The Firkin & Fox

Waiting for plane in A Terminal…“it is what it is” for an Airport bar I guess… Nothing extremely bad and nothing extremely good… Staff was in a hurry… But they were nice… Ordered a beer and Chicken Tenders to be safe… Got the job done…
OK… Forgot… Bar Flies… –minus a STAR…

Nice staff, or this would have been one star. Nasty food. Nasty! Cheeze whiz on French fries are not Irish nachos. Beer choices are weak. Won’t be back!

This is THE WORST airport bar/restaurant…and somehow I’ve managed to eat here twice. It is not geometrically possible to fit additional seats in this space and they would use a crowbar to squeeze you if they could. The service relentlessly pushes additional drinks and food. I was asked by four different people if I wanted another beer in rapid succession. One of them twice. Each time I declined, they were visibly disgusted. I half expected one of them to throw their hands up in frustration and shout, «You’re killin’ me Smalls!» I wasn’t even sitting there eating up space, I was finishing my meal. Save yourself. By some pretzels at the newsstand.

Made the trek from B gates all the way to this place. I like the concept and the service, but food quality needs some work. Fish and chips had off-​taste from oil, which tasted like it was old. Mac n cheese was good though, plenty of creamy cheese sauce, kids enjoyed it

Good choices of food. The «Bunless Burger» is phenomenal. Service is quick & professional.

The Firkin & Fox is in gate A 1 – 6 are of Dulles International Airport. I’ve eaten MUCH worse food in an airport. The beer is cold and 20 oz. It is pricey, but supply and demand at an airport. My father and I both had fish and chips. They were great! No lie, GREAT. I’ve had much worse at restaurants that are not in airports and are much nicer. Nice staff. Quick and easy! I fly out of this terminal a couple times a year, and I will definitely return.

Ordered the Irish nachos, described on the menu as «seasoned waffle fries with melted cheese, bacon, green onions, and sour cream».
What we got were waffle fries with melted cheese slathered in Ba-​cos.
Yes, Ba-​cos, i.e. the Betty Crocker bacon-​flavored bits of defatted soy flour and partially hydrogenated soybean oil; NOT actual bacon. I don’t believe the ’ melted cheese’ ever existed in anything but liquid form either. Horrible processed stuff.
To top it off, they had run out of green onions and sour cream, which made for a pretty miserable and salty dish.
The drinks were not as bad, but if my margarita had any alcohol in it, you certainly couldn’t taste any hint of it.
Would not come back unless desperate.

My fiancé and I had our first airport meal together ever at Firkin and Fox. It was our first time at an airport together (and flying together) and we decided to celebrate with some drinks and quick dinner. There aren’t many choices at Dulles airport, so we didn’t let the 2.5 star rating of this restaurant affect our desire to eat here too much. I did, however, order something fried and completely cooked.
Drinks — my fiancé got a beer, while I got a Pomegranatini (vodka and pomegranate liqueur shaken with lemonade).
Food — my fiancé got the guacamole bacon burger and I got the fried chicken tenders and fries.
Overall decent experience, but nothing spectacular. A good choice for airport food.

$ 15 for a jack n coke double.
$ 15 dollars!
Also the shepherd’s pie was very bland. No flavor.
Find another spot to waste time in IAD.

When traveling it is hard to find good food at airports, but there are places like this that kill time and have better food then McDonalds.
While the wings were not the best I have had, there were the best I have had at and airport. If you have time to kill, not a bad place to do it.

Incredibly unimpressive. It’s an airport bar, which already puts the bar quite low. The place is very tight and passengers often have their bags occupying adjacent seats and the narrow alleyways. I told the hostess that my flight was boarding in twenty minutes and that I would have to be pretty quick to order and to get my food. She told me that it should be ample time. I sat down at a counter, reviewed the menu and after 5 – 10 minutes of no waitress coming to see me had to leave without ordering. Several times the waitress walked by without really acknowledging that I was there and clearly not taken care of. I wound up just being hungry on my flight.

Beside being a minuscule restaurant they sorely offer much more than they can give. Ordered the special steak with fries ($ 14.99) Steak was shoe leather and even the waitress apologized and got me another one. Unfortunately, while the new steak was not over cooked it was so fatty it was inedible. Fries were mediocre too… how can you mess up fries? The waitress said salad did not come with the steak so I ordered one ($ 8). Well it came out with the shoe leather and it was tastless. Ironically, the steak came with lettuce and tomato with salad dressing yet the waitress said it was not a salad? Weird, hey.
Better choice would be COSI across the way.
In a positive nite waitress was trying to be helpful and they did send a second steak.

I will stick to my Apple. Listed as an American Pub. I suppose the original poster just chose to ignore the British theme of the establishment. The seating was not abundant and during the heavier travel you’ll have to wait for some time.
Management would do well to start addressing the ruder patrons. If so, they could get more people accommodated in the tiny bar and grill especially for those who think their luggage is a dining partner and promptly hog extra seats for briefcases an roller boards.
Food was so-​so, beer was good, waitresses were abrupt, over worked, and not terribly friendly.

Not often I feel inspired to write a review while still in the restaurant. Do not eat here. This is a pub and fish & chip is the worst. They fooled me with a good size piece of fish. One bite and I knew it wasn’t going to be good. Underneath the greasy exterior is this goo that coats the fish. It’s like fluff to make the fish look more substantive. Peeling/​scraping away the goo, the thin piece of whatever tasted like it has been dead for years. All kind of weird taste that you do not want in fish. Yuck. And, the entire time not once did they offer to refill my empty diet Pepsi. The only reason I didn’t ask for a refill was because that tasted awful too.
Firkin Fox, my sentiments exactly!

General pub fare. Not bad while waiting for flight at IAD. Nice bar. Good selection of beers and drinks. Enjoyed the sweetened iced tea and fish and chips.

I can’t say as that I ever expect too much from airport food, and The Firkin & Fox is pretty much par for the course. I had an omelet ($ 10), a Strong Bow ($ 8), and additional sausage at $ 1 per link.
Everything was fairly basic and the service was friendly, but I was struck by the fact that all the drafts, including Millet Lite, $ 8 flat. In fact, every price on the menu seemed to be either $ 8 or $ 12 with the $ 10 omelet the exception to the rule.

I attempted to dine at this restaurant only because it was the sole restaurant in the United terminal.
I approached the sign that said «please wait to be seated» and I waited to be seated and waited and waited and waited. Finally I asked one of the waiters if I can have a table. The waiter looks at me with a blank stare and I yelled something like «HEY CAN I HAVE A TABLE OR NOT?»
The not-​friendly waiter begrudgingly seated me and them said something along the lines of «just to let you know, the goo is down». I said what? He said «the gill is down.» I asked what the gill is and why it’s down. He responded «the gill is down, the gill is not working, you can’t have any chicken, hamburger, any cooked food.» Without saying anything, I walked out and left.
I came back 15 minutes later and saw people who were eating chicken and hamburgers.
Fuck

Big servings.
My roast beef dip came with a large pile of room temp limp fries (
) The beef was dry. Not much horseradish. The «baguette» was a generic untoasted roll was like those Safeway deli rolls that I find to be sponge-​y.
The breakfast platter (
) was better with fries that were actually hot! The sunnyside up eggs were a little underdone even for the g/f’s standards with the whites not fully set yet.

There aren’t very many options at Dulles Airport…
The Firkin and Fox was near our gate so we figured that we would give it a try. We got a the bacon, lettuce, avocado, and tomato sandwich that came with fries. It was pretty good and very simple… anyone could make this at home but it was fresh so we were pretty happy. We also got the chicken caesar salad. It was fine but the chicken wasn’t good and tasted kinda rubbery. I usually just ask them to not include the chicken so I don’t waste it but my mom really wanted it… she regretted that choice after the first bite…
We ended the meal with some bread pudding with was pretty good. It was warm, soft, and gooey, just how I like it!
Obviously, in an airport it’s not going to be that great but the waitress was kind and it was a good place to sit and wait for boarding.

Why 3 stars? Because this is standard airport fare.
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Ok, I lied. This is slightly above standard, but without a .5 star capability, I’m handcuffed to a 3-​star rating.
I enjoyed my burger. It was quick, and had a good flavor to it. Nothing else stood out, but whatareyagonnado? It’s the airport.
Yes, that’s all one word. Look it up. IN A BOOK!