Rochester, MN’s Must-Visit Restaurants You’ll Want to Try Tonight

Rochester, MN's restaurant scene is actually quite unique. There aren't many cities where you drive 15 minutes and see the variety of cuisine that we have here. As someone who loves checking out restaurants, it's amazing!

But with all of these choices, it can be so hard to pick a place to go out to eat. So I put together my list of the must-visit restaurants in Rochester.

These are all restaurants I have been to, none of them are paying to be on this list, and I truly have loved eating at all of these restaurants. The service was good and, more importantly, the food was delicious.

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There's a variety of cuisine and a vairety of price points on this list, so hopefully you'll find something perfect for you!

(The price points I have below are from Google's reporting.)

Rochester, MN Restaurants You Have to Try

Bebap

Cuisine - Korean

Price - $20-30 per person

Fun Fact - They have a speakeasy upstairs, too, called 1928 Cocktail Lounge that you should also visit if you have the time.

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Benedict's

Cuisine - Breakfast

Price - $10-20 per person

Bleu Duck

Cuisine - New American

Price - $50-100 per person

Fun Fact - This is where my husband and I like to go for our anniversary.

First Meeting Noodle

Cuisine - Chinese (specializing in hand-pulled noodles)

Price - $10-20 per person

Fun Fact - You can watch the noodles get hand-pulled while you eat.

Los Arcos

Cuisine - Mexican

Price - $10-20 per person

Fun Fact - Their burritos are the size of your forarm, so either come hungery or prepare for leftovers.

Our Paladar

Cuisine - Cuban-inspired

Price - $30-50 per person

Fun Fact - They have a speakeasy in their basement called The Palmetto Room, but it's only open during the winter.

Taco Lab

Cuisine - Mexican (food truck)

Price - $10-20 per person

Terza

Cuisine - Italian

Price - $30-50 per person

Fun Fact - This is where my husband and I ate out for the first time when we moved to Rochester.

Thai Pop

Cuisine - Thai

Price - $20-30 per person

Tilda's

Cuisine - Pizza

Price - $10-20 per person

Fun Fact - My favorite pizza here is Jimmy's All Jammed Up.

Twigs

Cuisine - American (but elevated)

Price - $10-20

Fun Fact - They have an entirely gluten-free kitchen and menu, so if you need gluten-free food, this is the place to go.