The Big Fizzle at Firehouse Pizza

Because Ashley and I are easily influenced by advertising and coupons, we decided to try out the Firehouse Pizzeria in Centerville. Excited to try out a new pizza place, I was hoping for a grand pizza experience. We arrived at the restaurant, and that's where things started to go wrong.

First, our "16 yr old" (really, she looked 14) waitress was having some struggles. You could tell she had not been waiting tables for very long. She was slow, inattentive, and would focus on only one table in her area (the one with a family of adults....bigger tips), leaving the rest of us to sit around on our thumbs. We saw our pizza cooked and put up on the counter, and finally fifteen minutes later, she brought us our cold, congealed pizza's (which I made them throw back into the oven).

Second, the menu sucks. They have same item names for their salads, pizza's, and pastas. Everything is the "Rustic Italian" this and the "Roasted Chicken" that. Very limited selection, and frankly not very appetizing Just plain bad.

Third, the pizza sucked. For $9, I got what is essentially the Garlic Chicken pizza from Papa Murphy's, but in a munchkin size. Nothing special. Next time, I'll go to PM's and get a large Garlic Chicken pizza for $6. Ashley's quattro formaggi pizza was just plain out disgusting. The pizza sauce was really gross. The cheese pizza at Papa John's is better, and it's cheaper for a large PJ's cheese pizza than it is for the mini-pizza at Firehouse.

Bottom line, stay away. We'll never go back. You can get better food, better service, for much cheaper somewhere else.