Fireside

Lovely location, but the food was seriously blah. The fries were pretty tasteless and the burger was either undercooked or not so fresh (I couldn’t decide which). The whole menu suggested more pretentiousness than anything else.

I’ve had nothing but great service and great food here. The staff is extremely friendly and welcoming. The only downside is if you decide to sit outside, the smell of acetone from the nail salon a few doors down ruins the experience. Relaxing place to be when I want a wine and juicy Lucy.

I actually really loved this place! It’s a little loud, and I’m sure it can get cold… but we had a great meal here.
I ordered the chicken wrap, and it was exactly what I wanted. Their house made chips are bad ass! And so is the ranch!
Husband ordered the club, and it was HUGE! The fries aren’t the straight up potato type, they have that weird battered texture to them. I know some people say «seasoned fries», but if you have gluten allergies steer clear!
Ordered the wee little one a grilled cheese kids meal with fruit. That was the best looking grilled cheese I have seen come out in a kids meal, I was jealous! And the fruit was a big serving of fresh pineapple, cantaloupe and grapes! My 10 month old was in heaven!
We will most def be back! Glad we finally tried it!

Spicy bloody Mary’s and fresh catch fish tacos were exceptional not to mention the key lime pie for dessert! Never disappointed here!

Went there and had breakfast last week. We had a coupon for half off a breakfast. Place was pretty crowded but service was exceptional. All the food was really good and I think we would go back again. If breakfast was that good I can’t imagine how good lunch is. They have a full-​blown hockey rink inside the restaurant. I will update again after we have a lunch there.

I could give or take this place. We had a coupon for buy one entrée get one half off. We were pleasantly surprised that you weren’t limited to the entrée items and you could use it for burgers, pizzas, or sandwiches.
I ordered the Sirlon med-​rare, it came overcooked to med and was tiny, I was also a little surprised at the amount of liquid on the plate. I didn’t know if it was herb butter melted off the steak or if it was water from the veggies but it made things soagy. I liked the potatoes.
Brian ordered the calzone. It was okay. I’m personally not of fan of calzones becuase I always think they are dry and need a ton of sauce.
I ordered a glass of wine during HH and they give you a huge glass which was great and our waitress was very nice and took $ 2 off the bill since the steak was over-​cooked.
I think we will go back to try some of the HH apps or stick with the cheaper non-​entrée items.

We’ve been coming to Fireside since we moved to Rosemount a couple of years ago. There really aren’t many other options in town, and we’ve grown fond of the place, really.
Clearly a place for locals. Not sure why it’s called ‘Fireside’ when it should be called ‘Rinkside’. Lots of people going in and out wearing hockey breezers. This actually lends some decent atmosphere, and authenticates it as a sports bar and grill.
The restaurant itself is nicely made, roomy, and fun. The food is not going to surprise anyone, and I have yet to try a meal there that would make it stand out as a specialty or anything to make the restaurant stand out. That said, the menu is extensive and should have something for nearly every taste.
The biggest strike here is the service. The slightly below average service is about the most consistent part of our experience over the years. Your drink will go empty well before someone offers a refill. Your food will never be steaming hot. You’ll never see a floor manager unless something goes wrong. After you are seated, it’s a sort of mercenary process. Best advice is to get your own refills at the bar where employees are trapped in a pit and are forced to serve you.

Had a great simple lunch here. Mainstream crowd pleasers and HUGE food… seems like it would be popular in this area of the Cities. We’ll go back.

Last night was our first time there. The food was good, but the service, well, it kinda sucked.
The server was almost nowhere to be found and we had to flag her down a few times. We finished our meal and we were there for about a hour or so after we finished to hopefully have some drinks, but soon after we finished our meal the server brought us our bill, we paid, and then we never saw her again. We for sure would have had at least $ 50.00 more in drinks, which is all lost revenue for this place, but we did not want to have to keep on flagging down the server for every little thing we needed.
We may go back again, hoping that the server was just new, or something.
The only thing that I did not like (and Fireside cannot really control this) was all the hockey brats playing outside getting in everyones way and standing in the parking lot, preventing people from driving.

The pizza has definitely changed, it’s fantastic now. Fresh crust and pineapple. We come here a lot while my daughter has hockey practice next door. Great place.

Well this place has gone downhill as they had recently changed their menu. They removed like 30% of their true and tested menu items and hiked up the price on the existing items. I understand that out server isn’t there to be our friend, but she was as insincere as they come. She pretty much dropped off the check, and said thank you while turning away and walking a million miles a minute. guess this is the last time we come here. Sad really

Returned here today after not being here for a year or so and was really impressed. Staff said they are under new management and it was very noticeable.
Was served fast and staff was friendly. Had Hawaiin blue marlin as the fresh catch and it was better than some downtown restaurants I’ve eaten at and it was half the price.
I’ll definitely be back and bring family and friends.

I really like the idea of having a bar connected to a hockey rink. It makes for good entertainment while you are enjoying a cocktail. I just wish I didn’t feel like I was paying for drinks at an actual hockey arena. Didn’t try the food but it looked like they had some great daily specials. If you like hunting for cougars I think this is a place you would love! Might be a fun place during actual hockey season.

ULoaded bacon cheese fries! And of course 2for1’s. Good happy hour. Can get busy so get a seat before 5 pm if you can. Mix of bar and hockey rink. but pretty cool vibe.

Let’s keep this review simple. It’s a restaurant (I used that term loosely) connected to a hockey arena. Drink here. Do not eat here.
The food is VILIE.

First I just want to say the service was excellent! The waitress checked on us often and was very polite!
As for the restaurant itself, it is attached to an ice rink and kid’s play hockey games there. So with that said there was a lot of young kids running around the restaurant and the wait staff had to keep on telling them to slow it down. God forbid their parents do that! Geez.
This is a nice place to hang out with friends and just eat and talk, not expecting anything special for food or ambience.
The food looked great, but lacked flavour. I had fish and chips and my wife had meatloaf and they were both bland as could be.
Not my kind of place, this is more geared for parents of sports kids.

Not a memorable place. We had a «call ahead» for four people at 6pm on a Thursday evening. Turns out, 6PM meant, wait at the bar until we have a table ready at 630. OK, no biggie.
I guess I’ll get right to it:
— Food: Decent (OVERLY expensive salad bar)
— Atmosphere: Typical, not really anything different than anywhere else I’ve been
— Service: Below what I would expect. Just nothing to make me want to come back or even feel welcome the first time. We saw the «manager» walking around in jeans and a t-shirt…we honestly thought he was some guy walking thought, taking food off of people’s table — Dress for the job you want, not the job you have. The bartenders (for the 30 min we were there) had a better time flirting with each other and the servers than actually doing their job (hence the $ 1 tip for 4 drinks).
This place really needs to take a step back and look at the types of people they want to stop by their restaurant. I won’t be coming back.

First, I’d like to say that I live in Rosemount and we’ve eaten at Fireside many times since they first opened. I used to love the place but, since being taken over by new management, things have gradually gone downhill. Now it’s to the point where I’m having doubts whether we’ll ever go back again. Last Saturday, we decided to stop for dinner. Knowing that it fills up quickly on weekends, we showed up promptly at 4:55 and were seated right away. There were maybe a half dozen tables with other patrons. We put in our drink order immediately, and within 5 minutes the waitress returned with the drinks and took our food order. I ordered the salmon entrée and my wife ordered turkey sliders.
After 40 minutes, we still had no food and the waitress hadn’t so much as stopped back to ask if we wanted another drink (our glasses had been empty for 10 minutes). Looking around, I saw that we weren’t the only ones without food. The place was ¾ full and yet there was only one table where people were eating. I finally flagged our waitress down and asked if our meal would be coming out soon. She said, yes, it would only be a few more minutes, and asked if we wanted «a salad or something» (we didn’t). So we ordered another drink and waited. And waited. It was now 6:15; we had put our food order in an hour and ten minutes ago. My wife went over to the hostess station and asked to see the manager. He came over and we explained the situation, and he said he would take care of it.
Five minutes later the food finally arrived (an hour and 20 minutes after placing our order), however, my salmon showed up minus the «roasted vegetables» that the menu description had promised. And my wife, who had ordered turkey burgers, got beef burgers instead. We explained this to the waitress, who apologized and said she would get us a replacement. This was the final straw, though. We got up and left. On the way out, the manager was very apologetic and said they would comp our entire meal. It was very nice of him to offer, but we had had enough at that point and declined.
We left and went down the street to Rudy’s Red Eye Grill. Although it was 6:30 on a Saturday, they found a seat for us and within 20 minutes we had our meal. Now that’s service.

As a hockey mom whose son played here every sunday october-​march 2012. I frequented this place a few times with fellow hockey moms. I liked the Bruschetta sandwich without chicken, Ahi tuna appetizer and green beans appetizer. Hockey kids usually like the chicken strips. Sundays are all day happy hour 2 for 1. the chicken nachos were good the first time and 2^nd and third time very disappointing. They used left over chicken the 2^nd and 3^rd times. Very inconsistent, different cooks? Service is hit or miss. Us hockey moms give your place a lot of business, maybe hire more waitstaff during hockey sundays…

I’ll keep this short and sweet:
Date of visit: Wednesday, 5÷2÷12.
1. Food: I had the bruschetta sandwich with grilled chicken breast. It was very tasty! I would order it again. The french fries were average – I’d get a different side next time.
2. Ambiance: I don’t know why more people haven’t thought of this before – a restaurant attached to a hockey rink is a brilliant idea. It had a very cozy feel to it, similar to how the old Timberlodge Steakhouses used to be. NOTE: Wednesday night is karaōke night. BAD IDEA to go there on Wed. night (after 9p): very loud and a lot of bad singers seem to live in Rosemount, based on the quality of performances we heard!
3. Service: TERRIBLE. Absolutely terrible. Hence the 2-​star review. Our waitress (who never introduced herself, prob so we wouldn’t know her name… we finally learned her name from the check) came over maybe 4 times total – we were there for 2.5 hours. She forgot my drink order, screwed up my friends’ food orders, we had to track her down at the bar to pay… not good. This was my first time dining there, and my friend said that service is always terrible there and everyone knows it.
All in all, I would say this place is between 2 – 3 stars, mainly based on service alone. I will be going back for a wedding rehearsal dinner, so maybe sitting in the «Warming House» (the private dining room) will improve my opinion of the place… however, for now, I will leave my review as 2 stars.