We had been here years ago and liked it then, and were interested to see if we still like it now. We we're at the hotel shopping so we decided to come back and try yardbird for a second time.
Walking in the front room is dark and cozy with large couches and bar-height tables and being close to the bar can also be full and loud.
We called ahead to make a reservation as some of the other yelpers mentioned long wait times without one. They sat us right away in the back room towards the kitchen. It had more light was somewhat quieter and had traditional height dining tables.
My husband and I ate here for dinner and shared the warm farmers cheese and watermelon and classic buttermilk biscuit for appetizers.
The Warm Farmer's Cheese is served on top of a cut of sweet watermelon and is soooo good. I'm not sure what farmer's cheese is, but it's so amazing I'd eat it on everything. My only suggestion is to give me more! For me, it would be a miss to come here and not experience it.
I ordered the vegetarian entree, Gnocchi Pot Pie. It sounded amazing but when it came out it had so much fresh rosemary it was slightly bitter and I usually like Rosemary. I love that they make it from scratch in house and is served with half a biscuit above and below. I think with less Rosemary it would have been pretty incredible.
My husband was a huge fan of the fried chicken and honey hot sauce. He says it will be his go to meal here.
We also ordered the Crispy Brussels with spiced honey. The Brussels themselves were really good and fried till dark. I thought the sauce was way sweet, my husband liked the sweetness level.