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7.5

The Mill Recommended based on its 30 reviews
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Food: 7.5
Ambience: 8
Service: 7
Value: 7.7

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The Mill Details

The Mill Address

71 Hardware Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000
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The Mill Menu
The Mill Website

The Mill Contact Info »

Book a table instantly Phone (03) 9600 1454
Fax No (03) 9600 1434
Enquiries
Michelle or Tess on 96001454 Emailinfo@themillrestaurant.com.au

Cuisines

European, Modern Australian, Tapas, Vegetarian

Chef

Carey Stephens

Prices

Average Meal Price $54 - based on one entree & main course only
Snacks $4.00-$18.00
Entrees $3.50-$40.00
Mains $25.00-$39.00
Plates $4.00-$18.00
Desserts $15.00-$18.00
Drinks $3.00-$15.00

Set Menu
$55 for two courses/$65 for 3 courses.

Bookings

Bookings are preferred
Maximum group booking size is 40
Group bookings are welcomed in the restaurant. On Friday or Saturday early or late seatings for large bookings are preferred (we can do 6.30 or 8.45pm). Why not head down to the fantastic cocktail bar in the basement, - Charlie's Bar for pre or after dinner drinks. There is no minimum spend or charge to reserve an area of the bar. Perfect for groups, celebrations or just a cosy booth for 2. Charlie's has daily happy hour specials including 2 for 1 cocktails 5-8pm Monday to Friday and $10 martinis and a DJ on Friday and Saturday nights (no cover charge). Find out more at charliesbar.com.au

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 70

Charlie's Bar
An intimate, sexy and sophisticated cocktail lounge located beneath the Mill. Not available for exclusive hire on Fridays or Saturdays.
Seating Capacity 70
Standing Capacity 150

Dining Room
An intimate dining room.
Seating Capacity 40
Standing Capacity 50

The Mill Bar Area
A large bar area, with plenty of tables and chairs , floor to celing windows - very funky!
Seating Capacity 40
Standing Capacity 70

Hours

Mon to Fri Noon - 11pm
Sat Noon - 11pm
Sun 5pm - 11pm
Remarks
The restaurant also has a large bar area where you are welcome to have drink and enjoy some nibbles. Charlie's Bar which is situated below the Mill is available for exclusive hire on Sundays, ideal for an informal wedding or celebrations.
Open on New Years Eve

Entertainment/Live Music

Grab a seat at the bar or a bench outside in the laneway for a drink, or book a table in the dining room and enjoy dinner. Large groups welcomed and bookings highly recommended.
The bar area at the Mill is available for exclusive hire, 50 seated/70 standing. There is currently no minimum spend or room hire.

Specialties

Pomegranate and apple rolled pork belly with roasted garlic mash and jus
Orange and star anise confit duck on fondant potatoes and a cucumber and fresh herb salad finished with a Pernod sauce
Atlantic Salmon fillet on crushed lemon kipflers finished with grapefruit, cherry tomato and herb salsa
Glass chocolate tart with swiss chocolate ice cream and pashmak

Parking

Ample or Convenient Parking
Parking Suggestions
Public parking building located on Lonsedale Street

Established in 2006

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Overview of The Mill

Adding a touch of class to the Hardware Lane precinct, The Mill Restaurant and Charlie’s Bar offer the ultimate in dining and drinking in Melbourne’s CBD. A stunning venue sprawling over two levels of a converted warehouse, dressed in decadent shades of chocolate brown and gold.

Your dining experience: The Mill Restaurant offers an a contemporary a la carte menu, that runs alongside a substantial tapas menu. The Mill proudly sources the finest and freshest ingredients to ensure taste and quality in every dish.

Excellent service and a classically designed interior complete your dining experience.

Take a seat in the intimate dining room, grab a seat at the bar and sample some of our fine cocktails or dine al fresco in the laneway – the choice is yours.

“A quality option in Hardware Lane…the food is good, the value high, making The Mill the best choice in Hardware Lane” – MX

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8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 8

We arrived late for our booking and the staff were really friendly and easy going about it and even ordering our food they gave us space and enough time. The waitress had a vast knowledge and was great help when choosing drinks and food as this place has qite the variety to choose from. Food was delicious and the portion sizes were done really well. A all round good place to eat then down stairs to charlies bar to keep drinking.

Apr 22, 2012

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Bluesteel86
27

7.8 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

Second time I have eaten here and this place does good standard food in a fun atmosphere. Hardware Lane has a great feel about it and this place is in the middle of all the action. The menu is modern and well priced and the food is generally of a good standard - not fine dining but definaiely a notch above most modern Australian restaurants.

Wine list is Ok, you will find something that suits. If you can catch an outside table for lunch on a sunny day you will really enjoy the experience.

Mar 26, 2012

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melrich
154

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 8

After a terrible experience in st kilda the night before we were in search of somewhere to restore our hope of good food in melbourne, we found it here. We stumbled upon hardware lane which is very like the laneways of italy and the mill was definitely the touch of class it suggests.

The staff are well dressed and good models for the establishment. The blend between the bar amd restaurant is perfect with staff attentive to all needs no matter where you are. It was lovely to sit and people watch in the lane whilst sipping a delightful cocktail and then later on to have a seat inside the classy, cosy and dimly lit bar inside. What began as just a drink quickly changed to dinner. The flavours of the meals were interesting and well thought out.

They obviously care about quality and fresh flavours. The meal sizes aren't massive but it means you can eat more and sample more flavours amd the quality well makes up for it. The wine list is extensive and the staff are attentive and friendly without being overbearing. Next time I am in melbourne it would be the first place I'd go.

Jan 04, 2012

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jenwin
78

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 10

My partner and I escaped the Christchurch quakes for a week and wandered down Hardware Lane looking to treat ourselves. Don't you hate those places that tout for business, so tacky. Anyway, we saw the Mill and stepped inside. There were two menus, one with all dishes at $15 but we decided to treat ourselves, my salmon was outstanding, served with cubes of kiwi fruit, strawberry and lemon which gave it a tangy zest - Pam chose the Coq au Vin and deemed it sublime.

In Chch many of the good restaurants are still out of action but I have not been anywhere in my hometown where the food was so tender, beautifully presented and value for money. We even had a Swedish waitress Aleksandra and she was great, didn't hover but was on hand when we needed her. I am a journalist and will be recommending this place to friends travelling to Melbourne. And I didn't even mention the desserts!

May 21, 2011

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kaite m hansen
1

1 Not Recommended

Service 1

Unfortunately, we didn't get to taste the food because the staff gave our table away because we were 20 minutes late on a saturday night. It didn't matter that the booking was made 3 weeks in advance, that we confirmed the booking that afternoon, rang to say that we were running late or that it was a birthday. Luckily il nostro postro on hardware lane put together a table for us with great food and service all night.

May 10, 2011

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Julie L.
1

8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

Took my wife here mid week. Hardware lane is very atmospheric and even though it was a cool evening we sat ouside. The food was excellent as was the service which was fast and friendly. We went down to Charlie's Bar Afterwards for cocktails which were also excellent. Highly recommended.

May 10, 2011

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gazzaw
4

5.5 Average

Food 5 Ambience 3 Service 7 Value 7

Bland indeed. The flavours which sounded so good on the menu were not evident in the actual meal. Several components of meals appeared to have been prepared hours in advance. Enjoyed the cheese-board which only needed to be assembled, not cooked.

Very noisy and crowded if you like that sort of thing, but hard to imagine anyone liking walking past spruikers for other restaurants as you make your way down hardware lane. Fortunately The Mill has no spruikers.

Staff were excellent except for the bouncer who was very rude to a disabled member of our party who fell over. None of us would go there again.

Dec 06, 2010

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3Jane
25

3 Below Average

Food 1 Ambience 5 Service 5 Value 1

The food here was awful. The bread was like a scone, the dips tasteless, the tortellini had pasta an inch thick, the pork belly overcooked and dry with lumpy mash. It was just awful.

Jul 19, 2010

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KMuppet
6

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 6 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 9

Stumbled across this place recently. The pasta (housemade) was lovely, soft and silky with 5 jumbo sized scallops. The coconut based sauce spiked with lemongrass and the sweetest tasting chillies was lovely. At $25 for a main, I found this to be excellent value. I was dining alone, and the wait staff were attentive and friendly without being overbearing.

I was served quickly and not rushed at all, though I think the ladies sitting near me had to wait for their meals (?? - I overheard them ask the waitress rather grumpily how much longer their food would be), they were there before I arrived and when I left, they still hadn't been served their food (?) - other than that, I enjoyed my meal and look forward to going back on a return trip to Melbourne!

Updated - I revisited The Mill in April on another business trip to Melbourne. I went back to the squid ink linguine which I enjoyed so much on my first visit, and was sorely disappointed. The linguine was thick with parts of the pasta stuck together. The sauce was tasteless, at least the scallops were cooked well. I had ordered the pate with housemade brioche for entree, the brioche was too sweet and crumbly and the pate was cold straight out of the fridge, I actually enjoyed the complimentary bread with oil more! Overall, I don't think I'll be back.

Apr 30, 2010

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Rovin99
21

2.8 Not Recommended

Food 1 Ambience 5 Service 4 Value 1

Way too expensive for the small, bland servings. Noodles were undercooked, the barramundi overcooked and my friend's risotto was bland beyond belief, more like plain boiled rice with colouring rather than real risotto. Many smokers congregate in the nook which is right next door to this restaurant, off putting.

Feedback regarding our meals fell on deaf ears via the waitress which was disappointing. You get the feel they rely on unsuspecting tourists to the cbd, rather than a true love of food/wine provision. Their website promises far more than they deliver in real life.

Apr 17, 2010

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