This was our first trip to Henrietta Hots and it sure won't be our last...Folks hotdog joints are hotdog joints, but some rise above the average joint...So first off there's plenty of parking and then you enter the building and boy does it look clean...I mean real clean, again not like most greasy hotdog joints just stands out as business pride...Next easy to read menu hangs on the wall above the cash register where you order...The prices weren't cheap but then again what is in todays world?...They have a very nice help yourself table consisting of all the stuff you need like catchup, mustard, mayo, even malt vinegar also pickles as much as you can eat...The staff was very friendly and the service was also very nice...All in all this joint rocks...Give them a try and enjoy! read more

Henrietta Hots Advice. 1. Get drunk. Very, very drunk. 2. Order a plate. Perhaps a cheeseburger/white hot plate, with mac salad and freedom fries (or whatever horrible, cardiac arrest-inducing combination you prefer). 3. Be careful not to call them French fries, or you risk the wrath of the impressively patriotic man behind the counter. He's the one wearing a cutoff U.S. Army t-shirt, with the huge lip of dip in and the cross tattooed on his right arm. Don't point out that his own menu clearly states France as the origin of these particular fries. He doesn't like that. 4. Give him your name. 5. Take it in stride that he gives you the last name of a famous American historical figure (Jesse James, Andrew Jackson, etc.). 6. Step aside, and get a drink from the vending machine. 7. Wonder why they even bother listing wraps, sandwiches and salads, when everyone's here for a plate. 8. Play it cool when he calls out Brad Pitt's name. Of course Brad needs a garbage plate after an evening of boozing. 9. Wonder why Brad looks so different in person. 10. Ask your girlfriend if you can play Tekken. 11. Try not to throw a temper tantrum when she inevitably says no. 12. Try not to judge the idiots and their idiotic conversation at the next table. Chances are they are not at their best currently. Neither are you. 13. Receive your garbage plate. Eat about half of it, entirely too quickly. 14. Try not to vomit. 15. Resume eating. 16. Wonder what it will look like when it comes back up. 17. Finish the plate, or throw it out.* 18. Turn to people and ask if they'd like to vomit together outside. 19. Let them decide if you're kidding. __________ *DO NOT TAKE IT HOME. Tomorrow morning, in the light of day, you do not want to see it. You'll be disgusted with yourself for ordering such a thing. Because you don't eat a garbage plate at Henrietta Hots because it is good. You don't eat it because they are better cooks than you. You eat a plate here because you don't have the balls to put together something this gross at home. This monstrosity has no place in your home. It is only for when you are very drunk, and it is only to be consumed here. read more

Henrietta Hots - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

Solid plate - will definitely return. Our plates came out quick, the price was right, and one plate was enough to share for two people. read more

The home of my garbage plates that I'd venture out with friends after a night of drinking at RIT. The plates are just like what we remember 7 years ago. This location definitely has changed in terms of expanding the restaurant as there used to be some other shop next door. The menu list also has a new long list of food items that wasn't on the original the last time we were here. We ordered the real garbage plate which is: homefries and mac salad with a red hot and a cheeseburger with a nice heaping scoop of the hot meat sauce on top. It really hit the spot for us after enduring the most horrible 14 hour day at the airport trying to fly in from Florida. My husband noticed one change with this garbage plate, the slices of bread that comes with it is "the whitest bread I've ever seen". It definitely isn't like the original french bread.... It tasted so bland and felt like a kitchen sponge. No. Definitely not like the bread from 7 years ago. I remember it being almost as a sourdough flavored type of bread. It was unfortunate that they changed this part of the garbage plate as we didn't eat the bread and butter at all. But on the bright side, the employees were still very cheerful, despite it being well after midnight!! read more

Henrietta Hots - 3 years is too long! C'mon Florida, open a Hots place!!!! - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

This is my third Trash Plate (from three different places), and after the first two, I said: "Never Again!" Well, I arrive at Henrietta Hots, and the place is very busy, and, everyone had a Trash Plate. I checked Yelp, and great reviews. So, my third Trash Plate raised my enthusiasm, what a Great meal. I will return and try every variety. Thinking about why this Plate is the best......it's the macaroni salad. Not real cold, and very tasty. This is a must for anyone visiting ROC. Trash Plate - choose your protein (Red Hots, White Hots, Cheese Burgers) -Macaroni Salad -I went for the Salt Water Potatoes (beans, French fries, home fries also available) With drink, all for under $12 Bring your appetite. read more

Henrietta Hots - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

First time coming in! Was happy that their hours have them staying open late despite the pandemic, as some other Plates joints are closing their doors early these days. The customer service was nice, food was served up quick, and prices were reasonable. The hot sauce wasn't my favorite and the poor showing of ketchup made me grateful for having a bottle at home in the fridge. read more

Henrietta Hots - Half grilled cheese half cheeseburger plate - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

Placed an order through their ordering site. When I arrived at the restaurant to pick up my order after I was already charged, I was told my order did not exist and they could do nothing about it. I had to talk to the manager and demand that my order be made but they would not do it until many minutes of insisting they could do nothing. I showed them proof on my phone of the order and they finally made my order. read more

Amazing food!! Such great service. The workers were so polite and friendly! Definitely would go back again.

Had a cheeseburger and French fries combo meal yesterday. The fries were not golden brown and were not eatable. They looked and tasted as if they were old fries recooked or the grease they were cooked in was very old in the fryer. The lady who served them to us never checked back on us and I believe helped run the place. Won't be back. read more

I had to come throw these guys a bone cause Ive never really gotten a bad plate from here. Ever. Yeah sometimes there's no more pickles n bread. It happens! But NOTHING soaks up alcohol like a double cheeseburger plate with mac salad & crispy home fries with extra dry meat sauce all over! UPDATE for August 28,2019 @ 7:00 PM Tried to call in an order to pick up and had to call several times for about 10 min b4 someone answered and said they were closed because all the cooks and employees called in today. No staff!!!WTF!!! Inconsistent is their middle name. Rated them back down to size since they don't seem to care about their reputation or yelp reviews. read more

Definitely one of my go to places when I'm in the mood for a plate. They just moved locations to a much better spot across from 7/11 and although the diner they took over is a little outdated, the food is great and so is the service! P.S. they kill it with their meat sauce/ hot sauce! Haven't found one in Rochester yet that's better. read more

Came in late one night after a concert at the armory, our group in search of the Rochester area delicacy- garbage plates. All four of us ordered our own, to our own liking. For me, this was my first one ever. I recently have come around to the idea after realizing you can customize them. I went with a home fries and French fries base (Mac salad is not my friend) and topped it with red hots as my meat option. I opted to load it with everything (mustard, onion, sauce) and was nervous about it but decided why not?! And of course each plate comes with multiple slices of bread. When I opened my box to reveal my plate, I literally saw a pile of ground beef just sitting on top. We all did. It was not saucy. It was not a sauce. I was not pleased. Honestly we were all quite confused, this is now that meat sauce on a plate is supposed to be. I pushed it all to the side and went in. The rest of the plate was good, and the little bit of sauce that accompanied the beef has settled in the bottom but it mostly just tasted greasy. I'm willing to give it another go. My husband said it must have been an off night, and I believe him when it comes to plates (and most things!) read more

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The food is absolutely disgusting, fries that are not fried (mush), buns that are mush, tables that are dirty and no social distancing. Allowing people in without masks handling condiments. Manhattan prices. read more

Im new to garbage plates but this was very good! Ill be back. Service was warm and friendly.

After what they just wrote privately to my bff Lexy, I'm changing my 5 star to a 3. How dare they. ***** Henry's gf is f***ing p*ssed (and she's cute when she's mad). Because they went to Nick's together and Henry ate her Hots. She is so mad that she's opening her own place, "Henry-ate-her Hots." Ta-da! What to get: garbage plate, or a white hot if you're not that hungry and don't want to commit arterial suicide. OK what I do like about this place: it's nice and cheap, the service is good, and the meat sauce has a delicious taste, some sort of floral thing going on in there, very different... not like the meat sauce at any other place in town. What I don't like: after I got about halfway through the hot and the garbage plate, I realized I was over the floral taste, it was unique, it was different, but it was no longer doing it for me. And it almost started tasting a little weird - like perfumed. So for that reason it almost scored a 4 rather than a 5. But it's definitely one of the better places in town to get hots and garbage plates, and wet ones at that, so I highly recommend you Garbage afficionados give it a try and see what you think. And let's imagine you're sharing it with a hottie (male or female, or transgender, doesn't matter. Anything goes). So you eat half, she/he/heshe eats half, and you get to stop just before the floral taste gets old. Everybody wins. Yay. And how did Henry make up for eating her hots? Well, Henrietta of course. And she loved it. read more

The best garbage plates in Rochester. You don't realize what you have until you lose it. I miss having henrietta hots while living in Rochester. read more

Garbage plates are as Rochester as Abbotts ice cream or Wegmans. Yet I feel they are underappreciated. Ask any rochesterian living elsewhere and they will know what one is. I've personally never seen white dogs offered anywhere either. For this visit, I got a red dog garbage plate. As usual, it was amazing and satisfying. Garbage plate = hot dogs + ground beef chili + amazing baked mac and cheese They are all piled on like a heap of garbage. But it's really a treasure trove for your psyche. If you're ever feeling angry and about to do something impulsive, let it be a garbage plate. Enjoy. read more

Henrietta Hots - Red hot garbage plates - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

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The place was clean enough and the girl that took our order was attentive and very knowledgeable about the menu. But the burger I ordered was very dry. I gave it 2 stars only because of the price of everything. I get it, inflation. Thanks Biden. But I paid close to 70 bucks to feed a family of 4 cheeseburgers and fries. Schaller's would have been close to half that. I'd go back if they'd come back down to planet earth on thier prices. read more

Since coming to Rochester, I've been on a little quest to find the best garbage plate around. In a recent Talk post, I asked people where the best places to find a plate are and someone suggested Henrietta Hots. Given that I work about a mile and a half from here, I decided to give it a shot during my lunch break. It was the kind of experience you walk away from and pretty much forget it immediately, aside from that lingering memory that you probably shouldn't go back unless you really have to. I'll admit, I was pretty excited to check out Henrietta Hots. It prides itself on the plates offered, and a suggestion from a Yelp Elite member gave me a sense of faith that I was going to enjoy this experience. Unfortunately, I was let down right from the start. I walked in and placed my order with a young lady who was monotone and apparently hates smiling on Fridays. Upon further inspection, it may have had something to do with the three guys in the kitchen area who spent their time staring at her backside, but that may have been because her pants looked they were painted on. Sorry, random tangent... I ordered the cheeseburger plate with home fries and mac salad, topped with everything (I'm pretty sure "everything" refers to onions, mustard, and meat sauce). When I received it in a Styrofoam take-out box, my hopes were up for the authenticity factor. If it came on fine china, I would be skeptical. Apparently a fitting container does not make for fantastic plate. My first bite left me with the taste of blah. I knew there was meat, a starch, and the insta-bad breath let me know there were onions, but I was entirely unimpressed. The bottom of my foam box had a liquid that left the home fries soggy, and the meat sauce lacked any apparent kick of spices. I really was hopeful for this experience to be great. No one wants to eat a lackluster meal, but that's how I found my plate at Henrietta Hots. The one thing that salvages this place from only getting a 1-star review is the price for a plate. It's pretty cheap all around, and I can totally see some drunken college student stumbling in and slurring some nonsense about a "cheese italian hotdog with home salad and mac fries". At that point, this place might even be worth 5-stars, but for my lunch experience, it left me wanting. read more

Henrietta Hots - Cheeseburger plate in all of its gl... well, it's just there. - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

This is a place I dont go to very often just when that feeling happens and today was that day. The burgers and mac salad were good but fries were hard and overcooked. The staff was playing some loud music with very rough language good thing I didn't have the kids with me!!! read more

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This place was a staple of my experience while going to school at RIT, and friends and I in need of a late-night bite would end up here on the regular. The garbage plates are the main attraction, but the food is generally pretty delicious. Their onion rings are nice and crispy, their sausage sandwiches (done with sausage patties) are tasty (random sidenote - the sandwich bread is delicious), and their red or white hots hit the spot with a customized assortment of toppings. Even after 8+ years, I stop here when I'm in Henrietta. I'm actually remembering to write this review because I stopped last night before picking up a friend from the ROC airport. :) Pricing is just right, especially for college kids in need of late-night grub. TL;DR A local favorite, for sure (...even if the girl at the counter isn't the most friendly). Definitely recommended if you're craving a hot, burger, sandwich or side. read more

Have been to Nick Tahou and Steve T's. Out of the 3.. I prefer Henrietta Hots. Plate of choice: red hot with mac salad and fries (with the works, of course). read more

Food okay Prices are high for the quality of the food Entire order was not in the bag when we got home from the restaurant, requiring another trip read more

the food is slap and my whole family loves it . The people there are really kind the love on every nice .

Henrietta Hots is the place to go for plates. Many options are available. One of the better meat hot sauces I have had. Reasonable prices and a good sized dining area. Have had Tahoes when they were down the road. I much prefer Henrietta Hots. Not just plates, great fish fry too!! read more

I called them at 1a asking how late they take orders and he said about 3:15. I show up at 2:45a this morning (Wed) and she says she's closed the register. But she did take the orders of some police officers that showed up after me...so I guess that's good. Makes me feel like my last 4 years as a customer really means something to them. I'm certainly never going back. read more

Can't depend on them being open when they say they are. Twice in a row now, I have gone at late hours where they said they were open (before 3am, the second time at around 11pm when they supposedly don't close until 3am), and have been met with locked doors, majority of the lights off, but workers standing at the counter. I've had their plates before, and they were good, but I'm not going to risk going somewhere if I can't depend on them even being open when they say they are. read more

Some of the staff aren't wearing masks. Drinking where they are cooking. Very unsanitary.

I ordered a grilled cheese plate after a game of laser tag over at lasertron. It was late - after midnight and my friends and I decided to dine in. I wanted baked beans and Mac salad but the girl behind the counter said they were out of beans :( so I got home fries instead. My order came up quickly and everything that should be hot was (I've been to other establishments for a plate and sometimes the good doesn't seem freshly made- but cooked ahead and in a warmer or something) the grilled cheese sandwich was amazingly good. The home fries were home fries and the Mac salad was ok ... But it was missing something. In any case my experience was a good one. I would definitely go back for sure. I even saved the left overs for lunch the next day! #winning read more

Henrietta Hots - Grilled Cheese plate with homefries and Mac salad; topped with hot meat sauce and onions - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

Simple joint, great for garbage plates in Henrietta (hence the name) I wouldn't say it's dirty by any means but it's a typical fast food environment. I've had mixed experiences with the people taking your order. I've had a girl who just ignored us and was gossiping with the cooks for a good few minutes and didn't bother saying sorry or anything. Overall the plates are decent and is what I would recommend coming here for. read more

Henrietta Hots - Plate with cheeseburgers, home fries and mac salad. - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

markell parker daniels has gotta be the best dang employee i've ever seen. he be flipping those patties and i think he hand crafts the pickles himself. those things are bussin. NO CAP. he and the rest of henny hots stafff deserve 5 stars period. read more

Henrietta Hots - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

First time ordering. Got a hot dog plate with mac salad and home fries. Extra hot sauce and onions. Super dry. Bland. We ordered four plates two in each bag and each bag was leaking water and grease not sure what happened other than the fact that my sister-in-law's foam container had cracked in half and everything was leaking all over the place but that happens. The onions were cut way to big and we ordered fries burnt or well done and neither happened. I don't think I would ever order another plate from them again Bill Grays or Spencerport Hots are way better. I might give them another shot at something else but I'm not sure. The hot sauce was very bland and honestly I'm not sure what else to say because the food was very nondescript. Pic look way better than they tasted. read more

Henrietta Hots - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

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As I am sitting in the dinning room examining my food. I am getting swarmed my fruit flies, as well as they are attacking my food. My burger was dry and over cooked and my fries were cold. Overall a horrible experience and overpriced for what I got. Bugs everywhere. read more

Henrietta Hots - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

Was greeted with a glare from the cashier. Asked the cashier if they have half plates and she just replied with "yea" which isn't very helpful since I couldn't find where it was posted on the menu. Found two pieces of hair in my garbage plate from the girl who prepared my food. Went up to the counter to complain after the second hair. Was stared at by the cook in the back who wasn't doing anything besides standing instead of being approached and asked how I can be helped. After minutes of waiting, I left because clearly I was being ignored. NOT worth my hard earned money. read more

Henrietta Hots - Burgers Near Me - Rochester, New York

Literally the most miserable individual taking our order. She was rude and rushed us along - hardly made eye contact with us and was really short. If you hate your job that much maybe its time to reevaluate your career choices! read more

It completely baffles me that this place is rated so high. Took my friends last week because they'd never had a garbage plate before. We only waited about ten minutes for our food which was nice. The place is very simple, basic chairs and tables. I got an order of chili cheese fries and the sign says it's a "huge" order. I was thinking it would be enough for all of us to share but it was not any bigger than any normal side of fries. The potatoes in the garbage plate is SO bland. It just tastes like fried frozen potatoes. No seasonings whatsoever. The cheeseburger looked really like a glob of meat with cheese thrown on there and was actually a little cold. The mac salad was really liquid-y. It completely seeped through the entire plate. I honestly don't understand how anyone eats here and at first I thought they were just having an off night but it's been like this the past three times I've been there. It's not even like it's super cheap either. read more

WARNING** I didn't listen! As someone who has chosen H-hots over and over I had to see for myself after hearing bad reviews. I ordered a plate Absolutely horrible and disappointing. They must have changed owners! Home fries aren't even the same, and portions very disappointing especially after seeing the price has gone up. I have eaten plates for 20 years and for most of the last 10 chose Henrietta hots. Sad to say it is my last one! That is if i even eat it after the girl at counter pulled her mask down to yell to cook and it was right over top of my plate. DO NOT GO HERE EVER!!!! read more

Wow. Henrietta Hots. What words describe this place? Elegant, decadent... ...clean. Not those words. However, if you're in the Henrietta area, it's pretty-much this or Big Dogs. I'm a fan of the cheeseburger plate w/double fries (I understand that w/out the mac salad it's not really a plate, but maybe you could understand how hungry I am at all times). When you're hungry you do crazy things. Henrietta Hots might be the least crazy choice you can make. [EDIT: Dogtown Hots is a clear winner nowadays] read more

I know it's total blasphemy to say, but Henrietta Hots' plate DOES compete with a Tahou's garbage plate. The main reason being the home fries always seemed to be crispier. Or it could be that it was 3 minutes from RIT as opposed to 20. Anyway, it's definitely a solid alternative to Tahou's. read more

I can say this because I'm originally from Rochester: Henrietta Hots makes a mean plate that can easily compete w/ Nick Tahou's. For those of you who don't know what a garbage plate is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nick_Tahou%27s_Garbage_Plate.JPG Frankly, I never was a fan of Nick's because of the out of the way location and the need to wear a bullet proof vest. Henrietta Hots is close for me and is well maintained inside. The variety of plates is interesting, but there is only one true plate...the red hot. I went in with my wife and she was a welcome sight. It was a total guy fest in there. Mainly because girls just don't seem to get the point of a Trash plate...especially ones from Buffalo! read more