The dinner group ended up in the University area last night at Firewater. The place used to be Lava Bistro and the inside of the place really hasn't changed much except for maybe a paint job.
There were 10 of us for dinner and we were assigned to the Lake Room was in the back of the restaurant with a view of, yes, you guessed it, the lake at University Place.
Anyway, the service here was exceptional. Our waiter was spot on efficient and for one of the people at our table was great to recommend higher end vodkas.
It appeared that everyone at the table ordered a different entree and all of them had wonderful presentations. I ordered the Black and Blue meatloaf which was a slightly over salted meatloaf with blue cheese sauce over roasted potatoes and topped with broccolini. My two complaints here are the over salting as previous mentioned and the fact that the portion was a bit small. Normally when you get meatloaf in the south, you get a good plateful. But still the price was decent at $14.95.
For dessert we were given the options of a chocolate mousse torte, cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory, bread pudding, Kahlua creme brulee and maybe another choice. I went with the cheesecake. It was delicious but you can't go wrong with cheesecakes from the Cheesecake Factory........unless....when you get your bill you find out that the cheesecake here costs more than it does if you would buy it at the Cheesecake Factory. For $9.95, I would have expected cheesecake of monstrous proportions but this was just an average sized piece.
So generally the food is excellent, the service is exceptional but the portion sizes are lacking and definitely stay away from the desserts. I have never had a dessert cost me more than my glass of wine!