Restaurants near Milliken Park

Everything was so amazing for my best friend's 40th birthday dinner. It's our favorite restaurant and we drove all the way from Raleigh just to celebrate here and have a great meal. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful experience....as always!

We went to Firebirds for my wife’s birthday on a Wednesday night. Restaurant was about 1/3 full when we arrived and we were seated immediately. Our server, Joseph, was quickly to our table with drink menu and his recommendations. We chose non-alcoholic beverages and Joseph quickly fetched the drinks and took our appetizer order, Philly Cheesesteak Egg Rolls. Joseph brought the house bread and butter and allowed us time to chat and enjoy the bread. The appetizer came out and we gave our entree orders. Cilantro chicken for my wife and the Smoke Burger for me. The appetizer was larger than we expected and very tasty. The entrees were served and again very tasty. I am a French fry purist, I do not like them with any kind of coatings or gimmicks other than a light salting, hard to find these days. But, they were here at Firebirds, delicious and crispy. The burger was very good but not exceptional, but that could have been because I had already eaten the appetizer which nearly filled me up. The Cilantro Chicken got a very good rating from my wife who brought half of it home so she could eat the surprise Happy Birthday dessert that Joseph brought since he knew it was her birthday. Crème Brûlée cheesecake was excellent and presented tastefully. Overall, a great dinner and we will be very happy to return. Our server Joseph was exemplary, tending our drinks without being intrusive, friendly without being chummy, with just enough checking on our needs to make the meal very enjoyable. Noise level was fine in the rearward dining area but out at the bar area it seemed louder. When we left there was a wait for tables. Overall score 5 out of 5

Amber is a wonderful server. The Pork Belly entree was nothing short of awful…all fat…not at all crispy like I’ve had there before. Amber did offer me the chance to order something else instead which unfortunately I declined. Another member of our party ordered the Cajun chicken pot pie but it wasn’t the least bit Cajun. He likes spicy so he was disappointed. Amber offered me a dessert which I’d thought would be complimentary as a small compensation for my uneaten pork belly…and I let her choose the dessert…bread pudding was good. However I guess we misunderstood as she charged me for it. We didnt make an issue of it but we were disappointed. I love Heirloom but my hubby says we won’t be going back for awhile.

Our dinner was wonderful and our girls enjoyed getting to dress up for family date night

We experienced the best service from staff in a very long time. Customer service has fallen by the wayside unfortunately for the majority of respondents. We were pleasantly surprised and impressed with the service we received here. Along with wonderful tasting food this made our evening better than expected. Customer service always makes the decision if we return to an establishment.