Excellent bialy, good variety. It is a testament to their craft that they're usually sold out by 1. 5 stars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
F M
Went here yesterday for lunch and it was so good. Got the okonomiyaki bagel as a lox sando with a nitro cold brew. everything was fresh, flavorful, and just done right.
WARNING: you’ll order more than you planned because everything looks amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Catie Prechtel
The bagels are divine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
JJ Goldman
Bialy Bird is really cute inside and the bialys looked awesome… Unfortunately they were pretty stale and the eggs were clearly powdered. Henry Higgins is for sure a better bang for your buck, because $18+ for a tiny bialy is just not the move in this economy.
As a side note, my cousin went here recently and didn’t like it, and they left a negative review. The review was since removed/hidden which is kinda suspicious.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Ash Provost
If you want one of the most satisfying lovingly earnest small-batch bites in Portland, go to Bialy Bird.
I’ve tried the classic bialys, the Bird, the okonomiyaki bialy, focaccia, braided babka, cardamom and cinnamon rolls, cookies, plus the matcha and hojicha lattes. Every single thing has been excellent.
The food feels thoughtfully built. High-quality ingredients layered with restraint and care. The cardamom roll is fragrant and perfectly balanced. The babka is rich without being heavy. The cookies nail the texture. I still think about them.
The matcha and hojicha lattes are earthy and grounded, creamy without being overly sweet. The hojicha has a deep roasted flavor that lingers in the best way. There’s a subtle Japanese influence throughout the menu that works beautifully.
The space is warm and charming. A place to settle in with a pastry and a drink and stay awhile.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kelly Kinnon
Bialy Bird is definitely a local (precious) gem. The people working there are friendly without being over the top, and the place has a great, relaxed vibe that makes you want to hang out for a bit, and most importantly, the food is delicious. You can tell they use quality ingredients — everything tastes fresh and well made. The HECC sandwich was a perfect blend of ham, egg and cheese, and the apricot bialy is excellent as well, especially if you like something sweet, but not too sweet. I split both with my wife for a perfect brunch in a place with great atmosphere. My wife loved her matcha as well. We'll be back for sure next time we are in PDX!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shannon O’Brien
I was very excited for this place to be honest. It was the most disappointed I think I’ve ever been from a restaurant in PDX. The bialy is cold, stale, flavorless (not to mention tiny). The eggs are powdered. The latte is milk with about a milliliter of coffee. I’m convinced that this place closes early not because they “sell out” like they claim but to manufacture hype that just doesn’t exist. Looking around at the other patrons, it was clear that no one was enjoying their food, and why would they? I can think of about a million ways I’d rather spend $20+ than on this.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Lauren G
This is a place that is getting by purely on artificially manufactured hype. The food is only nice to look at, not to eat.
I came with my boyfriend at like 12:30 on a Sunday and they were almost sold out. I got the pastrami one and he got the “Bird”. We got 2 vanilla lattes. TOTAL WAS $55. The lattes just tasted like milk, no vanilla at all. The egg patties on the sandwiches are actually disgusting and taste like instant eggs. The pastrami on my bialy was a 1” by 1” square. The bialys themselves were so hard and tough to chew that the roof of my mouth straight up bled. Sandwiches themselves were also so tiny.
Not worth it. I lived in nyc for 2 years and the food at this establishment is actually a joke. The only thing they have going for them is that the inside is very cute.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Ben Pavlovits
Bagels are creative and flavorful, the pastrami for the sandwich is super thick & falls apart in ya mouth of course, and the cappuccino is foamy, strong & creamy, as it should be. Lovely, cute interior.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brian Nguyen
Definitely a try once and only once type of spot. It was solid, nothing outstanding at their price point. Would fit well at a corporate slop food hall
Ordered the pecc focaccia sandwich. Focaccia was stale, but other ingredients were good. Enjoyed the chili jam
Don't get the orange juice, it's $6 for an 11.5 oz simple orange
Nice atmosphere but the food is bad and the coffee is just fine. Got the zatar and olive oil bialy egg sandwich and a cortado. How that ran $22 I haven’t got a clue but fine.
What’s wild is that it’s a powdered egg patty which gives you minimal flavor and the rest of it is haphazardly combined so all this other sauce/seasoning is just kinda tossed on. The chili crisp is lacking and the bread has that odd nails on a chalkboard feeling of either being microwaved or stale. You know when you microwave something and it’s somehow dry, hard, and chewy at the same time? Like that.
I got it a week ago and I’m still disappointed enough to write this.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
Phil Brockman
I ordered the lox meal and was found the lox drowned in a pile of cream cheese stuffed between the buns.
Individually the cream cheese as an ingredient was nice. The buns and the fish were subpar
It was a great spot to hang out and chat. The coffee was passable.
--- I don't see how to reply, so adding my response below:
I was a first time patron. I saw lox, I ordered the lox. I was disappointed with the cream cheese blend - it was tast,yes, but also in such abundance as to over power the fish
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Cynthia L.
Cute modern space for drinks and bialys. Love the creative flavor combos. The okonomiyaki bialy was very flavorful (not overwhelming) and great with just plain cream cheese. Husband loved his HEC on zaatar bialy.
Busy on the weekends with a steady line but service still moved along. Now I’ll be torn between waiting in line here or at Tabor Bread for my weekend bread pilgrimages.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First Last
It’s a bagel sandwich, but $18 dollars now.
Meag
I'm impressed. It's tough finding a solid bagel in Portland. The flavors of this bagel were so unique and the pastrami was delicious. I just wish there was more of it on the bagel. I wish I had tried another bagel on the menu but opted for the pinwheel. It was just okay. I wish they had heated it up, it was kind of dry. I need to come back and try some of the other bagels. Excited for them to expand!
Excellent bialy, good variety. It is a testament to their craft that they're usually sold out by 1. 5 stars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went here yesterday for lunch and it was so good. Got the okonomiyaki bagel as a lox sando with a nitro cold brew. everything was fresh, flavorful, and just done right.
WARNING: you’ll order more than you planned because everything looks amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The bagels are divine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bialy Bird is really cute inside and the bialys looked awesome… Unfortunately they were pretty stale and the eggs were clearly powdered. Henry Higgins is for sure a better bang for your buck, because $18+ for a tiny bialy is just not the move in this economy.
As a side note, my cousin went here recently and didn’t like it, and they left a negative review. The review was since removed/hidden which is kinda suspicious.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
If you want one of the most satisfying lovingly earnest small-batch bites in Portland, go to Bialy Bird.
I’ve tried the classic bialys, the Bird, the okonomiyaki bialy, focaccia, braided babka, cardamom and cinnamon rolls, cookies, plus the matcha and hojicha lattes. Every single thing has been excellent.
The food feels thoughtfully built. High-quality ingredients layered with restraint and care. The cardamom roll is fragrant and perfectly balanced. The babka is rich without being heavy. The cookies nail the texture. I still think about them.
The matcha and hojicha lattes are earthy and grounded, creamy without being overly sweet. The hojicha has a deep roasted flavor that lingers in the best way. There’s a subtle Japanese influence throughout the menu that works beautifully.
The space is warm and charming. A place to settle in with a pastry and a drink and stay awhile.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bialy Bird is definitely a local (precious) gem. The people working there are friendly without being over the top, and the place has a great, relaxed vibe that makes you want to hang out for a bit, and most importantly, the food is delicious. You can tell they use quality ingredients — everything tastes fresh and well made. The HECC sandwich was a perfect blend of ham, egg and cheese, and the apricot bialy is excellent as well, especially if you like something sweet, but not too sweet. I split both with my wife for a perfect brunch in a place with great atmosphere. My wife loved her matcha
as well. We'll be back for sure next time we are in PDX!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I was very excited for this place to be honest. It was the most disappointed I think I’ve ever been from a restaurant in PDX. The bialy is cold, stale, flavorless (not to mention tiny). The eggs are powdered. The latte is milk with about a milliliter of coffee. I’m convinced that this place closes early not because they “sell out” like they claim but to manufacture hype that just doesn’t exist. Looking around at the other patrons, it was clear that no one was enjoying their food, and why would they? I can think of about a million ways I’d rather spend $20+ than on this.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
This is a place that is getting by purely on artificially manufactured hype. The food is only nice to look at, not to eat.
I came with my boyfriend at like 12:30 on a Sunday and they were almost sold out. I got the pastrami one and he got the “Bird”. We got 2 vanilla lattes. TOTAL WAS $55. The lattes just tasted like milk, no vanilla at all. The egg patties on the sandwiches are actually disgusting and taste like instant eggs. The pastrami on my bialy was a 1” by 1” square. The bialys themselves were so hard and tough to chew that the roof of my mouth straight up bled. Sandwiches themselves were also so tiny.
Not worth it. I lived in nyc for 2 years and the food at this establishment is actually a joke. The only thing they have going for them is that the inside is very cute.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Bagels are creative and flavorful, the pastrami for the sandwich is super thick & falls apart in ya mouth of course, and the cappuccino is foamy, strong & creamy, as it should be. Lovely, cute interior.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Definitely a try once and only once type of spot. It was solid, nothing outstanding at their price point. Would fit well at a corporate slop food hall
Ordered the pecc focaccia sandwich. Focaccia was stale, but other ingredients were good. Enjoyed the chili jam
Don't get the orange juice, it's $6 for an 11.5 oz simple orange
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
Nice atmosphere but the food is bad and the coffee is just fine. Got the zatar and olive oil bialy egg sandwich and a cortado. How that ran $22 I haven’t got a clue but fine.
What’s wild is that it’s a powdered egg patty which gives you minimal flavor and the rest of it is haphazardly combined so all this other sauce/seasoning is just kinda tossed on. The chili crisp is lacking and the bread has that odd nails on a chalkboard feeling of either being microwaved or stale. You know when you microwave something and it’s somehow dry, hard, and chewy at the same time? Like that.
I got it a week ago and I’m still disappointed enough to write this.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
I ordered the lox meal and was found the lox drowned in a pile of cream cheese stuffed between the buns.
Individually the cream cheese as an ingredient was nice. The buns and the fish were subpar
It was a great spot to hang out and chat. The coffee was passable.
--- I don't see how to reply, so adding my response below:
I was a first time patron. I saw lox, I ordered the lox. I was disappointed with the cream cheese blend - it was tast,yes, but also in such abundance as to over power the fish
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Cute modern space for drinks and bialys. Love the creative flavor combos. The okonomiyaki bialy was very flavorful (not overwhelming) and great with just plain cream cheese. Husband loved his HEC on zaatar bialy.
Busy on the weekends with a steady line but service still moved along. Now I’ll be torn between waiting in line here or at Tabor Bread for my weekend bread pilgrimages.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It’s a bagel sandwich, but $18 dollars now.
I'm impressed. It's tough finding a solid bagel in Portland.
The flavors of this bagel were so unique and the pastrami was delicious. I just wish there was more of it on the bagel. I wish I had tried another bagel on the menu but opted for the pinwheel. It was just okay. I wish they had heated it up, it was kind of dry. I need to come back and try some of the other bagels. Excited for them to expand!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loading...