Swan Dive
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About Swan Dive
Swan Dive, located in Rochester, is a bar known for its inviting atmosphere, friendly service, and diverse offerings. Customers rave about the exceptional cocktail selection and extensive beer list, often highlighting creative and unique drinks. The menu features satisfying options like perfectly fr...
Swan Dive, located in Rochester, is a bar known for its inviting atmosphere, friendly service, and diverse offerings. Customers rave about the exceptional cocktail selection and extensive beer list, often highlighting creative and unique drinks. The menu features satisfying options like perfectly fried chicken wings, delicious pizza (including a praised vegan option), and the highly recommended kale salad. Guests appreciate the reasonable prices, happy hour deals, and the option for dine-in, takeout, or delivery. Live music and sports add to the lively ambiance, while the art deco decor and outdoor seating enhance the overall experience. Swan Dive is a popular spot for both solo diners and groups looking for a fun night out.
What Customers Say About Swan Dive
Swan Dive is a popular spot known for its lively atmosphere, great happy hour, and unique cocktails. The wings and pizza receive high praise, though some find the drinks overpriced. Service is generally excellent, with shoutouts to bartenders Dre & Tony.
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Tip: Go during happy hour for great deals and be sure to try the unique cocktails. It gets crowded on Friday and Saturday nights around 10 PM.
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Swan Dive is located in Rochester, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.
Historical Heritage
- Christ Church (A 494m) — listed on the NRHP in Rochester, New York, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
- First Universalist Church (A 762m) — historic church building in Rochester, New York Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
- English Evangelical Church of the Reformation and Parish House (A 858m) — church building in New York, United States of America Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
Museums
- The National Museum of Play (A 535m) — museo nacional del juguete y el juego de Estados Unidos
- Memorial Art Gallery (A 695m) — museo de arte de la Universidad de Rochester, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Other Points of Interest
- Warner Observatory (A 433m)
- Tower 280 (A 760m) — high-rise building in Rochester, New York
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (A 809m) — monument in Rochester, New York
- Midtown Plaza (A 823m) — building in Rochester, New York, USA
- Temple Building (A 881m) — building in Rochester, New York, United States
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Swan Dive Rochester Reviews
Good food, great drinks and dope atmosphere!
I am sad that swan dive closed, the wings and pizza were some of the best in Rochester. But for the LOVE OF GOD someone share their ranch recipe!
Great spot for an afternoon beverage. Fantastic dive bar and I mean that in the most respectful way.
Had a great night, Tony’s bartender’s choice was awesome. Fun atmosphere, definitely coming back for the salsa night. Do not leave without getting legit fries!
Usually a spot I go to for a drink and music. Shoutout to Dre & Tony—this duo doesn’t disappoint. Got takeout for the first time. Those Ginger wings didnt last long enough for a picture. 10/10 Don’t sleep on the mozzarella sticks—get them when they’re available!
Always a favorite of mine. One of the best happy hours in the city. The bartenders are terrific and I really enjoy the unique cocktails they cycle in. Prices are very reasonable which is terrific. Pizza is always delightfully tasty. It'll get crowded on a Friday or Saturday night around 10 but other than that it's always a great time.
This place does the best chicken wings to go that I’ve ever seen. They fry the wings perfectly and then put the sauce in a bucket on the side so you can toss them on their own when you get home. This just shows that they have an excellent understanding of the food service industry and care how their customers experience the food
If I could give more than 5 stars I would! I haven’t had this great of service out to eat in so long. I was expecting us to just grab food at the bar but they have full table service until 10. The kale ceasar salad is amazing, and we inhaled the mozzerlla sticks. The chicken nuggets are to die for and you must try THE YEEZY PIZZA!!! I love natrual wine and they have a few good ones to try. You must come here for dinner and drinks!!!!
Music was great - up beat! Good cocktails. They also have a little pizza stand for late night snacks!
Hey now. Wanted to try a new place so I made a random pizza and wings order to Swan Dive- no idea what or where it was when I ordered. Got there, East & Alexander area and found the bartenders were super friendly and while waiting for my food I ordered a Spruced Up - which was a pink margarita-ish tequila drink with a crispy rosemary sprig. Fantastic! Off to a great start. Food was also really good! Pizza was fresh and perfectly cooked (hard to find in Rochester) - and wings were crispy and the hot sauce was bangin’. The only downside, which isn’t a downside for the business, but just for me personally, was a group of about a dozen super drunk and obnoxious bachelorette party women but they took their rowdy sloppiness upstairs, thankfully. Nature of the bar environment I guess and I’m sure they had fun. Still, I would def order to go food again. Actually looking forward to it!
Met some friends for drinks and dinner, walking in the decor was very different but neat. I ordered a drink called “hank!” And boy was it an experience, it is served in a Chinese take out container! With a metal straw (I would serve with 2 to look like chopsticks, but that’s just me) it was a well crafted cocktail and I would order it again! We then sat down for dinner and decided to share a few items as the menu suggests. We took advantage for the pizza special and ordered one of those as well as another pizza and the fries off the app menu. The fun guy pizza was good but was missing something over all flavor wise. The dough was great in texture an flavor for both pizzas. The fries were good as well as the dipping sauce they came with. There are a few other items on the menu I’d be interesting in trying. The staff were nice and friendly. Didn’t go above and beyond, but we didn’t need them too. It was an overall good experience and would happily go back.
Would NOT recommend the drinks. They are overpriced, especially for them being 75% juice, 23% ice, and 1% liquor. Pizza and mozzarella sticks were a 3/10. Wings were AMAZING 9.5/10 If it weren't for the wings, it would be a 2 star.
This place is probably one of the hippest in the area to eat and drink in terms of design. I got the wutang pizza with no peppers. They burnt a good portion of it and sat my friend and I at a table way too small for grown men. Service is fast and attentive. But places like this always fall short because they're inherently overcrowded. The games upstairs are nice little distraction. I'm definitely going back within a few months at the least.
I wish I knew what the food tasted like. We ordered takeout. It say 45-55 minutes. Got there around 45 minutes to be told that it would be 45 minutes. I thought she had misheard me and thought I was just putting in an order. Nope. Something with the oven. Which I honestly dont care about because it happens and it wasn't something she could control. BUT they knew who had orders in and when. They have my phone number. They could have offered to cancel my order over the phone instead of letting me show up just to unconcernedly tell me that it would be another 45 minutes. Or at least let me know. Or updated the timeline on their online ordering. Or shut off online ordering. It was a waste of my time and they seemed to not care at all.
This restaurant handed a DoorDash delivery person my order and the DoorDash person stole the food instead of delivering it to my family for a bereavement meal (my mom died recently).. When I called to ask whether the restaurant would be willing to make my family 2 complementary pizzas given the situation, they declined and said that it was a “3rd party ~ DoorDash problem” and not their responsibility. They then proceeded to hang up the phone on me. I will never go to this restaurant. I think their response portrayed extremely poor customer service and bordered on heartless.
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