Fireside Martini and Wine Bar

A nice themed bar/lounge for a wine down. Great menu and great food, and the staff feels very homey. Interesting design on the interior too, it's a cool spot!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Drop

Quite, posh spot. Great for some solitude and a good cocktail.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Took a group of friends there only to find it closed.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Food & drinks were very good! Friendly people.
Would recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place to go with a group. Delicious food, creative cocktails, comfortable atmosphere, really nice staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Our whole experience here was just perfect, good ? drinks , good food and the live music ? on Friday nights is very entertaining

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Drop, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, Flatbread Trio and Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Good drinks. Small place

Great place to grab a drink with friends. Friendly owner with great stories.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Drop

This place rocks!!! The staff, bar tender, owner, and customers are totally

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: The Royaltini, Flatbread Trio and Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Nice to hear some live music on a Friday night. Creative drink and apps. Not a place for a sit down dinner. It got loud and crowded but still was fun.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had an excellent lemon drop, plus the artichoke dip appetizer, which was small but very good. Service was friendly but not overbearing. I'll be back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Love this place! Classic martini bar with an extensive cocktail menu and some tasty bites. Excellent service and comfy seating, some actually around a fire. Great place to go for a drink and conversation ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spinach Artichoke Dip

It was advertised as live Jazz music that night and we only heard a couple jazz songs. Food was good. Drinks were better.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Want an authentic cocktail experience without the “Hipster Vibe”, Fireside is the place for you.

My wife and I enjoy our “adult beverages”. In the age of the “craft cocktail” you see bars come up with some drink weird ingredients for drinks to be different, but we have found many places are just looking for a hook to draw people in.

We prefer more classic cocktail bars. The Comstock in San Francisco or Zig Zag in Seattle come to mind. Having sampled many of the new places in Bham, Fireside definitely fits the more “old school” vibe. Don’t get me wrong, the owner offers a wide variety of drinks using all the light and dark liquors (including absinthe), but they are just presented in a more classic way. No need to Google a random ingredient someone put in your cocktail to figure out what you are drinking.

Fireside presents itself as a music themed neighborhood bar. They have live music and the performance area has a “living room” vibe. If there is no live music, there is always something tasty playing on the sound system.

The food is simple and good. We tend to do a charcuterie board, “The French” flatbread (Brie and apples) and a Caesar salad.

One of the things I appreciate most about Fireside is the owner has held the line on prices. I recently asked the him why he had not raised prices. He told me he knew his customers were getting killed by today’s high prices and he did not want to add to their pain. You have to love a business that thinks about their customers!

Head on out to Fireside, for some great cocktails, tasty grub, friendly staff and to support a business that is not engaging in what I call “Greedflation Pricing”. You won’t see any $18 drinks or grossly inflated food here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The owner is one of the most amazing people I know. The food is great, and for a quick bite, they have some excellent appetizers. The drinks are to die for, and he is passionate about his cocktails. It is refreshing to find someone who loves what they do. Also, they are now open on Sundays from 12 to 6pm. Possibly adding a brunch item or items soon. Websites still say closed but will be updated soon. Enjoy the personal atmosphere while it lasts, when people find out their open on Sundays I am sure it will get busy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Gin