Sal's Birdland Restaurants in Rochester, NY

no nonsense great wings place. jimmy was great to chat with. a new must stop for us when visiting family in rochester.

We made it to a brick and mortar Sal's Birdland restaurant. We were not disappointed. We preferred the Sal's sauce on the side for dipping, not the "swimming in sauce." Wish we tried the collard greens instead of the macaroni salad. The wings are incredibly meaty with what tastes like a seasoned flour batter. Great cooking technique, very hot oil, good crunch on the coating, very juicy meat inside. No oily or scorched fryer taste on the chicken or potato wedges. The potato wedges also have a flour dredge coating, and they are bigger than French fries, but smaller than steak fries. The outside of the potato wedges have a mild crunch and are fried properly with no soggy texture. The wedges go well dipped in the blue cheese dressing and Sal's sauce also. For two of us we shared the #1 which is 5 winglets and 5 drummets, 2 sides and a fountain drink, and it was just enough. The patrons that came in while we were there for dinner seemed like regulars with a blend of dining in and take out. The dining area is very simple with old school food court style booth seating. The seating area may not be sexy, but we noticed it was very clean. The bathrooms were also clean and maintained. There is a self serve fountain drink station with free refills. Great to see they had SoBe fountain products. This has just become a point of destination for us, and will return when in Rochester. Also, the restaurant owner was working the counter. Nice guy who loves the city and loves the food, glad we met him.

Food was good. Ordered chicken wings and shrimp. Well chicken wings are very large. However, here they are also very good. The shrimp also was very good. Sauce was good. Unless you are really hungry listen to reviews.... Wing are large and delicious.

Classic Rochester bird joint. There's a reason it's been around since the 70s - this place is great! Yes it's a hole in the wall in a strip mall, but they make delicious chicken dinners and wings drenched in their amazing hot/sweet sauce. Totally addictive.

Hot, tasty food and friendly service. We ordered 1/2 Chicken Dinner, Shrimp and Wings. Sides: Wedges, Baked Beans & Macaroni Salad. Everything was delicious. I Love Sal's Bird-land.