Fido

09/26/07

Fun atmosphere and Good food.

by dinapezz at Citysearch

Been twice now, great food and coffee. The food is very fresh. Nice waitstaff. A bit crowded on Sundays, I imagine because the food is good. Only problem is food takes a very long time to be served. Including coffee. Love the menu options.

• Pros: Great food and menu, relaxed atmosphere
• Cons: Very slow service

05/27/07

Fido is GREAT no matter what the outlet haters say....

by ladylenore at Citysearch

Fido might have gotten rid of their power outlets in order to service the masses of other paying customers who would like to sit down and eat a meal or drink their coffee rather than cater to the small group of individuals who like to take up an entire table in order to make their office away from home. There's nothing wrong with getting some work done at Fido, just charge your battery and sit at the bar for crying out loud!

Fido has an amazing staff who is always smiling amidst the cell-phone talkers in line and the quad skinny extra hot hazelnut lattes with no foam and 2 speldas. For what they have to put up with and the amount of money they make, Fido employees are doing an excellent job!

• Pros: Organic/Fair Trade coffee + Great service

05/18/07

Bring the power plugs back, or else... not a place to take your laptop.

by kthomas3333 at Citysearch

Great ambience, no power for laptops. Get with the picture Fido, wooof wooof, why should I stop by if you insult my needs?

05/05/07

Great: ambiance, Food!, free WiFi... not so Good: no power outlets!

by ygmc at Citysearch

I used to love Fido's! It's food is good, not too pricey... Coffee is good. Now they even have wine and beers. Their cakes are awesome. The service is great. It was a great place to go get some coffee, read a book or bring your laptop to check your email or do some work. But now they don't have power outlets anymore to plug in your computer! It doesn't make any sense to me! Today, I wanted to do some work and I didn't want to stay at home or go to the office so I thouhgt I'll go to Fido's! I'll have lunch, have coffee.. eventually have some cake and be working all along. At the end of the run, I would've probably had some cidre before heading home. Low-key, productive afternoon. I got there and after having lunch I discovered that the only outlet that I could find had no running electricity. My day was ruined! There were only a few people around so hogging a table for more than a couple of hours wouldn't have mattered. I didn't have cake nor cider. Fido's manager is missing out by taking out the outlets. What a disappointment... I'll be a long time until I return to Fido's.

• Pros: ambiance, service, food, coffee, free wifi
• Cons: NO POWER OUTLETs!, a little noisy

04/10/07

No power outlets available for laptops

by hobbes615 at Citysearch

WiFi internet is free, but they covered up all the power outlets so they're not accessible, which is lame.

• Pros: good good, coffee, etc
• Cons: no power outlets available to laptop users

A focus on food provides more than a caffeine rush at this Hillsboro Village institution.

by Contributor at Citysearch

In Short
Grungy floors, rocky tables and uneven service are all forgiven: This funky coffeehouse is the heart and soul of Hillsboro Village. Fido draws a mix of Vandy students, Music Row execs and soccer moms. Coffee is the main attraction, but large sandwiches and all-day breakfasts are also draws. Egg McFido, a bagel piled with scrambled eggs and cheddar, makes a swell "morning after" remedy. Sturdier appetites lean toward the Village Burrito--flank steak, spinach, feta and eggs.

12/22/06

wonderful food, somewhat crowded

by nashlive at Citysearch

I took my family there for breakfast a few days ago...they loved it! Only complaint is the crowd....took us awhile to find appropriate seating.

11/25/06

Good place for coffee and breakfast foods

by c_woo_don at Citysearch

I have nothing but good things to say about FIDO. Unique atmosphere and concept. I think some mornings lines are a bit long for coffee alone. The muffins are great. I would happily wait on that line though. I wish there were hundreds of FIDO but then it would be just like those other guys.................

• Pros: COOOOFFFFFFEEEEEEE
• Cons: coming down from coffee

11/25/06

Good coffee, good food, okey service

by chamalinda at Citysearch

Fido has good coffee, they have a diverse menu, food is good, but the staff looks so busy that it seems like they don't know what they are doing....the place was so busy I had to seat down all the way in the back, after they brought our food, we were still waiting for our coffee, which they won't bring it to your table, they will call your name (your dog name) so since we were all the way in the back we had to stop eating every other minute and walk to the front to see if our coffees were ready....

• Pros: Good variety, good coffee...
• Cons: the place lacks organization

10/17/06

Always good

by imonskates at Citysearch

This places just keeps going strong. Nothing fancy, just good food always. You can't go wrong. The servings are good sized and the coffee is strong. The staff's not overly congenial, but always polite and friendly. I'd forgotten about this place, and happened to be in the village the other day, so I stopped in, and as always, I'm glad I did. A Nashville tradition not to be forgotten.

• Cons: village parking