Early Bird Biscuit Company

This was our first visit and we ordered biscuits and gravy, the breakfast sandwich (bacon, eggs and cheese baked into a quiche that day), and one of their unique biscuits (apple pie, I think?). Everything was delicious, even though we didn’t eat the biscuits and gravy or sweet biscuit until the following day; of the three, the sweet biscuit was our least favorite (too sweet). Loved that street parking was easy and that there was enough room in the shop to bring my double stroller inside. There’s a little seated waiting area for take-​out orders as well as several tables to eat in and the interior is cute! Will have to go back to try some of their baked goods — looked delicious! Only giving it 4 stars because we paid $ 16 for just three items; a little too expensive in our opinion.

Disappointed. Was really excited to try this place out but sold out of ham? Before 9:00? You must need to get there when it opens. Not too many other options on the menu. Not sure I will be going back. Would suggest stockpiling meat ham even sausage to offer your customers.

6.63 for a breakfast biscuit SMH!!!
I had different expectations of this place.
during my visit i kept looking for biscuits on display, NONE!!!
sorry Early Bird Biscuit, not a fan.

Perfectly located in the Downtown Fan area, Saturday mornings are the busiest. With live music and Awesomely fresh #biscuits and wide variety of biscuit dishes. Best way to kick off your Saturday!

I’ve been to the new location twice now. I was hoping it lived up to the hype seeing as I live just a few blocks away. Unfortunately, it does not. The first time I visited I ordered a few regular biscuits that came with the homemade jam. They were just okay. The jam was good however. The most recent visit I specifically made because they had a special biscuit of the day that I had heard about but was waiting for the chance of them making it again… the fried chicken biscuit with pickles. I ordered two to share with the hubby. The chicken was a dry, burnt, very thin, tasteless piece of bird. The pickles… well there was just one measly little pickle slice. I took a bite, was disappointed. Took the chicken and pickle out to just taste those alone, was even more disappointed. Threw the chicken and pickle away and just tried to eat the biscuit… again, disappointed. :(It was dry and just didn’t have the good buttery taste that really great biscuits have. I really wanted to like this place and was hoping it was stand up to some rave reviews I had read online. Perhaps these reviewers that really liked their biscuit either haven’t had a REALLY good biscuit, or I came on off days both times. I have tried the Saison fried chicken biscuit so perhaps my standards are just too high after having that.
One small suggestion: use fried chicken from a place that does it for a living. use more than one slice of pickle.
***Update later the same day as original review was posted 6/​15/​2016***
A «Tim Laxton» sends me a private message via facebook (good searching skills but creepy nonetheless) suggesting that I contact the business directly about my experience. Tim, what do you think Unilocal is for. It’s a widely used platform for society to post their experiences with business in order for others to see where they may want to have a similar experience, or what they might want to order, or where they might want to not visit, or where they might want to order something else that the reviewed ordered. Unilocal’s a great tool for the word to get out about businesses, whether good or bad. I have visited most of the places I have because of reviews posted on Unilocal.You can’t stop Unilocal from providing this feedback, and you sure as heck shouldn’t be trying to contact the reviewer directly to suggest that the reviewer should have talked to someone else more privately about the experience. Shame on you Tim. Early Bird, I hope this isn’t your owner for your own sake. Thanks for the offer of a refund, but no thanks after the second experience today of the private message from you. You just made a so-​so experience become a really negative one.
Private Message from Tim Laxton:
«We saw your negative review on Unilocal. You are kindly invited back to collect a refund for the chicken biscuits. We suggest you handle disputes on food quality directly with the business directly. Thank you and enjoy your day!»
Oh and apparently this isn’t the first time the «owner» has private messaged someone that provided an honest review suggesting that they don’t do that. Tsk tsk. Learn the ways of the world.

Very quick service on weekday mornings. Try the sweet galettes, biscuits and crazy, and a Thai iced tea. Parking kinda sucks, but that’s just the Fan.

Before reading this review I want you to open YouTube and type «IDFWU x Big Sean». Listen to the first twenty seconds and then come back to this review.
When I ate my biscuit. that is EXACTLY how I felt. Choirs were singing, Angels were rejoicing. and I was gaining three pounds with every bite.
Okay, let me start from the beginning now. I’ve had my eye on this place for quite some time but could never catch it when it was open. This morning I woke up with some expectancy for my life to change… and that it did, folks.
I pulled up to the scene with my boyfriend and was extremely excited to put my hands on these beautiful biscuits. There was a line which blew my initial biscuit high because I’m impatient but we waited (thank God). The wait was only about 5 minutes but when I asked for a biscuit and gravy, I was informed that it would be about 25 minutes. At first I was devastated but I said, «you know what? I’m gonna get this biscuit.» So we waited.
We took a seat inside (which is extremely nice but small) and waited patiently for our lives to be changed (WHICH IT WAS!) Our server came to the table with our food (biscuit and gravy, unique biscuit of the day, and the breakfast sandwich of the day. He apologized profusely for the wait but we were just so grateful to have the food we didn’t care. He gave us a free piece of cake for the wait. CUSTOMER SERVICE ON 1000!
Okay, so the unique biscuit of the day was a biscuit doused in vanilla and chocolate icing topped with strawberries. What?! What!!! Okay. So it taste like a funnel cake but with a biscuit. I’ve named if the funnel biscuit. It. Was. Amazing!!! Omg. I told my boyfriend I wanted to have this served at my wedding reception. Like, seriously.
My biscuit and gravy was amazing as expected. The biscuit is unexplainable. It’s soooo big and so flaky and doesn’t make you feel like you’re eating peanut butter. Agh, it was good.
My boyfriend got the breakfast sandwich of the day which was their take on the Monte Cristo. Eggs, ham, Swiss. BUT THE FREAKING EGGS WERE MIXED WITH CINNAMON AND IT WAS TOPPED WITH POWDERED SUGAR. I’m mind blown. Like honestly. This place exceeded my expectation.
If the owner or an employee reads this, I love you. I don’t know you. but I love you. You, my friend, are a hero. I would give this place a 10 if I could. Smh wow!

I heard of this place and I understood they were to supposed to blow me away. But obviously it was a disappointment, especially the sausage and crazy. Not only was it lacking for me but I don’t know where or how it’s crazy other than me paying $ 6 for 1 biscuit (semi-​large biscuit) and a side of gravy, not to mention it was a good biscuit larger than normal but not astonishing nor was the gravy anything to champion, it wasn’t even anything past good. If it would have blown me away I might’ve felt better about the price but it didn’t. It was good bit better than mediocre which means I felt taken for my money for this overpriced biscuit and gravy. I watched them make biscuits similar to my grandmother whom did the same. Not that they used any fancy biscuit flour and the sausage tasted pretty regular, the gravy was just above bland. I would say for what they offer the price would be better at $ 4 maybe $ 4.25. For comparison of one biscuit and gravy, Bojangles does the same yet smaller biscuit for $ 2 and if you doubled their portion it would be 1.5x the size of theirs and sadly their gravy was far more flavorful than early bird and they don’t even call it Crazy. I’m not one for getting wrapped up in hype. Plus the coffee was $ 1.65 for 8oz cup, that robbed too. Overall the food would get a 3 star but the price was to costly and inflated for me to go that far. I was hoping to be surprised but will not be back for those prices.

As a true Southerner raised on backwoods buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy, I feel that I was built up to have «the best» sausage and gravy combo, only to be disappointed by average gravy and biscuits and an extremely expensive price. Also, as a coffee lover, you’re charging an outrageous amount for a tiny 8 oz cup of coffee. It should not cost me $ 10 to get biscuits and gravy and an 8 oz cup of coffee. The food is good, not «the best» and I will give it that, and I have tried this place twice hoping to wowed, but that just didn’t happen. Won’t be coming back for these prices.

LOOOOOOORD!!! This place is amazing… We ordered the sausage and biscuit with blueberries on it.
My first bite was like teleporting into my grandmothers kitchen on a Sunday morning. Whoever made it clearly loved to make food.
The inside has a homey and cozy vibe to it. Can not wait to go back.

My boyfriend and I just had their daily specials: the French onion biscuit ($ 2.65?) and the blueberry maple sausage breakfast sandwich ($ 5.95). First we bit into the French onion biscuit, a plain (though I find it difficult to describe it as such) biscuit with caramelized onions and chopped scallions on top. It tasted exactly like French onion soup on a buttery pillow of heaven. But then we tried the sandwich, and it was even better! The sausage was flavorful and paired perfectly with the sweet maple and blueberries. This coming from someone who doesn’t even care for blueberries: drop in today and buy that sandwich. It’s all you need in your life.
The food is more than enough, but the tiny bakery atmosphere and the happy staff rank this place quite high on my list of favorites. You won’t regret a trip here.

Met our lovely Richmond Community Manager Lauri T. here for a farewell breakfast. Early Bird Biscuit Company has been on my list of places to try for quite some time, but it was hard to make it over here since they are only open during the day on certain days of the week.
It’s a cute, tiny little shop with three tables for dining in. They have two fixed biscuit types and rotating daily biscuit flavors, plus some pastries and beverages, but otherwise, the menu is not that big. They also serve some lunch offerings starting at 11AM.
The interior is warm and welcoming, and all of the employees were friendly and smiley. No credit card minimum.
I opted for the Biscuits ‘n Crazy (i.e. biscuits and gravy) for $ 5.95. The gravy came on the side, and paired nicely with the fluffy rectangular biscuit. I also asked for a small sample of the homemade jam (flavor changes approximately every other day). Prices were not cheap but not outrageous either (I liken it to specialty cupcake and donut shops).
I love biscuits and the ones at Early Bird Biscuit Company were great! A solid experience in a very quaint shop. =)

This place is actually quite large for a biscuit place! I think Early Bird definately needs more seats since they only seat 3 small groups of family or friends.
I ordered a lunch item because they ran out of their breakfast items, already. They always go so quickly, so make sure to get their early (hey, that rhymed)
My lunch on a biscuit had applewood smoked bacon, cucumber cream cheese spread and seasonal organic greens served sandwhich style. The biscuits will change your life! My boyfriend never liked biscuits but he finished his entire biscuit here! The biscuits are warm and delicate inside while the exterior has a nice ‘crrrunncchh’ to them.
They remind me alot of a southern styled café with vintage pieces all around and hints of babyblue. Overall, I’d come back after setting 20 alarms to get there VERY early!

So good!
The biscuits & gravy are delicious, but the daily sandwich option is also recommended. (Today, fried chicken and pickles)
They also have an excellent barista. This is probably the best macchiato I’ve had in the city.
The crew is super friendly and really nice, even when dealing with long lines and pushy customers. They are all just nice, friendly people.

I went to Early Bird Biscuit Co. about 10:30am on a Saturday. It was a line formed outside the door. Staff only let a few customers in at a time. The lady working outside was very professional and polite. The menu is limited for breakfast. I ordered «Biscuit ‘n Crazy» and a maple bourbon biscuit (special of the day). The biscuits had a good crust with an airy inside (tasty). Early Bird pepper gravy compliments their biscuits very well. I thought Early Bird maple biscuit was tastyl. The sweetness and saltiness was a good blend. Service was fast once inside. The restaurant is small, so it’s not many tables. There is street parking surround Early Bird Biscuit Co. I give Early Bird Biscuit Co. a 3.5 rating.

I couldn’t be happier that Early Bird Biscuit Company has moved to the Fan! The new location is spacious compared to their Lakeside location but kept the same charm and vintage vibe which makes this place so special. There are a few tables to dine inside and enjoy biscuits with a beverage from their specialty coffee bar. I stopped in right after it opened for a few biscuits and a latte, enjoying the special biscuit of the day, PB&J!
Thank you to Early Bird for delighting my morning with friendly smiles, a welcoming atmosphere and amazing flaky biscuits!

Homemade biscuits… Best ham and cheese on a biscuit ever. Wish the place was bigger so you didn’t have to stand while waiting for the order. Other than that, it is a slice of heaven!!!

I came here for the first time today (I had never been to their Lakeside location so I can’t speak to that) and I had a great experience. The service was friendly and genuine. I got the Ham biscuit and a coffee. It was ready almost immediately and it was a glorious combo of hot and salty and tasty. I will certainly return to try more things here, especially the biscuits and gravy.

Very very small place; if you blink you’ll miss it, so be sure you don’t! Their biscuits and gravy was superb! I’m obsessed with black pepper; it’s an issue that I’ve come to own up to, but Early Bird Biscuit Co made me feel right at home with the amount of black pepper they use in their gravy! It’s spicy, savory and oh so delicious! Having the cheddar andouille biscuit (the special of the day) with it was an extremely wise choice! The hints of andouille in there were the most delicious surprises. I will absolutely be back and I can’t wait to bring my friends and family.
Update: New location on ROBINSON St. is up and running and even better than the lakeside location. Spacious, cute little tables and a coffee bar! I love that they’re right down the block from me now!

One of the best biscuits I’ve ever had. I arrived in the morning on a Sunday and there was already a line to get inside the tiny building. Waited in the rain, but totally worth it. They had two options this day — a biscuit and gravy or a biscuit with blueberry-​almond jam. Got the blueberry. It was so so so good. This is a perfect stop on a drive I make up to NJ on I-​95. I will go here every time.