The Firepit Restaurant & Cocktail Bar (Blackburn) Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The skin-on-fries, salad and pomegranate seeds were also delicious and made this dish."
• "I had herb crusted scallops with chorizo which where cooked to perfection."
• "For mains: I had hake with hassle back potatoes on a bed of kale and celeriac purée. All cooked well and very tasty."
• "The other half had spare ribs which I had a bite off and can safely say they were delicious arguably some of the best ribs we've had."
• "Some of the best steaks we have ever had. All the food is delicious."
• "Lovely tasty food, well worth the price. Mushroom starter was excellent."
• "Best food ever! The atmosphere was really nice with live entertainment."
• "We live on the east coast and travel to Blackburn once a year for a football match. We will book a table at the Firepit every time."

Cons:

• "Steak not even seasoned before cooking after a bill of £191 I would at least expect salt and pepper on the steak."
• "Ordered drinks that came after we had finished eating."
• "One side of my corn on the cob was still cold. The gravy was too salty."
• "Ordered a chicken burger, it came stone cold and bright pink looked like it had been breaded and forgotten to be cooked."
• "The fish tasted like there was something burnt cooking in the same oil."
• "Poor vegetarian options and just totally uncreative in both taste and appearance."
• "The waiter spilled a large glass of red wine over the table, my shirt, and several other guests' shirts."
• "The waiter was rude and seemed like she didn’t care, basically threw the cutlery on the table then left."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Staff were professional and lovely."
• "Thanks to the Manager Jess and our waitress Ellie for great service and hospitality."
• "The staff were friendly and attentive without being overbearing."
• "Our waitress was really friendly and attentive."
• "Took my mum today for tea at Firepit, staff were amazing, no wait on food."
• "Great restaurant and well set out. The food was served piping hot, I had a bacon burger which was lovely and the fries were some of the best I have ever tasted."
• "All night the team here were extremely attentive spotting empty glasses and removing them and asking if we wanted more drinks."
• "My lovely other half just treated me and our girls to a meal here and it completely exceeded my expectations! This place is so classy and the staff are so friendly."

Cons:

• "The waiter then comes back and says that the chef is refusing to serve us because of my husband's nut allergy."
• "Steaks were very fatty and cooked inconsistently to the point they were mostly left - not what you expect when paying £25 for a steak."
• "We asked numerous times to speak to the manager and cancel the order which the member of staff said nothing and walked off into the kitchen."
• "Our food was massively overpriced. 4 little pieces of steak on the hanging kebab and £33 for a mixed grill is a joke."
• "Turned up got seated ordered drinks and food, waited 1 and 45 minutes for our food which turned up cold."
• "I can honestly say the food was exceptional but I've dropped a star because of the wait. It wasn't even at half capacity and we had to wait over an hour after ordering to get our food."
• "We had tickets booked for the Cinema (which we missed) and waited over 2 hours for our main meal."
• "We went last night not impressed at all, very disappointed, the service was so slow, the place was busy but the bar was full of dirty glasses, we waited a good 25 minutes for our first drink."