millers homestead

not your typical portland breakfast spot. emphasis on "homestead" as this feels like a restaurant you'd find in the middle of south dakota. food is good, service is good - just a no frills...

old school family dining. stopped in here for the first time in years... nothing has changed... thankfully! huge portions of really really good home cookin'. the lower boone's ferry benedict starts with a base of tender biscuits.. topped with a hand formed breakfast sausage pattie that covered both biscuits and then some... scrambled eggs and then drown the whole thing in country gravy. accompanied by a huge portion of grilled red potato's and onion. i'm a big boy... 6'6" and i can eat son. i finished exactly half of this monster breakfast!
my sainted mother had the french dip which did not stoop to the usual deli sliced meat... oh no buddy, it was loaded with shredded pot roast! excellent flavorful real deal beef! she was very impressed! and... i have the other half in my fridge for my dinner.
my dear father went for the 1/2 turkey sandwich on rye with a cup of homemade, chock full of veggies and beef soup. he didn't have much to say besides... mmmmmmmm...mmmmmmmmmmmm.... then the toppper... his lunch came with a slice of pie. he went for the lemon meringue, his favorite. all i can say is wow. it was way way above average! and the crust was darn near as good as my granny made. light and flaky, filled with tart/sweet lemon... awesome.
it sure as heck won't be years before we go back. the halibut fish and chips looked fabulous and i do love me some halibut dunked in screaming hot oil!
there is a lot to like about this place... and today anyway, not one single thing to nitpick.

my mother and i came here for breakfast and really enjoyed ourselves. we were promptly seated by the busy, our waitress was wonderful and courteous, and they had a gal constantly walking around to fill up people's coffee cups (a huge plus). breakfast was served quickly, was filing at a reasonable price. we were impressed with our experience and would definitely come again!

i've been eating here for quite sometime.  the food and service is great!  i like the extra big portions, plenty for left overs!  they make their own biscuits but lately have found that they are tough on the bottom.  sad because they give you 2 and they used to be really good!

this place has classic breakfast options. i liked that you could get potatoes, biscuits or pancakes with your eggs. i enjoyed the spanish omelet and indulged in a few bites of chocolate chip pancakes. the coffee was tasty and refilled often. the servers were also friendly and efficient.

absolutely love this place. great very authentic homestyle food. i highly suggest the fried chicken or the chicken fried steak. but really everything is good. kids eat free on monday night. and they are very family-friendly. i couldn't be happier with the pricing too. if you're looking for a very casual family style home-cooked meal, this is the place.

the food is homemade and very good. my daughter and i always go here when my husbands away for work. prices are low considering the huge portion sizes. the only reason i didn't give it a straight 5 is because the decor needs updating. but the decor isn't worth not going there. we go twice a month.

dingy................. we were in this place on monday. i thought it was a local family restaurant that served good
home style cooking. i think it's more of a breakfast place. my food was overly salty. didn't have
time to change order, so we left. but, i noticed my surroundings. the place needs to be cleaned
up, especially the green rug. it also just need a sprucing up in general. i just may give it another
chance someday. i'll try a breakfast next time!

anything their bacon touches turns to gold.

great size portions and yummy food. the pancakes are served with vanilla butter syrup which is awesome.

i will be back!. my wife and i went in for dinner and we were pleasantly surprised how good the overall meal and service were. the reviews were mediocre but i am thinking that many of the reviews are from uppity up people who do appreciate good food and atmosphere that feels kind of like home. dinner was very good. the price was average but came with ice cream for free. what a deal! thank you!

open later now... oh joy.. we drove by & noticed that millers is now open for dinner. what a great convenience for us! so we tried it about two week s after the notice went up. m-i-s-t-a-k-e .

i had the meatloaf i previously enjoyed for lunch as an entree. it had the texture of week-old, re-frozen and reheated crap. simply disgusting. it was dry as a bone & seemed as if they had added an extra cup of filler to stretch the meat. simply disgusting. the previously tasty sauce was little more than catchup, ... or so it seemed.

my wife's salmon was dry as a bone.

if they're going to stay open in the evenings, it would behove them to train a real kitchen staff & chef to produce food that is at least palatable.

i'll give them a few more weeks to shape up and try it again. the wait staff is so pleasant, it's the only thing keeping me coming back.


-----31 oct, 2011-----

what??? no dinner?!?!?. been there a bunch since our arrival in may/11. a reliable place to go for a decent breakfast & lunch. sure wish they were open after 3pm though :-(

btw... great meatloaf!!!!

never again. we had to wait for at least 15 minutes to get anyone's attention after we were seated. asked the mgr what the soups and pies were - he said he didn't know. no mention of finding out for us. eventually the waitress showed up to take our order. the turkey dinner was so extremely salty that it was barely edible. the asparagus had the bottom part of the stalk left on and was not edible because it was too hard and is not meant to be eaten. also was very salty. when paying, the manager (mexican fellow) asked how the food was and i told him not good and extremely salty. he never apologized and, in fact, did not even respond. and very tricky that the waitress asked if my dad wanted cheese on his omelette but forgot to mention that it cost extra!! absolutely lacking in customer service and cooking abilities at this restaurant. i might add also that my family and i have been going to this restaurant for at least ten years. it has drastically slipped in every way and we will not be going back.

$15 per plate for crappy breakfast!. if you don't mind getting paper inside the batter of your waffle, or getting 3 of 5 orders wrong, or having your complaints brushed aside....then this is the place for you!

-large chunk of white paper inside waffle.
-over easy eggs when fried were ordered
-home potatoes when hash browns were ordered (x2)
-substitutions cost us $10! my kids asked if they could sub hash browns for the bacon with their meals..."oh no problem!"...problem was the waitress didn't bother to tell us she was tacking on $5 per meal. but of course brought the wrong potatoes anyway.

complaint about paper in waffle was taken by a guy who hardly spoke english and then we watch as he appeared to tell a cook and they all got a good laugh.

guy taking our money asks how everything was and we tell him it was not good and he says "oh" and lets it go at that. he didn't even ask why!

when you pay aprox $15 per head for breakfast (with only water for drinks) you should expect better. this place didn't deliver. go elsewhere.

i will be uploading a pic of the paper waffle!

good prices, amazing breakfasts! chocolate chip pancakes with real vanilla syrup!