The Bird Mess Hall

Food quality and waitering was on point, talked to the head chef and the menu, inspired. Coming in next week

Had the lamb ragu recommended from the chef there named Rodrigo, recommend for any comers

Front of house staff were welcoming and accommodating. 5/5

The food was delicious and very well executed. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the staff were very friendly. Would definitely visit again

A great find in Northbridge!
- The foccacia was thick, warm and fluffy.
- The salmon crudo turned out to be smoked salmon but it made sense with the condiments used like goats cheese and beetroot.
- The potatoes were generously portioned, well-browned and lightly crispy with fluffy insides. Served with a mild, smoky, paprika-based sauce.
- The casarecce pasta had quite a light and healthy feel - pasta tasted wholemeal, it was dressed with crispy kale and pea puree.
- The bigoli pasta with mushrooms was tasty with lots of mushroom aroma and well-matched with a generous dusting of parmesan.
- The highlight of the meal was most definitely the rump cap with chimichurri and chicken! For $43, one of the best steaks I have ever had (probably the best non-wagyu steak). It had a bold, dark char on the outside (even a lightly crispy crust), was so tender and easy to cut, to reveal a gorgeously juicy middle, and the beef flavour was delicious! It was on par or maybe even better than some of the wagyu steaks I've had, for that masterful charring. And the juice really releases in your mouth with each bite like wagyu does. Wow!

I've been a regular at North Bird's Wednesday night secret menu special, and it has consistently been my go-to 'date night' option. Offering a three-course meal for two people under $70 is a fantastic deal, and I felt it was about time I shared my experience.

On my recent visit, however, there was a private event happening on one side of the establishment. It seemed like there might have been some staffing issues in the kitchen because there were significant delays between courses. We waited about 30 minutes for the entree and then another hour for the main course. It was quite frustrating, to be honest.

But here's the silver lining - the food at North Bird is simply fantastic. Despite the extended wait times, the quality of the dishes made up for it. At one point, I even considered leaving, but the hostess came to our rescue. She brought over some complementary glasses of wine to apologize for the long wait, which was a thoughtful gesture and helped improve the overall experience.

While this visit was a bit of an off night for them, I want to emphasize that my previous visits to North Bird have been nothing short of excellent. The Wednesday night secret menu special is usually a delightful experience, and I fully intend to return. Everyone has their off days, and I believe North Bird will continue to impress with its delicious offerings.

An evening through Perth would be a miss if you didn’t come and enjoy the resplendent atmosphere at the North Bird. We seriously enjoyed a well balanced martini with some of the most deliciously sourced cheeses from Daniel and Rod in kitchen. Kudos to you all.

Atmosphere is good but the food and service is way off! We had a big table and basically everyone was forced to go with the set menu because according to the manager “ if everyone orders different thing, the dishes will come out at different time, we only have 2 staff in the kitchen, we don’t know how long it will be for everyone to get their food. ” The booking was done 3 weeks ago, why don’t you make staff arrangements properly knowing that you are expecting big group? Don’t mind going with set menu but the way it was forced on because of the staff storage, not good at all! Hospitality one on one, if you know you don’t have the staff to do it, don’t offer it! Service was so slow both food and drinks and it is not even a busy night! Staff didn’t bother to take the empty plates or glasses, what a mess! Food was no good, all the main dishes were covered with cheese, you know there is other spices you can use? Beef is over cooked, chicken is full of salt and pork is dry and has no taste, veggie was charred and so was the chorizo.

Sorry, hire better chefs!

AMAZING experience! Thank you Zara for the wonderful customer service and cocktail choices! Will be back soon!

The best gem in Perth. Thank you. It is all I can say to the team at North Bird.

On Wednesday, my partner and I decided to visit for our anniversary, as when we first started to date, we had an amazing experience and fell in love with the cultured butter you make.

We returned to relive that experience and received the best service in all our time dining. Treated with a drink as we sat to celebrate our time together (decided to purchase the bottle ;p), a wonderfully attentive server and incredible food.

Happily accommodated our addiction to their butter and gave an extra serve when requested. My partner and I couldn't dare impose more as they had on another secret menu another flavour of in-house butter with chicken skin. They brought it out without asking. Couldn't believe it.

The only disappointing part of the night are my photography skills of the food

Thank you for making our night perfect, and we will definitely be back.

Ben.

Rude staff, poor service. Had to get up (twice) from the table to actually find a member of staff - who was on his phone - to take our order! When I made a polite suggestion that a green salad could be a a welcome addition, as much of their food is heavy, was was meet with rudeness and contempt and told they had brussel sprouts! No wonder the place was virtually empty.

Thank you to the staff and team at North Bird for hosting a work function for us recently. The booking process was prompt and friendly, uur party kept growing, was very loud and quite complex, but your staff were absolutely amazing. Nothing was too much trouble, the food (and wine) were sensational and international and local visitors alike were very impressed with the venue and the service. Thank you very much for being so amazing.

Booked a table for 7 last night. Waiter was very unpleasant/unfriendly. The restaurant was half empty so you couldn’t put this on him being flat out or under pressure. Wine was okay but nothing amazing.
Slice of bread is charged 5$: outrageous.
The food was very oily, some portions ridiculously small for $35.
All together we had a good evening because of the awesome and wicked company def not for the food and quality of service!

Overall, the food and wine was okay. However, I have never experienced such bad service.

As a group of young professional women we attended this bar for dinner and a wine or two. BIG MISTAKE.

We split a bottle between 6 of us and weren’t impressed with the wine so decided to order a different bottle towards the end of our first glass (over an hour after our arrival). One of the girls finished her glass; a mouthful of approximately 40ml and then another girl’s glass; another mouthful of approximately 30ml. One of the staff then barked at us a rude speech about RSA and ‘sculling’?
Yet, we had only had a singular small glass of wine each and she had only finished hers and another’s mouthful?

We also had to flag down staff between each course after waiting half an hour to request the next course. Which became frustrating.

We were lining up to pay and there were bottles of alcohol left on the counter/bar, one of the girls picked it up and discussed its contents as it looked like ingredients for cocktails. Again, we were barked at by staff insinuating that by picking up the bottle on the counter we were ‘unhygienic’. So why were they left on the bar on show?

Although, one of the staff showed some manners and friendliness, overall, this was easily the most disgusting treatment I have experienced in customer service.

We all left with a singular feeling ‘why did we just pay for people to be rude to us? ’

We will never be returning and do intend to share our experience with others.

So disappointed, not with the staff, they were lovely.
The food was shocking, my husband's pork belly sat on the bench for so long, that it cooled down before it was served to him. Reason being, they were still cooking my rack of lamb. Timing is everything in a kitchen. The pork was just full of fat. The lamb was just so so. All up we would never recommend this establishment to anyone regarding the food. Especially the prices they charge.

Deserves a higher star rating for sure. I was in WA a few months ago and North Bird made the experience. Staff friendly, cocktail menu far beyond other places in Perth and the food all amazing. Wine choice was huge also.

Went there with my best friend for pre dinner drinks. Service was warm & friendly, ambience was quite relaxing & drinks were served pretty swiftly.

So much fun coming here for the wine in the dark event. The blind tasting game was matched with a four course meal: Slow cooked beef brisket taco, Char Siu Octopus, Beef loin, and the Mulled wine pear. All the dishes were delicious and visually stunning, the beef melted in your mouth and the octopus flavour was bomb! The service was lovely too!

We went for dinner not something that we rush back to
Friendly staff and clean good service my pork belly was not cooked the fat was way under cooked the heirloom beets was so so but we all have different tastes

Disappointed in North Birds and not worth the money. The Sourdough bread was probably the best part of our dinner, the Beets Salad was nice, however for $28 it wasn't worth the price, the potatoes were a bit to salty but my husbands Pork Belly was utterly disgusting, I don't know what happened but some of it was cooked but most of it was barely cooked and all we got was sorry.

Really great cosy place to enjoy a glass of wine and more! Sadly I don’t have a meal but everything looked great. Fantastic wine selection and great staff on hand to assist in the selections.