Fireside By The Patio - San Diego

They cancelled the reservation due to a non-existent rain and provided no notification or notice. Horrible service, won't be going back there.

I made a reservation for four people to have a Wednesday night dinner. We were running behind and rushing to try get there on time so we wouldn't lose our reservation. To our surprise, the restaurant was almost empty...including the staff. There was no host/hostess to greet us when we arrived and we were told by the bartender (because we had to walk into the bar to find someone who worked there) to seat ourselves. This annoyed me because I specifically chose a restaurant that accepted reservations so that we would be guaranteed a table. Had it been packed we would have been out of luck. Anyway, the food and drinks were good. A bit overpriced because portion sizes were tiny (appetizer we thought we would share was literally one bite per person), but the ambiance was nice (minus the airplane noise overhead every 5 minutes, but I knew that ahead of time since we've been to Liberty Station a million times before). I would definitely go back.

We used to eat here for the weekend buffet brunch, which was one of our favorite places considering cost and the night quality of food/meat. But since they changed the menu to bunch a la carte, the quality went down unfortunately. Our entrees were small in size and flavors were just ok. My mother in law ordered a well done steak and had to send it back because it was medium well. They put the same steak back on the grill and it came back still pink and slightly ****, which is something a person doesn’t want to see if they ask for well done. I ordered the brisket Benny and it seemed like they took one slice of brisket, cut it in half, and laid each half on top of the cornbread. The cornbread part was overly sweet and overpowered the taste of the brisket. Other members of our party ordered the pork chop and was very disappointed in its size. They chops were way too thin and the glaze was too sweet. Overall we were disappointed since we used to love this place. We did have great wait service and I still love the ambiance of the restaurant, but unfortunately, we will not be returning since the quality and flavors of the food were unsatisfactory.

The service was good. The food okay. May want to try once, but that's all.

All staff were gracious and accomidating. The birthday girl had a wonderful brunch! Mahalo Nui