Today I made my first visit to The Perch during Happy Hour and to my surprise, it was actually a pretty cool spot with a lot of potential. They had a decent amount of customers and their theme is consistent with their name, birds. They had several exotic birds in their courtyard (in cages) and lots of plants, giving you the allusion of being somewhere very far from Arizona. The only downside to this is that all of the foliage made it extremely difficult to locate the building. My friends and I all had a challenging time finding this obscure location, and then being to identify the restaurant/any type of sign was almost impossible.
When we were inside we saw that their food menu and beer selection seemed pretty nice, and I was very excited to try their hummus because they had two unique flavors. I ordered a hummus board, their sweet potato and marshmallow tots, and a turkey club sandwich. Their hummus board came with a great amount of fresh veggies, sliced pita, and two scoops of hummus (one of each flavor). This is where the disappointment followed. I specifically remember one hummus was supposed to be a "roasted chili + lime beer" flavor, but it was so bland! No heat from the chilis, no hint of lime, no trace of any beer. The only thing you could really pick up was a bland chick pea flavor. And both scoops tasted nearly identical. The turkey club wasn't bad, but nothing to write home about either. And the sweet potato and marshmallow tots seemed like sweet potato tots...tossed in maple syrup...and mixed in with some marshmallows? Not exactly what I was expecting. My friend ordered a belgian peach beer that they brew on sight and said it was delicious so at least their beer is good!
Overall, the food was slightly disappointing, and the spot was hard to find, but once you're inside it seems like it could be a pretty good place to hang out or meet for just drinks.