Excellent across the board! Great spot to play a board game, have a coffee chat or sit and study.
Plenty of windows to let the natural light in.
Jonathan Fegel
Great burrito! I should have taken a photo before eating it.
Jennifer Sherbow
What a great family-friendly, busy, yet relaxing atmosphere with a nice patio and small play spot for toddlers. The food is amazing - order the Apollo 2.0! They also keep to-go orders warm until you arrive. Small touches make this place a total gem.
Eric Calcatera
Creative food ideas that are healthy and tasty. They do have a steep price tag for a cup of coffee. The staff at times can be a little stand off-ish. If your up for a $4+ drip coffee, $5 scone, hipster vibe this is your joint!
Dillon “dill0wn” Walls
Limited food menu, but the offerings are fantastic. Tasty coffee and other beverages! Great place to meet a friend for a chat or to hang out and work for a while.
Dr. Charlotte Ziroll
Can't wait to go back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Burrito, Brioche French Toast
Matthew Miller
Quite possibly the most delicious breakfast sandwich I have ever had.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Vanessa Velasquez
the avocado toast was amazing!! Very flavorful, unique, and filling!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Avocado Toast
Joe Sonheim
Our most frequented GR coffee shop for sure. They have surprisingly good food, a small, yet fun planner for toddlers, and I get good book recommendations from their staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jelly Girl
I really wanted to like this place, but the flavor and texture palette of nearly all of their dishes didn’t suit me. Their menu although small seemed very nuanced. I settled on the burrito and as someone who normally finishes their food I couldn’t even get more than a quarter of the way through, I am a foodie, but being that I came here hungover craving breakfast food somehow thought of kale in my breakfast burrito was an element I couldn’t get past. Or hey they have a breakfast sandwich with dill. I’m sure they are great if you are sober and have a more refined palette but if you are selective, have issues with texture, or hungover I don’t recommend coming here.
The rose cardamom latte was delicious. The French toast, however, was practically flavorless.
Wolverine Pride
We got the Vegan breakfast burrito and my gosh was it delicious! It was much larger than we were anticipating and way more appetizing too! We were so happy with the choice we made for breakfast. The Early Bird will be our go to from now on!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegan, Brioche French Toast
Erika
Delicious drinks and amazing customer service.
Emily Kearney
That Early Bird is one of my favorite breakfast/brunch/lunch places in Grand Rapids. The food is delicious with balanced and interesting flavor profiles and very high quality ingredients. In peak hours, I would recommend planning to do take out since it gets very busy. The space is bright and airy with flexible seating to fit large groups (tables that fit 6-8, but expect to wait a bit for a table to open up) or feel cozy with a friend. Seating is first come, first serve with orders taken at the counter and food delivered to the tables based on the number/letter sign you get at the counter. I looooooooove the avocado toast here and am so happy that it is nut free and it can be vegan without the feta. The seasonal drinks (lattes, lemonades, spritzes) are amazing too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Avocado Toast
Hannah Gross
Got the Astro Sandwich and was a very weird mushy flavorless mess. Order the strawberry mango tea iced and it came with no ice... tasted like lukewarm water. SO CONFUSED about how this place stays busy.
Excellent across the board! Great spot to play a board game, have a coffee chat or sit and study.
Plenty of windows to let the natural light in.
Great burrito! I should have taken a photo before eating it.
What a great family-friendly, busy, yet relaxing atmosphere with a nice patio and small play spot for toddlers. The food is amazing - order the Apollo 2.0! They also keep to-go orders warm until you arrive. Small touches make this place a total gem.
Creative food ideas that are healthy and tasty. They do have a steep price tag for a cup of coffee. The staff at times can be a little stand off-ish. If your up for a $4+ drip coffee, $5 scone, hipster vibe this is your joint!
Limited food menu, but the offerings are fantastic. Tasty coffee and other beverages! Great place to meet a friend for a chat or to hang out and work for a while.
Can't wait to go back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Burrito, Brioche French Toast
Quite possibly the most delicious breakfast sandwich I have ever had.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
the avocado toast was amazing!! Very flavorful, unique, and filling!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Avocado Toast
Our most frequented GR coffee shop for sure. They have surprisingly good food, a small, yet fun planner for toddlers, and I get good book recommendations from their staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I really wanted to like this place, but the flavor and texture palette of nearly all of their dishes didn’t suit me. Their menu although small seemed very nuanced. I settled on the burrito and as someone who normally finishes their food I couldn’t even get more than a quarter of the way through, I am a foodie, but being that I came here hungover craving breakfast food somehow thought of kale in my breakfast burrito was an element I couldn’t get past. Or hey they have a breakfast sandwich with dill. I’m sure they are great if you are sober and have a more refined palette but if you are selective, have issues with texture, or hungover I don’t recommend coming here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The rose cardamom latte was delicious. The French toast, however, was practically flavorless.
We got the Vegan breakfast burrito and my gosh was it delicious! It was much larger than we were anticipating and way more appetizing too! We were so happy with the choice we made for breakfast. The Early Bird will be our go to from now on!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegan, Brioche French Toast
Delicious drinks and amazing customer service.
That Early Bird is one of my favorite breakfast/brunch/lunch places in Grand Rapids. The food is delicious with balanced and interesting flavor profiles and very high quality ingredients. In peak hours, I would recommend planning to do take out since it gets very busy. The space is bright and airy with flexible seating to fit large groups (tables that fit 6-8, but expect to wait a bit for a table to open up) or feel cozy with a friend. Seating is first come, first serve with orders taken at the counter and food delivered to the tables based on the number/letter sign you get at the counter. I looooooooove the avocado toast here and am so happy that it is nut free and it can be vegan without the feta. The seasonal drinks (lattes, lemonades, spritzes) are amazing too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Avocado Toast
Got the Astro Sandwich and was a very weird mushy flavorless mess. Order the strawberry mango tea iced and it came with no ice... tasted like lukewarm water. SO CONFUSED about how this place stays busy.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
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