Excellent! I had the best martini, the bar tender was excellent, i believe his name was Obie and it happened to be his bday... Best martini! I also had bread pudding and steamed old bay shrimp, the bartender suggested, excellent all around! Will def.be back :) read more

Maria is the best bartender,every time I come,she makes me feel special,attentive and welcoming,She needs a Big Raise.She is great,thank you Maria read more

Hopefully the beer is better than the food. Got a veggie pizza from there and the dough was raw.

I go the the fire station because they had this great haddock sandwich which was great! I went there especially for that sandwich. However today what I was serve was some basically fish stick. It tasted something I could get a Costco and put in my air fryer. I was so disappointed. The waitress was fine the drinks was fine. I get times are hard the sandwich was not good, or meets past expectations. read more

I have been coming here for over ten years. This place has a friendly, attentive staff and a great menu. There is something for everyone on this menu. Maria is a wonderful bartender. She is a talented mixologist and conversationalist. Ask for her. FS1 has the best wings in the area and a nice happy hour. I always meet my local friends here and bring out of town guests here. If Amy the owner is in, she might buy you a drink! See you at FS1. read more

This place is the worst. Upon arriving, all of our backs packs were searched and literally patted down. It was a group to have a quick drink. Upon inspecting a females purse, finding nothing, the guy continued to inspect all bags in a place that was mostly empty and is a brewery. I will never be back. This place needs to figure itself out. EDIT: I wasn't able to give less than a 1 review. So I had to edit. It gets less than 1 read more

This was my 3rd time to Fire Station 1 & the 3rd great experience I had. I found myself in silver spring less than a mile from Fire Station 1 & hungry so I decided to drop in on Fire Station 1. I ordered the cheeseburger sliders which were fantastic! The only problem with Fire Station 1 is it's not located closer to where I live. read more

The food was ok .. the service was ok. Our waiter was outside drinking a beer. Then finally came back in to bring our bill. The bucket of beers was listed on the menu for $15, he was charging us $20 said that's the new price. We disputed that charge and they gave us the bucket of beers free. read more

I really don't know why this place got such bad reviews , I received EXCELLENT SERVICE! from the moment my friends and I walked in we were welcomed and felt at home. All of the staff were kind and courteous! The hostess greeted us and lead us to our seats and everyone was so polite ! I l felt like I was back in Georgia because everyone was so friendly and kind and great hospitality. Our server? ON POINT . Our food? GOOD . Our Drinks ? STRONG which is how I like it! And then the friday night latin nightclub OMG i had such a blast ! A perfect Bday weekend ! American food cheeseburgers and fries pizza . everything was impressive and delicious. I really love the decor it was a soft atmosphere and so cute the fire station feel. Anything we needed multiple staff members came by our table to make sure we received everything we needed from napkins refills on drinks and our condiments. Comfy Booth! I WILL BE COMING BACK! read more

Here for comedy night upstairs, its very chill, watching the game as well... I Can see the TVs from here.... read more

Fire Station 1 - Water and cramberry juice. Its not on the menu but everyone here is always helpful...Thanks! - Bars Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Let's see......NO cider. 2/3 of the beer listed on the menu, they didn't have. We were excited to have a place to hang out while our teen was at the Fillmore for a concert that offered food and a relaxing atmosphere where we could wait but we were sadly disappointed. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME. read more

All I have to say is WTF?! Yes, literally my experience was that bad. DON'T go here EVER. I can't even waste anymore of my time going into details. Disgusting establishment. Ignorance exemplified. Whoa... read more

I've been to Fire Station a few times and I've always had a good time. For the most part the staff is really nice. One lady I had as my waitress last year was the bartender that served me. I believe her name is Kelly. I will be coming again. read more

Took my parents here for dinner, we had never been, drove past it, and decided to stop by. The hostesses sat us down very quickly - but it went all down hill from there. 1) It took us at least 10 minutes to get a server. The restaurant had maybe 15 people eating and that is being generous. 3) Once seated, the table was sticky and dirty and so were the floors. 3) The manager was walking around with her belly sticking out (doesn't seem professional?). 2) My mom ordered a $10 cocktail and the glass was almost 2 inches not full. We asked for them to fill it up (to get our money's worth, obviously) and the bartender marched over with a bottle of Malibu and just stands there and pours it in her drink without saying a word. He was being a total dick. 3) Our server himself wasn't that bad, but I think he was new. Took our order and got our food pretty quickly. The quality of food was OK, nothing special at all. I got the buffalo chicken wrap, my mom got the french dip, and my dad got the buffalo chicken sandwich. My dad was not a fan of his food. Final thought - I would not recommend this place to anyone. Ever. read more

Went back and the bar tender was hiding in the back closet, she peeped out to see us at the bar and then popped back in to the back area in what appeared to us to be a blatant way of ignoring us. We waited for several minutes and she did not come back out to serve us. We left and will NEVER GO BACK!!! Previous to that, the same bartender had her back turned at the bar doing something and we walked in. She turned around and made eye contact, said nothing and turned back around again. How can this chick get away with such bad service? It is ridiculous. DON"T GO HERE unless you want to be ignored and made to feel UNINVITED and UNWANTED! This place SUCKS! read more

They have really good Mac and Cheese. I had the crab cake entree with the happy hour margarita. It was a decent sized meal. Not over filling, so great for me. Their manhattan was alright. I like to drink and I'm not sure if they were out of bitters but It was definitely missing. Very clean space and customer service was great. It wasn't very packed at lunch either. read more

"No mas," he said, as wandered around the ring like the ref was trying to force him to sign a petition. He threw up his hands once more. "No mas." The incredulous referee stood frozen. It was not from the use of a language he did not speak. He understood the meaning, though he did not know the words. It was the meaning itself he could not understand. Sugar Ray Leonard understood what it meant as he watched Roberto Duran turn around and amble back into his corner. Sugar Ray Leonard threw up his arms in victory before the referee had stopped the match. Roberto Duran just sat in his corner and even though there was nothing to the human eye that appeared to be physically wrong with the pugilist, he refused to get off of his stool. Be it mental, physical, or any other -al and combination thereof, he simply could not take the abuse any longer. This is how Fire Station One must feel right about now. A fighter with tons of potential who begins a fight getting stung early and has to spend the rest of the match making up for lost points. The reviews have been brutal thus far and without saying that they are unwarranted, many were written in the first few weeks of the opening of this restaurant, which I have been waiting with much hope and anticipation. I am a fan of Hook and Ladder beers and with so much space to work with in the old firehouse, I myself was expecting something a bit more unique. The owners could have gone for daring, but chose safety instead. The main bar and dinning area is a generically nice, open space with a staircase that leads to a smaller, darker bar and dinning area. There is also an outdoor patio area where the firetrucks used to pull into the giant sized doorways. It is very amenable to families - even the stroller brigades. The food that my family and I have had while dinning here has been fair to good. My wife thought her NY Strip steak was one of the best steaks she had eaten in ages. The Crab Cake sandwich I had was plump with lump crab meat and not much in the way of filler. The Club sandwich I had at previous night out was large and tasted like a plain old club sandwich should taste like - filling. The kid's cheese pizza was mediocre, but my daughter enjoyed it. One thing that I give this restaurant some praise for, is that they offer vegetables (I assume that it's always grilled zucchini, because that's what I got) for a side for all of their sandwich dishes. It's refreshing not to be forced into eating french fries or nothing. The beer selection leans way too far toward the macro brews for a small brewing company. I do hope they try and get a little more adventurous in bringing in more unique beers from local breweries. Each time I have gone to Fire Station One, the crowd has been sizable each and every time. Apparently the folks who continue to come here have not read the reviews on this site. While a large number of reviewers on this site lust for the chance to air their opinions and wax poetic upon the divinity of the perfect plate of foie gras, the reality of the world is that these inflated expectations do not fuel the palates of the masses who fill the accounts of the cooks. At the end of the day, Applebee's has her sovereign shine and foie gras is just tortured duck liver. Who knows how this restaurant will fare in the coming months, but the owners should take notes on everything that people have commented upon the service thus far. Personally speaking, I have not experienced the horrors that other have experienced. Mine have all been routine. In short (at long last) - this is no exceptional dinning experience, but is not to be avoided like the plague (as some of the reviewers would surmise). The assaults keeping coming at you Fire Station One. Regain your ground, adjust, counter or otherwise you just may be "no mas." read more

Not too surprisingly, this kind of place doesn't fare that well on Yelp: what was at one time intended as an authentic local brewery-restaurant has since shed that genuinely happy mask for a dull generic one. Hook & Ladder's local brews are served here, but not fresh from a gleaming copper tank, as one might have once hoped. Though palatable, served alongside commonly available alternatives, and without the brew house atmosphere, these locally distributed suds somehow lose their ebullience. Don't get me wrong - there isn't much in the way of an alternative bite & beer near these few blocks of Silver Spring, and nothing with a thematic concept, if you appreciate one that's reasonably executed. The accommodations are spotless. And the service is friendly if not always highly skilled. Unfortunately though, along the way to being a Dogfish Head Alehouse, this little stillborn turned out a Ruby Tuesday's. read more

Went here with a large group for drinks after dinner. The service was fine, but there were a few things that put a sour end to the night for us. We were seated outside with an initial party of 8 that grew to about 12 people. The blueberry ale that our server recommended did not have any blueberry flavor. It was just a normal light ale w/ whole blueberries floating in the beer. The other beers on tap seemed alright. Nothing special about the beer available here. We had been seated for close to two hours when our server informed us that they had "flagged" our entire table because we had each had 3-4 drinks a person. This meant they wouldn't serve us any more drinks unless the manager "approved" our level of sobriety. Our group was not loud at all and the only other people where we were seated were also just drinking. So the manager came out and proceeded to talk and stare at all of us for a few minutes. When we laughed at the situation he asked us why we were all laughing. His demeanor was unfriendly and was giving us the impression that our presence was not welcome. I could understand if we were being loud and obnoxious and interfering w/ the dining experience of other customers, but it was close to 11:30 at this point and there were very few in the restaurant period, let alone outside where we were all seated. They brought out the last few drinks that we ordered, then brought everyone their checks which I supposed was their not so subtle signal hint to tell us all to leave. I felt bad for our server being forced to tell us that we'd been "flagged". If the management wasn't idiotic we definitely would've stayed a bit longer. Will probably never come back. read more

We ended up here after finding Quarry House to be too packed... ...which turned out to be a rather poor life decision. It's really too exhausting to list in great detail the reasons that tainted our first (and last) visit to Fire Station 1. There's just one thing you need to know: DON'T ask your server a lot of questions. (And by a lot...I mean 2.) Otherwise, she will disappear for pretty much the whole night and not bring you napkins/silverware even after your food is delivered to the table, not bring your drinks until at least 10 min after you ordered them or bring the check because you just want to get the heck out of there. And because these things are things you need, you'll have to ask for them...(more than once). Which brings us back to rule #1... don't ask a lot of questions. It's a vicious cycle, really. You've been warned. read more

This place is extremely upsetting and frustrating. I live a block away, and I have frequented the restaurant now for over a year. One thing that I will say positively about this restaurant is that the food is always satisfying. But it's a shame, because I have never seen service poorer than the service at Firestation. As I write this review, I have been sitting at a table here for over 20 minutes now, and have not been approached once by any of the wait staff. No drink orders, no checking in, no "I'll be with you in a minute." And what's even worse is that there are fewer than 15 customers seated currently! But this is just the tip of the iceberg. There is always something that goes wrong with the service (badly) every visit. I just don't understand where the wait staff goes -- they will disappear into the kitchen for 10 minutes at a time, only to reappear with one single drink. I can't write much more because my experiences here are so frustrating, given the quality of the food (I personally like it). But the service is so stupidly horrendous, I swear I must be on a TV show. I have spoken with the management on several occasions, and they always claim to be in the process of "figuring out who the problems are." But nothing ever changes. I'm sure the wait staff is fine, but they need to be trained heavily and motivated to actually do their jobs. Please don't give this restaurant your business. They will never change their ways otherwise! read more

Just terrible. I mean wow, you come in and think, ok, kind of generic, but nice. The you open the menu, and you say, kind of generic, but well priced, and some things look good. And then the food comes. Or well, kind of comes. The drinks never get to you, or get mixed up, or the server doesn't know any beers on tap (despite it being a b"brewery") or all three things. Then the appetizers come after the entrees. Then you get the entrees and the appetizers and they are just awful. The breadiest pizza I have ever had, the fish was awful, and the tomato appetizer? A joke. Plus the service was just beyond obliviousness. No clue what they were doing, never managed to bring missing food, would not take our drink orders, I could go on. They have ok fries though. No redeeming features that I can tell. read more

Christian is the best server ever! Happy Hour menu 4-6 with awesome food and beer specials! Great patio too!

Ok, I know they just opened, but if Sunday evening is any indication of what to expect, don't waste your time or money. When my friends and I sat down we received a lot of attention from our server. Soon after our orders were taken, however, things began to fall apart rapidly. Our main course arrived before our appetizer and even though we asked repeatedly, we never got any plates for our food, so we just kind of used our napkins. Our server then completely disappeared. After about 30 minutes, I went to find the manager who found our server. Apparently, the server had "given" our table to someone else, but no one had actually told that someone else. We were pretty ready to leave at that point but our new server convinced us to stay for one more round. When we were ready for our check, it arrived after a 20 minute wait and was incorrect. Our new server was nowhere to be found so again, we went to the manager for a new check. After another 20 minutes the revised check arrived . . . wrong again! FINALLY, the right check came but it took our server at least 30 minutes to "authorize" our credit cards! Had the food been good, I guess we would have said it was worth another try. But the pizza was undercooked and the calamari was bland and greasy. I know they just opened and my friends and I did expect there to be some bugs in the operation, but we spent more time waiting for things than we did actually eating and drinking. The Manager did come around to "charm" us after all we had been through, but frankly, it was too little, too late. The least he could have done was buy us round, but he couldn't even see his way to do that. (Note that the Managers at Pacci's down the street did exactly that on their opening night) Will we be returning to Fire Station One? Only in the case of extreme emergency. read more

This is my third and final update of this restaurant. I will not go here again I have given this place several chances and I am just tired of it. Group of five of us. Nothing particularly challenging in the order. I ordered the French Onion soup. It was at best room temperature. Someone else ordered a turkey club, she was given the turkey burger instead. She didn't want to waste food, so she ate it anyway, but it wasn't what she had ordered. The sliders that someone else at our table order arrived cold and slightly dry and without any cheese (apparently the waitress didn't ask if she wanted any - and our friend did want it). She sent it back to the kitchen, they added cheese, ran it under the broiler and it was just enough to melt the cheese, but didn't actually heat the burger. The waitress was responsive and apologetic, but the food is inconsistent. Also, I was hoping to try the Herogies that have been on the news, and have signs in the lobby... but they weren't on the menu. They weren't even on the table card. I am incredibly disappointed because this place had such promise. read more

We went to Fire Station One on Friday night on the recommendation of a friend. He'd been there for lunch and thought it was good, and wanted to go back to try the beer. The restaurant was moderately busy, but not overly so. I suppose we should have taken that as a sign -- a sit-down restaurant on the main drag in downtown Silver Spring, at the peak dinner hour on a Friday, with no wait? Yeah. To be fair (and to be nice before I rip into them), the beer was decent. If you're just going there for a drink at the bar, it's not a bad little place. Though beware -- they were completely out of the first three types of beer that I tried to order. If you're running out of that many of your on-tap beers at dinnertime on a Friday night, you're doing it wrong. The food, though . . . that was a different story altogether. First, I'll say that I'm not usually one to complain or to send food back if there's just a minor problem. I'll actually put up with quite a bit before I raise a fuss. That being said, there are limits to what I'll accept, and this place pushed them the farthest that anywhere has in a long time. I ordered the individual-sized margherita pizza. The first one came out, and as I started eating it, something didn't seem quite right. So I looked more closely, and underneath the sauce (there was way too much sauce on it, but we'll get to that in a minute), I found that the dough was still raw. I'm not saying that it was soggy or just slightly underbaked -- this was completely raw, essentially unbaked bread dough. When our waitress finally came by again (she seemed to completely disappear for about ten minutes), I flagged her over and told her that it wasn't edible. She said that she'd have it redone and took it away. A little bit later, she came back and set a new pizza in front of me. Before I even really looked at it, I heard the older couple at the table next to ours say "wow, that's really burnt." Sure enough, the edges all around it and the crust underneath were blackened. Apparently the kitchen had decided that if I didn't like my pizza raw, I'd like charcoal instead. I don't know whether it was meant as revenge for me sending the first one back, or whether it was just outright overcompensation and incompetence, but either way it was entirely unacceptable. By this point, my friends were half-way done with their food and I hadn't even gotten to start eating yet. So I went to the front and asked for the manager. The manager came and I told her about what had happened so far. By this point, I was pretty put off by the whole experience, but she asked me to give her a chance to get it done right. So I agreed, and she told me that she'd have a new pizza out as quickly as possible. Well, this time both my waitress and one of the cooks came out with the pizza. The cook half-apologized, but it was pretty clear to see that he thought that I was being overly picky (seriously, dude, you eat a pizza with raw dough then). This time, the pizza that they brought was finally cooked properly -- cooked the whole way through, but without being burnt. I thanked them, and was finally able to start eating. And, let me tell you -- even cooked properly, the pizza was pretty terrible. There was, as I noted earlier, way too much sauce (this time, the crust was soggy), and worse, the sauce itself was just bad. It had so much sugar in it that it was barely possible to taste anything else. The tomato slices seemed less than fresh. The "fresh" mozzarella was utterly flavorless. The crust itself might have been good with better quality toppings, but given what was on it, it was hard to tell. By that point, though, I just wanted to eat and be done with it (the rest of my party had pretty much finished). As for the food that the others ordered -- My girlfriend ordered the chili. She said that it wasn't very good either -- apparently it had way too much cumin in it (and she's South Asian, so she's used to a lot of cumin). My friends shared a Greek pizza, and while theirs was at least fully baked, and since it was a white pizza they were mercifully spared from the sugary tomato sauce, they said that the vegetables were undercooked (the onions were pretty much raw). Needless to say, we won't be going back. There are so many better choices out there. read more

The food was generic...no real thought behind the menu. The 4 cheese is HORRIBLE. "Their IPA sucked,", says my husband the beerhead and the wine list was filled with some of the worst wines available. Don't waste your money or time. read more

To start with this restaurant was absolutely freezing (people were literally wearing winter hats and most folks had their jackets on). This was only made worse by people coming and going through the patio door. I finally got up and pulled the curtains/drapes in front of the door, only then to have the door opened again by the manager coming in for the second shift. This manager actually came over to the table, I guess seeing the look on my face. He asked if he could help, I replied "yes...can the door please be kept shut?". He replied yes and apologized for coming through the door and explained that they keep the curtains/drapes over the door in the Winter to keep out the cold. I then explained to him that I was the one that drew the curtains/drapes!! This brings me to the next issue, the manager on duty when we first got there...all she did was sit in the corner with her food, her iPhone and laptop and text away while the house was falling down around her. No one wants to see a manager on the floor with food (which we did not have and checks were running past 20 min) doing the books, that is why they have offices. If you are a manager and on the floor, you should be managing!! Now as to the food, it was awful. I got fried chicken, a rare cheat meal for me and it was literally the worst fried chicken I have ever had. I just couldn't eat it and have been in out of "the office" all afternoon as a result of the few bites I did take in. My boys had pizza, very greasy and just not that good. My wife had sandwich and my Mother a burger, all mediocre at best. Are waiter was sweet, but not properly trained. I watched mistake after mistake with her prioritization (I still gave her a 20% tip...I know waiting tables sucks). In a past life I worked in the hospitality industry for 10 years and I can say with some assurance that this restaurant needs a shake up from top to bottom. read more

**drink review** Stopped in here before meeting up with Mic for a drink. I think. Memory is really starting to go. Had a beer before heading over to the pizza spot. Place is large, but it just lacked something. The bartender was very nice, but maybe the space is too large? I wouldn't mind trying to catch a game here, guess I have one game left to do that this season and will report back. read more

SOOOOOO....a few weeks ago we went back for a 'second chance' visit. same great server as before, but even WORSE dining experience then the first time. I write this review with trepidation because I was honestly hoping for a better outcome. Not to be! My husband and I ordered the pulled pork nachos and we ordered grilled cheese for our daughter. The pulled pork nachos....were Alpo worthy!!! Pre-cooked pork warmed up with canned cheese sauce poured on top! Oh....and our daughter's grilled cheese.....wasn't even cooked all the way through.....EVEN AFTER SENDING IT BACK!!! The SECOND one was no better. WHO CAN'T MAKE GRILLED CHEESE???!!!!! We voiced our concerns with the manager that evening and he did appear to hear them. Alas, Unless the Owner and Exec Manager make the changes, I fear nothing will come from our feedback. We REALLY had hopes for better and I wish this could've been a more positive review. read more

I really like Fire Station 1. It's a renovated fire station, with plenty of seating and several TVs at the bar to watch games. I have been twice, once on a Sunday night for a quick bite and once on a Thursday for some preseason football. The BBQ chicken pizza is delicious--the best BBQ chicken pizza I've ever had. I split the crab cake platter when we there for football, and it was also very tasty. They have a decent beer selection too. The bartenders are super friendly and are happy to give recommendations. The service was great when we sat at the bar on Sunday night. While there on a Thursday night, we had to wait quite a while to get served initially, but I am pretty sure the waitress was new, and after that she was fine. All in all, a nice neighborhood restaurant, and I'll definitely be back. read more

I went t this place with my boyfriend the second week it opened, and was super excited to try it out. It looked really cool, a converted firehouse, and the place was packed, so I'm thinking its going to be good... boy was I wrong! After a 45 minute wait, we were seated inside next to a large filthy table with food on the floor. A waiter came to clean it, and just started pushing the food that had fallen onto the table onto the floor. ..Red flag number one. The dsea bass dish I wanted they said they couldn't make, so I ordered the same thing as my boyfriend, a baked chicken dish that was supposed to be topped with crab meat in some kind of sauce. The wait for our food was kind of long, and they brought out my boyfriends a good 10 minutes before mine, and we ordered the same dish! What they brought out we both that was a bad joke. It looked like those little frozen chicken breast cutlets that you buy in bag. The piece of chicken was sooo small, it was a child sized portion, and there wasn't much crab on top. So not only did it look pathetic, but it was bland. Since my main dish left much to be desired I wanted to try and save the dinner with a yummy dessert. I wanted the banana split which I saw on the menu. But when I ordered it the waiter said they didn't have that either. And at that point I was through. Shortly after, one of the owners came by and I told him about our experience. He apologized and gave my boyfriend another meal that he took home. He said they were in the process of changing the menu and that's why some things weren't available. And that gAnd mentioned how getting seafood was tough because of the situation in the Gulf. ( I actually just came back from New Orleans where I had a lot of seafood, u can still eat the seafood down there so I have a hard time believing that.) The icing on the cake was that the next morning, my boyfriend who is NEVER sick, was violently ill from you guessed it.. .FOOD POISONING, from Fire Station One. Needless to say we will NEVER go back there again! read more

This review is a long time coming. Fire Station 1 is the first sports bar I visited when I moved to DC, and it's still, for me, one of the best sports bar experiences in the area. Fire Station 1 offers everything you need from a sports bar. Plenty of TVs, an adequate (but not great) beer selection, and really good wings. And because it's in Silver Spring, parking is plentiful and the place never gets too packed. I've tried a lot of items from their menu and have yet to be disappointed. The aforementioned wings are great and the crab cakes were surprisingly good. Truth be told, there are sports bars in the area with better food and drinks. But besides having to pay DC prices, parking and finding seats at those places during a big game is near impossible. All things considered (price, convenience, atmosphere) it doesn't get much better than FS1. read more

We went here last minute and on a whim in search for buffalo wings and beer. The ambiance is nothing to write home about, but the wings are admittedly good. The one downside to the wings is the bleu cheese dressing, which tastes like nothing more than bleu cheese crumbles mixed with ranch dressing. The beer menu is mediocre, but they do have a few craft beers and offer a tasting option as well. The service was absolutely acceptable. My biggest complaint is price - everything is simply overpriced taking into account the atmosphere, experience, food quality, service, et al. As I mentioned earlier, we went for wings, which were $18.99 for 20. In my mind, this is way overpriced. read more

Food was ok...trick you with 1/2 price burgers then add $1.99 fries...wanted to try new place...next!!

Not overly impressed. Nice setup and decor. The hostess sucked. She led us to an unwashed table with a used napkin left on it. After I pointed out the napkin, she apologized, picked it up with her bare hands and sat back down to talk to her male coworker. After a few minutes of us standing there, we approached her to ask if she was actually going to clean the table since we did not know who or what was on the used napkin. She never came back. A young man approached us a few minutes later amd offered to clean the table and have us properly seated. He saved this place from losing business because we were headed out! He also ended up being our server and was wonderful. His name is Christian. He also had the common sense to give us kid menus seeing as how we had children. The hostess did not offer any. She was seated, being chatty woth her coworker when we got there and acted like we were an inconvenience for her to wipe the table down or give us 3 kid menus! The food was mediocre...steamed shrimp lost flavor after the shell came off, spinach was slimy, adult beverages were great. I would've given this place a 2 star rating but Christian honestly saved the day. read more

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It pains me to write this review. Firestation has so much potential to be a great meeting place and a landmark in the community. I've given it two chances and am not prone to hyperbole, but my most recent visit was probably the worst dining experience of my life. Even worse than the food, the staff demonstrated excessive levels of unprofessionalism. A recap of the night: 1. Upon entering the establishment and standing politely near the host, he ignored us for several minutes until a manager saw us waiting, at which point there was a very awkward exchange between the two of them. 2. Though tables were clearly open, we were told to "wait over there" (pointing to a small sofa) for several more minutes. 3. While waiting, we observed that a female server's outfit revealed her midriff, her pleather pants were sagging, and her brightly colored undergarments were making an appearance. 4. The tables are positioned like a college cafeteria, crammed as tight as can be and with two chairs on two opposing ends rather than one on each side. 5. I was astonished to learn that corned beef can be rubbery--my Reuben was unbelievably tough and rubbery. The Cuban was equally tough, though with slightly more flavor. 6. My wife's salad was, as she described, like what you would find in a hospital cafeteria, with Kraft-esque bottled salad dressing. The lettuce was fresh, but the chicken was dry and recently unfrozen. For $14??? 7. While trying to enjoy dinner, a spotlight began to shine on our seating area from the upper level. Unable to flag a server, I went upstairs to kindly ask a video crew to turn their spotlight away from our table. I understand that this is not likely to be repeated for future customers, but demonstrates management's lack of control for anything happening within the establishment. 8. When I provided my Groupon to our server, he was upset that I did not tell him earlier, claiming that he would have to "involve his manager." After he mildly berated me, he asked that I tell him sooner next time. (There won't be a next time.) 9. The manager stopped by our table and asked how everything was. There was an awkward pause (as none of us wanted to get into it in front of the other guests) before one of our party shared that the Reuben may have been a little rubbery, at which point the manager stammered awkwardly through a disingenuous apology. Bottom line, Firestation is way, way, way overpriced for the very, very poor quality of the product, and the staff makes no effort to treat guests as guests. This is a shame, because there is so much potential for that location and venue. read more

Don't know if they have new ownership or what but this place is the pits... It took our server at least 5-10 minutes to take our order and it was like 10 ppl in the whole restaurant and about 4 servers wiping tables and walking around. Staff was friendly but extremely slow. Not sure if they're new or what... The food is average at best, reminds me of say Ruby Tuesday or TGIF, nothing like in the past. Ordered the southwest egg rolls and salad and they were ok at best. Would I come back, nope and I wouldn't recommend it either. read more

Nice atmosphere with nice people. Food is ok, better for drinkers. But as a foodie, I don't have to go back. We were a group of 6 who over ordered because we really wanted to LOVE this place. But no one was impressed with their food. read more

I hosted a large party here over the weekend (30+ people) and the entire evening was spectacular! I worked with one of the owners to plan the menu. They have a party/catering menu, but I was assured we could customize as needed. And we did...a lot. I must have emailed them 4 or 5 times asking to change something as requests/preferences came in from guests. Day of - we had the upstairs room to ourselves. Plenty of space and seating for everyone. I got there early and the staff introduced themselves. All very kind and professional. And the food - the food was perfect. We had ordered a lot to accommodate everyone. And if a plate ran out, it was only a few minutes before it was refilled. I tried a little bit of everything - and there was very little left at the end of the night. But, my favorites were the wings, the crab cakes (so much crab and no filler!), and the bourbon chicken. And I may or may not have pushed a child out of the way for a piece of mojo pie for dessert. Oh the mojo pie...it's like all the best parts of dessert on one plate - chocolate, peanut butter, crunch, smooth...so good.... At the end of the day, I would host another party there without a moment's hesitation. And I will definitely be going for dinner without the large group soon. It was a great evening - amazing food, wonderful staff, great location and space. If you haven't been, check it out - if you have, go again. read more