| The Firehall Bistro restaurant is located in a small town | | | | award winning wines. If you want to try Okanagan |
| of Oliver in the Okanagan Valley known for it's many | | | | wines this place has a great selection. |
| wineries and award winning wines. Oliver is also known | | | | It was time to order dinner. |
| as the Wine Capital of Canada. | | | | As an appetizer I chose Honey Garlic Chicken Wings. |
| Driving through Oliver you can't miss the Firehall Bistro. | | | | The order consisted of 5 flat wings and 5 drumstick |
| Is is located right on main street. The building used to | | | | like wings. The flat wings were very tasty and full of |
| be old firehouse hense the name. After extensive | | | | flavor. The drumstick wings were thick, tough and not |
| restorations and additions the old firehouse is a home | | | | edible. |
| to one of Oliver's finer restaurants. | | | | For main meal I ordered one of my favorite dishes |
| There used to be a little wine shop as a part of the | | | | Chicken Marsala served with stuffed baked potato |
| restaurant and I though it was a great idea to offer | | | | and garden salad. |
| local wines to tourists and locals as well. | | | | My husband chose Firehall burger (friend told him he |
| In the summer patrons of the restaurant can enjoy the | | | | must try it) with Poutine. |
| Okanagan sunshine on a large patio. It is located | | | | The garden salad came in a tall and narrow dish that |
| directly facing the main street and sidewalk so if you | | | | was meant for serving seafood. The salad was fresh, |
| are into people watching you will enjoy it. | | | | but it was out of a package. It was washed, but not |
| The Firehall Bistro offers nice selection of sandwiches, | | | | dried properly and by the time I came to the bottom of |
| burgers and salads for the lunch crowd. | | | | my dish rest of my salad was drowning in a pool of |
| At dinner time they cater to more sophisticated palette | | | | water. The salad was served in single portion |
| with selection of seafood, pasta, steaks and other | | | | container straight from Kraft. |
| classier dishes. | | | | Chicken Marsala was a big disappointment. The sauce |
| I invited my girlfriend and her toddler to join me for | | | | was very thick and dark brown like gravy. Beside |
| lunch and try it out. | | | | mushrooms it also had pickled pearled onions that |
| I ordered their Monte Cristo sandwich with Caesar | | | | gave the sauce very odd sour flavor. |
| salad. The sandwich was very tasty and perfectly | | | | The best part of my meal was the Stuffed Baked |
| done. Caesar salad was fresh and crispy with the | | | | Potato. It was done perfectly and it was full of flavor. |
| perfect amount of dressing. However, I do not think | | | | The Firehall burger was delicious according to my |
| that the dressing was made on premises. | | | | husband. The meat was tender and done to |
| My girlfriend ordered Steak Sandwich with Caesar | | | | perfection. |
| salad. According to her it was OK. The steak was not | | | | The Poutine however was another disappointment. |
| from the best cut of meat and being overdone didn't | | | | The fries were covered in thick dark brown gravy. |
| help that. | | | | Same gravy my Marsala sauce was made from. |
| Most of the sandwiches were under $10.00 and the | | | | There was no cheese curd used for poutine. Just |
| portions were satisfactory. | | | | shredded cheese. |
| For little one we ordered Grilled Cheese sandwich on | | | | To finish our quiet dinner for two we ordered desserts. |
| brown bread with French Fries from the Children's | | | | There was not much on the dessert menu that |
| Menu. The kids meal didn't include drink and/or dessert | | | | interested me. |
| and was $6.95. I found that quite expensive especially | | | | I settled for Chocolate cake and my husband went |
| after I noticed that Grilled Cheese on regular menu is | | | | with Apple pie. |
| only $6.00. It didn't make sense. | | | | The dessert portions were tiny in comparison to other |
| I think the best part of our meals was the little side | | | | restaurants. They came on equally tiny plates to |
| pasta salad that came as a bonus with every meal. It | | | | appear bigger, but that didn't help. |
| was delicious. All 3 of us enjoyed it. | | | | Chocolate cake was very rich and brownie like |
| To sum it up I would give The Firehall Bistro 7 points | | | | texture with chocolate fudge like filling. Not my taste. I |
| out of 10 for their lunch. I would go back. | | | | ended up taking it home to make son who quite |
| I also visited The Firehall Bistro for quiet dinner for two | | | | enjoyed it. |
| with my husband few weeks later. | | | | Apple pie was very tasty, but it also was the smallest |
| As I mentioned The Firehall Bistro is considered Oliver's | | | | piece of pie my husband ever had. |
| finer restaurant. | | | | The Firehall desserts are made in Oliver by a local |
| We arrived for our dinner date. The restaurant looked | | | | person. I think it's nice that they are using local |
| very nice and romantic. The fire was burning making it | | | | ingredients and some of their items are homemade |
| nice and cozy. Pleasant music was playing. | | | | right in town. |
| The place was quite empty. | | | | To sum up our dinner experience in Oliver's fine |
| I was little disappointed right from the start when the | | | | restaurant I give the Firehall Bistro 3 out of 10 for their |
| waitress seated us at the tiny little table for two in | | | | dinner meals. |
| almost empty restaurant. My husband is a large 6'4" | | | | I think the cook that was peeking through the kitchen |
| man and looking at him and the table was quite | | | | door every 5 minutes during our meal needs to be |
| grotesque. | | | | concerned more about cooking and making his dishes |
| We started with glass of house wine. The Firehall | | | | taste better then check in out who's in the restaurant. |
| Bistro has a large wine selection featuring many local | | | | |