Birds on Irongate in Derby

Brilliant little bar / coffee shop, food is very impressive and you can tell they care about what they do, thanks guys

Lovely food. Had toast for Lunch.

Best coffee in Derbyshire,bar none.

All good, had to order pouched eggs, asked if it had meet, she said yeah, then asked if I wanted plain, I said yes, then it had no eggs, which is what she meant. Must have been me

Really great coffee house and the breakfast was devine! Worth the price tag! Venue is also really nice would like to go back for some later afternoon/early evening cocktails!

Sunday so not too busy. Chips were great, veggie burger was tasty.

Really nice coffee and awesome chocolate and banned cake!

Theres very few places in Derby, which are dog friendly (this is meant to be one of them) so me and the pooch popped in. I ordered a latte which took at least 15 minutes to arrive. I'm certain the staff weren't milking a cow as I ordered oat milk, so I've no idea why it took so long. I ordered a brownie also which was put on a plate, it didn't come with cream or ice cream. Considering it's a 'dog friendly ' venue there's no dog treats in any way shape or form. As for feedback all the owner seems to put in response to the bad reviews is a generic response. We won't be coming back.

The pancakes and burger are XL size so we all are so full, but they are good, except mango since it is not sweet enough. Overall, it is worth to eat!

Great location, beautiful settings and the staff are friendly... the coffee isn’t great.

We recently went to Bear at Iron Gate to check out their new Chicken Parmo Burgers. They were absolutely delicious and cooked to perfection! I was also thrilled to see that they’ve improved their kids’ menu. They now have more choices, including healthier options.

Amazing place for a casual brunch with your friends the atmosphere is very friendly and wholesome great place to chill and unwind and catch up over food or just drinks! I’d recommend to reserve a space on the weekends because it gets quite busy to avoid waiting time. The eggs were cooked to perfection and yummy in taste. The matcha definitely was a standout.

Ate here twice in the last week. Full breakfast with a free coffee before 10am at just under £14 for the quality on offer I found to be good value. The breakfast itself was nice but unfortunately the first egg and bacon was overcooked. To improve I’d suggest offering the choice of egg (boiled, fried or scrambled) take more care not to overcook items and remove the salsa and green leaves, both add nothing but include beans & possibly a black pudding. The staff seemed friendly and welcoming but I was disappointed on my second visit that the server couldn’t look me in the eye when she spoke to me. Overall the breakfast experience was good but with a few relatively minor teaks this could be taken from 4/5 to 5/5. Thanks for a good experience

Quick efficient service nice atmosphere

Poached eggs on toast completely hard boiled, made for a very dry breakfast and service was rude unwelcoming, slammed our breakfast onto the table not a great atmosphere

Best coffee in town! The 5 star rating for food is for their glorious coffee – thick and strong.

Had our Christmas party at the Iron Gate Bear in Derby. Staff were absolutely fantastic, atmosphere was great and the food as always was top notch !!! Thanks so much to the staff for contributing to a great night, thanks you 🙏

Turned up for our Xmas works meal to be pointed to a table 20 mins later told at the bar the chef was ill although we witnessed some sort of commotion in the kitchen it didn't look like a sickness!!! 7 of us were luckily able to get in at nandos free drinks were offered but still hadn't been bought over when we needed to leave. Not good Bear disappointing

Popular and nice decor, but drinks prices are hideously high

Coffee and food is always good, nice cakes too. Only reason for a 4 star is it's a touch on the expensive side to make it my 'go to' coffee place.

Excellent breakfasts. The marinated sausages are divine! Good atmosphere and friendly staff.

Great meeting place, with a good range of food and drinks to keep things flowing

Had a lovely time as a group of 14 we were well looked after! Staff were helpful and food was good too

Had a coffee. Looked like a nice venue. I must of been in a bad mood because I didn't feel welcome. Maybe another time.

Great food. Polite friendly staff

The food is a taste sensation! Never leave disappointed!

Staff could have been friendlier😥

Food: 10/10. Love the pastry. Croissant is flaky outside but still moist inside. Anyway, the chilli cheese brioche is a must-try! Brioche is soft. You can feel a little kick there but it’s not overpowering. It’s sweet and savoury. Just a sensational dish. Staff members are very friendly. The atmosphere is cosy. This would be a brilliant place for family&friends brunch and for brunch dates!

I like the feel of the place - cold and industrial decor but it has a very friendly team behind the counter. The staff is very efficient when you get a takeaway coffees.

Lovely place the food was absolutely lovely.

A joke to be honest open until 5pm got there at 430 didn’t want to serve me ended up begging for a takeaway drink not great service to be honest

We've been coming to Bear a few years now and we usually love it!… however, over the past few months we’ve noticed it’s just not the same service. 👎 One of the visits to mention was last week. We popped in to pick up a coffee to go. It seemed pretty quiet… yet it took a lady 15 minutes to make us one coffee? It looked like she was also attended to another drinks tab?..yet there was another lady stood putting glasses away…. Why is your staff find cleaning glasses more important than a paying customer? Do these staff members not want a business to thrive? We were stood there so long. When we finally got the coffee, we got no apology for the insanely long wait. In fact it looked like we inconvenienced her. Perhaps a lesson in customer service would benefit a few of the staff? Such a shame! :(

Absolutely atrocious service. The staff have artificial greetings for when you enter and that's about the extent of it. They give you the wrong order and then it's your problem. They tell you, you made the mistake and that nothing can be done. Of all the places closing in Derby, this place should be boarded up or at least have it's floor staff gutted and replaced with people who are willing to solve problems for their paying customers, rather than making out they're the problem. I wouldn't bother with the Derbion branch either, they're even worse, rude staff which can't listen to what customers are ordering.

My go-to place for amazing tater tots and some chill time while out and about in Derby

The best place in Derby to have a good coffee and also with very good sweets.

Can't review it as in the 20 minutes of being there I didnt get served.

Had a very good meal here, as part of a work retreat. They served 90 of us very efficiently. The food was very good

Lovely cafe, great food, good place to eat and chat

Good spot for brunch if you are in the city centre...

Great place, and you can even take your dog inside at the front.

I’ll always come here whenever I’m in Derby it’s a total gem of a spot. The coffee is great, breakfast always scuppers my hangovers and the staff are always delightful! Plus they have vegan / vegetarian options which always helps!

Best Espresso Martinis I’ve had in a long time.

Delicious food. Between us we had halloumi burger (with a gorgeous avocado mash), a cheese and bacon burger, turkish eggs, poached eggs and pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. All very, very good. Extremely quick service. We had a lovely corner table for five of us. A lively, welcoming place.

Much nicer than the Derbion shop . Much more of an atmosphere & relaxing enviroment . Pleasant music but doesn't drown out conversation . Attentive staff . Will go again . Went to Derbion for the fist time the other week . Came out without a coffee as they were closing . Will not go there again . Shame really but there you go .

Wicked !! Turkish Eggs 🥚 awesome .. go there !

Brilliant food, very cosy place. Do recommend highly

Friendly and attentive staff, great coffee and speciality teas. Food is varied and good quality, if a little on the expensive side.

Gorgeous little upmarket coffee shop with great service, highly recommend 👌🏻

Lovely food and very efficient friendly staff

Absolutely lovely but would have liked to also see some lighter and healthier options on the menu.

Very quiet on a Friday night but beer was good

I love bear, the staff and chefs are always so kind and they always take great care with allergies so it’s always safe 💖

I'm a big fan of BEAR and their pancakes are absolutely delicious. Truly some of the best I've ever had. The staff are always lovely and speedy. I cannot recommend this place enough.

I really enjoyed the pancakes with fresh fruits (strawberry, banana, and whipped cream), but it hasn’t been available for a while. I was told by the staff that Bear has stopped serving fresh fruits, which really made me sad because that was the only thing on the menu that I really enjoyed. I’ve tried different items on the menu since then, but none of them have been able to meet up with the standard I got from the pancakes with fresh fruit. I really hope they bring it back because that was all I looked forward to when going for Sunday breakfast at Bear.

My favourite cafe in Derby. Great coffee and the food in the special menu is so delicious.

Good food but bit expensive. Still a great place to eat.

Breakfast and coffee are great 👍

Was visiting before Dday service at the Cathedral . I love bears 🐻 menu choice ,accessibility for all of community as on one level ,great local events area , Toilets are lovely . The flapjack was great and nice brew of tea .

Really good place to eat and drink. The coffee is very good. Recommend the long black. Staff are friendly and the service is good. And it's dog friendly. So really good place to go.

Excellent, informal place. Great food choice. Always the feta & red onion Shakshuka, with Chorizo, for me. Tasty, filling. Service always quick. Welcoming staff.

Very mediocre, place and vibes are nice but seems to be understaffed so the service was slow to the point where we picked up our own food from the counter (unfortunately it had already gone cold), food itself looks very pretty, but pretty bland, and possibly the worst French toast I've ever had. Tater tots were good. I've tried emailing, however the email address provided bounces back.

Fresh coffee and a tasty croissant

Relaxed vibe.. casual and comfortable. Great quality food and drink.

Food was very expensive for the quantity and quality served. I ordered avocado and pea smash which arrived on one small, thin piece of sourdough. It was missing the herbs and seeds that it stated on the menu and the tater tots we ordered were undercooked. Iced tea was very, very small for the price as well. For over £3, I expected more than just a teabag in a glass of water. Staff were friendly enough but food could be improved.

Absurdly over priced, eggs over cooked, too busy, tables too close together, slow service from bad tempered waitress, coffee, when it came, didn't even come with a spoon so presumably you're supposed to stir it with your finger.

Very relaxing my friend and i really enjoyed our visit.

Great place for a quick lunch. Vibrant atmosphere for saying our visit was at lunchtime.

Fantastic place! Dog friendly and lots of vegan and gluten free options! I don't personally drink coffee but my boyfriend said it was really nice. The nicest hashbrowns I have ever eaten!

I've observed some inconsistency in the closing times at this establishment, especially on Friday and Saturday nights. While I understand the benefit of occasionally closing earlier than scheduled, it seems to happen frequently. Consistency in operating hours is essential for customers planning their visits. It's my hope that the management will take this feedback constructively and consider reviewing their scheduling practices to ensure a more reliable experience for all patrons.

Ive just watched your chef in the open kitchen wearing what appeared to be fingerless cycling gloves touching all the food with his hands/gloves. Crack a raw egg, then hands in the salad, then in the cooked meat back to the salads, all with his dirty hands and gloves only recieving a wipe on his dirty towels and apron and not washing them over the course of the 30+ minutes I was observing. I wouldn't allow this dirty unkept man with unwashed hands and dirty non food safe gloves to even enter my kitchen.

Really good coffee, nice range of cakes and savoury food. Friendly staff and good service, nice atmosphere. Well worth heading to.

I went today and was served by Elliana and she was brilliant. I wasn't sure what to order and she talked me through different options, she patient and super helpful. I go to bear often and would definitely recommend

The food at BEAR is always lovely, and the coffee is some of the best in Derby, but the cosy vibe they seem to be going for is wrecked by the pounding music. A shame.

Excellent food, service was friendly, would definitely go back

Only called in for a coffee, which was excellent, didn't eat but the food looked amazing.

I normally love the Lebanese flatbread however, today I was really disappointed. They didn't include the hummus and pomegranate seeds, these are essential to add flavour, which really helps to enhance the dish. I basically just got a flatbread with tomatoes on. I don't think that is good enough. I also noticed my friend got the eggs benedict, which took ages to come and her poached egg was hard boiled! We didn't have time to complain as we were short of time as we were doing a virtual interactive game and had just stopped for a break. My other friend had a mesely amount of cream on her hot chocolate. Not what you expect for the prices of the food. The coffee was amazing though...as always.

Lovely little coffee shop, only had a Capuccino to go, but it was very nice. Atmosphere in the coffe shop was very rustic but artisan too.

I had not been for a while and loved it. The staff was very good 👍

Fantastic place for coffee, probably the best I've tasted, so I subscribed to their service. Good is great too with friendly staff

Stopped for a quick coffee and toast. Friendly staff.

Lovely sourdough toast with avocado, poached eggs and streaky bacon. Perfect eggs. Really tasty and beautifully presented

My favourite place to have a coffee in town🖤.

This is a really lovely cafe to drop in to on Irongate, staff are super friendly and helpful

Really lovely cafe in a nice part of town. Food is quality, the decor is nice and it felt very homely on a Sunday morning

Great it opens early in the morning, so we could have breakfast. The coffee had a good taste, and there were vegan cakes and cinnamon swirls. Service was friendly and atmosphere was calm.

We were declined to walk in but it says the opposite in your website! Less than 5 people can walk in. The place isn’t even full! Just change the bio in your website if your employees doesn’t accept walk ins 🤷🏼‍♀️ 8:30 PM 10/02/2024!

Having been a long time visitor of Bear (mostly the Derbion store) I was very disappointed with today’s service. Arrived as a party of 2 today at lunch time and was prepared to wait as it would be busy. The host immediately asked us if we’d booked (we hadn’t as you can’t book for <6 people online) and then told us that he’s fully booked for the next 2 hours. His attitude made him seem that he was adamant for us to leave. When I asked him specifically about how many tables are booked, he said a few. Then when I asked about the other unbooked tables he said it could take 5-30 mins. So I don’t understand why he didn’t just say that in the first place? We left as a result as we didn’t feel comfortable staying there. I understand it was a busy shift but there is no harm in being friendly with customers. I’ve personally noticed the attitude from the Bear staff in Iron Gate in general is reserved towards those of an ethnic minority so I’d suggest going to the Derbion Bear as they are much friendlier and accommodating.

Booked for 20 people for a party, organising it was easy, staff were friendly and helpful. They were good with discussing food, I left some decorations with them in the day and they put them up for us! Really grateful, lovely atmosphere and great food 😄

Not had any food here yet but good service and good coffee.

Hgv driver delivering in Derby however road closures put me on the wrong side of town desperate to use toilet. I spoke to fi who allowed me to use the toilet. which was much appreciated. Thank you

Breakfast food was great can't fault , but drinks took forever. We had finished our food before the drinks even arrived! Despite asking them again when our food arrived . Understandably they was busy but should never be the case food is finished before drinks even arrive. Date of visit 25/11/23

Waited almost 30 minutes for poached eggs on toast, the store looks like it needs a refresh.

This is our go-to place in Derby! LOVE visiting Bear (especially recommend Later at Bear -- the food is delish).

We booked for a party of 10 but were given seating for 9 and told we would have to squash up on the sofa at our table. There was a suggestion of an extra table but that never appeared, we had to get an extra chair ourselves to give more room. We pre ordered our food, fair enough as we were a big party. We waited quite a while for a good, we could see it on the pass where it sat for ages before being delivered to our table, due to this some of the dishes were not very warm. I had the vegetarian breakfast and the hash browns were over cooked and quite greasy, maybe the oil needed changing, I don’t know.

Food always tasty and staff are friendly with quick service. Just need to make sure food comes to the table hot as I have a few hot meals that have been served cold in places.

Absolutely brilliant place. Dropped in on Saturday early evening for my daughter's 21st, we didn't have a booking as we'd planned to go elsewhere which was too busy but this wasn't an issue. We had a lovely evening, and the atmosphere was perfect. It wasn't too loud music wise, we could have a conversation as well as enjoy our night out. We didn't eat, although my friend did have cake, but the cocktails were amazing! So good we had to order more. The staff were brilliant, even sent us complimentary cocktails. Our party of 5 was extremely impressed and we will definitely be back for more! Even my younger daughter felt welcomed and comfortable as she struggles with loud and busy places. Would recommend 100%

Bear was ok. It was a nice big cafe with a good atmosphere. I live in London and was expecting the breakfasts to be cheaper than home but it was the same price. I got the full English and I watched it stay under the heat lamp for 10 mins as the other dishes were prepped so my food was pretty dehydrated and lukewarm by the time it got to me.

Nice deluxe café experience..They also serve beer/shots.

Nobody is happy to work there, no smiles on faces. Especially the guy who takes orders.

Delicious breakfasts, great coffee and customer service.