to the owner of course.

Truly a nice little gem in Rochester and I HIGHLY recommend checking the place out!

This is one of my favorite local places to visit! They always have the best breakfast and the COFFEE is delicious! Everyone is so kind here, and service is very quick!! It is the perfect little hole-in-the-wall business to go to enjoy your morning! It's cozy and comfortable and I totally recommend sitting by the window while you eat, especially if you have company with you!

Okay but not great. The menu has nice options, but the execution can be inconsistent and slowwww. You walk in and it's one of those places where you're not really sure what you're supposed to do. So here it is. Go grab a menu first, they will be at the order counter. Then get in line and wait your turn to place your order with the one person behind the counter, who will hand it to the solo practitioner working in the kitchen. Then go sit down and wait, along with the other morose customers. And you'll wait. It's like renewing your drivers license at the DMV, that kind of sad shuffle toward a distant objective. When your order is finally ready, you may have forgotten what you ordered. If you choose to eat in, take a seat at the window and watch the morons drag racing down N. Main for that complete downtown Roch-Vegas experience.

Sunday morning scaries. Tell me why at 10AM, "isn't it lovely" by Billie Eilish was blaring. First of all that made it weird as hell like why are we crying at ten am. Then the server I was greeted by was the most unhelpful and super rude!!! Loved that part. Ok so then I get my food, not what I ordered- no sriracha on bagel, avocado hard as a ROCK, bagel was chewy, eggs were over cooked,
And the tiniest piece of bacon. Also hashbrowns tasted like they were boiled. Do better be better and change the damn playlist.

The first few times I've been here were amazing but this time was not it...

Surprisingly good! We were just passing by and went in for breakfast en route to elsewhere. Great eggs and home fries. Will be by again!

Unexpected bliss in (2) blueberry pancakes. While I could do WITHOUT the extra powdered sugar topping on each pancake the (2) of them were excellent. light, fluffy and super hot off the griddle. Home Fries were hot, HOT, HOT!!! crispy & golden brown. NO ONE MAKES HOME FRIES this way anymore. I was so shocked to have crunchy & HOT!!!! real potato HOME FRIES. SO GOOD, I COULD BARELY FINISH EVERYTHING. Nice service, a bit slow, but very nice. Great hot - black tea selections too! EARL GREY TEA IS FABULOUS!

Honestly disappointed today :( last time I came everything was great, but I think whoever they had on the front counter wasn't all there today. The food was good, but I ordered a London Fog and it came with zero vanilla, just tea and milk - which was really off putting when you aren't expecting it. Also sucked having to wait out in the cold for our order to be ready - I've been here before with our dog and they were happy to seat us while we waited and ate. Not sure if the policy changed, but getting told we had to wait outside only after one of my roommates had already put in a food order definitely dampened the mood for us. Would have just gotten drinks if we knew that going in.

The food is nice enough, but I wouldn't recommend this place for coffee/lattes - better off going to Bean Me Up or Beat Nix.

Thought this place was dog friendly, never had problems before. Had seen others sit and eat with dogs laying down by their feet and visited a week prior and was able to sit and eat without any issue- Workers even asked to pet my pup. Today I was told after ordering my food dogs weren't allowed to sit in, so I had to wait for twenty minutes in the cold for the food to be prepared, even with one dining room mostly empty. Kind of disappointed, as this was a place I frequented before and I will now be going elsewhere, as the place is pricy and the wait can get as long as an hour if they're busy. Good alternative is Bean Me Up, sadly same management and different hours but far better ambiance and friendly staff. Food is way more affordable too.

** Updated since I reviewed when I was still a bit upset about waiting in that cold. I get that restaurants have certain restrictions with dogs for Food Safety, but I wish they'd been a bit nicer at the counter

Great food and desserts!!! Love the burgers and pecan turtles!!!! So creative, innovative, and always upbeat vibe. Parking might be hard to find on busy days but worth finding one :)

Long lines that move slowly, slow kitchen, moderately high prices, and food that's just OK.

Not a place I see myself eating brunch at again soon but certainly not a place to avoid.