Bird's in East Staffordshire

Nice they have added a few tables now at the back. Always fresh cakes and friendly staff, even if they are a bit slow. Caramel donuts and elephants feet are the best!

I couldn’t believe the price for a sausage roll nothing special not even a large one £1.30 can’t see any reason for this high price

Staff pleasant, hygiene standards not good.. Surrey should be wearing gloves when handling food instead of bare hands! Also serving on till whilst touching food. Food is nice but not much of a variety..

all the cakes and pastries are really fresh . The staff are friendly and knowledgeable .The pastries and pies are well filled and the pork pies delicious. The produce ie ham ,corned beef , sausage s etc are a bit pricey but worth it . Wide variety of breads and rolls

i dont use the tea room too often but it provides everything it should. what you need to knwo about are the cakes!! i dont live in the area but the cakes Birds sell in all their branches are the best in the country! i travel hundreds of miles for these - or put in orders with family and friends the only criticism i have with the tea room is there is always a queue when i go!! so that speaks volumes.

if you like lovely fresh cobs and cheese scones they go very quick. If you are going to Burton and you have a reciept phone and they will put you them by till you get there.

Went to Birds cafe yesterday lunchtime as I so often have done over the last 40 years. Walking through the downstairs double doors my eyes and brain did a little 'loop the loop' short circuit and I went dizzy and my knees buckled. I looked around at the faces of customers and staff for help in making sense of the altered reality in front of me, my head and eyes went back and forth from stairs to staff I stepped back out of the door, I waited a second before re-entering, hoping that there had been a glitch in the fabric of time or my poor fractured mind was tricking me. I guess to the staff and punters that I must have looked like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, clicking her heals and snapping her eyes open and shut praying for normality to be restored as I exclaimed WHAT!! UH? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN???? But alas dear reader, this was not to be. The staircase had gone; been airbrushed from history (as you can see from my picture, which miraculously isn't blurred, as my hands were shaking like a cold forlorn cake pilgrim). None of the staff spoke about the desecration, despite me standing there for a good 12 minutes shaking my head and rubbing my eyes as I held on to the small bun rack for stability, looking at the space where the stairway once stood. I don't know if they were too embarrassed to say anything or if they too were traumatised and been instructed to deny it ever existed? The cafe is now inaccessible even to staff, builders and property surveyors. It has been sealed up and no one is allowed in. But everything has been left exactly as it was on that fateful morning that the stairs were removed last week. It is a time capsule for future generations who want to study an authentic 1970's cafe. Archeologists and social historians will visit in the future and marvel at the quirky art on the walls (who can forget crying child with big eyes and lit candle?),and look at the badly positioned glass cake stand that was very rarely used. They will reverently turn over the brown sauce packets and look at the use by date. The National Trust will analyse the floral wallpaper, the clashing patterned carpet and become excited. I also guess they will look at the very recently installed card reader and surmise that this was a last failed attempt to bring the cafe into the 21st Century - or will they view that as a symbol of the futility and folly of technology interfacing with a cafe so deeply frozen in time as Birds, and that the card reader ultimately brought about it's downfall? So, readers, mourn with me and recall happier times. Gone but not forgotten. EDIT -One final word - Upon completing this written section of the review, I scrolled down to the section that requires specific answers to a set of questions , one of them is.. "Does this restaurant have waiters and waitresses?" ... I was taken by surprise at the volume of my weeping during contemplation of this question, my wife came running to see what the matter was ! Even my 3 years studying philosophy didn't prepare me for this question. Where is Jean Paul Sartre when you need him most ; what would the ancient Geeks have said to such conundrum? (that there is a perfect example of this cafe still in existence in the realm of forms ? Would Bishop Berkely have said that they still exist because God still held them in his mind despite the fact that we close our eyes to their existence? If ever there was an Existential question then this is it? Fun fact - no male has ever worked in Birds in 47 years. What is the meaning of this? It NEVER ever had a waiter.

Can't really say any more than best cakes and pastries in town. Birds cakes are by far the best around

I have been going into Birds since I was a kid and have always found it a relaxing place to eat.They also did the catering for my Dads 80th which was great success. Recently they changed the menu which I found disappointing and didn't go so much. The bacon egg and chips was lovely which they stopped doing. I lover the fact that it hasn't changed much since it has been open which is part of its charm. and you can watch the world go by from the window. Was really gutted to find out the cafe' is now closing. Can't you change your mind and get Mary Queen of shops to help give it a new lease of life instead of relocating?

Birds has always been a good place for lunch if you don't want fancy food, cakes as every one in the area around here can tell you are fantastic as is all there food in the shop. The trouble with the place is it has not moved with the times in any shape or form, it needs a revamp urgently, also for anyone who cannot clime stairs there is no other way to get up to the restaurant.

We have eaten here several times when shopping. The service is always good and there is a basic choice of food and cakes. Ideal when looking for something light to eat

Brought my bread and cakes which i like and the offer of a free tea or coffe was in the offering. Ok, upstairs to get my drink and decided to have dinner at the same time. Friendly staff and an air of relaxation. Peaceful and if by a window watch the world go buy-bliss. Worth a visit, as a similar venue (not Birds) in Dunoon, Scotland was utter rubbish and that was for tourists.

wow these cakes are to die for, so much selection and all taste wonderful, baked to perfection, ones with cream so delicious, you wont go wrong here

Called in for lunch egg mayo sandwich we only have brown bread they replied..... Can I have a sausage roll..... We haven't got any. They replied.. Can I have a cheese and onion pasty... We haven't got any they replied.... Diet coke please..... We only have cans they replied...... Hardly a reputable dining experience from a cafe of 50 years business... Be shocked if it makes another year!

It is thirty years since we were last in this cafe- reassuring that same quality of cakes, same quality of service, and clearly much loved still by the locals. On the day we visited the queue was outside the door for the cakes. Spacious lay out of tables, never feel squashed up. Recommended.

you can have anything from breakfast [light lunches pots of tea -coffee soft drinks . a good brunch menu. , waitress service .i visit several times a year.

Don't expect a huge choice. The menu has been pretty much the same since 1976, but that is why we love it.

Food always good, but decor needs updating a bit off putting for people who don't come from the area.

Called in one lunchtime with my daughter who fancied soup and bread roll. Soup of the day advertised and when asked what this was, given a choice of 4 soups - chicken, mushroom, tomato or vegetable. Should have realised then it wasn't homemade soup but out of a tin The only redeeming feature was the lovely bread roll.

Always faultless food, glad they take cards now. Everything they sell is fresh and very reasonably priced. A nice old school local business, well done.

I often go here when I'm in the area, the food is excellent, and they always have specials on which are great value. The restaurant is a little dated, but it is always clean. The staff do seem to get a little confused with orders sometimes, but the are always very friendly.

As I am often in the town centre at lunchtime I find myself popping into Birds for lunch as it is very convenient. Time after time I peruse the menu and come to the conclusion that as the all day breakfast is only slightly more expensive than anything else on the menu I will have that. And guess what, time after time the breakfast ( eggs, bacon and sausage ) are overcooked. When will I learn ?

Birds has been in the town for years and I can remember cakes and pork pie being a treat as a child.

Birds are renowned for their bread rolls,cakes, potted beef. Brilliant. They also have their cafe upstairs above the shop. A large area, a good range of cakes, snacks, sandwiches at a good price. Good friendly staff, service.

Birds always serves up good cakes. I also had a great jacket potato there once. Birds has been around for years, I used to go there with my best friend as a kid.

Bird's is one of those cafes that you 'discover'. It is situated at the top of a fairly steep staircase above Bird's confectionery shop in Burton High Street.