The Firehouse Restaurant Review

Great place for a first date or any date!!! The romantic ambiance at the restaurant, along with the chef's exquisite dishes, & the very knowledgeable staff, made our experience at the Firehouse restaurant unforgettable.

Good place for tasty Quality Meals. Staff is always nice even when they have a full house. Fast, efficient, and courteous service. It has a nice feel to it. If it wasn't far from my work I would come by more.

Unless you like overpaying for room temp food in portions that couldn't fill the stomach of a small child I sugest you take your business elsewhere, honestly dont know why this place has good reviews. I spent 100 dollars for 2 people and we didn't even get full

Phenomenal food and service, which was exactly what I needed to properly pamper my significant other on her birthday.

We had a great time at The Firehouse restaurant. Friendly, formal and amiable service. They also have a patio in the back. Parking was easy. Located in Sacramento' s historic riverfront district.

Staff was super friendly and helpful. You can see how happy they are while working here. Good employee attitudes stem from good management. Service was top notch as was the food.

quality meals and service at this spot is excellent. Very appetizing. Fast and courteous service. The bill was decent for the quality.

A fav place for quality Quality Meals. Do not leave if it's busy, it is worth it. There was quick and friendly service.

We did the chef's dinner for our anniversary. It was a great dinner and a lovely evening.

Great service! I had a filet mignon and it was excellent! The staff is very welcoming and attentive without being overbearing. Definitely a must visit if you're in town.

In for a company dinner. Very elegant and very upscale. The appetizers were delicious the beef Wellington was the crowd favorite. The table I was at all ordered the filet Mignon. The quality and cook was highly inconsistent around the table. Some people had rare while others had well done (we were not allowed to specify how we wanted our steaks cooked. Some people s cut like butter while others were tough and contained a lot of fat and Grissel. Loved the location and the bar tender did an amazing job keeping up with everyone.

Its was a very nice place to eat,small portions for food

Always great food and great service! It's a really nice place for fine dining. My wife and I always enjoy coming here for special occasions.

On November 28, we dined at the Firehouse for our second time. We were scheduled to be in San Francisco, but on the evening of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, that all changed, as my wife s meetings all moved to Sacramento, instead of SF. I scrambled to get reservations, along with changing flights, and accommodations. OpenTable helped me out, and we...

I had a groupon for here, but ended up not using it because it was happy hour. Happy hour mac-N-cheese, hummus with pita chips, and the drinks were so good. Paid the same price for groupon during happy hour. I will save it for another day.

Oh yes one of my hot spots when you go there you have to expect people to be stuck up if you're not prepared for that then don't go it is top end I'll give you an example $22 for one crab cake outstanding reminds me of moms you can definitely run up a bill fast but it's worth it valet parking best to do that that way you can get in a hurry do your thing and run I prefer to go on slower nights I like to interact with the workers no snobs please

Ok location for tasty Quality Meals. Got there about three, it wasn't crowded. The bill was well within reason for the quality.

Great food and drinks. Nice environment and friendly staff.

This place is great for those special occations. I took an out of state friend here and she was so impressed. The food is awesome!

Exceptional. Great service, valet is a great steal and a huge perk to come in busy old sac. The food is perfect, good servings and the complexity of the dishes really showed. The menu was diverse enough to let me know the kitchen staff can handle just about any genre of dining and you would swear every dish was there speciality. Definitely returning.

It s just okay . The place gets a lot of hype, but falls short of the expectation. The food is good and the staff is nice, but none of that is exclusive to the Firehouse restaurant.

Over cooked my Filet nut great service, on the pricey side

Love the food, great atmosphere and service. Incredible place for a date night or special occasion.

I booked this restaurant for NYE dinner based on the great reviews. There was a set dinner menu at $125 per person. The issues started right when we arrived. We had 8:45pm dinner reservations and after checking in with them Several times we finally got seated at 9:45. This is ridiculous and we had plans to be at a nightclub for NYE so we were extremely late. The courses took forever to come out. I had to ask them to bring out the food faster because we had to be somewhere. On top of that, the food was mediocre. The first two small plates were great (the lobster ravioli and the palm of hearts) but the main course which was steak was bad. It was chewy And just wasn t a good quality filet mignon. The chocolate dessert tasted cheap and the brownie was like something stale from a deli. I had one bite and left it. Extremely disappointed in the quality of the food. My two friends got the fruit tart dessert and they left most of it which is so surprising because they both love sweets too. Overall, I had higher expectations. I wish we would have booked at Ruth s Chris (our fav) or at least Seasons 52. We booked this place because it was fancy for nye and had good reviews but for a $500 tab for 3 meals and 1-2 drinks each I would expect higher quality food. This is a nice location, it was beautiful but because of the service and food quality I won t be coming here again and don t recommend it

Disappointing is my one word summary. The extensive menu had me anticipating one of the best meals in years; the presentation of each course was straight out of a photo shoot. Service was fine; the setting elegant in an old fashioned bordello way. But the food...
I ordered the Oregon foraged wild mushroom bagatelle. The "butter pastry" was overly crisp, bland, like a paper thin piece of day old toast; the shallot jus was too salty and strong, overpowering the mushrooms. The mushroom filling itself was like something you'd get out of a can. I expressed my specific concerns to our waiter who said he would inform the chef. My entree, the oven pressed Maine lobster with local shellfish and pork belly looked gorgeous, but the shellfish (mussels and clams) were close to flavorless, the pork belly tasted like something sliced off a pork roast that had been sitting in the refrigerator too long, and the lobster was also lacking flavor (as was the citrus sauce) although the texture was fine. Not quite ready to give up, my companion and I ordered the hazelnut semifreddo for dessert. It was more like a whipped cream in texture than like a semifreddo and had very little flavor. The "candied" hazelnuts sprinkled around were a bit rancid.
Since it was my birthday, the waiter did bring a candle and a chocolate "Happy Birthday" inscription on the dessert plate.
Aside from the unsatisfactory food, the failure of staff to offer to remove the charge for the mushroom starter or to comp the dessert since it was my birthday, was a bit surprising. I've rarely had occasion to complain about the quality or taste of my meals at finer restaurants, but on the few occasions when something was unsatisfactory, the server would either offer to replace the item or to remove the charge. And many places offer a complimentary dessert for special occasions such as birthdays.
If only the flavor balances of the food matched the presentation, this would've been a wonderfully memorable meal. Instead, it was memorable like a bad dream.

Quality Meals, yeah, super good. I give this place double thumbs up. Next time I'll be back with my relatives. This place has a great atmosphere.

Way too fancy for my taste buds. Honestly just seems like they try to hard to make things look good and sacrifice taste in my honest opinion. Most people probably get caught up in the name and/or fact that it's a high end restaurant and pretend to love it

What looked to be an old Sacramento street held a fabulous restaurant that was once a firehouse, thus the namesake. This is upscale dining and had lots of old props and art that fill this place with history and nostalgia. The food and wine list are fantastic! Glad we tried this out.

Me and my husband enjoyed the outside dining the food was delicious and the service was excellent....

Went here for a corporate holiday party and everything was delicious! Excellent appetizers, drinks, and steak.

I will always love this place. The service is impicable, the food is remarkable, and the wine selection is so wide that if I lived to be 106 years old I still wouldn't be able to try every single bottle!! Mario takes such good care of us we can't help but to feel special

Michelle K gave it a 2. She has never been there. I went for the first time as a Prom date. I'm now a happily married woman of 50 years, and it's still the best. Great food, service, and atmosphere. A1.

Food was good. Staff were courteous. This place as awesome. Desire prices.

Elegant traditional surroundings, exceptional service, wonderful food. Not exciting but classic.

Definitely on the pricy side but worth every penny. The restaurant has a wonderful ambiance, the servers were attentive but unobtrusive, and the food was spectacular. If I had only eaten a salad, I would not have been impressed but the entree (a beautiful steak) was perfection. I understand from the wine conoseures in the group that the selection was impressive and they seemed quite pleased with their ultimate decisions.

From first to last course, a wide variety of great tasting food combine together with great presentation within a beautiful dinning room.

The service is outstanding, the atmosphere is wonderful, and the food delicious! I highly recommend a reservation if the opportunity presents itself!

Nice romantic atmosphere and the food was wonderful. Great place for a special occasion or dinner date. Expect it to be pricey, but its worth the cost. Suggest valet parking as it is much easier and more convenient.

Food seems a little over priced for the taste, but over all it was a good experience!

First of all what was ok: The food, but beside that they messed up two beers (wheat and lager). Then you argued that the clear one ist the wheat. Coming to the starter. They served starter an 2 minutes later the main course. During the main course they removed plate by plate and finally not all if us finished main and he already came with the dessert menu. So prices does really not reflect level of service combined with average food level.

I went to this place last week and i had a wonderful experience. I ordered mac n cheese. I would say , it was probably the best mac n cheese ever. So cheesy and so tasty ! A perfect mac n cheese.
Moreover , the staff , the manager , everybody was so helpful and they are extremely polite. I totally loved this place.

One of the best meals of our life + Amazon service & incredible design.

The ambience was really nice. It was out of a Sherlock Holmes movie. Late 1800s decor i'm great lighting. Makes for a very cozy dinner. The food was so so for a fancy place. I had a pork shop that was really good but was not a fan of the sauce. The mushroom Gallete used oyster and wild mushrooms but the sauce was so-so. Too acidic. My girlfriend had pasta and she said it was too acidic as well. Overall, I would come back for drinks with friends if I'm ever in old Sacramento again.

There are a few times when you find a new restaurant and is actually good. This was one of them. The food had great texture and taste. The menu gives lots of great options to open up ones taste. But one suggestion is to not get the the burger. It was very dry and hard to eat.

quality meals, very tasty. one of the best spots of its kind in the area. the staff was very helpful and welcoming. the prices are fair for the quality of food. i see why this place has so many great reviews.

We had a lovely time tonight! Service was impeccable and the food was amazing. Get the smoked duck -- it was melt in your mouth tender and perfectly cooked.

My family was in Sacramento to see the Cirque du Soleil show, we were in tight time line ,the staff were so accommodating helping us get our dinner fast and get out in time for the show, the food was excellent , the service was excellent. Thankyou so much, I can t wait to go back when I have more time.

Excellence food and service, valet parking is very convenient.

Loved the meal...i was treated to a 5 course meal by a friend for my birthday...it was wonerful! . We had a great time. Food was delish the service was Great!

Went for a wedding. It was gorgeous. So much better than I imagined for being at a restaurant. The food served buffet style was out of this world. Ravioli, prime rib, and sauteed veggies are the dishes I opted to get.

I had the pleasure to eat here in their restaurant in June and then again at my daughter's wedding in Oct. Both times the food and ambiance was excellent. Regarding the wedding, I can't say enough nice things about Randy the coordinator and his staff. They handled everything like a well oiled machine. It was an absolutely beautiful affair and I would recommend the restaurant and venue to anyone.

It was awesome before. Am living here for a couple months for work. Come in a few times a week. They raised prices. Less sauce, no cajun rice, walmart sausage is now $6 bucks. Beer cost more. Pretty bummed out. Oh well there are many like it. I wouldn't get the apple pie. You can get the same at McDonald's. I am kinda bitter my normal meal and 2 beers was $36. And before twice a week for a couple months it's been $20. Meh this is when places like this go down after you figure it out. Still great staff service ok but always friendly. Much love I'll go to the other ones like it now. More options just as good or better with other options.

Waiter was A1. Forgot his name, but he should give classes on how to serve customers.. for was very good also...

Our waiter was attentive, the atmosphere was elegant and the food was outstanding.

Amazing food & drinks. From appetizer to desert, everything was delicious! Pretty fancy place and quiet. I think this is one of my top restaurants I've eaten at. If you're visiting or just want a nice date night definitely try it out.

It was a great experience to eat here. The staff are nice and checks on you regularly. The food is nice and was worth its price. This is a must visit place.

Service was 5 star. We went with the fixed price meal, I had salmon while my wife had the vegan lasagna. The salmon was ok and my wife did not like the lasagna they offered to bring something else but she declined.

This is a really lovely place to go for Happy Hour!

Always a pleasure and always delicious! Long history in Sacramento.

My first time visiting this place so wasn't sure what to expect. This is a fancy place but even though we were casually dressed the service was first class. The staff were friendly, knowledgeable, and professional.
The food was heavenly good! I had the Chilean Sea bass ..no words for how good it was. We were tger6for my nephew's 17th birthday and he picked the place

Always good ambiance. Food is always good. We particularly like the hamburgers, an item that thousands prepare but only a few do right. The hambrugers are moist, juicy, tender and prepared just right time after time.

This place is the perfect setting for a romantic date, celebration dinner, or anything that deserves a classy get together. I went there for Dinner and this was my experience:

Atmosphere - Classy atmosphere, romantically dim, and table setting was exemplary. Love the bar when you walk in and the entire mood of the place was just perfect. Definitely sets the mood for a classy dinner.

Food - We ordered the 5 course meal for 2 and it was amazing! This was our first "course-like" dinner and it definitely lived up to its expectations. Also appreciated the mid-meal palette cleanser.

Service - A+ service to go with an A+ restaurant. The staff was nice, pleasant, and very attentive to our table. Knew the menu back and forth and answered all of our questions.

The food was okay. But not worth the price. Mine was under-seasoned. But not once did the servers ask if the food was okay. I would've given it a four star if I hadn't paid $100 for just two entres.

Wow, great ambience and service, and my steak was absolutely perfect. Great wine cellar too!

We felt very welcomed, safe, and well accommodated on our early arrival. Service was flawless and sanitary. The open air seating is wonderful and secluded. The food was delicious and prompt. Waiter is attentive, friendly, and has good intuition. We were starving when we arrived and stuffed like two spring chickens when we left.

I sent my friends to this restaurant with my warmest recommendations. I visit this restaurant often. I get very good feedback from my friends. The the cooking is flavorable and the crew is efficient and cooperative. Whenever we visit this place we have a pleasant time. I warmly recommend this restaurant.

Very nice atmosphere, the outdoor area is great when the weather is nice. Outsides romantic inside is not, simply because the next table is right there. The inside is more of an elegant vybe not romance. Expensive but overall worth the money. We have gone there and dressed to the T but this time I went casual and I wore my sacramento kings hat. They suggested I take it off and that they could hold it for me, I told them no I'm good and they just went with it, which passed one of my tests to see what they would do. Only thing is, why did you change the menus? When I asked they said they got a new chef. But.... before....The crab cakes were amazing...and the replacement was not appetizing. This is river city, bring back the And seafood. Hoping next time to see the crab back on there and the baby bird uncooked egg thing....gone. We will be back for sure hope next time I can change it to 5 stars.

Fantastic Restaurant in Old Town Sac with great holidays party events!

Always a favorite of mine! My daughter takes me here for Mother s Day Brunch and we just love the courtyard and the special prepared food.

last night was the first time we went to this place. But It is definitely not the last. We had a good time with the generous service, with the exceptional dishes and booze and with the decent pay. We will surely go back there soon.

I had my wedding here on March of 2019 and I cannot express how amazing the Firehouse is. I cannot express how happy I was with how my wedding turned out. I love how Randy literally anticipated all of our needs and wants without us having to say anything. My guests had the time of their lives! I want to share that it is all in the LITTLE DETAILS! Randy and the whole team made it happen; FROM THE LIGHTING TO HOW ATTENTIVE EACH STAFF MEMBER WAS. I want to also share that the captain of the banquet was also amazing. I wish I could do it all over again, just to experience the level of happiness that day was for me and all my guests. Lastly, it is very very very reasonable in pricing compared to the other wedding venues I looked at. You get so much more for your money and I will definitely consider the FH for my next event.