My family loves this place in Richmond, VA, so I was happy to give the Southpark location a shot. There's nothing special here: it's a slightly upscale chain restaurant in an artificial "urban" shopping center. That said, the food was pretty tasty on a tired Tuesday night.
I ordered the parmesan-crusted flounder with mashed potatoes and spicy pecan green beans. Those beans were seriously good. The rest of the dish played second fiddle but was still quite appetizing. My wife had the wood-fired salmon with a loaded baked potato and it also received thumbs up.
The service was friendly but pretty slow; it took 10 minutes just to get him to return the check. I guess other reviewers have noticed this as well.
I liked the place. If I'm shopping in the area, I'll definitely consider it. However, don't count on me driving over to Southpark just to go to Firebirds.