Wimpys Burger Basket

Garbage plate awesomeness. My first time getting a plate and Wimpys did not disappoint. Got cheeseburger red hots with fries and mac salad. A must have when in the Rochester area.

This place can be worth it under the right circumstances hence my visit. I was in town on business and looking somewhere to eat that was open and had good food. After looking on Unilocal for something close I found this place. The reviews seemed mixed but okay overall. So after trying this place here is the good the bad and the ugly. I was able to order quickly and they have a semi large menu at reasonable prices for most items. I ordered the Double Cheeseburger with Curly fries and a drink. I was given my drink cup for the self serve fountain. It was one of those old school large styrofoam cups. They had basic pepsi products with the addition of Loganberry (Hard to find outside Buffalo and impossible outside WNY) and Orange Crush. The burger was good with some grease on a large roll. It had a good amount of melted cheese. The fries were a large amount but a little below average in taste for curly fries as they lacked seasoning and were over cooked. The atmosphere was interesting as you had weird decoy large framed amount of money in the form of bills framed on the wall. I talking easily over $ 1000 mostly in ones. There was a large flow of college aged crowd during my visit that came in and out with some dinning in. Noisy and drunk type crowd around 10:20 PM on a friday. The parking lot was ²⁄₃ full when I entered and overflowing when I left. Can’t comment on the garbage plate but saw a lot being ordered. Also saw a large amount of shakes ordered so those must be good. The place is open till 2am during the week and 3am friday and saturday so if you need decent food fast in a place open late this may fit your bill. Personally I would go to one of the Five Guys locations for a burger if their open and pay the few extra dollars.

Went from one to three star. Seems like the front of the house has changed faces since the last time I’ve been here.
Called in my order for a plate. Said it was going to be 10 – 15 minutes but it only takes me 5 minutes to get here so i was 5 minutes early just in case. And guess what, it was already ready. If I came at the time they told me, it would have sat for ten minutes. And the place was dead. But overall not a bad experience this time. Still goes to show you, their main business is lunch hours and drunk hours.
And now to the food. Burgers are piping hot. GREAT! Now the bad news. Mac salad seems too watery. And the curly fries were not crisp. No wonder it only took 5 minutes to put this plate together. I’ll only come back if my friends want to go and I have no choice but I’ll go down the street for a plate if I’m by myself from now on.

My husband and I tend to have unhappy experiences when we try new places, but we know we can always rely on Wimpy’s for deliciousness. Their garbage plates are the best on the west side.

Canjun Chicken Sandwich is really good. Staff very immature with no customer service makes this a 2 star. Price was reasonabke, but not great. Love the food — hate the service. I had an obscene amount of ketchup on my sandwich, by someone who obviously hates their job. That makes me feel like they could do other things, like play around with the food… too bad, as the sandwich is good. No customer service training. Very rude, no thank yous or my pleasure. They kept talking to each other like I didn’t exist. They were cursing and talking about hooking up, never even looking customers in the eyes… not the 1^st time…

After the response from the owner of Wimpy’s, we have decided that we will give Wimpy’s another try in the future. Elizabeth knows the value if Customer Service, and her pleasant response convinced us of her genuine concern. When we return, we’ll post another review. Until then, thank you to Elizabeth for your kind response.

Update: the address was 2160 Buffalo RD off the 33.
So I ordered the brisket burger. Fries and onion rings were great. Brisket was not bad a little dry. The burger patty was completely well done– dry. I didn’t notice because I took it back to my hotel to consume.
I ended up eating one piece of brisket and a small bite of burger. I finished off the onion rings and most of the fries. The rest got dumped. That was depressing.

First night back in the ROC from NC… My husband had to get a GARBAGE PLATE! It has been a long looooong time since I have been to Wimpy’s.
The plate was fantastic! Cheeseburger plate with Mac and home fries. Their meat hot sauce was really good. Not saying I am a hot sauce snob or anything but I am kind of picky about my meat hot sauce.
I regret not getting an order of mozz sticks. I saw a pic another Unilocaler posted and they had BATTERED instead of breaded. I LOVE battered. Ah well. Might have to stop back!

After reading many people’s reviews saying this was the best plate in town, I had to try it! I went there super hungry after waiting and waiting for the bf to finish up with some clients. I decided to get the 2 cheeseburger plate with mac salad, fries, diced onion, hot sauce and added mustard. Also got a 4 piece dyno roll upon the reading the review that stated they were «life changing». Holy crap! It was all freaking delicious. The plate was definitely the best in town, and HUGE. Regardless of how hungry I was I still couldn’t finish it. Tons of fries and mac salad.
The dyno rolls if anyone is wondering and can’t find the explanation anywhere, (I was) are the pizza rolls dipped in mild buffalo sauce and comes with a side of blue cheese. At times I eat my pepperoni pizza with wing sauce drizzled on it then dip it in blue cheese so this was a winner for me.
I was super happy to have extremely pleasant service unlike many other Unilocalers. I will definitely be going back. Love that they are open late.

Friendly staff and a great plate, couldn’t ask for more. In an area where everyone closes early or acts like they are being put out by late night business Wimpy’s is awesome.

I have a mega crush on the girl that works here. The tanned blonde girl with the awesome fake nails that seem to get longer, more elaborate, and more eye-​catching every time I come in here. One time I asked her if she was single and she was like, «sorry, I like big, tall guys, and you just look too Wimpy.» I was like, «hold on, I thought I you guys were Wimpy?» The guys behind the grill heard me call them Wimpy. Needless to say I was kicked out. They did let me keep my garbage plate though, so I was happy.
What to get: Garbage Plate with one White Hot and one Red Hot, extra extra meat sauce.
What else: White Hot with extra meat sauce, everything.
If the owner injured their leg, it’d be Limpy’s.
Easily my favourite Garbage Plate in town. This is the best Garbage Plate I’ve ever had, and quite possibly the best in the world.
If the injury didn’t go away, it’d be Gimpy’s.
It’s significantly better than Taci’s Irondeqoit and Nick Tahou’s, which themselves are far better than every other place in town. The white hots and red hots are perfectly prepared, hot, fresh, snappy, juicy and perfect. I recommend ordering one of each… you can have any combo you like on there. Burgers are pretty typical so I always go with one white hot and one red hot just for variety. White Hots are one of Rochester’s gifts to the world, by the way. They’re similar to Brats… and amazing.
If the girls working here dressed only in underwear, it’d be Skimpy’s. If the employees lived off Garbage Plates, it’d be Blimpy’s (oh wait that’s already a thing).
The various elements of the plate (mac salad, hash browns, beans, coleslaw) are all fresh and delicious and work perfectly, I highly recommend the mac salad and hash browns. I love that their mac salad is creamy and not at all sweet, and I usually don’t like these types of potatoes, but these are excellent and go perfectly with the meat sauce. Cut into very small cubes so they really soak up all that meat sauce juice. Sort of like my gf does.
If they sold seafood, it’d be Shrimpy’s. If the guys were all super cute it’d be Dimply’s.
I love that when I ask for extra meat sauce at Wimpy, they give me buckets and buckets of the stuff. It makes the food twice as heavy (and probably twice as deadly, but whatever). Even moreso, I like that their meat sauce is greasy, juicy, spiced, tasty, and probably the most delicious meat sauce of any of the GP spots in Rochester. It’s perfectly flavoured, to put it mildly.
If it were full of Trent Rezner groupie girls, it’d be NIN-​pies. If all customers were naked, it’d be Skinpy’s.
They are open super late… not the 24 hours of Steve T’s, but later than most garbage plate spots. 1, 2 or 3am some nights. The hours vary so check into it before you take my word for it. But I like that I can drive to Rochester at midnight and get my fave GP.
If everyone took 2 hours to get ready before coming here, it’d be Primpy’s. If the owners were into cartoons, it’d be Ren & Stimpy’s.
Their array of sauces and dressings and mustards (holy mustards, they must have 15 of them from all over the country) is extraordinarily impressive. They all taste different, they all taste gourmet, kind of like my ex-​girlfriends.
And if guys named James were constantly p*ssing in the parking lot, it’d be Jimpee’s.
A quick post-​review explanation for those reading around the country who don’t know what a Garbage Plate is:
A GP is not a doctor, but you will need one after you eat one. It is probably the worst thing in the world that you could eat in health terms, but if you’re into late night drunk college food, it’s absolutely delicious. A Garbage Plate basically combines hamburger patties and/​or hot dogs with any combination of mac salad, hash browns, beans, coleslaw, you name it. And it covers the whole thing with delicious spiced wet meat sauce — the more, the better. It’s greasy and it’s enough to stop your heart. Some people love it, a lot of people hate it. Few are indifferent to it. I personally love them, though I never eat them.
And if it were a place where you can rent girls and boys by the hour, the owners would be Pimpy’s. Oh wait, that’s pretty much what goes on here, now that I think about it. Nm.
You select which one you like (Himplease). And then when you get to his/​your place, it’s position selection (Mishplease) and then, it becomes Pumpy’s.
So, again. This is the best Garbage Plate I’ve ever had, and imo the best in the world.

Last week I came I had a really rocking burger. Bleu Cheese, Bacon, and some balsamic braised red onions. Really unique and unexpected to see!
Making another trip tomorrow, probably going to try another burger!
P.s…will not stress this enough… Dyno Logs change lives people. Order them!

Service was nothing stellar. Our food was a step above fast food. I certainly would not go out of my way to eat here again. If someone asked me to go, I wouldn’t fight them about it either. Decent place, decent food, decent prices and mediocre service.

went on 1÷16÷15 and ordered the cheeseburger plate. It came in less than 5 minutes .
the two hamburgers were piled on top of home fries and mac salad with everything on it with a roll on the side. The hot sauce is just right and the burger was so tender i cut with a fork. the amount of food is well worth the price of 7.99 but for the month of Jan the plates are 5.99 which is a super deal that cant be beat in the area. This is a must stop if your hungry. Will be back to try the wings and sauce.

Good alternative to the chain burger joint, but my burger was really average.

I really like Wimpy’s because of its location. It’s at an area of about 4 competing bars, and when people are drunk, they want food, this place stays open AFTER the bars close. Drunk? Wanna make a decision you’ll regret in a few hours? Come here and get the «Burger/​Chicken from hell».
Food is pretty good as far as burger places like this go, the tables were all really clean too. But when I grabbed at the drawer with the plasticware i noticed it was sticky with who knows what… gag…
SanitizeSanitizeSanitize!!!
The fan above me was shaking and swaying in a way that reminded me of the «Final Destination» movies… to the effect that it looked like I may or may not live through my meal.
Great drunk food. I recommend the «From Hell» stuff (Burger, chicken sandwich, etc) if you like hot stuff. Not the hottest thing ever, but tasty.

Good for a late night burger joint, but I have had my order screwed up a couple of times, which is irritating because I generally get take out. I can only blame this on the girls working the counter who seem pissed off for no reason half of the time. Will I go back? Yeah, they still do a decent plate and the melts are delicious as well.

This review has been long overdue. Wimpy’s is my favorite place to get a garbage plate in Rochester. Simply called a «plate» here.
I have to say I haven’t tried Nick Tahou’s yet. But I have eaten plates at many other places and Wimpy’s has by far been my favorite. Here’s the logic behind why they have the best plates. Nick Tahou’s might have come up with the concept of take all kinds of junk food and throw it on a plate and you have a delicious garbage plate however this concept only works if the ingredients that go into a plate are all cooked well. And that’s exactly what Wimpy’s does.
Everything that goes on your plate tastes amazing. The fries, macaroni, cheeseburgers, shaved steak, meat sauce… everything tastes amazing. Everything is hot exactly like I like it and is loaded with cheese and onions. I’ve tried other things they make like onion rings and finger food and everything has tasted awesome. Top it off with some Frank’s Red Hot and you have a masterpiece of a plate. And the serving size is huge! They do half plates too but the half plate that I ordered (cheeseburger) had the same amount of mac and fries as a full one. Just had one cheeseburger instead of two.
Located right near Tinseltown IMAX this is my favorite to go spot after a movie to fulfill my ravenous appetite. Another super duper plus point is that it is open late. I have made frequent trips to Wimpy’s though it is a 20 minute drive from me for their awesome garbage plates.
The staff is mostly nice and service is very quick. There is a condiments bar which has every sauce/​spice you can imagine. Two tubs full of butter and garlic spread and unlimited dinner rolls are available to devour with your carb loaded garbage plate. Fountain soda with unlimited refills.
Clean restrooms most of the time. Adequate seating for a hots place and outdoor seating available in the summer.
5 stars because this is possibly the best «hots» type place I’ve been to.
Wimpys’ garbage plate is a culinary orgasm for an obese carbohydrate vacuum like me. My favorite late night guilt provoking meal. Don’t miss it.

Had a great grilled chicken platter at a reasonable price

I love Wimpy’s. Here’s why:
1. It’s open late. 2AM on weekdays, 3AM on weekends. Hellloooo drunk food.
2. The fries are the bombdotcom. I love their garbage plates because they aren’t sopping and disgustingly greasy as other places. I always get cheeseburger, mac salad and french fry plates. If you order sides of fries they have generous portions.
3. Over 20 milkshake flavors. I always get chocolate because I am just a classic kinda gal.
4. If you are «on a diet» they have like 15 different salads. If you aren’t a diet they have a lot of different plate combos, sides, wings and chicken sandwiches.
5. Cheap food, good food, full belly.
Neggie Stuff:
The seating area is «okay» and the last time I ordered my food it was during a mad rush so the chick working was kind of a shrew but I didn’t care once I got my food. One time I had to take my fries to the counter because they didn’t taste like they were cooked all the way; happens sometimes when places are slammed on a Friday night but they just put some in the fryer longer for me and weren’t mean about it.