I have never in my life written a review of any place I've ever been to. I am going out of my way to prevent false hopes about this RIP-OFF restaurant. Going to Whiskey Row quite a bit I was excited to read the awesome reviews about this "Gem" but maybe we hit them on a off night. Let me start off by saying that the Firehouse has a great atmosphere and would be a great place to open a restaurant, let me explain...
We were seated right away for a party of 6, the atmosphere is great and it was well decorated. We were greeted by what appeared to be the owner, she assured us that everything was made from scratch, we were EXCITED!
My husband is pretty finicky about "foo-foo" food so after getting the "specials" menu he was excited to see fish and chips. After waiting quite a while for water, and then waiting longer for a bottle of water that was ordered approx. 10 mins. (we were told by the owner not to be mad at the waitress it was here fault, it's cool it happens!) we got to order.
My husband tried to order a "safe" appetizer, onion straws. We got a chuckle from the waitress and said that they were out of those. He then goes on to order his main course, the fish and chips special, another chuckle, we are out of that as well. FINALLY we all find something they weren't out of.
15 long mins. after ordering, the people that had cold slaw as their entree side were told that they were out of it as well. (including my husband he's a lucky guy). After we all got our salads, one of the people who had slaw realized that the waitress didn't ask what dressing she wanted for her replacement, the waitress forgot that her meal had slaw, the salad was quickly brought out, the salads were great! Loved the cornbread croutons but most of us picked out the dried cranberries!
The appetizers were mediocre at best. The Pot of garlic cloves were served with very stale bread. I couldn't try the brushetta, but between the 6 of us nobody was fighting to finish off the last two slices. At $6 a pop we felt a bit ripped off.
Finally our food arrived. I have a hard time chewing (yay braces!) so I ordered the fuel-like priced Mac and Cheese ($12!). The menu described this dish to be cooked golden brown on top. This was FAR from golden brown, it almost seemed to be microwaved, it was dry on top and the noodles hard as a rock, not baked at all. The dish was very shallow, just a small layer of overpriced mac and cheese, which was fine since I left the majority of it. It was way to complicated and rich. The garlic bread that was served with it had to be the worst garlic bread I've ever had in my life. It could have been used to scrub the pretend baking dish that they "cooked" it in. I gave the bread to my husband and he couldn't even take a bite out of it, it was stale and pathetic in size.
From what I gathered from everyone we sat with about the quality of the bbq sauce was all summed up in a single facial expressing, almost like giving a 2 year old a lemon. Super sweet yet peppery and way overdone. The people that had the beans swore that Bushes finally did give away their secret or they were straight from the can.
Each one of us had to swing by our hotel room to dispose of the evidence that made us all feel like test monkeys for Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares.
I honestly don't see how this place got such great reviews. Everything on the menu is outrageously overpriced and the food was mediocre at best. Is Prescott really desperate for a nice atmosphere like this place has that they will overlook the actual quality of the food? Don't be fooled or ripped off by this place.
