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| - I got seriously excited after seeing all the glowing reviews and learning that Yardbird served brunch! You see, my girls and I do brunch once a month and are always on the lookout for something new and exciting. We showed up at 11am on a Sunday (per the website this is the opening time). It looked like they had been open for some time and we were asked by a rather rude hostess if we had reservations. We don't normally consider making brunch reservations, many places around the valley don't even offer brunch reservations. We advised that we didn't and she let us know that they were "fully committed" until 11:45. We asked if we could sit at the empty bar and she advised again that they were "fully committed." OK, we had to ask if there was a waiting list and she advised to just come back at 11:45 so we walked away. It then occurred to us that we would probably be turned away again, so we went back in and spoke with a much nicer hostess who took our name and number and advised she would call if they had anything earlier.
We were finally seated at 11:45, at a table that had been empty for at least 15 minutes. When we were seated we noticed that there were actually a lot of empty tables, I guess it's a little exclusive, meaning you have to wait at least 30 minutes to be seated even if the restaurant is empty. The restaurant itself is absolutely adorable. I loved the rustic Southern decor and the really cool lighting fixtures. The front portion of the restaurant has a porch and parlor like feel with couches and arm chairs. Then it blends into communal tables and finally some general restaurant tables. I personally think the parlor area is a waste of space, nobody wants to eat in arm chairs with tiny tables. They should consider making more tables, since there is such a long wait.
We were seated at a high top table behind the communal tables and I was surprised how small the table was since most dishes serve 2 - 4 people. We ordered a few items to split between the 3 of us and there was barely room on our table. We started with the Blackberry Bourbon lemonade, which was definitely a heavy pour from the bar, always a good thing. I also enjoyed an $11 mimosa, which apparently they only have on the weekends.
We did enjoy the food, the mama's chicken biscuits were really tasty, but there was way too much biscuit. I was especially fond of their house made pickles, so perfectly balanced. The mac and cheese had a weird orange color but was super tasty, I could have eaten one myself. The eggs and ham was fine, the ham was tasty and the grits were OK, but nothing special. We also ordered the corn bread but it never made it to our table. Our waitress was less than apologetic, but we decided we would just switch it out for the cinnamon apple hand pies. There were only 2, so we had to do a little math, but we split them up and enjoyed them. I really liked them, although there could have been a bit more apple flavor.
Overall, the food was pretty good, but not for the price. The menu suggests sharing, but the portions are a little on the small side. The service also wasn't that great, we had a few questions and our server told us she would ask but never came back with answers. I really like the decor and the food, wish they would lower their prices or at least offer a locals discount. It seems that they are catering to the one and done tourist crowd. This definitely won't be on the brunch rotation.
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