Cockadoos

Cockadoos is a cheerful place - the walls are painted bright yellow, the space is open and airy and the staff is incredibly friendly.

I stopped in this morning to grab some breakfast. They've got a full breakfast menu, but the blueberry scones looked too tasty to resist. My scone was large and dense (and still toasty when I pulled it out of the bag).

Cockadoos has a large drink menu of coffee, lattes and specialty drinks. I got the house specialty, the Cockawhat. When I asked what it was, the barista told me that it tasted like s'mores. For the record, it tasted a lot like s'mores. It had espresso, mocha, and a few marshmallows for good measure.

If you're not a morning person, Cockadoos has a full lunch menu, soups and a salad bar. They've got wi-fi, too (just ask for the password).

Cockadoos is open 6 a.m. - 2 p.m. during the week, and 6 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

As I own a breakfast and coffee place, I don't have to get breakfast out in Memphis.

I choose to go here about once a month. I sit at the counter, they remember me. The staff is great, and I drink the coffee too.

The BBQ omelet is like nothing else in the city, they pull the egg out across the griddle to make it cook thin and then fold it back over itself, then add a good size helping off Q on top.

Then there is what I put off for the longest time. PB&B French Toast, you Elvis fans know the second B is for Banana. I just thought this was going to be too heavy. WRONG, see they use thick slice Texas toast for the bread here, so it's so light. A wonderful surprise, Add in the blueberries and hold about half the whip cream.

Now dessert, the sweet potato hash browns. This is gonna kill you, but you have to try them. split an order between two of you.

Cockadoos is pretty new to downtown and I love trying out new places in the downtown area. I'll be going back to this one.

The place was bustling when I arrived for lunch, but I waited no time at all for a table, and even less time for a waitress to arrive and take my drink order. I had an iced tea which a bit sweet even to my Southern standards, but still good. You can order breakfast during lunch time and anyplace that allows you to do that is my kind of place.

The atmosphere was really fun and happy- bright yellow walls and a cute little sectional bench in the front window filled with colorful pillows- a great spot to chill and people-watch the folks walking down Union Avenue.

A great addition to the downtown area, Cockadoos is not only fun, but fast and friendly.

A fun greasy spoon located a couple blocks from our stay at Talbot Heirs in Memphis. Everyone was pleasant, even with our somewhat difficult dietary requests and orders (but we always preface our orders with "this may seem random, but..." and a smile). The food is typical Southern style breakfast. Tasty. Not knock me off my bar stool fabulous, but served the purpose and tasted good. I could have done with less grease, but that's what extra napkins are for!

My favorite part about Cockadoos? The brightly painted Elvis running down the entire bar top ... Check out the pic I posted for this restaurant.

It doesn't look like much on the outside, but once you get inside the atmosphere is very welcoming. Very casual coffee house feeling and a place I could see myself frequenting if I lived downtown.

As I went on a Saturday morning, it was quite busy. We had to wait to be seated for maybe 15 minutes, but the waitress brought coffee and drinks almost immediately. (Apparently Mississippi Mud brand coffee is delicious.)

I ordered the breakfast casserole (which they only have so much of, I got the last piece for the day) and a side of hash browns. The casserole was DELICIOUS and it came with a biscuit, that wasn't too great (but there were other options of toast instead of the biscuit.

There were a lot of menu options: omelets, pancakes, french toast, eggs your way, etc. My only complaint would be that the service was slow, but like I said Saturday morning probably isn't the best time to expect fast service. BUT everyone was friendly and really good. OH and really large portions. I was stuffed and didn't even finish.

Oh man, this place really bummed me out.

Me and my ladies were on vacay last weekend and along with a serious hangover, were craving greasy breakfast foods. The menu looked promising: Omelettes, pork products, fried potatoes, grits, etc. The atmosphere was amazing. The colors bright, the enivronment welcoming. We were very optimistic.

We ordered 2 coffees, 1 iced tea and 3 waters. We were each given our caffeinated beverages, but no water. No bueno for hungover senoritas. :( We ordered 3 omelettes: each came out with varying ingredients, none of which were items we ordered, but we ate them anyways as we were starved. Mine had zero cheese, which was the bane of my existence. The hashbrowns were somehow overcooked to the point of a charred appearance yet simultaneously so greasy that they tasted of Oleo.

Our biscuits and gravy were confusing as the sausage was not cooked thoroughly and the biscuit tasted like cat litter. :(

Oh oh, and my omelette wasn't even cooked all the way! There was runny egg whites all over the place and I sent it back to be heated up as everything was cold. And to boot, none of us received any refills on our beverages.

THe most messed up part was that there were plenty of people standing around staring at the clientele but no one would pay us any attention! The bus boy had to bring us silverware.

I begrudgingly tipped my server 15% but made sure to give some dolla dolla bills to my busser FOR GIVING A DAMN. What a man.

What a fun place! While healing myself from a pretty interesting Beale street experience the night before, I stopped by Cockadoos for a late breakfast. There was plenty of seating including a quaint area upstairs. The staff was very friendly and quickly brought me coffee (yummy and sorely needed). There was quite a variety on the menu, but I got the Fish and Grits. It arrived at my table very promptly and was a very generous portion. The cheese in the grits give it just the right amount of seasoning and the fish was prepared just right.

I personally wasn't a fan of the cathead biscuits, but we all can't like everything, right?

Best. Omelette. Ever. Now that that's out of the way, let me start over.

Cockadoos is a pretty busy breakfast place, and about a 2 second walk from Talbot Heirs. We had to wait about 10 minutes for a table, but luckily the waiting bench was nice and comfy with pillows.

I love their menu! My girl opted for french toast, with sweet potato hash browns (complete with powdered sugar and marshmellows!), and our waitress, without hesitation, recommended their BBQ Omelette, which I ordered with biscuits.

For starters, I don't know what they put in those biscuits, but they're amazing! As for the omelette, it featured egg (duh) and pulled pork inside, covered in southern BBQ sauce. It was far and away, the greatest breakfast item to ever grace my mouth. Ever since I left there, I've been thinking about how badly I want another one of those omelettes. I kept stop thinking about it. I think I'm in love.

The price was very reasonable, and the food was served in a timely fashion. Great place!

As breakfast places go, I have to say that this place is just average. Whether this view is slightly biased by my thoroughly enjoyable experience the previous day at Blue Plate Cafe, I'll leave up to you. We arrived early on a Sunday morning and the place was already pretty full, for some reason the upstairs was closed off so we decided to sit at the bar counter rather than wait for a table. The service was friendly and fast, although did seem a little slow in the main restaurant area.

I decided to try the southern BBQ omelet, thanks solely to reading the ravings of previous reviewers here on Yelp. I am, what some refer to as a slow starter in the morning. The idea of food prior to at least my first cup of coffee just doesn't appeal to me, and the notion of eating BBQ that early in the morning was a hurdle that I had to overcome. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised by it, the omelet was light and fluffy with a generous stuffing of pork and cheese and topped with BBQ sauce. Would I get it again? Maybe. Am I glad I tried it? Yes.

Along with my omelet I had a side of "cathead" biscuit, which for a Brit living in the midwest, was an entirely foreign concept. Thankfully none of our feline friends were harmed in the making of my breakfast! A little googling after the event appears to suggest that it got it's name from being the size of a cat's head. Needless to say, as the owner of two rather large kitties, my biscuit did not come anywhere close to the size of their heads! It was also more dense and crumbly than I was expecting from a biscuit.

My wife ate the breakfast casserole and seemed a little underwhelmed by it. It was an enormous serving, it just wasn't anything to write home about. The coffee was a little on the weak side for me, but then again it usually is at most places I visit. They did at least keep it well topped up throughout our visit and gave me a cup to go.

Would I recommend this place? Honestly, I don't really have any strong feelings about it. It was very conveniently located to the Peabody Hotel where we were staying but I'd rather walk the extra distance and go back to Blue Plate Cafe.

Their service and decor alone would give them 3 stars, but that food was mm mm mmmm! Talk about southern charm, southern brunch, and southern hospitality on that fine Sunday morning.

I walked into Cockadoos and immediately thought "this is gonna be good." Boy was I ever right. Afterall - when am I not??

We went family style, because their menu looked too dang good to try more than one item. Our order?

- The Shag
- Sweet Potato Hash Browns
- Omelet (with tomatoes, cheese, and jalepenos)
- Biscuits
- Cheese grits
- Pancakes
- Coffee
- Apple juice

Yes, that was for four people. And yes, we all felt fat afterwards. Fat & happy! All items were super delicious, but The Shag was the star of the show. And rightfully so, with peanut butter and bananas mashed and warm between two pieces of french toast, syrup, sprinkled with powdered sugar and topped with a mound of warm whipped cream and blueberries. Thaaat's right. You know that sounds amazing!

Thank you, Cockadoos. Now kindly open one in Nashville!