Chicago Firehouse Restaurant

05/06/11

Great steak house

by Heather B4 at Citysearch

I just love the use of an old fire station and the nice decore. The food was great. My steak was tender

and delivered medium rare as requested. The mashed

potatoes were not hot enough though. I will return when

my budget allows.

08/20/10

Good times stop with food

by e36power at Citysearch

Great Food! but it ends there. We waited over 30 min for our first round of drinks and were not asked to order our first course for over 1hr. Waiter (lets call him Lloyd from Entourage) was the worst i have ever had. Never came back to check on us ever. Took 10 minutes to get us the bill after we asked while he tended to tables around us. We found the root of the problem when we realized that our party of 6 automatically gave him a 20% tip. Bottom line- Great food but we will never go back.

11/04/09

Great Steakhouse

by MartaZ at Citysearch

When I dined at The Firehouse Restaurant for the first time, I was really excited. I love buildings with history, as being an old firehouse, they kept many parts of the firehouse, I love the firepoles in the bar area, and the whole environment when you arrive. The food was amazing, my server was very nice, did not feel like I was rushed, kept on coming back in a timely manner to check if everything was okay. Have many types of food, very accommodating, especially since my friends a vegetarian and have peanut allergies.They made her a delicious dish, and she was able to enjoy herself, all I have to add is that it was a terrific experience and I revisted couple times after, keeps getting better, and would highly reccommend this place to anyone.

• Pros: menu with options

05/10/09

Bad Experience

by STB at Citysearch

My experience was very disappointing. For a restaurant with such a high priced menu and wine list, it definitely did not measure up. The food was only average and very overpriced for the quality. The cutlery was dirty. Most upsetting was the attempt to serve a lousy glass of white wine in place of a $15 glass of Sonoma-Cutrer 2007. Had I not been familiar with the wine, I would have been duped. The server came back with a lame excuse that the bartender poured the wrong thing--and by the way--"we are all out of Sonoma Cutrer." Why not come back and tell me that and then let me choose something else? Instead, they try and rip me off with what wasn't as good as a ‘2 buck chuck’ from Trader Joe's. They even tried to bill me $15 for the cheaper substitute. If they had simply comped the wine I wouldn’t even be writing this, but they seemed bent on ripping us off. I won’t ever be back and you should never go.

• Pros: Decor
• Cons: Average food, poor value

10/25/08

Chicago, LA New York, Boston, Look Out the Firehouse wins hands down.

by Caseyvoris at Citysearch

To me a frequent Diner in the City "The Firehouse" is the very best restaurant in Chicago. Clean, warm, comfortable, wonderful wait staff, the food was scrumptious the atmosphere delightful. I am a total white linen and tablecloth kind of guy who loves attention, a good cocktail and a great meal. The others are good but boy am I glad I made to the Firehouse it is my new best restaurant in the city.

When I thought they turned an old fire station into a restaurant I was thinking cold, drafty, open, loud, smelly and I was cautious to try it. They did a very elegant and tasteful job building an interior inside the original structure. Still has a fire pole in the bar area and at least in one bathroom are the original sinks from 1905 where the rest of the bathroom is spacious and spotless.

There is an old rule, the in people go to the out places, the out people go to the in places. The firehouse is definitely an out place located in the south loop on Michigan Avenue in a very historic part of the city. The firehouse has just the right number of booths and tables and the sound dampening is awesome. 5 stars way to go Firehouse.

• Pros: All of it.
• Cons: A door man would be a good touch