Birdhouse Tea Bar & Kitchen Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything was tasty. I had white chocolate and raspberry French toast with a pretzel and caramel milkshake."
• "The eggs Benedict were cooked to perfection (fantastic poached eggs) and the brownie was so chocolatey and gooey!"
• "Fantastic salads 'Budda bowls' are colourful, filling and very tasty."
• "The food is fresh, delicious and decently priced, and the tea that we tried was amazing."
• "The food was lovely! Staffs are super nice!!"
• "The vegan options were unique, flavours spot on."
• "The food was absolutely out of this world tasty but the price was below what I'd expected."

Cons:

• "The famed battered tofu on crumpets with hollandaise sauce and spinach was interesting, but sadly not the culinary masterpiece other reviews would suggest."
• "The quinoa salad bowl I had was bland and tasteless with no dressing available."
• "Not kin on food, didn't have the best experience with eggs royal, the hollandaise sauce was too lemony."
• "The food was nice however in past visits it has been better in terms of flavour."
• "Service and ambience is pretty good. But the pancakes were disappointing. We had ordered peach and raspberry pancakes and they were thick like sweet rubberish."
• "The pizza dough was a bit thick for my liking."
• "The mushroom pancakes which had a ridiculous amount of kale on and barely any mushrooms!"

Service

Pros:

• "Service was excellent, staff were lovely and lots of fluffy friends!"
• "Staff are friendly and accommodating of families with small children such as myself."
• "The staff were friendly, and allowed us to sit on separate tables due to strict social distancing rules within our team."
• "The staff is the nicest, prices are reasonable and the meal was top quality."
• "Becky and her team are always welcoming and friendly."
• "The staff were so lovely and very knowledgeable about the teas they sell."
• "Staff were really welcoming and friendly."

Cons:

• "The service was very patchy and a touch rude."
• "Staff were rude and the food wasn't great."
• "We brought our issues to the attention of the nearest staff who apologised and said she’d bring the manager. The manager never came."
• "Staff seemed understandably stressed but didn't offer an apology or explanation about what was going on."
• "Been a couple of times & the staff just don't seem to want to be there."
• "The lady who served us then vanished so it was clear our request for a table was forgotten about - so we left after mentioning the issue."
• "Can see why in-house staff are useless with the way management are."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Beautiful place! The whole place is very cute, very pleasant vibe."
• "Gorgeous place; quirky, modern and relaxed."
• "Tucked away and sheltered this is a proper 'secret' café!"
• "Really lovely place. Good ambience and the food was incredible!"
• "The interior has been beautifully arranged. The music raises the relaxing atmosphere."
• "OMG ONE OF THE PRETTIEST CAFES IN SHEFFIELD IT IS!!"
• "Beautiful place! Seriously, I loved it's good vibes sort of atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The only thing I'd suggest is maybe something on the tables as they did look a little bare."
• "The place is very bright and open but does need some decor and green to make it more interesting."
• "Only constructive criticism I would give is just have more displays/decor."
• "The only slight issue were the nasty bins and clutter under the stairs."
• "The seating is awkward unless you are alone or part of a pair."
• "They overbook and can’t seem to cope with the amount of customers they have: upstairs, downstairs AND outside."
• "The shop is lovely even though a number of items are not priced."

Location

Pros:

• "Located near the train station, this quaint tea bar is a lovely place to eat and drink tea and coffee."
• "This is a lovely quiet spot 10 minute walk from the station and has friendly staff who are very quick and efficient."
• "An industrial building re-invented as a speciality tea house."
• "Beautiful post-industrial regenerate place in Sheffield."
• "Great place to meet friends and have one of their various types of teas and coffees."

Cons:

• "It's quite expensive and there's no bicycle parking which is why I begrudgingly reduce one star."
• "There's no bicycle parking which is why I begrudgingly reduce one star."
• "Cashless society is very dangerous - taking away our last bit of freedom."
• "Saddly I won’t be returning because they don’t accept cash."