The Mill Restaurant

Don't waste your time...the "Jamaican Blackened Fish" was underdone, looked like it was previously frozen (my portion had freezer burn on it), and was slathered with a cheap version of sweet salsa. Vegetables were cold and tasteless...our friend had a grilled Chicken Caesar which was the safest item on the menu it seemed. When we asked to have all of our fish entrees taken away, the waitress seemed concerned. We ordered pizza as a replacement (we were then leary of any fish on the mini-menu) which took much longer than it should have. It was mediocre at best. When we questioned the total of the bill - which, by the way, they CHARGED US for the iceberg lettuce salad and cold vegetables that were INCLUDED with the underdone fish, the owner/bartender/manager was P-O'd that we would not pay for the cold veggies and inadequate salad. He huffed away, offered NO APOLOGY for the lousy meal and grabbed our signed receipt. Good news - the wine is uber-cheap (but also not great), so we drank our way through a lousy meal. We'll never go back....did I mention we had to ASK to have the heat turned on?

The Mill is known in Marion for being what most would consider the nicest restaurant in town. It overlooks the waterfall on the river that flows through a majority of Marion. As for the inside, it has very high ceilings with nice, subtle decorations.

My (now fiancee) then girlfriend came here before our senior prom (romantic, I know, haha). We were politely lead upstairs and to a seat with both a great view and comfortable seating. We first ordered the crab-cakes for an appetizer, which were cooked to absolute perfection. Delicately crispy on the outside, while nice and tender on the inside. Following that we both had absolute amazing entrees, although can't remember exactly what we had. I do know that it was chicken and it was beyond delicious. For desert we shared the raspberry cheesecake, which was a perfect way to end a great meal.

Overall to sum it up, the service was great, the atmosphere was amazing, and the food was impeccable. I will without a doubt be going back in the future.

This was where we had our rehearsal dinner for our wedding. We had heard great things about the restaurant, and my dad enjoyed this place very much. However, we had the worst service ever. Our party was the only group in the place, yet it still took nearly 2 hours to get our food. Also, the appetizers were already cold when they brought them out to us. They charged way too much because it was a large party. Overall, this was a huge disappointment.