Birdman Coffee & Books

This is a place of simple pleasures and eclectic treasures. There are wonderfully strange and odds and ends everywhere. Even the tables and chairs are mismatched. It gives the place a neighborhood country feel, like you’re part of the family. There is a piano, where live music happens from time to time. The art that spackles the walls is from local artists, and it ranges from bird houses to poetry. The outside area looks just as charming, but it was a little too chilly to brave that experience today. As for the food, the sweet potato pancakes are worth the trip. My omelette was cheesy, but I’m a veggie lover and would have liked bigger chunks of veggie in mine. I enjoyed my experience more for the country warmth, but my boyfriend, who had the pancakes, had the full satisfied experience. I say give it a try!

Great cup of coffee. Our server was very friendly and helpful when we had a hard time figuring out what to have for breakfast. The food was hot, served quickly and delicious.

On our recent trip to Louisiana, we went for a leisurely drive up to St. Francisville. We had lunch at the Magnolia Café (right behind Birdman), but needed an espresso fix! (Sadly, I was in Zachary and there is not one good place to get an espresso drink).
I got a small latte and a small pastry. Hit the spot! Super sweet staff as I’ve always experienced.
(I have been to Birdman before and had a yummy breakfast).

Rally good waffles and morning breakfast food, but get there early they stop serving food at 11am. Coffee isn’t great, but the place is fun and give you the local vibe.

One of the best coffee shops I’ve ever been to. Outstanding food and coffee and the staff exemplifies Southern Hospitality! Plus the owners are very involved in promoting music and the arts in St. Francisville and the surrounding area. I highly recommend it!

My favorite hangout in St. Francisville. Great service, charming atmosphere, wifi and very good breakfast food! Especially love the frozen Espresso and sweet potato waffles with blueberries & Steen’s Cane Syrup!

The sweet potato waffles were awesome. The Traditional breakfast and coffee were good. The service really sucked, and that is what will keep me from returning to this coffee shop.
We went there this past Friday morning (2 days ago) and the guy in the fedora hat was our server. We placed our breakfast order along with our coffee order and asked for extra sugar, as there were only 2 packets on the table. He pointed to the 2 packets and said there’s already some on the table. We told him we’d need more. When he brought our coffee, he brought 2 more packets. After awhile we had to flag him down for coffee refills and he came back with the coffee, we had to ask for more sugar. And when he returned, he brought… you guessed it…2 packs of sugar. Every time we asked him for something he rolled his eyes like this was the last place he wanted to be. We figured, no big deal… maybe he was just having a bad morning.
We went back this morning, before heading back home, to give this place another shot and we got the fedora hat guy again. My wife even said maybe he’ll be in better spirits than a couple days ago… Wrong. The coffee /​sugar scenario was an exact replay of Friday morning, with the same rolling of the eyes. Should sugar at a Coffee Shop be such a big deal? After bringing us our coffee, he never returned to take our breakfast order. We had to ask a young lady behind the counter to take our order. This place needs to lose the fedora hat guy.
We had such an awesome time in St Francisville and definitely will return to experience more of the area. Every place we went to made us feel so welcome and were so cheerful and friendly. This place, especially the fedora hat guy, definitely made us feel like «outsiders». They need not worry… we won’t be back to bother them.

I liked this coffee shop. The vibe was relaxing. I had a delicious mocha latte. Very much a vintage feel. Enjoyed my visit very much.

My wife and I with our youngest (4 year old) visited Friday. The most amazing sweet potato pancakes (the most amazing pancakes ever!!!) ever! Grits were amazing too! My wife doesn’t even care for pancakes but couldn’t stop eating them here. Great atmosphere and people and food. This is much better than deciding to drive to Baton Rouge for Breakfast! This is is place to come with the family or just the 2 of us to get away. Watch out! Whole family will be back next time.

Enjoyed 3 cappuccinos with my mom and aunt. Eclectic place that I can’t wait to go back to.

Good waffle, but the service was quite slow. It seems everybody likes the sweet potato waffles, so I would go for those again. The atmosphere is nice as well.