Pier Fifty-Three

Reviews

• Kerry S.

  star star star star star_border 27 July 2026

  Great place for families. Lawn games. Live music. Sports on TV. Great view. The wings were great. I ordered garlic parm and they didn't come that way but still good. I I had salt on the rim of my wine glass and dried lime piece so had to send that back. My only other complaint is I asked for milk for my 1 year old and it arrived warm. I didn't think anything of it. When we went to leave I poured the rest of the cup in the bottle and it came out in clumps. Thankfully he didn't get sick because he didn't drink much. Now I know why.
  
  Overall good food. Comes out in little
  Boxes. Pizza was good too in brick oven.

• Jared K.

  star star star star star 19 July 2026

  These pies would totally hold their own in the sea of pizzeria/restaurants in New York City, easily!!!  I highly recommend the Hell Fire pizza.  The staff was very pleasant and the atmosphere was open and airy as big giant fans are blowing throughout (keeping the air cool and the bugs out) I think I'll be returning again before this vacation to Sodus Bay is over :)

• Dee Q.

  star star star star star 13 July 2026

  Quite nice. Service is always good. Food is quite good.
  Good atmosphere. Music just a tad loud but quite bearable. Always get help when docking or leaving. Worth a stop by.

• Amanda W.

  star star star star_border star_border 12 July 2026

  Came here for lunch today with a group of friends that my husband went to high school with, and their spouses, and two children.
  
  I'll start by saying we live in buffalo and are used to really good food.
  
  First, we drove right by the place. There is not really any sign on the building or in front of it, or near it with the restaurant name. Luckily my husband knows the area and google maps was on point.
  
  We walked in and were greeted right away which was nice. We said we were with a party coming in for a reservation and we were early. We were the only people here, it was dead. My husband ordered drinks from the bar while we waited for our friends. They were quite small and I was annoyed to learn later that they were $6 a piece, which seemed high for the size.
  
  They had some cornhole boards set up inside so we played a bit until our friends arrived.
  Once our whole party, we ordered food. Our friend who planned the lunch said she was surprised by the menu, because when she chose this place it was very large and today was only a page long, mostly featuring pizzas.
  
  I had signed up for their email list knowing we were coming, and got an email with a promo code, and no explanation. I asked our waitress who said it was for a pizza and an order of wings for $20. My husband I and ordered the siracha bbq wings and the house favorite pizza, which has honey mustard, chicken, and bacon on it. I'm glad we didn't pay full price for this food because we were not impressed. The pizza tasted like a frozen pizza. Very thin crust, cardboard type taste. The honey mustard was gelatinous goop on it that did not really function as a sauce. It was barely warm when it got to us. The wings were served on this skillet thing that burned the sauce, fused the wings to it, and literally melted the bottom of the Bleu cheese cup right out, seeping chemicals into the food. The sauce on the wings was super spicy for approximately one bite, then just tasted liked bbq.
  
  Also, they advertise gluten free crusts on the menu for their pizza, and after our party ordered three pizzas on this crust, we were told they only had two. They also were out of lettuce which knocked out any salad options on the small menu, entirely.
  
  And something that really threw me was the fact that they don't have plates. I got a sheet of parchment type paper as a plate. So odd.
  
  Things I liked:
  
  -Our waitress was wonderful. Very nice, accommodating and friendly.
  -the pitchers of water for the table were great
  -the building is beautiful. The space is huge.
  -they have cornhole, volleyball, footballs, crayons, coloring books etc. and the paper cloth was paper, great for coloring. I like activities.
  -the soap in the bathrooms
  
  This is probably a great place in the summer, being right on the bay. Maybe we just came in the wrong season. Maybe we just ordered the wrong things. I'm not sure. But honestly we don't live here and are unlikely to return.

• Philip P.

  star star star star_border star_border 10 July 2026

  Great beers; lousy food; life doesn't get much better than that in Sodus. Had a great time with family and friends throwing back a few while listening to one of the local artists swaying to the music. The food could have been so much better if they just handed out plates instead of paper. We ordered the loaded nachos which were good except that they serve them in a paper box--ugh....it wasn't long before it became a wet, sticky and soggy hot mess. I'm not sure who's making the pizza, but boy was that bad. I get it; you're five hours from NYC so you're allowed to be bad, but you're still in NY and you just gotta do better than that! If I were Aaron Boone, I'd be clapping my hands together, yelling at you to "get your sh_t together!" But still; at the end of the day, this is a place to drink a few beers and have a good time, which we did. Food notwithstanding.