Furniture Factory Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Huntsville

Furniture Factory has been here for a while - it's sort of a fixture in the part of town it inhabits. Lots of other nearby places have come and gone, but it persists.

We wound up here for lunch for a couple reasons - nostalgia on the part of several folks in the group, and also their ability to accommodate our large group on short notice.

We called ahead to let them know our party of around 12 was coming. They had a table ready for us when we arrived. Only one set of bathrooms was open, and it was sadly a one-holer - kinda rough when ten of us were ladies and most of us needed to go! Lol. A little surprising for a restaurant/bar of its size but maybe the other one opens up at night.

At any rate, the place was mostly empty but for maybe another couple dining and a few folks at the bar. Still, it's a tall order for the one and only waitress/bartender at work that day. She handled everything with patience and grace, though, so kudos to her.

FF has a decent amount to offer -- live music, long hours, other events the owners come up with from time to time, but it's just okay in terms of food, IMO. Everyone in our large party sort of accepted the food with a shrug and said it was alright.

I didn't wanna totally ruin my dinner so I just got an order of chips and rotel. What was brought to me the waitress labeled "chips and cheese" - it was queso blanco with some green chilies in it. That's fine, but I personally think of rotel as including pieces of sausage or ground beef. Not what I got, but I wasn't especially mad about it and couldn't think of anything else I'd rather have, so...it tasted good and fulfilled the need I hoped it would. I read online that versions of rotel dip vary, so I don't really hold it against them, though some specificity / clarity on the menu might be helpful in he future.

Few other quick detractors - it smells vaguely smoky inside despite not being a smoking bar; maybe it attracts patrons who ARE smokers and they bring it with them? Or maybe folks smoke on the large patio outside and then come inside? Idk. And secondarily, whew, their prices are high -- beyond just what inflation warrants, as far as I'm concerned. It was almost $14 BEFORE TIP for chips, queso, and a Coke. Yeah, there was ~.50 cent service charge since I used a card, but that doesn't account for much. I could get the same thing but with unlimited chips at most Mexican restaurants for maybe a little more than half of that. The other offerings were high for lunch, too -- many sandwiches and fries in the market of 15-17 bucks. Little high for me, especially at lunch.

Still, if you're looking for a nostalgic restaurant/bar environment that's open late and has something acceptable for almost everyone, this place might...

It's sad I'm having to give this terrible of a review because the furniture factory has a very good reputation and is a very popular spot. Unfortunately, I went there for lunch with my family and it ended up being more like early dinner? It took so long for the waitress to get our drink orders and even longer for food. She was extremely inattentive and rude. The bar tender on the patio was also very rude and tried to ignore us when we asked for more drinks. We weren't being rude or demanding and we tried our best to not be impatient to keep from stressing them out. I wish I could say they were busy and that's why it took so long to get service, but that's not true either. It was a calm quiet day there with a small amount of customers. Then they turned the TVs on outside and turned the volume so loud that we couldn't hear each other talk. I could add more, but I don't feel like it's necessary. The point is, the service was sadly terrible. it's unfortunate because I hardly ever hear anything bad about that place. But on the up side, when the food did finally arrive, it was hot and it...

The place has multiple bars I believe. when I sat at the inside bar the bartender was quite nice she was prompt and took my order and made my drink I forgot her name, but if we stopped here I would have left a much better review. When the actual bartender came out of the bathroom everything changed for the worst. Her name was Saveana if i recall properly. She was rude, loud, and ignored us completely. She served everyone around us even those who walked in 20 minutes after. I had to flag her down to even get my food to-go and it was incomplete. she yelled over us at the top of her lungs twice and talked to guest at the end of the bar 5 seats down from us* for 20 minutes. I let my partner finish my drink when i realized we we were not getting service, we clearly were getting skipped. i have never felt so invisible in my life... my partner never even got asked what she wanted to drink in the 30 minutes we spent waiting on our food. Savannah did nothing for us except hand us our check and yell over our heads. so...