Carmen's Cooking

Puerto Rican restaurant with delicious vegan options! Owner looking to add more and open to ideas! at Carmen's Cooking in Rochester

Carmen the lovely owner. Adding more vegan options and clearly labels her menu. Open to ideas as well. She’s a delight. at Carmen's Cooking in Rochester

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Puerto Rican restaurant with some vegan choices which may include an empanada, beans & rice, main dish with shitake mushrooms, fried plantains, stuffed yuca alcapurrias. Open Tue-Fri 11:00am-2:30pm, 4:30pm-7:00pm, Sat 11:00am-7:00pm. Closed Sun & Mon.

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1855 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, USA, 14618
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+1-585-348-1400
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- Last update on 17 Sep 2024 by Guest
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2 Reviews

First Review by HannahVanDuzee

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Points +1263

Vegan

01 Aug 2025

Good food & marked menu - Edit

I got the tostones and an empanadilla with the veggie crumble, which was essentially a tofu scramble from what I could tell. Got some beans and rice for later and ended up eating the whole container once I got home oops. The staff were really nice though they did attempt to give me the non vegan sauce after I ordered & said vegan. So just double check as that info didn't propagate for the staff.

As the other person mentioned though it seems to be just the one dipping sauce and it looks like it's mayo based so definitely not vegan. Which does make everything a bit more dry than it should be, unfortunately. I live close by enough I might start ordering takeout and using my own sauces, but fair warning if you're eating in.

Pros: Good food, Really nice staff, Reasonable prices

Cons: No vegan dipping sauce