Firebirds Wood Fired Grill is a wood-fired steakhouse and bar. Steaks, seafood, burgers and chicken are the whole point of the place, so a vegan is always going to be working around the menu rather than with it.
Answer: barely anything, and less than this page used to claim. Firebirds no longer lists an Impossible Burger or a Portobello Sandwich — neither appears anywhere in the brand’s current allergen guide. Worse, the plain-sounding sides this article used to recommend are not vegan: Firebirds’ own data declares milk on the Broccoli, the Fresh Vegetables, the Port Mushrooms, the Parmesan Mashed Potatoes and the Cider Slaw. What is genuinely left is a salad built to order, the Fresh Fruit side, and the kids’ plain vegetables.
This page has been rewritten against Firebirds’ own published documents: the Firebirds Health & Nutrition page, its allergen guide dated 25 July 2026, and its nutritional guide dated 11 March 2026, all accessed 28 July 2026.
What Firebirds Publishes
Firebirds does publish a proper per-item allergen grid — egg, fish, milk, peanut, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, wheat and gluten — plus full nutrition figures, and it offers an interactive allergen filter and a gluten-sensitive menu. That is more than most steakhouses of this size.
What it does not publish is any vegan or vegetarian designation. The guide’s own instruction is: “If you have certain food allergies, gluten sensitive or other dietary needs, please ask to see a manager.” So everything below is “no declared egg or milk in Firebirds’ allergen guide” — which is not a vegan certification. Honey, gelatin, carmine, chicken stock and beef tallow are not allergens and do not appear in that grid.
One item on the menu shows exactly why that distinction matters: the BLT Salad declares no allergens at all, and it is a bacon salad.
The Corrections
The Impossible Burger and the Portobello Sandwich are gone
An earlier version of this article led with both. Neither is on Firebirds’ current menu. The Handhelds section of the July 2026 allergen guide runs Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger with Bacon, Classic Club, Durango Burger, Fish Tacos, Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich, Steak Sandwich, Smokehouse Burger, Smokehouse Chicken Sandwich and Steak Tacos — no Portobello Sandwich, no meat substitute of any kind. The Bella Burger this page also mentioned is gone too. If you want to read about the burger itself, our review of the Impossible Burger still stands — you just cannot order one here.
The vegetable sides contain butter
This is the correction that matters most. Firebirds’ allergen guide declares milk on the Broccoli, the Fresh Vegetables, the Charred Carrots, the Grilled Street Corn, the Port Mushrooms, the Parmesan Mashed Potatoes and the Seasonal Ancient Grains. The nutrition guide makes the reason obvious: the adult Broccoli side is 150 calories with 12 g of fat, and the adult Fresh Vegetables side is 170 calories with 12 g of fat.
Compare that with the same vegetables on the kids’ menu, where Firebirds declares no allergens at all: kids’ Broccoli is 25 calories with 0 g of fat, and kids’ Fresh Veggies are 35 calories with 0 g of fat. Same vegetable, no butter.
Asking for your vegetables cooked without butter is therefore a real request with a real answer, not a hopeful one — but the buttered version is the default, and asking for “no butter” on a side that Firebirds prepares in butter is not something the allergen guide can confirm for you in advance.
Cider Slaw is not fixable
This page used to suggest ordering the Cider Slaw “no mayonnaise”. The slaw declares both egg and milk, and the nutrition guide puts it at 530 calories, 47 g of fat and 60 mg of cholesterol per serving. The dressing is the dish. There is nothing to remove.
The Raspberry Chipotle Vinaigrette contains milk
This article previously listed it as one of two vegan dressings. Firebirds’ allergen guide declares milk in the Raspberry Chipotle Vinaigrette. It has been removed below.
The fries and tater tots carry fish and shellfish
Firebirds declares egg, fish, milk, shellfish and wheat on the Seasoned Steak Fries, the Tater Tots, the kids’ French Fries and every other fried item on the menu. That pattern is a shared fryer, and Firebirds’ own data spells it out. Fried potatoes are not an option here.
What Actually Works
Salads, built to order
Two of the Classic Salads can be rebuilt into something plant-based, though you will be subtracting rather than choosing.
The Mixed Greens Salad declares milk and tree nuts — the cheese and the spiced pecans. Ordered without both, you are left with mixed greens, tomatoes and jicama, and the cilantro lime vinaigrette Firebirds recommends with it declares no allergens. Jicama, if you have not had it, is a crisp, mildly sweet root vegetable eaten raw, closer to an apple than a potato in texture.
The Caesar Salad declares egg, milk, wheat and gluten — the dressing, the shaved parmesan and the croutons, in that order. Ordered without all three and with a vinaigrette instead, it is romaine and not much else. Firebirds’ Caesar dressing itself declares egg, fish and soy, so it is a swap, not an omission.
The Spinach Salad this article used to describe no longer exists in that form. The current menu item is the Spinach & Salmon Salad, which declares egg and fish.
Salad Dressings
Three dressings declare no allergens in Firebirds’ guide:
- Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette
- Avocado Lime Vinaigrette
- Balsamic Vinaigrette
Honey Mustard also declares no allergens, but honey is not an allergen and is in the name — it is not vegan. Blue Cheese, Roasted Garlic Ranch and Raspberry Chipotle all declare milk; Caesar declares egg, fish and soy.
Sides
One adult side declares no allergens: Fresh Fruit. Every other side in the guide declares milk.
On the kids’ menu, Broccoli, Fresh Veggies and Fresh Fruit all declare no allergens, and the Seasonal Grain Pilaf declares only wheat and gluten. If you are an adult ordering off the kids’ menu to get an unbuttered vegetable, that is a conversation with the manager rather than a menu right — but it is at least a version of the dish Firebirds already makes without dairy.
Bar Bites, Shareables and Soups
None of them work. Every Bar Bite and every Shareable declares milk, and most also declare egg, fish, shellfish and wheat. The Crispy Cauliflower, which is the one that sounds promising, declares egg, fish, milk, shellfish, wheat and gluten. Both soups — Chicken Tortilla and Chili — declare milk, and both contain meat.
Drinks
Among the cocktails and beverages, only the Dirty Bird declares milk. Everything else on the beverage, Infused Creations, Classic Cocktails, Seasonal Cocktails and Spirit Free lists declares no allergens.
Treat that as a starting point rather than a green light. Cocktails routinely contain honey syrup, egg white or carmine colouring, none of which are allergens and none of which would show up in this guide. Firebirds does not publish cocktail ingredients, so any drink beyond a soft drink, coffee, tea or juice is unconfirmed on that point.
Kids’ Menu
The kids’ sides are the surprise find here, as covered above: Broccoli, Fresh Veggies, Fresh Fruit and Seasonal Grain Pilaf all declare no milk. Kids’ entrées do not work — Burger, Chicken Fingers, Mac & Cheese, both pastas and the Grilled Chicken all declare milk.
Kids’ drinks, per the guide, are Barq’s Root Beer, Coke, Diet Coke, Honest Kids Apple Juice, Honest Kids Fruit Punch, Lemonade, Sprite and 1% milk. The Oreos and the carrots this page used to list are no longer on the menu; the only kids’ dessert is an ice cream sundae, which declares egg and milk.
Conclusion
Firebirds is not a place to plan a vegan meal around. The plant-based entrées it used to have are gone, the vegetable sides are cooked in butter by default, the slaw is mayonnaise-based, and the fryer is shared with fish and shellfish.
What is left is a made-to-order salad with a vinaigrette, fresh fruit, and — if the manager will do it — the unbuttered vegetables Firebirds already prepares for the kids’ menu. That is a side plate, not a dinner. If you are eating here because someone else chose it, ask for a manager before you order rather than after.
