Blackbird Cafe

Great food and service. Great sandwiches and coffee. Service is fantastic.

The Blackbird is a small cafe in a strip mall but was easy to find. On entry signage indicated the wall mounted tablets could be used for takeout orders or for dining in you would order at the table. This was our choice as we were quite hungry. Ordering is done by scanning a QR code on your table at which point you get a message and link on your phone which takes you to an app for ordering, They do not take cash for any order so you must choose all online and provide credit card info. Everything from drink, to small and full breakfast items are then delivered your table by a server. Pretty clever. Omelettes with home fries and toast were all excellent. Our coffee was superb and hot. Would definitely go back when in the area.

We love Blackbird! Super friendly staff (even during rushes!) and amazing breakfast sandwiches and coffee. My husband always gets the Early Bird breakfast sandwich with home fries, and I love their almond croissants with a hot cup of tea. Great place to sit and get work done (when allowed!) or grab and go.

I live close to this place and used to go there occasionally as the food was good and it was a comfy cafe to sit in and have coffee. I stopped going there when they where really slow to re-open dine-in, long after everyone else had re-opened, after COVID. I went this morning to have breakfast with my husband and found that they had moved to a different location in the strip mall. The new location has zero ambiance, really cold. So, we walk in and see there is no longer an order counter but a kiosk, a la McDonalds. We sit down and there is only a QR code to scan, no menus. Super annoying, especially for my husband who is not tech-savvy. A girl comes over and asks if we want water. We say, no thanks, just coffee. She literally giggled and walked away. Then someone else came by and dropped the bottle of water that we said we didn't want on the table along with 2 plastic cups. When I opened the menu I figured out why she giggled. You have to order it like a takeout order form, so I started inputting 2 coffees but I had to do it separately because we take them differently. Meanwhile, my husband is asking me what's on the menu because he can't get into it. This all takes the same amount of time it would have taken to order everything from a server. We gave up and walked out. The entire experience annoyed us for the whole ride to another breakfast place in Ayer. Seeing from other posters that they expect a tip, I'm glad we left. We won't be back. Groton is definitely not hip enough for this place.

Paid $13 for a pannini with 3 slices of old turkey that was cold cuts and not legit. The "homemade" lemonade had 3 times the amount of sugar that you should ever put in it . They don't Have anyone to take your order besides 2 computer screens and then have the audacity to ask for a tip, very non mask phobic. Not coming back.

Overall the food and coffee here is decent, though a bit pricey for what you get. For those who dine in, there is no access to napkins, salt, pepper, sauce, silverware etc unless you ask. I do like the self ordering system however - it makes it easy, and the food comes rather fast.

First time visit this morning. A bit hard to locate a table. Once seated all was well. Scanned a QR code to view the menu. Paper menu would have been better. Too many options.

Food was great. Not rushed to leave.

Second visit this past weekend, service was slow....

Would go back again.

I love this cafe very much! So easy to order through a website & fast friendly service

I walked in for coffee and walked out as soon as I saw the screen they had set up for placing orders. I'm 29; I'm not a Luddite. I can use the screen, but I refuse. It's a ridiculous nuisance.

i was here 2 weeks ago and can’t stop thinking about the green monster burrito. it was delicious and unmatched, really what did y’all put in that I need another one asap. great flavor and vegetarian! wonderful workers and though they seemed crazy busy i can see why and our food and drinks were still delivered to us promptly, definitely worth a visit or 10, unfortunately not from the area but I highly recommend and will be back if I’m ever nearby!! Thanks for your delicious food and hard work!!