Firehouse

12/14/06

One word: Amazing

by jkensington at Citysearch

My wife and I first tried Firehouse a few months ago and it has become the standard that everywhere else we go to is compared to! We have yet to find another restaurant that we put as a 10 on the "firehouse scale."

We bring people in frequently to entertain and are ALWAYS delighted. Our regular server Will always asks about what spice level each of our guests are looking for. Hot and spicy is their thing, but they'll get it decedant and mild if that's your thing.

The atmosphere is relaxed, warm and inviting with the service, food, and music to match. If all small restaurants put this amount of detail into their service the corporate restaurants would all go under. If you're looking for something different, delicious, and an all around great experience head to Lower Greenville... you'll probably see my wife and myself in there treating ourselves.

J. Kensington

• Pros: Incredible package, food, service, atmosphere
• Cons: It's too cold to enjoy the patio

12/06/06

I come to give my own review and look what I find.

by paulstark123 at Citysearch

I feel moved to comment because I was sitting at the table next to the party of four with such serious complaints. Their experience was completely contrary to my own. For one thing, there's free valet parking, so I'm not sure why anyone would feel the need to complain about the parking lot out back.

I did see everyone, including the owner apologize for the slowness in service. He explained to me that because they had a very large party (there was some kind of christmas party in the back) everyone would order at the same time, so the kitchen had to accomodate 40 orders at once, on top of whatever anyone else ordered. Which is not ideal, but understandable. Two of the people in that four-person party seemed fine, but the other two could not have been more belligerent. I could hear them from my table. I also wonder why they got two orders of hummus if they hated it so much. They showed absolutely no class whatsoever.. maybe they were embarassed by the restaurant, but I was embarassed by them.

• Pros: Smother you with service
• Cons: Far away from home

12/02/06

Awful Awful Awful - VERY LONG WAIT, Bad Service, Overpriced, Bad Parking, Very Limited Culinary Talent!!!

by mry13 at Citysearch

I chose this restaurant for my husband & I and two of our best friends. We couldn't have been more disappointed. My reason for choosing it was due to the excellent reviews posted by others. This restaurant was the absolute worse that we've ever eaten at. It's in a very bad location with cheap bars and pawn shops across the street. Also, parking is atrocious as it's behind the restaurant on a washed out dirt parking lot with broken concrete and very little space. The ad says "Live Music" but don't count on it. Only if you consider crappy music blaring out of 1 of 4 speakers placed in each corner of the tiny space- as "Live Music"- and this was on a saturday night from 8- 10:30. Very bad taste, really..... There were about 40 - 50 people dining and they couldn't accommodate even that few people. We waited 2 hrs for our food and when it finally arrived it was burnt and extremely spicy. None of our party could even finish 1/4th of the meal because it tasted so horrible. For 4 meals and 2 orders of the worse hummus I've ever had (2 appetizers due to the extremely long wait) it came to $150 with the tip. Awful awful awful..... I was embarrassed to take our friends/ professional colleagues there. Don't make the same mistake that I did. Save your money, your time and your reputation and go anywhere else. Really, they should be ashamed.