Dirty Chicken at Eat The Bird in Cardiff

It’s time to Eat The Bird! Who says you can’t have your wings and eat them too? If you haven’t been here yet, then what are you waiting for? The food and drinks are sure to get your mouth watering. Here’s all you need to know before you visit. Gather your flock!

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Burger Restaurants Cardiff

Regular readers will know my favourite burger restaurant is Hubbox. Although I felt I was cheating on the joint, it is in Cardiff Bay. So, when in the city centre a few weeks ago, I visited the Eat The Bird restaurant on St Mary Street.

With minimal decoration, funky round lights and exposed pipes, the restaurant has a relaxed modern feel and is also casual and welcoming. You may think that chicken is the star of the show. However, there’s an equally epic range of beef, vegan and gluten-free options. The independent restaurant is part of a small chain and the first outside Devon. The other two restaurants are in Exeter and Taunton.

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Eat The Bird Cardiff Reviews

Expect to get messy eating these burgers! The adjectives dirty and filthy are liberally sprayed around the Eat The Bird menu. Burgers are called things like Cluck Me, Clucking Hell, and Cluck Me Sideways. The pun theme continues throughout out.

Eat The Bird The Double Dip — *Chicktator and Cheeseburger Fries*

I chose the Chicktator, a Korean-inspired chicken burger complete with kimchi. The fried chicken was crunchy on the outside and tender within in. The chicken is brined and double-coated to keep the juices in. Even though dripping with sauce, the lightly toasted brioche bun remains sturdy. However, I finished it with my knife and fork – I can’t stand having messy hands. The Korean sauce and kimchi overpowered the chicken flavour, but tasty all the same. All sauces at Eat The Bird are made in-house.

Chips are sold separately. There are salted fries or a selection of dirty options. One of the most popular is Kyiv fries, heavily laced with butter, chicken tenders, garlic and parmesan cheese. Since I chose a chicken burger, I wanted another meat on my chips, so I opted for cheeseburger fries from the specials menu. The chips were a deep, dark colour, which I loved. There’s nothing worse than an anaemic chip. They came smothered in a generous amount of ground beef, fried onions, ketchup, and mustard. It would have been even better with some gherkins too. What I love most is that they are fresh-cut, in-house. No frozen chips here!

The staff were super attentive, chatty and helpful. Unlike some restaurants I’ve been in lately, the staff actually seemed to enjoy their jobs and wanted to be there.

Eat The Bird Chicktator and Cheeseburger Fries — *Chicktator and Cheeseburger Fries*

Eat The Bird Cardiff Menu

Chicken burgers include The Furlough with fried chicken, smoked cheddar, streaky bacon, dirty burger sauce, crispy onions and dill pickles, and The Double Dip with gravy-dipped fried chicken, smoked cheddar, streaky bacon, crispy onions and gravy for dipping.

Some of the beef burgers include the Beefy Boy with dry-aged beef, smoked cheddar, streaky bacon, ranch, barbecue, and crispy onions, or the Dirty Ronald with dry-aged beef, US cheese, dill pickles, beef fat-buttered onions, ketchup, and mustard.

Vegan options include Vegan Cluck Me with hot chick’n comeback, dill pickles and slaw, the Vegan Proper Filth with fried chick’n, vegan cheese, crispy onion and iceberg lettuce.

Sides include buffalo wings, Korean wings, classic tenders, hot chicken tenders, loaded fries, dirty mac and cheese and ranch slaw. Little Cluckers is the children’s menu, ideal for under 12s. They can choose chicken, a cheeseburger, chicken bites, a halloumi burger or mac and cheese.

Eat The Bird Cardiff Prices

Prices are affordable. However, the bill can quickly rack up if you add many sides. Burgers range from £6.95 to £12.50. Sides and dirty fries are between £3.25 and £7.50.

Eat The Bird Cardiff Delivery

You can pop into the restaurant or order a takeaway online. Or you can order on Deliveroo and Uber Eats.

Eat The Bird Cardiff Opening Times

The restaurant is open daily from noon. It closes at 9pm Sunday to Thursday and 10pm on Friday and Saturday.

Eat The Bird Blue Light Discount

Blue Light cardholders can get 10% off the bill for themselves and up to 3 other non-cardholders.

Is Eat The Bird Dog Friendly?

Dogs are only welcome in the outside dining area.

Food Hygiene Rating

Eat The Bird Cardiff is rated very good, with a 5-star food hygiene rating.

Make a Booking

Call 029 2002 5746 or book online.

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How to Get to the City Centre

Transport for Wales now offers Multiflex, which gives you 12 journeys for the same price as 5 returns. Who doesn’t want to save money? With stops in Taffs Well, Radyr, Whitchurch, Llandaff North, Cathays, Cardiff Bay, plus two in the city centre. Central Cardiff is an 8-minute walk to Asador 44, or a 5-minute walk to The Sorting Room.

Restaurants Cardiff

Cardiff is a foodie’s delight. From the quality of the produce to the level of cooking, at both the casual and cheap eats, Cardiff is staking a serious claim to being one of the most exciting places to eat in the UK.

Maison de Beouf steak and frites — *Brother Thai*

Entertainment Bars in Cardiff

Whether looking for an after-work drink with colleagues, a boy’s or girls’ night out surrounded by cocktails, or a date night spot, you’re always close to the best bars in Cardiff.

The Best Bars in Cardiff. Cocktail bars in Cardiff - The Botanist — *The Botanist*

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Hotels to stay the night

If you know when you’d like to travel, try to book in advance and as soon as possible. Prices tend to rise the closer you get to the travel date. However, there is a vast array to accommodate all budgets.

easyHotel Cardiff

The easyHotel Cardiff is a 15-minute walk to the city centre restaurants. It has double rooms (with or without a window), accessible bedrooms and twin rooms. Found a short walk behind Cardiff Queen Street train station, the budget hotel has en-suite bathrooms, heated rooms in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. WiFi is free; pay and display and multi-storey car parks are nearby.

Radisson Cardiff

The Radisson Blue Hotel Cardiff is in the city centre. A 7-10 minute walk to the city centre restaurants. The 4-star hotel has smart TVs in the bedrooms, private bathrooms with complimentary toiletries, laptop-compatible safes, and limited onsite parking.

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Dog friendly hotels in Cardiff

Your perfect dog-friendly escape in Cardiff awaits! Before I had my rescue dog, Ivan, I didn’t think Cardiff was very dog friendly. How wrong was I? The dog friendly hotels in Cardiff include national chain hotels, budget brands, pubs and country houses.

The Copthorne

The Copthorne, part of Millennium Hotels and Resorts, is a traditional 4-star hotel in Cardiff that is ideally located between the city centre and the coast of Barry Island. This hotel is closest to the Vale of Glamorgan restaurants. Ideal for business travellers, couples or families, it is a perfect base. You can expect free Wi-Fi, an indoor pool and modern in-room amenities. Book early and save up to 20% off:

The surrounding areas

Don’t be afraid of staying out of central Cardiff, either. Penarth, Barry, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, and Merthyr Tydfil are the surrounding areas connected by regular buses and trains. You can also plan with LastMinute.com. Stay at great hotels at a fraction of the price.

Cottages and Houses

The award-winning business, Sykes Cottages, has properties across the UK, and the ones near Cardiff are beautiful. From cosy lodges with traditional woodburning stoves to contemporary accommodation with a hot tub. With all the amenities you could need, including parking, WiFi and many dog-friendly places, check out Sykes Holiday Cottages.

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