E9 Firehouse & Gastropub

It's been a while since I've been at this E-9 location and some friends told me their food game has stepped up. Sure enough, the fried chicken sandwich was a good size portion and was delicious. Service was a little slow, but maybe better next time. Thanks again!

If stopping in Tacoma or just looking for a cool spot to eat & drink…E9 is great you should 100% check it out. It’s just about 5-10 minutes off of I5. Food was awesome & the drinks are cold.

We have been frequenting E9 for years. The burgers, fries, sandwiches and chicken wings have always been fantastic. The food is a bit heavy, but super tasty. On our recent visit Tacoma Fire Engine 9 (E9) was responding to a call across the street from their old home.

The place is comfortable, has a patio and terrace, and I loved it for summer days. The waitresses were friendly, and the food came out quickly. The bathrooms are clean, which is important to me. The house burger is delicious. Overall, the food is good. I would return.

I took my sister and my niece to this restaurant and I have to say that I am thoroughly impressed with the whole experience! I ordered the fish tacos and they were the bomb! You literally got so much food you couldn't eat it all. We took a lot of it home for later on. This restaurant was established in 1907 and still has the original brick inside and most of what the firefighters used back then is on display for everyone to see. The food was absolutely delicious and the service was top notch! I'll be going back again!

This is somebody I know favorite pizza spot so I had to try it out. I tried The Carolina (pictured) which clearly I knew there would be spice & it definitely did not lack spice!! I really enjoyed the crispiness on the sides of the pizza & it's sizeable in my opinion. Service was okay. This is def a busy spot! Don't come here expecting to have a quiet dinner. It's a hopping, bustling spot with loud fun for all types including kids.

Amazing food! Staff were super friendly with our dogs. Will definitely come back when coming through town.

We got some takeout a few weeks ago and while everything was amazing, especially the honey hot cheese curds, they gave us the wrong pizza. My husband, who absolutely loves pizza was majorly bummed about it. I made a mention of it to them through email and Will was kind enough to offer us a $50 gift card to make up for the disappointment and to give them another chance. Last night we ordered the same pizza and this time they delivered. It was worth the wait! Best pizza ever. The excellent customer service was much appreciated and we will be back again!

your "american" bar menu but wait, there's more! kinda place LOL. they have a huge menu and has your classics like patty melt, mushroom swiss, wings, pizza, salads, chicken strips, pastas, etc. They have tater tots as an option (along with fries of course) -- i mean for me... already a big win.! But seriously also different gems like caramelized onions as toppings in burgers or an impossible burger option, also a smash burger since the new craze. but a specials menu with pulled pork sliders, yakisoba, a french dip and my personal fave is the maple dijon chicken sandwich. this chicken sandwich hits every category it should.. huge, crispy, sweet and tangy (from the maple dijonaise), acid to cut the richness (from the pickles), umami (bacon jam). i had this once and keep coming back for it time and time again... consistency! the staff are friendly and also beer is great. i absolutely LOVE the inside which is an old fire station,... literally. there is a pole and the old parts of the station in there and it's just really so very cool. in the summer they open up seating outside and it's just a vibe for me. you can either wait to be seated or head straight to the bar section where it's open seating. sometimes they do get busy so expect to wait during peak times!

E9 has a cool vibe being that it's in an old firehouse built in 1907 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. We chose to sit outside under the huge horse chestnut tree. Be careful, these large and heavy chestnuts fall frequently, and can fall right onto your head or food. The food was pretty good. They offered gluten free pizza crust ansd hamburger buns at no extra charge, which I thought was a nice touch. We ordered The Haven pizza and a side of garlic tots to go with our cider & beer. The pizza came out as a shareable size with a thinner crust. Most of the ingredients were centered toward the middle, which made the slices challenging to hold to take a bite. The flavors were good. The tots were crunchy and hot, but we were left wondering where the garlic was. Next time, I would like to come at night for a drink and a snack with some friends. It seems like the perfect place to socialize.

Great dive bar with a solid happy hour menu. They've got some cheap drinks options for those that need to give their wallets a bit of a break. Sandwiches and pizzas were pretty good - I was fairly pleasantly surprised by the food and would go back again. Service was quick, fast, helpful. Cool vibe with firefighter themes and decor.

I go here the last Sunday of every month with my men's group and I have never even had a questionable service. The staff is always incredible, kind, attentive, and punctual. Food is perfect every time. The environment is warm and inviting and the beer is always good. Definitely the place to go.

Quiet day this Monday. Monthly lunch with friends brought us to E9. Plenty of seating, friendly staff and great food. Great decor! Opted for the Onion Ring Burger. Great combo. Crispy onion rings on top of a great patty with bacon and BBQ aioli. I skipped the cheese. Choice of tots or battered fries-my choice- and they were top notch!!! Accompanied with a Seapine Hefeweizen and my lunch was the bomb!!!

Went here for the first time and would definitely go back. The waitress and waiters are friendly and the food was great. Love the fact that we could get in a few games of shuffleboard after eating. Yum yum!,

We loved coming here! I came with family to celebrate my father-in-laws' birthday back in April. All of the food was sooooo good. Our server was very friendly and the prices were fair for the very large portions. Only reason this isn't getting 5 stars is because it seemed they were understaffed because the service was pretty darn slow. Our waitress had a lot of tables.

Fun atmosphere, some outdoor seating, fantastic old saloon area. Food was really good, beer was cold and service was friendly. I would bring friends here with no hesitation.

I really love this place! So much to look at and such rich history! The food is great and they have Happy Hour during the week. I love their soup n salad meal. They have shuffleboard and many seating options. Check it out!

A local neighborhood spot that always has great food, great beer, and good vibes. Being in a historic fire station, it's a beautiful building with a long local history.

Great place! The vibe is cool with so many things to look at with all the old fire station stuff. The music was great! The server was friendly and efficient. Large portions! So well worth the money. The food was delicious. We got fish and chips (huge portion), a burger (bun was soft and burger was juicy), and the chicken Thai salad (fresh and tasty). Also got onion rings which were hot and fresh. Don't forget to try their sauces!!! Garlic aioli was perfect with the tater tots. Definitely check this place out!

We have visited this place a few times for drinks and food, thought its time for me to leave a review! Service - stays on top of the orders and food is never late. Always arrives at a reasonable time. Ambiance - loud like a tavern. Music is loud but not loud enough to where you cant hear your company. No rowdy people here when I have visited, just people having fun at the bar. They have a jukebox by the bar so you can put in any songs you want to play, but of course there is a cost. If no songs are requested, they will just have their regular music playlist going which has a variety of all the country and pop hits. Bar tends to be busier than the tables up front. Weekends youre more likely to get a table spot than a bar spot. Food & drinks - about $15 - $18 on food entrees. You get a free option of fries or tots. However the sauce is $0.50. Best happy hour day imo is Monday because they have $3 off wine, 20oz beer, and cocktails. They do have happy hour every weekday, different deals, but sadly dont remember them all. Food is just okay. Not the best but they have prerty good beer. Tots were just crumbled all over the place. Well... some stayed in tact, but most werent. Since its a beer place, their cocktails werent so good. Overall, I recommend this place for just a place to hang out and have some beer.

What a neat place! I honestly wasn't quite sure what the inside would be like but it was very well decorated. They have repurposed some of the old firehouse fixtures and it is very open. There are also plenty of seating options from outside to the bar, and two in between. The menu is pretty standard American food but they do a good job! I got the chicken sandwich with fries. My parents had salads and our other party had the sliders. Everyone seemed to like theirs a lot, I know I did! I got the Buffalo sauce on the side in case it was too spicy but it was perfect! I can't wait to take my husband and sit on the patio!

The staff here is very attentive and I enjoyed my time here. I ordered the garlic fries which were delicious but I couldn't finish them. Hello big portions! My friend and I sat outside under an umbrella but a huge spider ended up coming down on my friend so we couldn't sit back down because it kept dropping and climbing again. All in all, its a cute spot but sit inside!

Found this place by accident on a saturday night, it was decently packed but not surprising for a Saturday evening. We were able to seat ourselves right away at the bar but I doubt the wait would have been long for a table too unless you're a 6+ party. The atmosphere of the restaurant is such a vibe! I love the low lighting and the whole firehouse aesthetic, the bar was a decent size as well with a generous amount of tap to choose from. Now as far as food goes, judging from the reviews, this is a place for pizza and pizza only it seems which is exactly what we got. We ordered the Salami Vodka Sauce pizza which was one of their specials that night and BOY were we blown away. It has been a while since i've been this impressed by a pizza (and I eat A LOT of pizza). I definitely judged it by it's cover too bc she was thickkk and i'm not usually the biggest fan of thicker pizza but I would honestly choose this pizza over a ny style pizza some days. Definitely will be back to try some other things off the menu!

What a wonderful world - more like what a wonderful pub! The service here was phenomenal, and the staff were quite accommodating to our large party of twenty something German students. I ordered a dragonfruit lemonade and a Tavern deluxe burger, and also partook in some pretzel appetizers. All of it was delightful, cannot recommend it enough. Lively ambiance, and they do trivia! 10/10, very pleasant.

Fun place Casual atmosphere. Great tots. Full bar. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I have been coming to this place since the90's and the quality always fluctuates. I went back recently to have the Pumper Truck pizza once again. This used to be my favorite, and would still be good if the cook would take the time to flatten the dough properly but half this pie was inedible due to not being cooked all the way through. A HIGE disappointment for a small $30 pizza. Will be a while before I go back if ever.

Our time at this place started great. Crystal was a great server. But after she left, our new server for completely ignored us. We asked the bartender to ask our server to come over, and she did. The server looked at our table and went to another direction. After being completely ignored for another 15 minutes we left the restaurant. We won't be back and you all should avoid it too.

Food was good. We were a big group and there was only one server, but she handled it pretty well. Ambiance as expected, no frills, clean, roomy.

We love the burgers here at E9. They're so juicy and flavor filled. Service is eh sometimes, but nothing specific or notable. Just a little bit of longer wait times to leave or get refills. I did ask the bartender this last visit if she knew how to make a French 75 and then get something that easily tasted like half gin, half lemon juice and a splash of champagne. It was INCREDIBLY sour. I would have just preferred a "no, but I'll try" than the confidence that I got. I would have picked something else. Still 5/5 stars because the food is amazing and staff is always very friendly.

I stumbled on this place by accident. It was pretty glad I did. This place is a whole vibe. The history here is really really cool and I love places exactly like this. The the service was phenomenal the gentleman gave us the history of the building and was fast with our orders however the food is where it fell apart for me. So let me start by saying the fries were some of the best fries I've ever had in my whole life, adding garlic to them is a great option. But the burger.... In giant letters I saw smashburger and I thought oh heck yeah. There is no way that a place like this could screw up a burger. What I got was in no way a smashburger. I think It was a frozen patty, perfectly round, exactly the thickness of a whopper patty. I'm not saying that it wasn't good, however I was disappointed that it was not a smashburger. Don't advertise smash if you're going to give me a pre-frozen patty. I will absolutely be back to try something else but for now, 3 stars.

I visited on January 1st , I have been going to this place since I went to university of puget sound . Always a great time until now. The game was on , and the jukebox was loud. We had a party of 3 watching the rose bowl. The first server was fantastic and told us the cool drinks and everything . Shift change and an older lady completely ignored us . We asked for food and drinks multiple times only to be rebuffed . I first thought they were understaffed but by an hour into wanting your food, I saw a managerial type just tend bar and acting like maintainece was more important then 3 customers wanting food and drink . We were at the bar and this should be the heart of the restaurant service. Horrible service and horrible management by will . I won't be going again . I do have influence and will be spreading the word Jeff

This place is loud and busy. The Cobb salad I had was drowning in dressing. Ask for it in the side. A lot of chicken and blue cheese crumbles that were good just way too much dressing. The pastrami sandwich was ok, very little sauerkraut but a lot of meat. It was still full of flavor. The best part of the meal were the fries! They are amazing; hot, crispy and salty - delicious! I ordered a vodka soda and I'm not sure of the issue but it tasted like fish. I think the soda machine was off or something. Probably will not be back, not with so many great places around.

The atmosphere, food and service all a fantastic experience. Our server was attentive, efficient and polite. The food was delicious! Highly recommend the beignets:) My only negative and reason for one less star, their house made lemonade tasted as if zero sugar was added and was extremely puckering.

A group of 4 of us came in at 6:30pm and were given water and menu's. About 20 minutes later we had to flag the waitress down(as she continued to walk past us)to get our drink orders in. Our drinks came pretty quick. Again after 40 minutes from arriving, we had to flag her down to get our food ordered in. We finally got our food after 30 more minutes (no problem). The restaurant was busy when we first got there, and eventually cleared out when we got our food. At no point was the waitress courteous, welcoming or did she ever voluntarily check with us to ask if we needed anything. The food was great, but because of her, we won't be returning anytime soon. She never bothered to explain her inattentiveness or busyness. It to bad for such a popular restaurant that she chooses to represent it that way. Food was great, service, not so.

We decided to get burgers for takeout and take it over to Liz cidery on sixth Avenue! We had gotten the beyond burger as well as the beyond sandwich. Both were delicious! I loved the truly that were in the beyond burger sandwich. We did find a tad bit pricey however, it is good and clean food. They were able to get the food ready within 15 minutes, which was awesome! When we have gone there previously, it is a fun place to sit indoors as well as they have a nice outdoor seating area when the weather is nice! Have a good selection of beverages and food is delicious. Would definitely recommend if you want to go there for a quick bite, or have a casual hangout session.

Not sure how this place manages to still have 3.5 Stars.... It's best days appear to be way behind them. This place use to be amazing food, drinks and service was decent. We gave them two chances recently and both were pretty terrible. The smell from the bar ice wells that they must never clean is absolutely disgusting. The bathroom was one of the most disgusting bathrooms I've ever been in. The staff seemed to careless about helping people, the bar tender seemed annoyed to have to do anything service related. And overall the place is disgusting. We use to love this place but we are done trying... good luck...

Stopped here because we were looking for a dog-friendly restaurant and they allow dogs on the patio. The service isn't the fastest, but everyone was super nice and answered any questions we had. The food was great! I had a special (blackened chicken tacos with an Asian slaw), my husband had the sausage and peppers pizza, my dad had the Cuban sandwich and my mom had the sliders with the fig onion jam. The only thing that wasn't just ok was the chicken tenders my niece got. They had a lot of breading. Good beer selection too. I had a milk stout, my mom the coffee stout and my husband the strawberry hard cider. They were all really good.

Love the history. Sat at the bar. Asked about other breweries and a server lady got passive got passive aggressive before complaining to another server about the question In front of me. Do better. The bartender Will was great, side note, but frumpy glasses lady was disappointing. Do better.

Solid food with a fun environment - I went here with my family and a friend. I wanted to find a unique place that the adults would enjoy but that had good food for kids as well. Based on that criteria, it was a huge hit. All of the adults got different meals and all really liked them plus the kids were quite pleased with their pizzas. They even made an accommodation for my daughter who loves olives on her pizza. I would gladly go back.

Went to E9 on New years day and it was fantastic, as always. All the staff are always very attentive. Can't recommend E9 enough. It's a great place to go to eat and drink. Friendly, casual, great food, great bar. It's got a whole lot of history, really was a firehouse back in the day and is on the National Registry of Historic Places.

Still standby this review. First thing a waitress say is we are short staffed and out of some items on the menu. Not the best way to be greeted. I loved the beer samples they had on the menu but they no longer have it. Not sure why they took it off the menu. It was a great way to check out their beers. Anyway, I'm not going to recommend this place no more. Gave two stars since waitress was very attentive even being short staffed. Otherwise would have given 1.

Super long wait times for subpar food. Two stars for super cute! Awesome ambience. It ends there. I would say run don't walk! We came in at 12:55 pm and left at 3:10pm. When we arrived they said seat yourself anywhere. By 1:10 they were quoting a 1.5 hr wait time and that's when we all knew it would be a long haul. We watched 4 other families walk out. The table next to us paid for their drinks and after only a few sips left because they had waited 22 minutes for the drinks and they had an elderly parent in a wheelchair and he needed to eat. They decided going to taco time made more sense. The waitress did not even apologize. We, however, had nowhere to be. After 45 minutes and no appetizers we called the waitress over and said "Hey, we are good on time...nowhere to be, just concerned that all of our food is going to come at the same time." She explained that it would not be an issue. Our appetizers came. We ordered the steak bites, we got 3. THREE pieces of meat for $16. The hummus and warm pita was hummus and cold, soggy pita. Fine. Inflation and the tail end of a pandemic. First world problems. We were still chill. It's all good Then a waitress who was not ours came with the rest of our food, I explained we just didn't want all the food at the same time. She was so RUDE and defensive. Explained the kitchen was sooo busy and doing their best. I said, we know! All good...we just were hoping to not have all our food at once...she got right in my Face and repeated "The kitchen is busy and doing their best." I was so taken a back...we get it! Like the most understanding customers EVER! We just couldn't fit it all on the table...she shoved it on, threw her hands up and walked back to the bar and spent 5 minutes complaining about us to the bartender, who I think might have been the owner. The bartender actually brought us ketchup later on. I'm still confused why ordering appetizers 30 minutes before mains...and having a busy kitchen would mean the food all Comes at once? Ok. Fine. Next we needed silverware/napkins, ketchup and water. 2 requests for each...15 more minutes. The pizza was now cold...and was the only thing worth eating. We took the pizza to go, left the rest. Salad was a good idea but would definitely get dressing on the side. We love blue cheese but it was a swimming pool of dressing and just overpowered the food, such a waste. One and done for us. You can't have subpar food and rude servers. Good food can make up for bad service and visa versa but both coupled with long kitchen wait times don't work. Also as a server, when you bring the bill and none of the food has been eaten, excellent time to ask for feedback...instead she asked us our plans for the day...what a miss.

We love a review update, not even ten days later. LOL Be sure to read my previous review for all the fun stuff about E9's history, if you didn't know about it already. TLDR; super cool building listed in the National Historic Registry, and is firehouse/firefighter themed! Strongly recommend the Dear God IPA, yet again. Note that it's dangerous, at a little over 8%! My update has to do with finally getting to try the food! At places like this, I normally stay pretty safe with a salad or a burger - something I know is going to be good. However, I couldn't stop coming back to the Katsu Cod Tacos, so I decided to give those a try. And damn, I'm glad I did. Spiced Japanese panko coated fried Cod, cilantro lime slaw, pico de gallo in a flour tortilla, topped with a cilantro lime crème. I mean, are you drooling or are you drooling?! The cod was perfectly crispy and the cilantro lime crème added the perfect finishing touch. So good. I'm so glad I went out of my comfort zone and gave them a try - I think I'd actually end up having to get them again when we come back! A forever fan E9 has in me!

Great pizza and nice selection of both beer and whiskey. Nice history of the building as a real firehouse. As a retired fire fighter, it was great seeing all the collected items.

We've been coming here for 20 years & were surprised that it was so empty on a Saturday night, but now we know why. $13 for 6 small cauliflower bites?! Seriously? I mean, it's cauliflower. Apathetic service, high prices, and seriously shrunken portions made for a meal that we will not soon be returning for. The ambiance is the same as always. ‍

Ambiance is cool...but! We called in advance to make a reservation because we had a large party. We were told they did not accept reservations. When we arrived there were tables marked as reserved for another party. They charged an extra amount of automatic gratuity even though it was not posted anywhere for anyone to see. The service was not great enough to warrant this. I ordered the Greek Lasagna which was horrible. I sent the initial plate back...it was swimming in a pool of grease and some of the pasta was hard. Almost like they were serving me week old leftovers. I wouldn't even consider it lasagna since the pasta clearly wasn't lasagna. They remade it...it was better, but just not a great dish altogether. The salad that came with it wasn't bad...but tell me why there was a layer of cheese sprinkled on the plate underneath the bed of lettuce, while there was already a layer of cheese on top? As another Yelper had stated--the "house-made" dressing is BLAND...the one I had tasted like oil. Waitress described it as a creamy Italian, but it did not resemble creamy anything. I stirred it in it's cup before applying to my salad and it was like pouring on oil with clumps of cheese at the bottom of the cup. I even asked the manager for pepper to try to dress it up a little when he came to tap me on the shoulder to apologize for the lasagna and tell me they were going to remake it. I really wanted to say for them to just take it back and not charge me for it, but I was hungry. There are so many places to eat and gather in Tacoma, let alone Pierce County--this place just really misses the mark. I would say you're better off sticking to a burger if you're going to come here. The tap list is not even impressive. Less than mediocre for sure.

Hungry for a cocktail and some lunch we ventured into E9 firehouse. We were a little cautious at first because it wasn't as packed as some of the other places off 6th ave (don't worry, it filled up while we were there) but we took a seat at the bar and met our waitress, who was great. Perfect actually, friendly and helpful but not pushy at all. We started with our usual: Tito's and soda, with lime. And we were very pleased with her pour....and trust me, we're judgy of how our drinks are poured. Feeling adventurous we shared the bacon wrapped water chestnuts and omg - so good!! The soy glaze was perfect, making them salty and crispy all at one. I highly recommend! We both had the tavern deluxe burgers with tots and fry sauce. Truly, a great burger. Candied bacon, a great sauce, well done patty and fresh tomatoes. The tots were nice and crispy and their fry sauce was very yummy. I've been to many places around 6th ave and this is forever on my hit list. Try them - you won't be sorry!

My parents are regulars here, so naturally, me living at home right now makes me a regular here too.‍ We always sit in the bar because we love the vibe. It's cozy and relaxing, yet fun and very enjoyable. We feel like we know a few of the bartenders at this point and have always had phenomenal service. I'm huge on asking for recs and they always have the best ones. I love the salad & chili combo (their house salad is the best) and the chicken caesar wrap. But NOTHING beats the smash burger. Absolutely amazing. 10/10 recommend this place!!!

The firepole sliders are one of my favorite foods (I get them with the Beyond patty).

Tasty ladder pizza. Usually do not order thick crust pizza but this E9 firehouse is especially good. Buttery crust is a treat

Some of the best onion rings I've ever had in my life. That's saying something because I absolutely love onion rings and I've tried them at a million different places. All of the food I've had here is amazing and the servers are always super friendly. Cool atmosphere, too. The old firehouse vibes are really interesting.

Parking is a mess. Seating yourself is a nightmare, and greater on game days. A zoo of unprofessional and rude staff here.

This place used to be much better 4-5 years ago. I don't know what happened. The servers look unhappy and don't seem to care much about service. Orders come back wrong the last few times we've visited. The burger trays have now shrunk along with portions. The fries while still decent, have less batter. The "honey mustard" now has strong amounts of horseradish, and when asked about it, the server simply didn't care we didn't expect or like it, and it's not revealed on the menu. On a previous occasion, the "crustini" that comes with the French onion soup was left out, and the soup arrived lukewarm. Sadly, we won't be back.

I've been to this place a handful of times and it's worst every time. I come back thinking the last time was a fluke but it is not. The food was mediocre to ehhh and service was nice when we were finally served. Most of the time we were there, we get seated and then don't even get water until 20-25 min later and it's not like they are busy every time we came. The ambiance is fine, it's not too loud and it is spacious. Wouldn't recommend the pasta or the burgers sadly... I honestly can't remember what was good there and we have tried most of the menu.

Fantastic beer and good. We were able to sit outside when we visited. The beer was delicious and the pizza was fantastic.

Every time I visit from NYC I come here, and it never disappoints! It's the only place I've found a really good buffalo chicken sandwich--it used to be on the menu, but if you ask them to toss the fried chicken sandwich in buffalo sauce it's so good. Nice selection of brews, and some excellent cocktails (had the lavender old fashioned today and it was incredible). Atmosphere is great, the building has a lot of history and character, and the staff are all very nice and provide great service. Will keep coming back every time!

I figured it had been too long since a review for such a classic and great eatery. Beloved by locals, you are immersed into a remarkable old brick building/fire engine house. There is a lot of outdoor dinning and a sports bar. Prices are reasonable and drinks are creative. Outstanding service by people who really enjoy their job. I ordered the fish and chips and ole' marge.to drink Awesome!