mill street brew pub

may 14-13. to whom it may concern,

i was in on the evening of may 14 this week to try to catch some of the sens game.
i had been in with a group sometime last summer and swore i would never go back.
my friends managed to convince me to visit mill st. again for some drinks.

this time we sat at the bar. pete was taking care of us. he was awesome! very down to earth, entertaining and efficient. we didn't end up taking a table that we were wait-listed on because we were content with the great service pete was able to provide!

we will be back for pete!


-----01 may, 2012-----

if i wanted to have a 4 hour dinner i would go to beckta!. i did not enjoy my experience at all...
we had a 5pm reservation. the hostess had us going around in circles because she was clueless to what was going on and didn't know where our table was. please note it wasn't even busy yet.
i don't even like beer and the wine choices could have been much better.
i tried the french onion soup....it was ok but not hot enough, and the cheese could've been melted more. i went for the sunday special prime rib dinner, server said he hadn't heard anything bad about it...liar!
meat was medium rare on one side(how i asked for it) and well done on the other side...it looked like they pan seared it on the one-side. 5 people at our table ordered and they were all the same, nobody was happy. the meat was so tough...i couldn't eat it. the yorkshire pudding was barely edible...also tough. service was slow, ordering took forever, drinks took forever, no quality checks and food was awful! when i asked for a spoon i was given a dirty spoon. when i asked for a clean one....it was like i was being a pain. what's wrong with expecting clean cutlery? i would never recommend this place and i will never be back!
if you want agoodprime rib....try lieutenant's pub!

really not worth it!. we went for a friend's 50th birthday. granted there were 10 of us so waiting a bit is a reality on a saturday at 6:00pm. but almost two hours to get a table then having to sit at two separate tables in different sections with different servers was a bit much. when we mentioned something we were told this is the table and if we don't want it we can wait longer for another table to sit all of us together or go. it was not my decision. we stayed.

the beer is overpriced when a pint is over $10. i don't care if it is a micro brewery spending $40 for three pints with tip is highway robbery and nothing else. the scotch (chivas regal) is overpriced at $20.00 for a 2 oz shot while a bottle at the lcbo costs just over $45.00 for 26 oz...the mark up on that is a little ridiculous. then there is the wine. $15.00 for a 9oz. glass of merlot when the entire bottle is about that price at the lcbo...there's mark up then there is just plain greedy.

when we finally got our separate tables the waitress we had took a drink order for me and ignored the other four people at the table then was annoyed when she brought my drink and surprise surprise the other four people at the table wanted a drink. when she finally appeared ten minutes later and slammed the drinks on the table spilling the overpriced brew without an apology she begrudgingly took our order for dinner.

the menu is pedestrian at best for a pub of...well let's just say its own reputation. the table ordered a variety of food from the fish & chips to the steak to the flatbread and finally a burger. three out of the five dishes arrived after over a 1/2 hour wait then ten minutes later the other two dishes arrived. my friend said the burger was just ok. the burger was half the size of the burnt bun it was served on with cold fries. the steak i had was just ok. not really any flavour and a bit salty but it was at least cooked to agoodmedium-rare but not a vegetable to be had just a few mushrooms and some fried onions. the flat bread was verygoodand the fish & chips were reported to begoodas well. i had to go to the bar and retrieve the one pepper mill in the entire place and was told that it could not stay at the table because it was the only one they had. so it was promptly snatched back by the manager and returned to the bar to sit idle and not to be touched by any other service staff at all. believe me i watched.

did i mention we still had not seen our original server? the food was delivered sporadically by other service staff and trying to get a drink...well we really just gave up entirely. when the table was finished we had to ask for the plates to be cleared and still no sign of our original server.

finally we had had enough. we had arrived at 5:30pm and it was now pushing onto 9:00pm. then we had to go find the server to get the bills which she had to do again because she put the wrong drinks and food on the wrong bills depsite asking from the beginning who was on what bill and writing it down!!!

we had just finished a mediocre at best dinner with some of the worst service i have ever had drinking overpriced beer and wine. even the diviest pub at least acknowledges that you are spending money at their establishment and thanks you for it. at the mill st. brew pub it is as if the management and staff deigned to allow us to dine there and we should have been thanking them for privilege of entry into their precious establishment.

the only thing i can say is i've been there. i will never go again. not that anyone from management will bother to call to discuss the experience as they really did not seem to have any interest to do so while we were there. i did try and i left a comment card…nothing!

good times!!. great times at mill street! asgoodas the toronto airport location if not better. we were served by guillaume and he recommended the mill street cobblestone stout to me. if you're a fan of this kind of beer, you definitely want get a six-pack from their adjoining store before heading out!

had agoodmeal here. the beer was all very good, all of our meals were tasty. i had the indian meal, the people i was with had the salmon and duck sandwich and were all happy with it. the service was good. it was noisy but it was very busy. people need to realize that it is a brewpub with pub food and not the old mill.

good place to go to at any time of the year. i've been here many times, and each time i've had the same problem. the food took forever to make. the restaurant also gives brewery tours and one time my family and i decided to go on it as we waited for our food. when we came back from our tour, we asked where our food was and they told us they just started making it so that it wouldn't get cold. i found that every time i visited this restaurant, the waiters were nice but also very forgetful. i like to get some nice ice cream after my meal, and every time i've ordered ice cream it took the waiters over half an hour to bring it to my table, even though i asked them where it was. there are lots of places to sit in the restaurant. i am giving the restaurant a 3.5 only because of howgoodtheir food is.

i really want to like this place. goodatmosphere. great location. service is good. but food is terrible. ok for beer and appetizers but don't bother for dinner.

this is the place forgoodbeers andgoodsnacks. great views in a nice old building. tourtière wasgoodand fresh with peas and ok mashed potatoes. typical british style pub food but with some more sophisticated options. many crave the elk burger here.

came here after bluesfest for a bite and a few drinks and i gotta say the location is pretty sweet. right by the water and a massive size, this real brewery is a nice spot if you're visiting ottawa. the food was not as great as the location unfortunately. we had a pizza with bacon, pulled pork and mozzarella, pulled pork tacos (because they ran out of chicken), calamari and nachos. the pizza wasgoodwith a bbq sauce on top, the calamari was really dry and tasteless and it came with 3 dips (two of which didn't make sense with calamari at all), and the tacos were alright. nachos were fairlygoodbut nothing stood out or was really worth the price. overall, great looking spot but mediocre food.

they had agoodvariety of food options am for vegetarians and gluten intolerant people. i would recommend this place for a nice dinner but it has more of a restaurant feel than a pub.

i have had severalgoodmeals at mill street. we biked here today along the river pathway. it's a gorgeous setting, especially the patio. i love the smoked trout salad: lettuce, pears, dried apricots, pistachio crumble and a light "green goddess" dressing. this is my kind of meal, and it's great - light and fresh and savoury - but i wish it came with bread as it's a lot of greens and fish and something is needed to balance it all out. the organic lager is my favourite beer at mill street. they also make their own root beer. it's definitely worth trying! 

the service is ok, pleasant enough. i would have appreciated a water since it was quite warm and we had been biking, but it was never offered and when i remembered to ask for it the server was nowhere in sight.

great good, odd service. the food was great and the beer selection excellent, even agoodcider for my wife. however our waiter was very inattentive and didn't stop by at our table once to see how we were doing, we had to stop him as he walked by. i would recommend this place hopefully you don't get the waiter we had.

building is awesome (but loud), beer is fantastic, food is ok. love the building and the vibe is good. the beer is generally reallygoodstuff. the food is ok but nothing to write home about. location is a little weird but it is a beautiful spot.

will not return. last saturday my husband and i decided to go out for bunch. we love mill st. in toronto and decided to try the one here. i was having a hard time of lunch or breakfast (let’s face it brunch is hard sometimes!) and we decided to get a charcuterie plate first. we told the waitress we would like it as an appetizer and our eggs benedict served after. we were slowly enjoying our food as the charcuterie was large when our eggs benedict arrive. my husband was not impressed, as we specifically requested this not to happen. when we told the gentleman who came out he offered to put it in the warmer for us. uh, no. when our server came by and asked how it was we told her we were very unhappy they came early, and she said she was sorry the kitchen was not busy and it came out quicker than she anticipated. fine – putting all that aside we dig in. i found that the pulled pork was not amazing, and didn’t have as much flavour as i’m used to. without the bacon, and the fact that it was on toast it was all mushy and had no texture. the part to dig into my eggs came and they were hard. it was really disappointing, as my favourite part is when you cut and it oozes and covers everything. the server came back and after two bites, i knew i would not eat it. i told her i didn’t want it and would each the rest of our charcuterie plate. she said she could get me a new one, but i wasn’t in love the first time, and didn’t think the second time would yield different results. after all of this, she apologized again and didn’t charge us for my breakfast.goodnotes: the view it’s stunning! really beautiful building, lots of history on their menu and you could see parts of the brewery from the inside.

always enjoyable. i have been many times throughout the day and have always enjoyed myself - decent prices,goodfood, beautiful scenery,goodservice. never had any complaints! most recently went last night for dinner and sat on the patio. only complaint from a friend was she had too little onions on her sandwich.

user reviews. it was reallygoodwhen they first opened. now their quality has gone down. the best thing on their menu was the flat bread piggy delight but they don't serve it anymore. the duck confit flat bread looked promising but it was a complete disaster. service is a hit or a miss depending who you get. suki is the best one there. one time i was there for dinner with a friend and the service was so bad that after 20 minutes of having our 'sort of' empty plates, i got up and took them to the bar. bottomline, for the quality i had been getting lately, it is way overpriced.