Green Mill Restaurant & Bar

I was here for a convention the weekend of May 20. The group of women I was with ordered three Artisan Flatbreads for the table. We had two spinach artichoke (that we added chicken) and the chicken diablo. They were both tasty. I liked the chicken diablo best, I think mostly because it had a little kick to it. The spinach artichoke was good too, and the balsamic vinegar drizzled on it gave it a nice finish.
I had water only but others at the table were drinking. Our server seemed to be slow coming to the table on the return. I was late in joining our group and when she asked what I wanted it seemed to be forever for her to come back. I drank my friend’s water before she came back to take an order and still hadn’t remembered it. She did finally catch on and bring a pitcher of water.

HORRIBLE SERVICE! I’ve been to this restaurant several times before and had okay service so when I decided to have a group come together for my husbands bday I thought hmmm… Green mill would be nice. I called to reserve a table for 15 –two weeks prior and was told to call back closer to the party date. So, I called two days before and spoke with a gentleman who confirmed my reservation. Then upon getting to the restaurant the manager informed me that «we don’t have any record of a reservation… So the best we can do is put together these two tables and the rest of your guests will have to go sit at a side table» … No apology, no inquiry to when I called/​who I talked to, no asking how they could make things better… Then when the manager walked by our table she continued to roll her eyes like an immature child. I am typically not one to provide reviews, but I was utterly shocked to be treated like that-​especially from someone who holds a high position in customer service. Needless to say we will never step place in that restaurant again.

I take back my previously 4 star review. Last time I went here for Happy Hour they charged us $ 6 for a small pint of leinies. Supposedly $ 1 off (so normally $ 7?!!). I mean seriously… I’ve drank beer at the fanciest places in town (ie: Antons, Café Renaissance) and they charged me LESS than that at a non-​happy hour price. No way am I ever going back here. With all the great happy hours in town, I don’t need to go here and get fleeced on beer. Happy Hour? Try sad hour… sad cuz my wallet is empty after all my $$ is gone for a couple small beers. So Sad cuz I always loved this place… Green Mill if you ever go back to reasonable beer prices please let me know because I would love to frequent your place of business again.

The chicken we set back manger thought no big deal the vendors around our booth all complain about how it went down hill

Someone mentioned that the Green Mill in a St Cloud, MN was heard to have an above average Thanksgiving buffet. It turns out this advice was rather forgiving in its appraisal of the offering at this establishment.
We were greeted by a hostess who showed us to our table, a setting akin to any cafeteria table at your local middle school. Once seated we were left to fend for ourselves. Obviously at a banquet style dinner one doesn’t expect to order food, but perhaps a beverage would be nice?
We began trying to make the most of it and dared ourselves to engage the oddly arranged presentation of isolated tables with a few of those unremarkable metallic food warming things placed on each. The turkey was over here, the gravy (using the term in only a way something out of a store bought jar could a describe) over there, the stuffing somewhere else, all surrounding the highlight of the operation… the dessert tray.
After solving the plate filing puzzle that someone, somewhere dreamt up the night before the festivities began, amidst what had to be a heavily intoxicated haze, we found our way back to our table.
The highlight was the ham, if only for the reason that I witnessed someone «carve» it off an actual ham. And after devouring said ham, I realized something; since we entered this hall, there has not been one member of what people in the food serving business call wait staff. We had no beverages, no stand to get a beverage, no person to get us a beverage, there wasn’t even water, anywhere in the hall!
Whatever we’ll make the most of it. The conversation was a pleasant distraction from the dry, salt induced reality we found ourselves in. You know the feeling. That sensation brought on by eating processed food that had been tortured under the unregulated furnace that is one of those metal warming things. Parched is an understatement.
One of our party had enough and went to the only employee we had seen since entering the hall, the hostess. And minutes later there was something amazing that happened… a second employee was witnessed, and she was headed our way! Sweet Jesus let it be true.
Well, it did indeed turn out to be true. She took our beverage order and was off to procure that which was so entirely necessary to continue eating this high quality, err… food.
A third employee made his way to our table and asked us for our beverage order?!? I struggled to free my tongue from the roof of my now dehydrated and glue-​like mouth to explain to him that our order had already been taken and that the second employee should be bringing our drinks out shortly (please god, please).
The third employee then mentioned that, get this, the second employee is actually the manager AND she told him to come take our beverage order because that is not her job.
LOL, literally, I laughed out loud when he said that. So, not only did she not get our drinks, but she refused to even disseminate the ever so necessary drink order she had taken some time ago. This is management at it’s finest, highly communicative, empowering, and goal oriented.
Needless to say, the third employee eventually arrived with our drinks and promptly emptied his tray on the closest patch of table he could find and then POOF, he was gone. Fantastic, at least we have liquid. We have no idea which liquid belongs to who, but it’s wet and in front of us, and we needed that.
The entire table, almost in unison, gulped whichever glass was closest and we all smiled. Thirst quenched, we were left to evaluate whether a second trip to the feed bag was in order. Turns out, it wasn’t, not for a single one of us, except one daring sole. And upon her bravery, there were a few other intrepid souls. My hat goes off to them as they forced their bodies to endure the trial they knew was ahead.
I can only assume they were under the impression that at this point, beverages would be a regular feature of this dining experience. Sadly, they would soon learn that the arid, waterless existence of the very near past was but foreshadowing of the reality to come.
The third employee never reappeared. The second employee was no where to be seen. And the sticky, paste-​like film in their mouths was the parting gift, a gift thoughtful in its undeniable presence.
It was made clear to us that our time of thankful revelry had passed, checks were strewn about our table, as a horde of minions began stacking chairs, breaking down tables, and doing whatever with what had been presented as «food».
Needless to say, it will be a Thanksgiving to remember, and not for the reason any business owner should be proud of. The dining experience at the Green Mill on 4^th, attached to the Kelly Inn in St. Cloud, MN was horrendous. An experience that all but ensures neither myself, nor anyone in our dinner party, nor any soul I can forever each, will be enjoying any experiences at this establishment in the unending future.
Signing off

Terrible food. Service was fine. There’s really not much to say about this place. I only went because that’s where someone from work took me. On par with a Dennys if you like that kind of thing.

Took an hour to get our food when the place was pretty empty, they were out of several items in the kitchen so our meal choices were limited, and the food was okay at best. Not impressed and definitely not going back.

If you like waiting 15 min to just get greeted and given water and week like waiting almost an hour for mediocre food, then you’ll love this place.

The meal was good, but the service at our table was horribly delayed. We went in one group (had reserved tables earlier) the tables were see separately. So when one part of the group had finished their food and were ready to leave some of us hadn’t even been served. I had to wait more than 45 minutes for my food. Everyone was getting impatient. Our server didn’t even replenish our water. We had to keep bothering the server at the other table to inform our server. She Came to our table only a few times. Even to pay the bill we had to wait ages. By then half our group had left. What an inconvenience. That’s the last time most of us will go to green mill.

Foundation: Bread-​like
Mortar: Melty cheese
Bricks: Layered, traditional
Roof: Chunky, Tomatoey
Style: Chicago Deep Dish
We frequently hit Green Mill for a couple of reasons. They often have specials that help to trim your bill. We do like their pizzas, pasta, and their happy hour specials (half-​priced appetizers and personal pizzas).
Service has been hit or miss at times. The restaurant can also get loud. It’s a farily typical restaurant/​bar with several television screens for watching games.
However, the patio is great during nice weather. Hit the Green Mill during Happy Hour and sit on the patio, and you can have a nice time.
While we love the deep dish pizza, we don’t always have the time (40 minutes) to wait for it. That’s okay, because we enjoy their traditional crust pizzas as well. The appetizers tend to be very good as well.

Had dinner there last night for the first time. I had the Avocado Ranch Burger with sweet potato fries, while my SO had a deep dish pizza with spicy chicken, artichoke, and spinach. We were very impressed. Our server was excellent, the atmosphere was great considering it was a Monday evening, and the food was delicious. Really enjoyed the sweet potato fries in particular. Would definitely go back

1^st time at a Green Mill. Good atmosphere and clean. We had an excellent experience with our waitress (Alex). Food wasn’t bad, enjoyed the appetizers the most (wings). Just caught half priced appetizers for happy hour which ended at 1800. An enjoyable experience with the family. Would visit again.

I have ordered take-​out from them to eat while on break at work two times and they have messed up my order both times. Today I ordered a gyro with no tomatoes and extra cucumber sauce and I received a gyro with tomatoes and no cucumber sauce. Not to mention my fries were soggy. Definitely not worth the money I paid. If you get food from the Green Mill, get it at the restaurant instead of ordering out so that when they mess up your order, they’re not already gone and unable to fix it.

This place has gone down hill! This used to be a decent place to eat. My hubby and I stopped here because we had a gift card… Extremely overpriced and not much was tasty. The only thing we enjoyed were the walleye bites… Won’t come back to this location.

Not the same Bloody Mary mix as other Green Mills. Had great food here last time!

We came here for Sunday Happy hour. Their Bloody Mary mix is terrible. Ask for half tomato juice.
Their Guacamole was more yellow than brown.
He told me there were two orders before us, and so, they were out of bruschetta. I asked if they had tomatoes and balsamic…
Terrible

Y O U C A L L THAT A B R E A K F A S T B U FF E T ??
I was driving through St Cloud for a wedding, needed breakfast, and saw a hotel/​motel with a huge sign that said RESTAURANT. I said to myself, girl, that is a good bet for a decent breakfast, and I don’t see a huge Perkins flag anywhere. And I am running out of time. I pull into the parking lot and lo and behold a GREEN MILL !! YES !!
I figure that as decent as all the Green Mills are that I have ever been to, this should be good. WRONG .
Sure, it was clean and cutsey, even while under partial renovations. There was no full service menu, just an awful breakfast buffet with minimal food. Boy was I wrong. I suppose a room comes with a complimentary breakfast. I’ve had better comp breakfast at Motel 6 on an interstate. At least the bacon was awesome. Ice cold muffins, and white bread for toast. Yum. I was going for the sausage instead of bacon so as not to retain so much h2o, but it takes 1^st place in the worst breakfast sausage category. Maybe the chef should consider spending a couple more bucks a case and get something edible. I hear Jimmy Dean has got a great sausage. Did I say that ?
To add insult to injury, the waitress pretty much ignored me till I flagged her down. And when I asked for the check, she dawdled, and left my dirty plates sitting there. Really? Perhaps a a few lessons in serving and customer service.
Ay yi yi. At least I made it to the wedding in time.
1 ½ MORE BLOCKS AND I COULD HAVE GONE TO PERKINS.

Highly forgettable… redirect to Granite City! Our salads were boring and slightly wilted. Wife’s Asian salad was not Asian in the least. And she is a Filipino. Try as hard as we did to like it, the service was lacksadaisical and the food was non-​descript. We wasted our money, should have cooked at home. Perhaps they’re better known for their pizza.

No reason to eat here. I had my suspicions, but I was on a road trip with a couple of stubborn passengers who decided for some reason that this place looked acceptable based on having absolutely no knowledge with which to make that determination, so I decided to suck it up and park.
Basically like a Minnesotan T.G.I. Friday’s or Chili’s or Applebee’s or whatever similar place with mediocre ingredients and mediocre preparation. It wasn’t terrible but there’s no point in eating at a place like this when you can try something that isn’t a chain instead.

Stopped by for lunch and was greeted by the receptionist promptly. She seemed nice until she just tossed my menu like a Frisbee on the bar where I was going to sit. The bartender was terrible. She didn’t refill my beverage, as how my food was, or even said thank you when she brought the check.
I had the $ 10.99 turkey club. It was good, but not for $ 11. Next time I will try something else. I have been to Green Mill restaurants before in other areas, but I won’t be going back to this location any time soon because of the poor service. Overall, Green Mill restaurants are usually good and I would go back to them again.