I went into Solbird not sure what to expect. I've had the tacos from the sol kitchen food truck and thought that they were good, but way too pricey. This made me hesitant to go to Solbird. I'm happy I didn't let that stop me from experiencing a great meal. I went during savor Fort Wayne and Solbird has an awesome deal. I started with the sopa. So delicious-- full of flavor, fresh, and the perfect amount of heat. The meatballs in the sopa were amazing! I had the Baja shrimp and steak & papas tacos. Also very delicious. Solbird has a great selection of local beer and wine. I will definitely be back soon! read more

Stopped in on a Saturday afternoon for lunch. Drinks looked great but we were grabbing to go on our way through town. We got a variety of tacos, the carnitas, the Baja shrimp and the Korean beef. All were well made and tasty. They were full, no skimping on the meat. My hubby liked the shrimp best and I liked the carnitas best. All were great tho. The flavor was good but I've had better. If I'm in town I'd stop by again and make sure I dined in for drinks too. read more

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The food is good, and the service is decent but slow. They don't post the prices for beer, and then you find out it's $7 a draft. That was for a beer I've had for $4 elsewhere. Tacos were ample, and three were a lot to eat. The ceviche was served on a cracker, I really enjoyed how they served it. Just post the prices on your beer, and I would go back. It just felt underhanded. read more

The host and server were so friendly and attentive. The food was delicious and there are a ton of great options! The tacos are reasonably priced and have a good portion size. Overall, this was a great find and I would recommend to anyone looking for American-Hispanic cuisine. read more

We stopped in for brunch and as with any new restaurant, I keep an open mind. However, we left pleasantly surprised. The decor is industrial and modern, which works perfectly for this type of eatery. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful in their recommendations. I ordered the quesadilla tres capas, which was a generous portion of grilled potatoes, bacon, queso, fresco and pico de gallo. My husband ordered the Korean beef tacos off the lunch menu and those were by far some of the tastiest tacos we've had. The slaw really makes that taco. We split the beer Belgian waffle, which was fluffy and had just a tiny hint of hops. I'm excited Solbird is so close to home and can't wait to go back and try some local taps. read more

Solbird Kitchen & Tap - Tex-Mex Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Service is on point. Jerry is an awesome dude. Every item on the menu is amazing. I'm especially fond of the Korean BBQ sliders tho. Beer selection also on point. They do a better job than most local restaurants supporting local breweries. read more

Went with my wife while our daughter was at camp, which was a good thing because to even eat there you have to be 21 We didn't order any drinks even though they did look good We had the guacamole and it was very fresh with a very nice tortilla chip We were impressed by the tacos as well and will go back to try more read more

The place is small but clean. Scan the QR code and pull up their menu...cool! In partnership with Birdboy Brewing out of Roanoke, IN. The only issue and it's a big one! Not a single Birdboy brew on tap! All guest taps. While I wasn't disappointed with my beers, it just sucked that you go to a brewery and you can't drink their brews. read more

Solbird Kitchen & Tap - A couple flights... none from Birdboy...ugh - Tex-Mex Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Solbird is a nice little place on the northwest side. The food is pretty solid, and they offer a variety of brews. The service is generally very good, and the quality of ingredients is on par as well. Worth checking out if you're in the area. read more

Wow! This restaurant is incredible all around! The service was wonderful. My friend and I sat outside and our server never forgot about us. She was consistent and had the coolest curly hair :). Our appetizer of chips and guacamole was delicious! Their chips have incredible flavor and the guacamole was SO fresh. I got the steak burrito which had incredible flavor and I could only eat half of it! I think I would ask for half the rice that comes in it for next time. Overall, I wasn't expecting that much quality for such a small place, it was SO yummy!! Their beers are all from local breweries and I had a cider mixed with Mad Anthony's Raspberry beer (I think a pale/light ale). read more

Good beer selection and great burritos. Staff are always friendly and attentive. Good variety

Stopped by for a weekday lunch. It was a great experience for my first time visit. Our server was knowledgeable and very attentive. We enjoyed the margarita flight and the mimosa flight. The tacos were excellent. We're recommendation this gem to all! read more

The menu really looks amazing. After looking it over, I settles on the Korean Pork Sliders. Not knowing exactly what to expect boy was I surprised. The presentation and flavor was awesome. I tried to take my wife back on Friday night but they were packed and it would be a while to get a seat. We will be going back. read more

Solbird Kitchen & Tap - Korean Pork Sliders - Tex-Mex Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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We've enjoyed Sol Kitchen food truck...but goodness the food was great at the brick and mortar restaurant. Perfect!! We had the guacamole w the homemade chips...delicious. We had chorizo & black bean quesadilla, pork tacos...the flavor of both was excellent. The tacos aren't real filling so I'd recommend getting an extra. We also had the creamy dessert which had a hint of cayenne to bring that subtle hint of heat. The only downfall?? It's located on the far north side of the city. But is the 40 min drive from southwest worth it? You betcha!! Oh wait...did I mention beer? read more

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I'm usually quite happy at generally any restaurant but nothing about this experience was good. 2pm, Thursday. a couple of people at one other table and a few guys at the bar, that's all. First off, the chairs are so incredibly heavy, I had to put my purse down and grab it with both hands to move it far enough to sit down. I spent most of our meal in my own thoughts because the music was blaring so loud that I couldn't hear what my friends were saying. When asked if it could be turned down, the staff said "Sorry, can't do anything about it." The food? Choices are limited but I found a Caesar salad on the menu. Big mistake; worst Caesar I've ever had. How can you mess up a salad? With uncomplimentary-flavored, hot-seasoned chicken. The flavor didn't match up with Caesar at all. So after removing the meat I found a handful of lettuce at the bottom with some slime on it that only vaguely resembled salad dressing and still tasted of the hot seasoning. I asked the waitress for some milk to hopefully clear my palate. She said no. Anything milky? Coffee creamer. Never mind. When my friends had finished eating the waitress tried to give me a box to take my food home. Why? She was aware that I couldn't eat it there, why would I take it home? I'm usually a good tipper, 25-35%, but she didn't deserve it, sorry. This is one place I would never go to ever again. BTW, I am a local; I don't know why I'm shown as being from California. read more

Website/Yelp hours are not updated. This place is closed Sunday and Monday. Small place at end of a plaza. Don't make the mistake I did and traveled a ways just to test the locked door. Lol read more

One word review-AWESOME! Great variety of food. Service is always on target. Nice and quiet.

Well sadly I'll never be back to Sol Bird after the owner was just incredibly rude and confrontational for no reason. He was busy and didn't have enough staff. A real shame he lost his composure with one of his best supporters. All because I asked if a table was available. I understand running a retail food establishment can be challenging - I've done it. But I never yelled at my customers. Good luck Jerry Perez keeping your business open while verbally abusing your customers. read more

This place is frustrating more than anything. They offer solid good food but the service or management, not sure which or both - is lacking. Savor Fort Wayne is going on... so we arrive at 4:45 and there's plenty of seating, so we take a seat. We waited 30 minutes for someone to bring a menu, to take our drink order and to find out which soup they were serving tonight. By 5:00 the place was full and 3 more servers arrived. If they have the meatball soup, it usually arrives with dessert, tonight it actually showed up before the entree even though the waitress apologized for the delay since my bowl went to another table. I wish I was joking when I say the soup arrived at 5:30. In another 20 minutes the entrees arrived. One couple walked in waited for a table, sat when the folks left. The table wasn't cleared, they were ignored for at least 15-20 min before I (and the table next to them) told a different waitress they had not been waited on. Even though it wasn't her table, she took care of them. By 6:20, we received our check...we enjoyed the food, we always do - but the experience was lacking. I honestly don't know why we keep going back, I think we hope that it will get better and if the food wasn't as good as it is, we definitely wouldn't go back. read more

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Vegan and vegetarian options. Love the margarita flights as well! Amazing chips and guacamole!

The flavors were original and well thought out. The combination of local brew pub and food truck menu combo was genius. Great service, very personable and authentic. We'll definitely be back! read more

Solbird Kitchen & Tap - Tex-Mex Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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First ttime there. The food was great. It was refreshing to see and taste different options. The menu was clean and It cluttered. Our server was knowledgeable and very helpful with explaining everything. He gave us the history of how it started as a push cart. Then it went to a food truck which they still have. And now their first restaurant. The door says 21 to enter. However they did say 18 and up was OK. It's not reallly a traditional bar. The beer was good. They Let us have some samples for free before we ordered. This place is close to my house. I will be coming back. Well done!! read more

Wow first time coming here and it didn't disappoint! It is tucked away in a shopping center off DuPont behind the gas station and it's hard to view the store front from the road. Plenary of parking in the well maintained parking lot. Very clean and today once inside as well. They adhere to strict Covid precautions and require masks etc. I love the simplicity of the way it's decorated while focusing more on their homemade food and beers. We came for my birthday celebration and the staff made it very special for me. It was Awesome due to this Covid Thing where doing things is limited. We tried a little but of everything from their tap line and their menu. The food is made from scratch recipes froM The owner and has a very authentic taste and fresh feel to it. The spices used leave a kick in your mouth and I just couldn't believe how fresh it all was. They serve desserts as well and while unique they stick to the theme of Hispanic foods Americans are known to love. Def worth trying everything on the menu. I chose their lightest beef and it was fresh on my pallet and crisp. Great paired with lime and salt. Next I tried ale that was smooth and earthy. Very good as well. A few other lints landed across the table but by the time we ate food Comprise set in and I think I pretty much stuck with the light beer for the rest of the evening. Didn't want to feel to full! Staff was outstanding. So helpful and friendly and made sure our table was tended to in a timely fashion. The chef/owner came to our table to greet us and ask about the food which is hard to find these days and was very much appreciated by our table. If you're nervous about going inside they offer a drive thru window. This place is a gem to the Fort Wayne community and needs to be visited by everyone. I'm glad they decided to open a brick and mortar expanding from their food truck. It's worth the visit and visit often. Highly recommend. read more

Solbird Kitchen & Tap - the bar area - Tex-Mex Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

I had delicious food and drinks while here. The Shrimp Ceviche appetizer was so tasty and memorable.

Well ... it's super close and that's always a plus. I just wish I liked it more because if I did we could walk there and then walk our (maybe) tipsy butts back home. The space is small and welcoming even if the bar staff doesn't acknowledge you. Boo on that - it's definitely not big enough that they can't see you to say 'hi'. The food is fine. It's not great. The menu LOOKS great. But there's something missing and idk what it is ... sides or garnish or something. I can tell you the last time I was there I met a girlfriend and we sat at the high table by the wall near back hall. The female server seemed to have forgotten about us. But then she apologized multiple times. So she didn't FORGET, but it was busy, or something. We didn't even order drinks, just a dinner and 2 desserts to split. We told her we wanted to try them both. Now, I must say, she did split the desserts on the checks, which was GREAT. Super job! However ... one of the desserts was the churro waffle. And ... we were soooo sure it was microwaved that we mentioned it to her. She said no, but that it comes in a mix. Well, whatever - it had that microwaved texture and was totally disappointing that even as I'm typing this I'm sad. Don't put 'churro' in the description. Just don't. It was worse than an Eggo waffle in that it didn't even have a toasted texture. I'm a dessert aficionado. I know stuff. In short, I'm glad it's in this part of town because we are sadly lacking in all things. Except we do have a good Kroger. We need everything else. They have all the ingredients and they could do better. read more

We sought out Solbird, wanting to visit a non-chain eatery on the north-side that served local craft beer with a foodie-rep...which was surprisingly hard to find in north-side Fort Wayne. We had a long morning at the zoo and were pretty hungry by the time we dropped by Solbird. The dining space was modern industrial, but brightly colored, with a long bar on one side and small kitchen in the back with two (2) cooks. The menu consisted of fusion and creative Mexican-influenced items; tacos/quesadillas/burritos, but with ingredients such as Korean-marinated pork, chorizo made in-house, goat cheese, kimchi slaw, and fresh veggie combinations. We ordered the shrimp, pesto & goat cheese quesadilla, guacamole & chips, Mexican caesar salad, and two (2) tacos (Korean beef and shrimp & chorizo). While it was great that Solbird offered the local Birdboy beer and other nearby drafts, there were not any beer styles that appealed to us, so we stuck with water. Everything was okay up to when we ordered...but then...the wait. We were two (2) out of approximately seven (7) patrons, of which four (4) already received their food. The Mexican caesar and guacamole came out after about ten (10) minutes. The guacamole was okay, but the portion size was very small for the price. Nothing was very Mexican about the caesar, except for the addition of pepitas...it definitely needed spruced up flavor-wise. We then waited almost twenty (20) more minutes for the two (2) tacos and quesadilla. It looked like the kitchen was working on a catering order and had forgotten about our tickets. When we received our food, we preferred the tacos over the sort-of bland quesadilla (which needed more pesto). The tacos had lots of meat and toppings, definitely not a skimpy taco portion. The "Jazzy" shrimp and chorizo taco was my favorite, with a good combination of different textures and balanced flavors. Some house-made salsas or hot sauces would have been a nice spicy addition to the tacos and quesadilla, but it looked like only Tapatio was available. Anyhoo, I had high hopes for Solbird. We'd perhaps visit again when on the north-side of Fort Wayne to check out the rotating beer menu or the brunch offerings. They could hopefully work out the service timing and make a few tweaks...they definitely have the imaginative flavor combos which the Dupont/Highway 3 area needs and I hope they are successful. read more

Get your Bird Boy Brewing beer here. Four dedicated taps for Bird Boy. The rest of the taps are Indiana breweries. Most of the taps are Fort Wayne breweries. You can even buy 22 oz boomers of Bird Boy beers. The food is Tex-Mex and al a cart. No meals. I got a Thai burrito. It is loaded. With salsa and chips to start, I could only eat half the burrito for lunch and ate the second half for lunch the next day. The Thai burrito was awesome. All the Thai flavors you that would expect. The salsa tasted freshly made and the tortilla chips looked homemade. Both great. I wish they would do the more traditional meal approach. read more

First time at Solbird, met some friends for lunch. I'm a sucker for any kind of fish or shrimp tacos so I ordered two Baja shrimp tacos. They were among the best I've ever had. Corn tortillas (important) lots of shrimp, good seasonings and toppings. My only negative was that the music playing was very loud. My friends and I hadn't seen each other for awhile and wanted to talk, but it was hard to have a conversation. Our server was not able to adjust the volume. Had to take a star off for that. read more

Fantastic beer, yummy tacos, nice atmosphere! Chips were great, guac portion was quite small. Minor complaint is that our tacos were not warm by the time they were served to us. Nonetheless, they had great flavor. We enjoyed a beer flight of local brews and were very impressed with Birdboy beer. It was our first time having it and loved it. read more

We went in on a Tuesday at 610PM before a music event nearby. The atmosphere at Solbird was 'quirky cool' and they were about 3/4th full, so about 30-35 patrons. At 620PM, we ordered a very tasty brown ale & two Tuesday Taco specials, Korean Beef and Carnitas. We waited and waited for our 6 street tacos. At 710PM, 50 minutes after we ordered, I asked our waitress if they lost our food order. A minute later she delivered our food which was luke-warm. The tacos did have good flavor, though. We were 35 minutes late for our show thanks to the excruciatingly slow service at Solbird. Having been in the food industry, the major issues to me is the staff has virtually no communication with each other. Also, everyone seemed to be working at a lethargic pace, especially the two workers? in the kitchen. read more

You'll want to try the Korean Beef Tacos ($10 for 2) which were quite yummy! Two warm corn tortillas brimming with toppings - tender beef, grilled red bell peppers and onions, cilantro, slightly spicy kimchi and drizzled with a soy chili sauce. Crunchy, spicy, juicy and sweet. A harmonious balance of flavors. read more

Solbird Kitchen & Tap - Korean Beef - Tex-Mex Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

I already loved the food truck version of Sol, so I wasn't surprised when I loved the food at Solbird! We started with the guacamole & chips, which was delicious! (I'm from California where the guac is competitive. I would say this is probably the best version of guac I have found since moving here!) I had the Ancho Steak burrito at the recommendation of one of the staff and I wasn't disappointed. The flavor was on point... Again, being from California, I have had my fair share of burritos, and while I didn't feel it was similar to a traditional burrito, it held its own! Perfect size, too! My husband had two Jazzy tacos and to be honest, I can't review these because they were so delicious to him, he never even offered me a bite! LOL The staff was super friendly and helpful. We went on a Saturday at an off time (I think it was like 2 or 3 p.m.), so they weren't that busy. The bartender said they pick up at dinner time, but lunches haven't caught on yet. The location is a little off the beaten path, but I have full confidence that their reputation from the food truck will counter this. The only bad thing I really have to review is it was pretty pricey. The above food, plus two beers came out to almost $50. Definitely a nice treat, but not a place that we could frequent, that's for sure! Side note: I have had the Shrimp and Pesto Quesadilla from the food truck and it is SO SO SO good that I have to force myself to order something else every time I go here because I want to try as much as possible - it's all so delicious! read more

Great brunch! Friendly staff! Very attentive and kind. Music was a bit loud. Nice atmosphere

This place is always a crowd pleaser. Tacos tacos and more tacos but don't forget to give the rice bowls a try. AMAZING!

Yay! Jerry and the kitchen made some positive changes since my wife and I first visited. The guacamole appetizer had a good amount of flavor and spice. Even the chips had more flavor. I tried the special of the evening, surf and turf. Both tacos had the perfect amount of sweet and heat. The Birdboy Stom Blonde was a perfect match with dinner. Thanks for listening to your patrons and spicing things up. We can't wait to try brunch. read more

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Excellent food - adventurous and fresh! They accommodate all kinds of dietary issues without batting an eye. Drink list is adequate. The only thing we could actually complain about is the ridiculously tiny amount of chips that come with an appetizer. I'll bet there were 12 chips total in the tiny holder that came with our cheese dip. The server graciously brought us refills 4 times. Come on, SolBird.... read more

One of our favorite places for a casual date night away from kids. Small, intimate, great service, excellent tacos and margarita flights. What else do you need?! read more

I have followed Jerry's creations since his push cart food, then his food truck, to now a brick and mortar Excellent food, every time. Excellent service, every time. Looking forward to seeing his truck at the summer farmers market but if that is not the case, I know where to find "the best tacos (and any other thing on the menu) in town". read more

If this place was at a better location, it would be very busy. The owner has had plenty of experience making food for demanding palates. Try it. The only downside , for me, is the beer selection. However, always good local craft beers. Support locals read more

Street tacos are great, decent beers, and they have a waffle dessert that's incredible! Love being able to bike here using the dupont Trail. Wish they had an outdoor patio. read more