So I just had my worst experience ever at Early Bird. I came in to order breakfast to go and the bartender offered me a seat at the bar while I waited. One of the waiters then came by and asked me to get up because he'd given the seats to someone else. The bartender apologized and said that the seats at the bar are first come first serve, not reserved. So I walked back over by the door to wait. I then see the waiter who asked me to move ask folks who just walked in if the bar would be OK and gave them my seat. So not only was it embarrassing to be asked to move like I wasn't as important as a sit-in customer, he straight up lied that he'd already given it to someone else. Not sure I'll come back to a place where I'm treated this way. I felt like I wasn't important at all. I do want to say that the food is good and the bartender was doing a fantastic job. read more

Early bird was fantastic! It was a little bit of a wait but totally worth it! The breakfast tacos are always incredible!!

Ordered the Eggs Florentine and coffee. I was pleasantly surprised by which the speed of the dish appeared in front of me. The poached eggs were perfectly done. The spinach was very plentiful on the dish and thick cut tomato slices. No skimping here. The hollandaise sauce was silky smooth and added a great layer of flavor to the dish without overwhelming it. Then it was topped with a generous layer of paprika and green onion. On the side was a generous portion of hash browns. Crisped perfectly without a greasy taste that hash browns can sometimes have. The service was great my coffee never got beyond half full. The menu is massive can't wait to come back! read more

Early Bird Breakfast Pub - Fireplace - Bar - coffee - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

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Like many, I had consulted Yelp reviews before heading into the Early Bird for a late breakfast with an old friend. I had my concerns...reports of long wait times and mediocre fair can be found peppered throughout the ratings. Let's face reality folks, every restaurant has its busy periods and you're not going to please everybody all the time. The menu was a short but descriptive 5 pages handed out on a clipboard with enough variety to suit almost any appetite. I settled on the eggs Atlantis and coffee after a picture I had seen online. My friend and I got a good 15 minutes of visiting done before our food arrived. I can say I have never had this dish before but I have fallen in love with it. It was a wonderful blend of different things... Salmon, eggs, sauce, English muffin, and of course the sweet potato tots. Presentation was great as you can see from the picture, the food was hot and well prepared, the sweet potato tots offer a nice yin and yang of sweet and salty...the coffee was strong an excellent. Our waiter was very attentive, never let my coffee cup go dry and even offered me a to go cup on the way out. I'm sure the place is busy on the weekends, and I think it's well deserved. I am a fan and will be back soon. Give it a try on a weekday when you have time and you won't be disappointed. read more

Early Bird Breakfast Pub - Eggs Atlantis with sweet potato nugs. A fantastic taste combination that you should treat yourself to at least once! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

This place has a great concept. Hip sports bar meets breakfast joint heaven. It doesn't make you feel guilty about drinking at 11am. All with an added bonus of supporting a local business. Sweet potato tots were phenomenal. Eggs Atlantis were also great. Next time we plan to branch out from their plain mimosa. Oh yea, it's a little pricey...so prepare your wallet. read more

Early Bird Breakfast Pub - Eggs Atlantis with sweet potato tots - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

I love Early Bird. They have a really unique brunch menu and delicious boozy breakfast drinks. I am yet to find a place in SGF with a comparable casual, hip atmosphere. If you go on the weekend, expect a wait. It really is that good. A consideration for management: Servers and hosts wear casual clothing with nothing to distinguish them as workers. This can cause some confusion when trying to get added to the wait list, especially because hosts do not actively seek out incoming guests, take charge, or otherwise make themselves known verbally. It feels like the expectation has always been to walk in, wait awkwardly for 5 minutes, and go find somebody to help you. Today a soft-spoken woman stood in front of me for at least 10 minutes because she couldn't tell who the host was and wasn't assertive enough to speak up. People just kept filing in behind us, and the line grew and grew. Especially with the heavy entrance congestion, which is typical of the weekend Early Bird experience, it could help with efficiency to get t-shirts for staff, or at least hosts. read more

GREAT FOOD! It seems a bit dirty and dingy to me but I also wear glasses. Probably just need to clean them. The ambiance is 'eh'. did I mention the food is GREAT! There is usually a :30-:45 wait during rush - and people are crammed in the hostess area, entry and outside. Service can be slow. Waitress put the 'check folder' down the back of her jeans...ewwwwwww! That's a HUGE red flag for me. Ummm, what touches the inside-rear of your jeans.....Gaaaross! My only reason for a 3-star review. Well maybe the dinginess too. read more

Really good food here. Marrisa was a very good waitress for someone whose been employed only couple days. But watch out as they really heap the food on your plate! Hoo boy! What I didn't like was how dark the place was. It's a breakfast place with a bar inside? That was a little strange. read more

One of my favorite places to visit whenever I am in town! My fave is the Lox Sliders! So good!!

I adore this place. They have lots of options for any diet. Really well priced meals and drinks. They are enforcing social distancing and masks perfectly and throughly. Our server Ian was kind, prompt and efficient. read more

I'm giving them a 5 on everything but just one small issue, which I didn't think should have knocked them down to a 4. Our food was a bit on the side of lukewarm rather than hot, so that is the only negative thing I have to say. Otherwise the service was great, staff super nice and fast, food was great and no sticker shock. So all in all a positive experience! read more

They need to fix their setup for new guests. Tiny waiting room without a host stand.... waited about 15 minutes just to be greeted and get on the waiting list... after five minutes no contact from any employees so walked up to the bartender and asked, she said the host will be with you. After another ten minutes of watching who I expect was the host wander in the distance we left. There were two other guests behind me waiting as well.... read more

Wow!! I went with 3 adult friends and 3 kids and we all loved this place. If you can please 7 people, it's gotta be good. My friend got the Mac & cheese and that's the only dish that stands out. It was so delicious. I had the puff pastry thing. It was good but honestly the Mac & cheese was a huge portion & some of the best I've ever had. The portions are huge, the menu is fun & interesting and the prices are good. They have a good drink menu as well. Our only issue was the service. The service wasn't the best but not bad enough to keep us away. Will be a regular brunch spot for us. It's also not as long of a wait as some of the other "popular" brunch spots. read more

For Easter Sunday we joined the Early Bird Breakfast pub shortly before the lunch rush began. We sat out on the patio and had a wonderful attentive server named Hope. We ordered the burg with fries and el taco sausage, and sweet potato nuggs. The burg had bacon with fresh toppings and cooked to perfection. The el taco has the choice between several toppings and we picked sausage. It was an entire sausage link cut into rings spread throughout the dish. Everything was the perfect portion and the service was excellent. read more

Early Bird Breakfast Pub - The burg with fries - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

Very disrespectful place to eat, my friend took me here to eat breakfast and i've never been before. As soon as we walk in the servers we rude to us, when we sat down my friend asked how much the hot chocolate was to another server because our server wasn't attending to us and the other server said "I don't know, you'll have to ask your server" and walked away. As we were heading out ready to leave our server came to us and complained that our tip was "not cool" i'm guessing we didn't tip to his standards. This place wasn't to our standards. read more

This place has AMAZING food. I had the eggs Benedict with sweet potatoes and my husband had the French toast sandwich. Just amazing!!

It's a really cool, laid back place. Servers are attentive, food decent. The thing I like is that the food is different. The menu is really cool. Gives a young, hipster vibe. I had the El Tacos and a mimosa for breakfast and it didn't disappoint. They got a little demeaning and offensive on their mask requirement sign, I believe trying to target humor... for marketing's sake, I'd change that but overall, it was nice. read more

They have amazing food for the right price. Always busy, so there maybe a little bit of a wait. We went on Mother's Day, so it was packed, but they worked hard and got us in in a decent amount of time. read more

Aaron is the best server I've had in a while hooked it up with the killer food and make our first experience amazing, most definitely and fuck the bitch that had a shitty fuckin towards my man Aaron read more

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This probably my favorite place in all of Springfield. Food is outstanding service is fantastic and the vibe is just cool. When I am in town I always make at least one stop. read more

The food didn't offer up anything unique, and sitting outside is a terrible idea owing to the flies swarming the area.

Best breakfast place ever. Real people, strong and tasty drinks. Laid back atmosphere. Great variety of food. Want traditional fare. You got it. Want to change it up or add some flare. Do it. I always get the el burrito with corned beef. If somethin fun is off or not right they will fix it. I always leave satisfied. read more

I really want to give this place a better review because the food is pretty good. It's a little greasy and the portions are unnecessarily huge, but hands down the worst service I've encountered and it doesn't matter how busy they are. I called to place a to go order. Put on hold 10 minutes. Hung up and tried to call again. Busy signal for the next 20 minutes. I had given up but just wanted to see how long it would be until they answered again. I just don't have the patience for a place with no stress on customer service. There are better places in town with staff that care. read more

Very laid back type of feel. I ate breakfast one morning during the week. The food was good but not sure they sold me on the extra $$$ over a traditional breakfast spot. I will be back to try it on a weekend, when I can add a Bloody Mary to my breakfast. read more

I want to rate this place higher because the food is so amazing, but the service here (or what we experienced this morning) is atrocious. I brought my mom in because I had been here once before and had had a good experience. We waited the expected time for a seat (15-20 minutes) and placed our orders pretty quickly. After an hour of waiting for food and a good 40 minutes since our waiter checked on us, I stopped a random waitress and explained to her that we had been waiting for about an hour and that I couldn't help but notice that everyone around us, who was seated after us, had already gotten and eaten their food. I was calm, didnt raise my voice at all, was genuniely wondering. She gave me some lame excuse about the patio.. about how when it's open, they push the food out there first. Ok, I understand that. But I sat here and watched a group seated 45 minutes after us get their food before us. She came back explaining that they had a new food runner and he got confused. Our order finally came up. Like I said before, the food was amazing. But we weren't discounted for anything. We got a measly apology from the waitress that wasn't even our waitress. It would be totally different if they were just honest about either losing or missing our order, but they weren't. And they charged us full price. We won't be coming back again. read more

Sooooooo good. Worth stopping for. The biscuits and gravy was delightful. My daughter loved her eggs Benedict and son loved his waffle. Two big thumbs up. read more

I love love love this place! I have been here twice and I have had a great experience both times Prices aren't crazy high and the food is good. My boyfriend ordered the full order of waffles and he wasn't crazy about them, he loves the huge style Belgium waffles and thats what he was expecting. These waffles are a lot more thin and greasy/buttery, but he said they were still good. I love their coffee and my waitress did a good job on making sure to fill up my cup often! read more

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This was a YELP discovery and we are very impressed. Great atmosphere and the food has been amazing. The serving sizes are huge. I highly recommend the omelette. The service staff are friendly and quick to respond. This was a great find in an area we have never been to before. read more

The wait on weekends is always long but the food never disappoints. The sweet potato tots are amazing as well as the monkey bread!

Went here with a big group on a Saturday morning before 10. Even though it looked busy, our wait wasn't too much. The staff was friendly, and quick. The food itself was very tasty and everyone was surprised and happy at the huge menu. The quantity was a lot too! Our table ordered mimosas and were very happy with it. Everyone's food looked very very presentable, and came out nice and warm. I had the eggs Florentine and was very pleased with it. The eggs were perfectly done, and the pastry was good too. I wish the plate had a little more hollandaise, but it was still tasty. I ordered the sweet potato nuggets and that made the dish quite heavy and filling. My friends ordered the burrito, chicken in waffles, biscuits and gravy and almost everyone had enough leftover for lunch! I wish there could be a little more lighting in there, but it still has good ambience. Will definitely be going back often! read more

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I really don't understand why this place is rated so high. We came here with no expectations and were still very disappointed. The staff was incredibly unprofessional, with a couple kissing behind the bar in the middle of breakfast rush, and a waitress wearing a crop top when it's 20 degrees outside... the food was just okay, nothing great by any means. I was excited about the sweet potato nuggs, but those weren't even good. This place just seemed like they were ran by a bunch of young hipsters...establishment was dirty and overcrowded. Sad to say we will probably not be back. read more

Very good service & eclectic menu - very good for breakfast & food was delicious. Get there early Bcuz they get busy fast!

We found this establishment thru Yelp and thought we would give it a try. It looked small from the outside but the parking lot was packed, as good sign. I don't recall what I ordered but it was great. As we were waiting for the waitress, not very long, we were looking at other plates being delivered. They all looked very good. When we received our food, both my wife and I were very pleased. This is definitely a place we will be revisiting when we come back to this area. Highly recommended and you will not be disappointed, based on my experience there. read more

I had the el chubacabra (much like huevos ranchero). But I put it all together myself. But it was very very good! My husband had a burger and he said it was good. The service was quick and friendly. They could have gotten the last star if the music was more for general audience and not hard rock. And it was too loud for people trying to talk in a restaurant. Psi good coffee! read more

We just moved to the area. We are foodies who have eaten and lived all over the world. This place is legit! Scratch cooking with amazing flavor. The sandwiches are amazing. Tried the Bible BELT with their fried and basil mayo, PHENOMENAL! The bird dishes with puff pastry are all great, especially like the Eagle. Great service. Knowledgeable and friendly staff! This is now our regular spot. read more

Great food & very clean! The Breakfast Margarita is a must try! We had a little bit of a wait once we placed our order, but nothing unreasonable. read more

Loud, crowded and, at least for our visit (Monday, late morning), staffed by one good, but overwhelmed waitress. Food was very good. If you are looking for a breakfast place that serves booze, this is it! read more

Great atmosphere with fantastic drinks and food. We arrived around 1045 am for brunch and we were seated immediately. Fantastic service!! A must if you are in Springfield!! read more

This is a busy place, so get yourself a cup of coffee or a breakfast cocktail while you wait because the food is with the wait. Or if you are a smaller party sit at the bar, like I did. Service was great. Had the chorizo & eggs which had the perfect amount of spice. Served with a few corn tortillas and you've got your own breakfast tacos. Biscuit was a bit disappointing but the gravy had good flavor. It go back again when in Springfield. read more

We came here for breakfast on a Sunday morning. There was a long line, but people grew weary and impatient and left, so our estimated 45 min wait was really 10 min. I ordered the apple bourbon glazed ham breakfast with poached eggs. I also ordered a side of sausage patties, and loved the peppery spices that popped out with the amazing flavor. Everything was sooo delicious and tasted fresh. Sweet potato tater tots were awesome! We will definitely return here for breakfast. The portions are huge and it was a good amount of food to keep me full all day until dinner. read more