Old Mill Restaurant

3504 11th Pl NE, Austin
(507) 437-2076

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Christopher Lange

The good first- nice looking restaurant. I would have love to try a steak or prime rib but now you will learn why we went outside to the backyard and got food out there. The bad- waitress comes tells us the specials and take our drink and app orders. The old fashions we ordered came and they were terrible. Plain ice and not mixed. We watch the bartender just dump the select bourbon on top of the mixture he concocted. After a taste we stirred for a few minutes and long story short I didn't finish it as it was a total disappointment from someplace that bosts about the OF. Meanwhile our waitress decided to literally wait on every table before taking our dinner order. When she finally returned 20 minutes later we just closed our tab and decided to try outside for better service. VERY DISAPPOINTING! I don't care about price but if you can't wait on your tables find a new job. Maybe someday we will try inside again but sit at the bar to see if we get better service. The food and music in the “Backyard “ was good. See pictures. Just disappointed we never got to order for our main meal before our waitress decided to ignore us where outside was our only option for food.

Julie Patterson Paulson

Great food, service and atmosphere! Highly recommend The Old Mill!

Beth Eaton

amazing food, friendly staff and incredible atmosphere!!! two thumbs up!!!

Paul Viz Vizina

I took my family to this establishment for my son’s 16 birthday on New Year’s Eve. We heard great things about their executive chef and wanted a nicer fine dining experience , something special. For the record his food was amazing and the chief did an amazing job. Highly recommend! Wait staff did a nice job for a really full restaurant. Our only issue was they sat 4 people at a small pub table. The pub table was about maybe 2.5’ x2.5’. Clearly a table meant for 2 people not 4. Not sure if this is normal or not. When the waitress came with the food she had to play Tetris as there was not enough room on the table for food and drinks. The plates hung off the table and it was super crowded. There were other tables in the restaurant like this. It was definitely not a finer dining experience as you felt like sardines. It felt like they just counted how many bodies they could fit in the restaurant and did not care about atmosphere or people’s experience. If I just wanted drinks and an appetizer maybe these tables would have worked. Definitely NOT for finer dining that this place advertised. If you are a party or 2 I would recommend. If your party has more I would not. Next time I would like finer dining and a treat with my family I’ll find another restaurant even though the food was amazing.

Sue Tasker

We have not been to the Old Mill in years. We brought our son and his girlfriend there this evening. The restaurant is beautiful and the staff are friendly. I was disappointed in the food. My son had a steak. New York. It was over $40 and had no flavor. I had chicken Kiev. The chicken was tough and the breading separated. It was odd. My husband had ribs and he asked if they were a full rack and what he got was very small. Not at all what I remembered. The bill was $240 for 4 of us. I’m not sure we will ever return.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Kevin Bishop

Series of blunders from the time I called to make a reservation.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 1

kites0852

I have been to the Old Mill several times. Each time I enjoyed the food, service was excellent, and friends I took enjoyed the food and atmosphere.

Today, we drove from another town. I had a friend visiting from Georgia and raved about the Old Mill. I checked the website. Maybe I missed it, but I did not see anywhere where the dining area is closed Friday and Saturday evenings. You eat in the “Backyard.”

That would have been ok, but the menu is entirely different. Looks like stuff that can be microwaved.

We ordered nachos for an appetizer. It came, but we were never able to get plates to eat it off of. The ingredients, black beans, corn, chicken, cheese, etc, were bare minimal for the chips. I saw a tablespoon total of black beans, not much more of the corn, and the white cheese queso sauce was in extreme short supply. A pitiful example of nachos.

I ordered a sandwich requesting the sauce it came with on the side. When it arrived, it was on the sandwich. One of my party was drinking water. When she requested another glass of water, it never came. It was offered after we finished eating and were waiting for the check. Yet they were toting glasses of water to all the tables around us.

Your waitstaff was behind the bar, seen on their cellphone, at least one was. If I had known that was what was waiting, I would not have driven all the way from another town to take my friend. I could have gotten that in town here for less only better choices.

I will not make that mistake again, will go another day of the week when inside serving and inside menu is available.

I normally tip real well, last night, same ticket dollar amount netted our served a $20 cash tip. Tonight, I left $5, because we were seen to order drinks and appetizers, no plates for appetizers even though she said she would bring, ordered our food, then tried taking our food while we were still eating without asking first, did not bring the requested water, and 15 minute wait to get our check to leave. She did not check on us and FOLLOW UP WITH REQUESTS such as water. I would have taken another alcoholic beverage, but never had the opportunity to place that order and after seeing my friend not get her water, was not going to waste my time trying.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Kathi Mickelson

Once you find the place it is worth it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Kate Carroll

Everything about it was awesome! Owner was so great to our group. Food was good outdoor area was beautiful. Fun night!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Brussels Sprouts

EJ Paddington

Super good food and service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Johanna Reyes

Horrible service !!!

Angel Agramonte

I had pick the spot cause i wannted to celebrate my anni with my lady and we almost waited 1hour on our food so we decided to just leave

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 1

Kyle Granowski

A great place to spend time with the wife and have a great dinner. Wife's steak was just what she had ordered, definitely coming back again ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Homemade Crab Cakes

Carlisle A

This is a must visit place, great food, view and staff. Everything we had was really very good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

IVAN HARO

Horrible experience

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