The Fire Station

I went there today and having seen the burgers on other people's tables I thought I would try one as well. However, whilst the presentation was quite nice, I then had to bite into what turned out to be the world driest burger. It was like it had been baked in an oven.

My parents both ordered the fish and chips which came with mushy peas. The peas were cold and the fish and chips were only warm.

Overall it was a disappointment and a wasted lunch.
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Emma Butterworth
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Food 0 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 0
Friday, January 02, 2009

We have eaten on and off in the fire station since it opened seeing as we live in the area and to begin with the food was so lovely more like a french restaurant, however over the years the food and service have sadly declined. We used to go for a lunch time meal once a month, but it is so bad now that we just do not go there at all.
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Angela, Waterloo
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Food 0 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Sunday, November 16, 2008

oredered liver & onions and mash. Sounded good but my goodness what turned up was awful. Liver swimming in a brown liquid, white limp onions & artificial mash potatoes. It looked unappetising I just left it all. Certainly not worth £14.95 maybe £5!!!
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Food 0 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 0
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Had a late Sunday afternoon lunch here as we couldn't find anywhere else still serving. In a word AVERAGE.

The menu was like a Gastropubs greatest hits, Steak sarnie, fish & chips, sausage & mash, Ribeye steak & chips, roast of the day etc...

The food when it came was pretty poor with only the steak being of good quality, but even this was cooked wrong.

Service was poor with our waitress knowing nothing about the menu or wine list, she was however friendly and trying her best.

Wine list was short but good value unlike the food.
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Chris - View all reviews by this user
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Food 5 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Monday, September 29, 2008

I went last year in 2007. It was very enjoyable and I really like it. The potato soup was really good. I'd definitely go back.
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Pamela St. James
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Food 9 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

We went to The Fire Station years ago and really loved it, BUT unfortunately went this Saturday the 25th Jan 2008 to try it again (as we were going to book in March for a table of 9 for a 90th Party, i am so glad we did a trial run as it would have been a disaster) it was absolutely awful. It's the only restaurant we have been in where the waiters don't ask you "how was your meal" because they know how bad the comments are going to be. The lighting was bad so that you couldn't see the food, the noise was so un-bearable we nearly walked out after ordering coffee(wish we had) they only had one veggie option (roasted pumpkin thing) which came out like a big black burnt blob on the plate with an orange sauce around it - it was like eating baby food all mashed up. The complementary bread was OK but the butter had no taste. The bill of £48 for two of us just having a coffee, and a main meal each was really expensive for rubbish food. We are definitely NOT going back there ever again. Another comment would be that they try really hard to push over priced wine instead of concentrating on the food. Why not just turn into a wine bar.
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Linda Lowe
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Food 1 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Monday, January 28, 2008

On Monday 21st January I visited The Fire Station at lunchtime. Two of the items on the printed menu were unavailable. My own choice, a Chicken casserole sort of dish turned out to be 2 skinny drumsticks in a wash of greasy washing up water with a few vegetables.

Surely the chef could have thickened the broth with cornflour and a stock cube and filtered off the grease. At £8.75 this was unacceptable. I was with a friend so did not complain. I will not be returning.
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Martin Denny
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Food 1 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 0
Saturday, January 26, 2008

This was my second visit to The Fire Station as I think that all restaurants deserve two tries. I won't be going back.

The service was not up to standard - the bread for the mussels came far too late and we waited ages for our finished plates to be cleared. We waited so long again for the bill to arrive that we went to the till to pay.

The food was extremely disappointing also. Three of us had steak - all of them were not cooked correctly - medium rare should be dark pink all the way through - not raw in the middle. The meat was also of a poor quality - very fatty (even the fillet) and flavourless. Such a shame when such basic ingredients are a let down. The chips were hard in the middle and soggy on the outside. A companion was pleased with the lamb shank however.

I would not recommend The Fire Station at all.
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Amy Larkin
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Food 1 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Great food and service. I will definetly go back there. The stuffed pumking is delicious.
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Maria
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, November 24, 2007

I know these sites are supposed to be places for hacked off customers to air their frutrations about places and staff who failed them miserably but after eating in the Fire Station last night I feel oblidged to pay them back with some kind words.

We had a delicous and generous meal with perfectly cooked Pork Chops & a very inventive stuffed Pumpkin. Desserts were amazing too good honest british fruit crumble!

Staff were attentive and very knowledgable suggesting a cracking bottle of Viognier to complete a very enjoyble experince. Thank You
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Qualified Drinker - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, November 14, 2007