The Early Bird

"This is one of my favourite brunch spots in Plymouth! Repeatedly visit and the food, staff and atmosphere never fail! Friendly, great quality, plenty of choice and clean! Couldn't ask for much more! And local/independent! Good to see business thrive in challenging times, will continue to support"

"Wow! Sorry so late in posting. We were lucky enough to book in for the second ‘late bird’ before Christmas. We were too late to get into the first ‘late bird’ - and now I know why! I have nothing but praise for the whole evening. Greeted so warmly by the lovely staff who served an amazing cocktail as we sat down. We had a sharing platter to start - I can’t actually tell you which of the five or so choices were the best! This was followed by the best duck dish I’ve ever tasted! (The red cabbage was out of this world!) Compliments to the chef! Pudding is my thing - I’m afraid I’d eaten most of my choc torte before I took a photo!!! The meal was superb but it was also the atmosphere and the warmth from the staff that made the evening. Please do the ‘late night’ again! Lol we enjoyed the meal so much we actually went back for a late lunch the next day! Although there was a queue it moved very quickly and my word worth the wait! I suppose if people queue to go here there is certainly a good reason why! We left with two loaves of home made bread which omg - well you just need to try it! Totally recommend this family run business - how lucky is Plymouth to have not one but two Early Birds’!!!"

"Excellent all-day breakfast for carnivores (see photo, front plate) and vegetarians (rear plate). Special today was the passion fruit and lemon iced tea (see photo), a great choice. Hoping the new Early Bird cafe in Plymouth city centre will be as good as this one when it opens later this summer"

"Today I visited the Early Bird for the first time. I was so excited to go there because I heard good things about this place and I have always seen this restaurant very full and the queues were long to get in there. When I went there with my friend the staff member approached us very quickly and found the seats for us. We have ordered pina colada pancakes and vanila roasted peaches pancakes. When we recieved the pancakes, the very looking beautiful however, the taste was not that good. The pancakes were very heavy and had floury taste. I was expecting nice and fluffy pancakes. Morever, they were very dry as they just had a drizzle of raspbery sauce and a blob of cream. The pancakes of my friend had same texture, and they were covered with lemon sauce that was very sour and had a very artificial taste. If I would come next time for sure I would order something savoury."

"Lovely atmosphere and staff were delightful. It gets very busy and there's not alot of seating so expect a que unless you get there early. We were seated after waiting for 2 minutes, and drinks were made fast, food was at our table within 20 minutes of ordering. I was able to order desert after but i got it to go as I felt bad for the people waiting outside looking through the window. But nice that they provided umbrellas for the customers waiting outside. :)"