Round Bird Can't Fly 170 Main Street, Lilydale, Victoria 3140

"Decided to go out for brunch and looked at this place because of the cute name, and the menu looked great. Got there for a busy Sunday morning but they were able to seat us. Staff were friendly and effective despite how busy it was. Coffee and food both came out quickly. The coffee was the best I've had in a cafe at a long time, and the dishes were excellently prepared and tasted great! Price was very good for the quality of the food. Can't wait to come back! Update: came back to the new menu and they've redesigned the interior and it's better! Food and coffee still great. Service excellent."

"They serve Jesus walks coffee so you know they know their stuff! One of my favourite meeting places in Lilydale. Fantastic coffee, always well done, delicious flavours and generous service. Fantastic pastry treats if you don’t feel like waiting for hot food. Super efficient service. Their artisan store has fantastic local products."

"Big, bright, airy space. Friendly efficient staff. Coffee is good. Quite cold in autumn/winter. Creamed rice delicious, nice texture. Pears served with it provide a good contrast of sweetness. Topped almonds were a little over-toasted, but still paired well with the nuttiness of the rice."

"We went here for Mother's Day today, we had a booking for outside, and it took a little bit to get the order taken. The menu on the website is their old menu but they also had their old menu in the restaurant, but you couldn't order off of it, but it was given to a few tables by mistake and some tables were annoyed. Just remove the menus and take them out the back? Anyways, there are a few vegan items on the menu, the item I wanted was the 'vegan option' so I asked what the vegan option was and the waiter said 'I actually don't know, I'm quite new here'. When I worked in hospitality we were not allowed to tell tables we were new as that is a poor excuse for not knowing something, just say I will find out and come back. He went to ask and came back and said they just remove the poached eggs. Which the vegan community hates because why should we not get it replaced with something if we are paying the same price, the eggs are $7 but we are paying the same, uh no thank you, so I asked if I could have them replaced with the scrambled tofu and he said that should be fine. He was very nice just needed more training. The food tasted delicious and definitely made up for the service, although the scrambled tofu was small, like a 1/4 cup worth, so that was very disappointing. for $7 I'd expect a minimum of a cup worth as tofu is cheap. The restaurant was poorly organised today, staff seem to need more training, there was a very long wait to pay and there were 4 staff members just hanging out at the coffee machine. I like the area the cafe is in and the interior is modern and there are a lot of nice little things to buy for home. It is a 25-minute drive from my home so if the service was better, prices aren't bad, a little on the higher end, would adjust prices for vegan options or have a replacement for non vegan food. I'd definitely try again because the taste of food is worth it."

"Whilst lovely, coming here from out of town it definitely feels like a spot for locals. The food and coffee were fine but pretty pricey so take that with a grain of salt. We've stopped by before on a prior trip out to the yarra valley as our brunch before going to the wineries. You definitely would be disappointed but it's also not going to blow you away. That being said the service and vibe is pretty great, it was a tad noisy when we came but they were absolutely slammed with people. 4/5"