Yes, the fish fry is very good, if not the best I've had in the area. Â However, the details/ambiance kinda ruined it for me. Â The place is a magnet for fat, loud men who feel like their drunken exclamations are important enough that everyone should hear them. Â It's not just the patrons either. Â It was actually the bartender who loudly proclaimed, "I want to get a T-Shirt that says, too many lesbians, not enough time!". Â
Yes the loud drunk men were annoying, but that's kind of what you expect when you go into a bar, right? Â The real thing that took me down a few stars was the toilet in the ladies room. Â The toilet water was bubbling up. Â Violently. Â I'm not talking a little blub blub. Â It was a full out spontaneous eruption of toilet water. Â Being pregnant, and being that the other stall was occupied, I had to no choice but to hang my buns over this porcelain Buckingham and get my pee splashed back up onto me. Â Barf. Â I've never seen a more disgusting situation in a public bathroom. Â To top it off, the toilet paper dispenser was not working, so I had to exit the stall for paper towels. Â Needless to say, no food looks good after that, even if it is the best fish fry in the area. Â Sorry if that's TMI, but I feel I should protect the clean asses of Lake County.
A townie bar in the middle of Nowhere, Mundelein. Â It seems as though this bar is actually located in a residential area. Â The parking here is atrocious. Â you have to try and maneuver through the tiny parking lot where people have invented parking spot making it a very narrow passageway... at times I held my breath as we tried to squeeze between two randomly parked cars. Â Eventually, a spot in front opened up and we went in.
The bar is a dive to say the least, but it was packed. Â There was nowhere to sit and barely anywhere to even stand. Â People kept running into us. Â However, the cheap drinks and live music made up for this. Â I just wish the place was kept a little warming, the front and side doors kept opening so smokers could get their nicotine fix. Â Everyone here was super friendly though, so I could see myself returning in the future. Â I really like how the outside actually looks like a mill... shh...don't tell, but that is the main reason I decided to check Irish Mill out!
The entertainment is generally blah, but they occasionally have a great band playing. Â The food in phenomenal, I haven't had anything I didn't like. Â Most of their Irish food is made for real with grandma's old recipe - the shepard's pie and bridies are a good example of this. Â The bangers are excellent as well.
The bartender Jimmy puts a shamrock in the head of your Guinness - nice!
The atmosphere is very friendly. Â Live music is good. Â And the bridie is one of the most magnificent foods I have ever eaten. Â Soft and flakey, Â the pastry of the gods, Â yet super delicious and meaty. Â I very very much enjoyed my feast and my pints. Â I need to go back there again ASAP.
Review Source:Went here for the Friday fish fry; cod was a little soggy, but good flavor and a good beer batter. Reasonably priced. Â Decent list of beers and other alcoholic stuff. Â MYOB type crowd, which I like, but reasonably friendly for all that. Maybe it should be 3.5, but I agree with John L: hard to find good fish fries around here. Â So....I'll be back.
Review Source:A friend and I were wandering around looking for a place that was open for food on Easter Sunday Evening. We just decided to drive around for a bit, looking for something that wasn't a chain, something out of the norm.
We drove by this place and saw that it was open, both of us looked at each other and said, that place looks fun, let's try it out...
We wander in and see 8 Beer taps, and a large square bar, with many different kinds of whiskey and scotch. Immediately we decide that this is the place is that we were looking for.
The bartender greeted us and asked if we had been there before, we told him no. He nicely explained the place and invited us to wander around the grounds with our drinks. We went outside and enjoyed the view of the pond and the warm fire for a bit.
Then we went back inside and perused the menu, delighted to see Irish, British and Scottish foods and fair on the menu. Bangers and Mash etc. Burgers, fish fry, all kinds of great things.
I got the Zak Attack Burger, the bartender says "It's huge", and it was, had it with Onion rings, which were perfect. The burger was great, eggs over easy on top of it, was delicious. My friend had a The Mill Burger, and onion rings, she loved it.
The owner Justin, came over and talked to us for a bit, he saw my friend playing with her Ipad, and went out of his way to help her get on the internet with it, with his personal wireless hotspot, as the wireless in the building was being funny.
We had some shots of Jameson, tried about half the beers on the menu, and had a good time watching hockey, talking to the patrons, bartenders, the chef, and the owner.
Very surprised, and very happy to find this place.
Will definitely go back!
In the vast suburban subdivisoned landscape that is Mundelein (and Vernon Hils , etc etc...) there are few remnants of the "culture" of the past - meaning pre 1970's.
Yet here lies a nice weathered establishment, with live music, small drinks, and a good vanilla vibe that is a nice respite from the strip malls and Culvers that line the roads now.
Its nice to know that the suburban sprawl developers haven't touched one of the last places in the area with character .
*Reveiwed by an unapologetic urbanite.
The Irish Mill is the place where I had my first pint of Guinness oh so long ago, and it is the place that I think of first when I have a taste for the ambrosia of the emerald isle.
It never ceases to amaze me how they manage to get the shamrock in the foam of the "pour". The luck O' The Irish I imagine!
The Harp Beer Batter Cod Fish and Chips are the best this side of County Cork although friends of mine swear by the "Bangers and Mash" and Meat Pies.
Darts? Did someone say darts? Steel tip boards in abundance with a distinctively Pub setting.
My friend and brother from another mother who I have met at "The Mill" for St. Patrick's Day for many years now (and participated with me in the "Great Guinness Toast") called today to remind me that March 17th is a weekday this year. If you wish to experience The Irish Mill on St. Pat's with us- you're advised to be seated at the bar before 3-PM when the tradesmen arrive in droves. Not that this is a bad thing- it's just harder to get seated.
Driving the snakes out of Ireland indeed- I heard the good Saint only needed a 5-iron!
Dear Fellow Fish Fry Fanatics,
We all know that there are way too many mediocre Friday Night fish frys in the world, and we are more than aware that some restaurants that serve outstanding fish 'n chips during the week compromise their Friday Night Fish Fry with inferior product (note the Abbey Pub as example). Â We Fry Brothers know how frustrating this can be! Â We're tired of driving to western Wisconsin to get our fix; tired of driving to Holland, Michigan to the Beachwood Inn or to Grand Rapids to Fat Man's Fish Fry. Â
Brothers, your prayers are answered! Â The Irish Mill's fish fry consists of a bountiful serving of lightly beer-battered Icelandic cod that will tantalize the taste buds of the utmost scrutinizing fry brother. Â And, it's only $7. Â Caaaan yoooou dig it???!???!
Located in Mundelein on Hwy 83 between 60 and 176, it is worth the drive. Â The Mill looks like a typical roadside bar, except it has a windmill.
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