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BIRD
(Now Closed)Fried Chicken Joint and Donut Shop££££
Hackney, London
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Amazingly crispy fried chicken - perfect balance between crisp batter and super juicy chicken. The corn pudding is great all with lovely service. If you've got room have some doughnuts after..
Darren BeukesMay 29, 2016Coeliac girlfriend was excited to have gluten-free fried chicken. Usually I find the GF options inferior but not so with BIRD. Yummy pieces and wings. Interesting selection of sides and cocktails.
Benjamin SanyaAugust 8, 2014Beautiful, chicken is crispy golden on the outside, nice and juicy on the inside, nice fries too, nice fries, service could be better tho!
Eddie SharkeyAugust 7, 2014The Fried Chicken Sandwich (£10) is very good. Also the Corn Pudding side (£3.50) which has cheese & Jalapeño in is extremely tasty.
Chicken: crisp and delicious. Sauces: good buffalo. Sides: recommend Korean fries. Desserts: MUST HAVE doughnut ice cream sandwich or waffle sundae. Nom.
Kim PhamSeptember 4, 2016The sticky soy garlic glaze is a bit salty, but the wings are great. The deep fried pickles are also heaven!
Burgers aren't anything to write home about but some of the best buffalo sauce I've had in the area
Nice meal deal. Good dipping/glacing sauce selection. Sometimes service is slow, but the fried chicken pays off. Good for groups, as there's enough space.
Luxembourg MamaSeptember 9, 2016Gluten Free fried chicken is delicious even to those not interested in gluten free. High chairs available & kids menus, crayons too. Great place
Chris EvansDecember 12, 2016Food was delicious! Mixed fried chicken for £12 was plenty to share, you have to get the fries with a pot of chicken fat gravy too!
ChrisJune 14, 2016Great place to come in Shoreditch. Excellent fried chicken burgers. Bit expensive though.
Ales LozanoJuly 27, 2014Amazing place for fried chicken lovers, the whaffle combination is surprisingly tasty with the maple sirup! Highly recommended
I challenge anyone in East London to find better tasting chicken then this. Great staff, good atmosphere and nice selection of beers.
Matthew RobsonJanuary 19, 2017Overpriced, grim chicken that looks like it's been through a nuclear war. If you like it bland and burned to a cinder you've come to the right place.
Ish MahdiMarch 10, 2016Chicken waffle burger was huge and dead tasty - if you like fried chicken it's a good place to start
Matthew RobinsonJune 10, 2014Love this place. Highly recommend the hot and sweet glaze chicken with the mu shu pancakes to put it in!
Lewis TNovember 3, 2015Chicken and bacon burger is great as is the corn pudding side. Go for normal fries. Give cocktails a miss, not good. Honeycomb ice cream was OK.- Try the chicken and waffle burger if you're really hungry followed by the doughnut holes with salted caramel sauce...
AndrewMay 1, 2014Unfortunately, my visit was only so-so. The chicken burger was drowned in sauce and pretty small; the bun was huge in comparison to the chicken. Waffle burger much better but, again, too much sauce :(
Ruth WatsonMarch 28, 2015The corn pudding was delish!! Overall food was overpriced - yes. I still had a very pleasant meal here and wouldn't rate it too bad for high price. Desserts were a major letdown!
Ralph MallettDecember 23, 2016Burgers and wings were great - I went for buffalo and Nashville hot, but the service wasn't so hot...- Fried chicken sandwich, great selection of Ales and the best Doughnuts in London.
Tej Sanusi ✔August 23, 2014Had the chicken burger and I had a fight on to get to the chicken. The Search continues.
Martin MarmorsteinMarch 14, 2016Very delicious chicken plates, but a few of waitresses had no idea where they were working.
Tobias OtteNovember 28, 2014Checken and waffle burger is worth a try but it should be for 2 persons. Way too much for one.
Samuel CroslandJune 13, 2014This place is definitely trying too hard. £3.50 for 10slices of cucumber? Wtf! Couldn't finish the waffle and chicken burger. Looks like it's made by city-boys to cash in on the hipsters
R93February 20, 2015Good for a quick meal. The food is mediocre and pricey. There are far better places than this around Shoreditch. I wouldn't recommend it.
Nikki BApril 9, 2015Terrible place, rude staff, horrible food! To the chefs do yourself a favour and taste the horrible stuff you are over charging your customers for! To the floor staff smile, be polite anything.....
RobertoDecember 27, 2018It was ok. The burger wasn’t spicy as described but workaround this with table hot sauce. Probably a little overpriced for what it is
Cynthia TFebruary 9, 2015Very disappointing. Came because of the delicious looking food pics on Instagram. What I got was greasy overlooked chicken and chips. It's a real shame
- Bob KellerNovember 21, 2014Visited Bird last week and was really disappointed! Terrible food! The chicken was dry, there wasn't much of it (maybe that was a good thing?) and the sides were overpriced.
Arif AnsariJuly 27, 2015The chicken was fine but nothing special. The fries oily. I didn't enjoy it.
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- Mon–Wed, Sun
- 8:00 AM–11:30 PM
- Thu–Sat
- 8:00 AM–12:30 AM
+44 20 7613 5168
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Bek Ryan - 6.8
"Chicken is fantastic quality with big portions of thick fries. Love this place."
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"Nicest chicken cottage I've seen to date. Lots of seats and WARM! Great for quick meals."
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