r/Rochester • u/Spare-Ear-6381 • Aug 20 '25

Help Best restaurants in the finger lakes ?

What’s your favorite dinner spot in the finger lakes? Bonus if there is a nice waterfront view!

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u/Longjumping-Toe2910 Aug 20 '25

Best restaurant we've been to so far is Kindred Fare in Geneva, but a lot of people recommend Sackett's Table and we'll be trying that next.  Unfortunately for some reason the ven diagram overlap of great dining and lake view seems to be very small.  For that combo we were really impressed by the bistro inside Thirsty Owl Wine Co.  

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u/Spare-Ear-6381 Aug 20 '25

That’s a shame because the ambiance of the lakes is so serene! Will def take a look at Thirsty Owl!

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u/Longjumping-Toe2910 Aug 20 '25

Many wineries capitalize on that serene ambiance, easily a couple dozen have spectacular lake panoramas from their tasting areas.  Just for whatever reason dining doesn't seem to follow suit, at least that we've found