From an overall restaurant perspective the Fireplace is quite expensive considering the quality of the food, but as a restaurant in an Intercontinental resort it is OK. For a fine dining restaurant the bench style tables seem out of place, but then this did not detract from the experience. The service was variable. The actual style of cooking was good, and we enjoyed our main dishes. Desserts were passable but not superb. Overall we found the food quite good, but the overall experience left us a bit cool.