Birdcall - One of Arizona's newest Restaurants!

 

A new restaurant just opened up their first location in Arizona & we were lucky enough to head over and see what they are all about. Birdcall is a restaurant that specializes in chicken sandwiches, chicken strips, salads & milkshakes that originally started in Colorado. The first ever location in Arizona is located at 7204 East Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 with a second location in Phoenix coming soon.

This restaurant is a great place to check out for anyone who wants to try new foods, and it is also a good spot for introverts who want to go out but don't really want to interact with anyone. How do they manage that? They have an automated system set up for ordering your food, and grabbing your food which cuts down how many people you need to talk with, in fact if you didn't want to talk to anyone you don't have to. When you first enter the restaurant there are four different kiosks where you will place your order, everything is set up in an easy to navigate fashion to make ordering quick & painless. Once you are finished ordering, there are cups right at the kiosk so you can take one if you ordered a drink with your meal and the screen will also instruct you on how to pick up your food. 

The kiosk will have all of the prices available directly on the screen along with the possibility of completely customizing your sandwich, you can change what kind of bun you want and all of the ingredients on the sandwich so you can add or remove anything you don't want. To pick up your food, you'll find another section beside the fountain drinks where there is a large monitor and several cubby holes. The monitor will show your name, how long of a wait your food will take & then once it gets placed into a cubby it will reflect which one it is in so you can grab it. The only time an employee had to call out a customers name to pick something up is if the customer ordered an alcoholic beverage that needed to be grabbed from the bar or the order had been sitting in the window for a longer than normal amount of time. 

My husband and I choose to leave our sandwiches how they are, but my children enjoyed having the option to change one or two things on their sandwich. We went with a gluten free bun for my son, and my daughter removed two of the items that came on the sandwich she selected. The kiosks give you the option to turn your sandwich into a meal which then allows you to add a side & a drink. Depending on your budget the sides range in price, the Brussel sprout salad is about half the price of a sandwich while the fries are only $3.14.  We ordered four meals and the total came out to $62.40 pre-tax, we were using two gift cards so to make ordering easier I placed two orders and had the receipt email to me so I could show you a break down.

We all really enjoyed the sandwich we picked out, the chicken was well cooked it was crispy yet juicy with a nice bun and an assortment of ingredients added on. The sandwich is big enough to fill you up even without a side, however if you do add on a side they have plenty to select from. We tried three different sides; fries, Birdcall tots and the shaved Brussel Sprout salad. We all agreed that the tots were pretty awesome, I'd stop by just to grab some tots! The fries were great as well, my kids aren't big fans of Brussel sprouts so my husband and I tried it out. I liked it, but would prefer it with a little less cheese and my husband thought it was perfect the way it was. Fountain drink wise, they had several store brand flavors and some regular fountain drinks, we decided to try out some of the store brand flavors. My husband and kids each found a flavor they enjoyed, I tried the one I grabbed and a sip of theirs but I personally wasn't a big fan of any of them so I will stick with normal soda choices the next time we visit. 

After you are finished with your lunch/dinner they have several milkshake flavors to order and a delicious sounding cookie! If you want to add a bit of adult spice to your milkshake they will add vodka for an extra $3 or you can purchase a mixed drink or beer from the bar area. One of the things we liked most about Birdcall is that they have two old school arcade machines that are Free to play! One of them has Mortal Combat and the other has an assortment of games, you are free to play them while waiting for your food or after you are finished. I didn't need to use the restroom while we were there, but my daughter let me know the bathrooms were quite clean & even had fancy lotion that smelled nice for you to use after washing your hands. The restaurant itself was very clean as well, a staff member was going around wiping off tables after everyone left and wished everyone a good day as they were leaving. 

I managed to get lucky & we arrived at just the right time. When we arrived there were only a few other people in the restaurant so we mostly had free reign of seat choices & I was able to snap a few photos of the inside of the restaurant without having a lot of the other guests in the photos as I always feel a little bad snapping photos of strangers that will go online. The seating area has table & chairs (which are pretty comfortable) and booths. Not too long after we got there a huge rush of people came in & almost every seat was taken so you can tell a lot of people want to stop & try it out, or are back to visit for a second time because even as I was getting up from our table with our drinks to leave someone had asked me if we were finished with our table and swooped in to grab it before someone else could. So depending on what time of day you arrive you can always opt to get your food to go if the inside of the restaurant is full or they have outside seating as well. Over all it was a great experience & the food was great. 

Disclaimer-  Birdcall provided me with two $25 gift cards for the review free of charge no other compensation was provided. However, no product compensation will influence the outcome of any review. My honest opinions are used in all reviews, they are solely my own & they may vary from others. My reviews are posted for readers in order to provide an informed decision before purchase.