My mom and I were driving to our hotel when we passed through Ronks and were trying to find a spot for dinner - I literally typed into Apple Maps "American dinner" because we were just feeling good quality American food and this place popped up! I am so unbelievably glad we stopped here because it was one of the most impressive and tasty dinners I've had in a long time! Their menu isn't super extensive but they do have rotating specials of drinks, dinner, and dessert. I went with the pork chops which came with their seasonal starch and vegetable which was potatoes and zucchini. The pork chop was super flavorful and cooked to perfection. The bacon jam had a sweet and salty vibe which only added to the flavor of the dish. I ordered a ginger and pear mocktail - refreshing. Their drinks looked amazing but I refrained from alcohol for the night , but they were definitely tempting. My mom loved her apricot salmon and had the same sides. Bread and salad a soup are all à la carte add ons. The roll was nice and fresh tasting and my mom had the tomato bisque which she loved and honestly smelled so good! It was covered in melted cheese - yum! We got dessert because of course we had to- all made in house and gluten free. I got the creme brûlée which was hands down the best creme brûlée I've ever had. You could see the vanilla bean flecks and it had a hint of saltiness which balanced out the creamy texture and sweetness nicely. My mom got the carrot cake which was multi layered and came with candied walnuts and caramel sauce. Our waiter was so unbelievably kind and attentive and personable. The restaurant had what appeared to be 3 main rooms. The bar looked gorgeous, we sat in one of the dining rooms which was simply decorated and a bit moody. The building itself is cool and they also had a nice outside area with beautiful twinkle lights. I'm so glad we randomly stumbled upon this restaurant and when we go back to Lancaster we'll definitely be back - prices were pretty fair! Overall, don't sleep on this! read more

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Holy smokes Fireside Tavern, you hit it out of the park! For anyone who have kids and is gluten free, this place is fantastic! Upon entering we saw a table of books, crayons and drawing paper for the kiddos. We even got goldfish with our kids menus! What a dream for any parent having to bring our little rascals along to steal our food and complain about it too! Our server was absolutely wonderful even when dealing with our 2 unruly kids and a crying baby. Sorry about that. We were a party of 7 on a Saturday at 5pm. The menu looked wonderful with a ton of great options and our food came out so fast too, which is great when you have kids. We shared the poutine, which had a lot of tender meat, perfectly cooked crispy fries and a tangy and warm gravy. I would have liked more cheese, but I'm not complaining that much. I got the shrimp tacos, my kids got the kids cheese burgers, my wife got the crab cake sandwich and my friends got the onion soup, salad with steak and linguine with clams. For dessert, we shared the trio, carrot cake, mousse cake and crème brûlée. Everything was FANTASTIC! Fresh, perfect portions and absolutely delicious. I would come back here a million times. Bravo! read more

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I was not impressed at all. We stopped in last night for dinner, a rare occasion that I was looking forward to. We made reservations and got there about 4:45. It was not busy yet. The hostess sat us promptly. The server took about 10 minutes to get to us and we were ready to order everything. We ordered two non alcoholic drinks, French onion soup, a Cobb salad with steak no ham, no bacon, blue cheese dressing and green goddess dressing and poutine fries. The soup was decent. A little sweet for French onion. My salad came out with both ham and bacon on it, and I was missing my green dressing. The steak was tough and I wasn't given a steak knife so I was sawing away at it with a butter knife. I picked the ham and bacon off the salad and put it on a side plate. I couldn't get all of the bacon out. The server finally came to check in, I asked for the green dressing and let him know the drinks hadn't come yet. My husband's drink came out. Mine did not. Towards the end of the meal I asked for the drink. It was just soda and peach. When he brought it he let me know it was spiced peach. I wish I knew that when I ordered it. It tasted like booze and I couldn't drink it. When we were finished and our plates were clear the server then apologized for the ham and bacon. I would have rather it been fixed than be an after thought. I just feel we were forgotten about read more

Fireside Tavern - French onion soup - Bars Near Me - Strasburg, Pennsylvania

We stopped in here while staying in the area and I wish we had one of these close to home. Our bartender was very friendly and the food was incredible. My son ordered the Tavern burger which he said was wonderful and one of the best he has had. I ordered the Tuscan Chicken Sandwich and it was also one of the best sandwiches I have had. Flavor was amazing and portion size was huge. I would definitely recommend! read more

Me and my partner came in for a birthday dinner and enjoyed our meal. The ambiance is very cozy and the wait staff were very pleasant. I got the salmon and he got the pork chop and wow our portions were huge! The salmon was very flavorful and the pork chop was delicious. The chocolate cake was probably the best I ever had. It's a bit more expensive than some other places in town, but everything was well worth the price and the portions more than justified it. I took a star off because the drinks were not that great, and the restaurant seemed to cheap out of some things that to me a place like this shouldn't have. For example the salt and pepper shakers were literally the McCormick ones you'd buy at the grocery store, and they used paper napkins instead of cloth. Also no table cloths. Very minor things, but I think it would have made the experience that much better. read more

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Not memorable, which is sad because I couldn't wait to try this, place. We love crabcakes and we eat a lot of crab cakes all throughout Maryland and this is one of the worst crabcakes we've ever had. I had an impossible burger and that was fantastic. He also had the potato skins and he said they were really good but the crab cake definitely was not worth the price. The beer was cold, which is definitely a plus and that bloody Mary that bartender was good, but the food was subpar. I'm glad we tried it cause I wanted to try it so bad but I wasn't impressed for the prices. Fries instead of chips, $5 and not impressed. You want bread for your table that is $10 like someone else pointed out. read more

We looked up places to eat on Trip Advisor and this Tavern came up as #1 choice so we drove on over. We were visiting from 2 hours away. We arrived around 4:30 and walked in and the people at the reception area said they had no tables available. I looked around and there many empty tables. We sat at the bar and the bartender was very nice and accommodating. We ordered drinks, Truffle fries were amazing and my husband had a small salad which was delicious. Then came our entrees my shrimp tacos were full of cabbage and 2 shrimp in each taco, just ok. My husband had the chicken sandwich and said it was good. When we left most tables were still empty which is why I gave a low rating not sure why we couldn't sit at a table. Would recommend for the bartender who was excellent, the drinks were great food was average and front desk service was disappointing. read more

Had reservations for 10 on a busy Saturday night and my family and I were seated quickly. Our waitress was friendly and patient while getting our orders for appetizers, drinks, main courses and desserts. I had chicken parm and it was excellent. My wife had the fireside burger and it was very good as well. Highly recommend this place for a celebration (my Mom's 70th) or a date night. There is also picturesque lighting near a tree outside for taking pictures (which my family and I did). read more

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This used to be a fave. It has gone way downhill. They changed many things on the menu and took away the salad w meal and you even have to pay for the bread basket now. I also found the food quality has significantly changed and not for the better. We gave it a few tries thinking maybe they had a bad night but it was consistently worse each visit. Hope they go back to the way it used to be. read more

Beer was not even cold. Burgers pink inside even though ordered well done. Dining inside temp was frigid. Moved to outside and caterpillars dropping from tree above us. Absolutely the WORST ! read more

Wonderful food! We went for dinner early September. Everything was fantastic. My husband said it was the best burger he ever had. Perfectly rare like he likes. I had the steak salad. Very good! Super big portions too, so I'd say things are shareable. :) this is a great restaurant. Service was perfect as well! Sooo highly recommend! The decor is very cool also. read more

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Was in the area on the 4th, and we were looking for something that we hadn't had before. Found this place, and wanted to give it a try. We were blown away. Our service was excellent (I think our waitress's name was Sheila, but please don't quote me on that as I'm horrible with names). The food was amazing. Each of the three of us got a salad, thinking that it would be a "normal" size. Well, as you can see from the pictures, there was nothing normal about this size. My salad was $15, and it looked like it could've fed two people. Not only that, but it was absolutely delicious. Cannot wait to come back and try more! read more

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The food was delicious hot and good portions, awesome friendly wait staff, nice decor typical for the area.

So sad. Used to be a wonderful celebration place. Tonight had the toughest steak ever. And it came out late. My dinner mates had all but finished their meal! When i complained to the server, she said she had to ask management to deduct it? Seriously? No customer service. Not even offered a free dessert. I'll go somewhere else rather than spend $$ here. Disappointed. read more

Service..food...ambiance casual but feels upscale. We even went back again for our same meal again before we headed home from vacation. Recommended to others we overheard looking for recommendations for dinner. We will be back! read more

Wow! Thanks once again Yelp! Minutes from our hotel and oh so good in all ways! Fireplaces, reasonable drinks and killer food! I had a steak salad and I swear there was a whole (rare) sirloin in it! Joey loved his burger too. Our server, Sheila, was a sweetie too. A definite spot to return! read more

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Great upscale restaurant without destroying your bank account. Food was full of flavor, portion are healthy, tavern fries were great, mussels portion was huge enough for three guest. Main course meatloaf, stuff shrimp and brick chicken. Each was full of flavor, and enough you won't go hungry. read more

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This used to be a regular stop for us. We ate there during the transition to new owners and thought there were some issues to be worked out. However our meal this past week raises deeper concerns. My husband had the salmon with apricot - a former favorite - which was dry and the sides were flavorless. I had a new salad on the menu - the warm beet salad with arugula on a bed of whipped feta. Unfortunately there was no bed of whipped feta, there were a few dry pieces mixed with several pieces of chopped beets (which were not warm.) The salad was served in a metal bowl (weird?) and was primarily undressed arugula. I ordered the salmon to top it - which was also sadly very dry. The best part of our meal were the cocktails and our server. We went home hungry. read more

Our family of 12 ate there last night 12/6/25. TERRIBLE!! 1) The soda was flat, 2) the onion soup was tasteless and inedible like bland bone broth with a gob of melted cheese on top, 3) the burger meat was terrible, 4) my chicken parm was burnt and the chicken was tough and rubbery like it was re-microwaved, 5) the fettuccine pasta was very hard and not cooked enough, 6) the rolls were stale, 7) the beer that was ordered was the wrong beer delivered to the table, 8) the fries were soggy, 9) the Shepherd's Pie was mostly mashed potatoes with hardly any meat or vegetables in it!! This was Disrespectful and Disgusting taking people's money like this. THIS WAS THE WORST FAMILY DINNER EVER EXPERIENCED EVER AND ANYWHERE!!! FIRESIDE: People aren't stupid!! Take your 10 year old out of the kitchen and hire a REAL CHEF!! It took a lot of guts to serve us food that was beneath even the worst McDonald's. And to top it off this was such a disappointment for us! We had planned this get together for weeks with family joining together traveling long distances (as far as West Virginia) to meet at Fireside Tavern in Lancaster. DON'T EAT HERE! It's not what it used to be!!! read more

Amazing tomato bisque soup here. The sweet potato and apple soup wasn't super flavorful. The apricot gojuchang wings were so tasty. The duck was a bit disappointing. A bit salty and the sauce was a bit tart. The vegetables were oversalted as well. Good service and nice atmosphere. read more

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Lovely setting in a historic tavern. Outdoor seating is available. I enjoyed the strawberry salad, and husband really enjoyed the apricot salmon. Our server was very accommodating and pleasant. read more

Waffle house would have been better. Crazy expensive for terrible uncooked food. You want bread for the table $10. Upgrade to fries from limp potato chips, $5 for like 15 fries. My mom's chicken sandwich with no onions was covered in onions and had to be remade. My grilled salmon over salad was RAW. Completely NOT COOKED. Not even warm. Also needed to be remade. Waitress was clearly annoyed by our returning uncooked food. Management did not offer anything until we started complaining. I guess its fine for 1/3 of the group to watch everyone else eat. Seriously, go anywhere else. read more

We've been here many times but my recent visit was disappointing. Small portion of duck breast and the kicker is they now charge $2 for a roll. Considering what things cost I thought this was not right read more

Very interesting menu! Lot of items I wanted to try. Staff was polite and helpful. Most important -- the food was great!!

Waiter recommended crab cakes, and I was excited, hard to find good crab cakes in this area. Was horribly disappointed, tasted fishy and old. Sides were good. Very disappointed, even after hearing great things about this place. Wouldn't recommend or not returning. read more

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Our first time and we will return. Wife had the strip steak special. The steak was cooked perfectly as was the asparagus and mashed potatoes. I had the braised short ribs. This dish was out of this world. From the bar she had the Italian margarita and I tried two different beers. We were pleased. For dessert she had the chocolate cake special and loved it. I had the Port on the dessert menu. This was outstanding. Jeff was our server and he topped the perfect dinner off with wonderful service and suggestions. The restaurant is beautiful while being cosy and warm. read more

We had a family dinner at Fireside Tavern on 6/27/26. We were a party of 8 . The place was very nice and we started off good . Service went downhill - Jeff was ok but very swamped . We ordered drinks and waited 20 minutes to place our food order - we had 1 child and 20 minutes is not always easy with a child . We ordered 3 appetizers to share that were very good but our meals were served shortly after our appetizers came out . We had requested the childs meal with the appetizers but that never happened . The meals were served and we had ordered 4 Chesapeake melts ($84) all 4 were missing the crab - meanwhile no one came back to check with us about the meal - we had to flag someone down and ask them to send over our server - while he apologized our meals got cold - and the manager brought us our side dishes of Crab ( very salty) and we ate what we could of the cold burgers . After we were not interested in any dessert . No compensation was made for the mistakes - it was a costly one because we will not come back . The manager should have offered at the very least complimentary drinks or one meal comped . It truly left a bad taste in our mouths . We will not be coming back unfortunately . Service should be the priority and service was lacking from beginning to end . read more

Popular spot in Strasburg area, no longer open for lunch, they open at 3. This restaurant is next to a hotel, and close to many attractions in the area. We arrived with a reservation early in the evening so there was not a problem but when we left there was a line out the door waiting. The service was good, and we were promptly waited on. For food, most folks had the tomato bisque, a big seller here. The chicken club pretzel would have been good if the meat was not so tough. Salads were large just as an FYI. The fresh brew iced tea was very good. Moderate prices, plenty of parking, and friendly service. read more

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It was fine. This part of Pennsylvania is let's say, ummm old? I'm 50 and I was the youngest person in here by 15 years. I think $25 for one little slice of meatloaf is a lot. It was fine, but I think that's a lot for meatloaf. Maybe I got the wrong thing. $4 pints of miller is good tho. It's probably the best place in town so if you're here go there. read more

Went for dinner today after seeing Daniel at Sight and Sound. This was my 3rd time eating here but 3 of my 4 friends first time. They have yet to disappoint. Great atmosphere, great service and great food. Our waitress Amber was awesome and food was fresh and delicious. We all ordered a variety of items and all enjoyed every bit. If your going to Sight and Sound dinner at Fireside is a must or if your just in the area dinner here is a must. They have both indoor and outdoor seating. Foods to try, scallops, muscles, the Tavern Fries, Fish and Chips, the Pork Chop and Chicken Parm. They are all delicious read more

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Reliable local eatery that gets tourists and locals as clientele. The veggie lo mein, with chicken, that I had recently was delicious and was at least two meals! My husband's fish sandwich was really a sub, and the cod was very good. Everyone likes their tomato bisque. They always have specials including drinks. The service is almost always polite and prompt. It is generally a little lout, and not a quiet dinner spot for romance, but depends on timing. read more

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Our experience at Fireside Tavern was great. Onion soup, crab cake, and Seafood Cioppino Fettuccine were very good. Service was excellent, and price was reasonable. read more

The garlic mussels are not nearly as good as they were in the past. Many of them didn't open or were slimy inside. The service and the rest of our meal was very good. We were given 1/2 price for the substandard mussels, but they spoiled the overall dining experience. read more

Our non-profit organization recently celebrated its 75th anniversary with a banquet at Fireside's venue, the Willows at Historic Strasburg. We had never done a banquet before, so there was a lot of guesswork on our part. Amanda and her staff did a great job of making the planning process simple. She was always available to answer our questions leading up to the event. The event itself went off without a hitch. The staff did a great job of making it go smoothly, and the food was incredible. We had about 126 people in attendance, and everyone raved about what a wonderful venue it was, and how well the event went. Our group works with individuals with disabilities, and the venue was certainly accessible and wheelchair/walker friendly. We had looked at a lot of venues throughout Lancaster County, and when comparing cost and accessibility, this was definitely the best venue for our needs. If we decide to do another banquet, this will certainly be our first choice. read more

Went here last Saturday with my family. We were told it was going to be a 20-40 minute wait, but we were fine with that because we were able to get some drinks at the bar. The bartender (unfortunately I didn't get his name) working there was very friendly and attentive. I ordered the loaded grasshopper cocktail and it was delicious! We were contemplating on just ordering the food at the bar and hanging out there for the rest of the night, but we were then informed that our table was ready. This is when things started to slightly change for the worse. Our waiter (who I also don't know the name bc he didn't really introduce himself nor have a name tag) was friendly, but lacked attentiveness. There were multiple times we tried to wave him down and he wouldn't come. He would immediately turn his back to us while he either brought us something or would take one persons order. The table next to us also had the same waiter. He checked on the 3 times before checking up on us once! They even got their food before us though they came after us. It's was very frustrating to say the least. We had to rely on other servers to bring us the food and drinks we wanted. Honestly, all of us left pretty agitated. But I will say this: the food here was pretty great! I got the beyond burger with a side of onion rings. When they brought it out, they forgot the sauce that came with the onion rings so I had to tell our waiter to bring some out. I really enjoyed the food I got, but my mom ordered the fish sandwich and it was even better. I got to try it myself! For dessert, the 4 of us split a peanut butter pie and the blonde brownie dessert. Both were good, but the peanut butter pie was my favorite! Fireside tavern is still a good place. I love the homey vibe you get from the inside and outside of the restaurant. If you come here, just hope you get a better server than we did. read more

Fireside Tavern - Beyond burger. 100% vegan - Bars Near Me - Strasburg, Pennsylvania

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First to say when you walked in the staff was so friendly, warm and welcoming. The facility is old world charm, but the best the amazing food. It was so good and they even had plenty of gluten-free options so I had plenty to eat without compromising my celiac disease the waitress could've been nicer. It was just a wonderful experience. This was our second time here and we will be returning every time we're in the area. read more

We came here before seeing a show at the American Music Theater. They service and food were very good. The tomato bisque is a must. My husband had the apricot salmon and I had the Cajun pasta which was a special for the evening. I highly recommend this establishment. read more

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I have been to Fireaide Tavern twice when visiting PA and wow, it did not disappoint! To the atmosphere, service and food it was a 10/10 expierence. This will continue to be my food spot when visiting PA!! read more

Fireside Tavern - Shrimp pasta chefs kiss - Bars Near Me - Strasburg, Pennsylvania

Great atmosphere and great food. I always make a point to come here when visiting family in the Lancaster area.

My wife and I had an amazing dinner. It was our first time to the restaurant, and the food, service and atmosphere were top notch. I started with an Old Fashioned cocktail and the wife had a Peppermint Martini. Both were generous portions and flavorful. Then we had the tomato bisque and Manhattan crab chowder. Delicious! Our tasty entrees included the broiled seafood platter and tonight's special - a charbroiled meatloaf with jalapeño jam. Both came with mashed potatoes and roasted asparagus. The waitress was sweet and attentive. We will definitely be back! read more

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