The Miller — Restaurant in England

Amazing restaurant with top notch entertainment for all of the family. We were in The Miller the other night enjoying a nice steak and lobster dinner, we'd just finished off the champagne canapés, when a bit of a ruckus started to pick up across the room. I couldn't hear exactly what the problem was but it sounded like this woman was trying to change the order she'd placed for her 24 year old daughter, she wanted to swap the chicken dinosaur nuggets for a Jabroni Sandwich. Obviously her meal was already being prepared in the kitchen so this would have been a major inconvenience to the staff, but the argument escalated to the point where the woman became quite hostile to the waiter and he eventually caved in and suggested a compromise, instead offering to fix her a nice, tall glass of SHUT UP JUICE!!! Well that was it, this woman lost it and demanded to speak to the manager when all of a sudden there was a thunder clap, the lights went down, the smoke machines came on and the room was filled with an almighty bellow from the kitchen, "IF YA SMEEEEELLLLLLLLLL......!!!!!" and right away the rest of the diners came together to finish off this signature line, all of us shouting back, "WHAT THE ROCK!!! IIIIS!!! COOKINNNNN!!!" BANG and just like that, guess who walks out?! You guessed it, it was only John Cena!! Who would have thought he was the head chef!? He stormed straight over to this table and laid down some smack talk before giving the woman a full refund in cash with an extra 5p for her bus fare (which we thought was rather generous) but this only enraged her further, sayin something about she "ain't getting on no stinkin peasant wagon". The Godfather even offered to take her home aboard the Ho Train but she was having none of it and started to rummage through her purse with the ferocity of a wild hyena tearing into a carcass in the Elephant Graveyard in the first Lion King movie. She pulled out 5p and was about to throw it back in John Cena's face when ALL OF A SUDDEN RIGHT OUTTA NOWHERE in comes Randy Orton with a big RKO right off the turnbuckle! That was it, lights out for her. Jim Ross happened to be dining over in the far corner and could be heard shouting, "OH BAH GAWD, THAT WOMAN HAS A FAMLEH!!!" as the special guest ref, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, rushed over to tap her out. Just as he was about to make the third tap, however, he got smashed over the back with a chair by this woman's daughter before she picked him up and power-bombed him through the table. Well, to put it short, all hell broke loose and the only way to contain the situation was for the steel cage to be lowered down from the ceiling and it just turned into an all out rumble until the man himself, Vince McMahon had finally had enough and sent security in to break it all up. The woman and her daughter were told that their behavior was unacceptable but if they want to take it up with management then they could do so by engaging in a tag-team Hell in the Cell match at this year's Wrestle Mania, and that everyone in the restaurant would be sent free tickets in the mail (which I just received this morning). I can't wait!!!

Other than that, the food was nice and the service was on time. Can't ask for much more from a local...

On Friday 20th October I visited The Miller with a friend for food and drink and I have to say I was very disappointed with my meal. I felt the need to share my feedback. Before leaving this review I did email The Miller directly with my disappointment and it wasn’t even acknowledged so now I’m leaving one here. I ordered Ham, egg & chips from the menu with a side of onion rings and a few minutes later I was advised there was no ham left and I was offered gammon to which I accepted with no issues. When the meal arrived it came with a jacket potato! I said that the meal should come with chips and the gentleman questioned whether I ordered jacket potato. According to the menu that wasn’t an option it was Ham, egg & chips. The young girl who took our order then appeared with our sides and the gentleman advised her that I should have chips to which she apologised and said she would get that sorted. Some 4-5 minutes later someone came back to tell me my chips were on the way so I started to slowly eat what I had as it was going cold and the eggs were going hard. Nearly another 10 minutes later the chips arrived. My response at this point was that they were not really any good to me now as my dinner was nearly finished. To top that off, they were undercooked and virtually grey. When the man came to clear my table he asked did you not like/want the chips to which my response was that they were too late and I had nearly eaten the rest of my dinner when they arrived, they were also so hot that I would never have been able to eat them with the rest of my food anyway. What disappointed me the most was that there was no apology or any offer given to myself and my friend for the inconvenience caused. In theory I had half a meal (gammon & egg), a jacket potato that wasn’t even shown as an option on the menu as it was ”ham, egg & chips, no apology and no discount off my bill or a goodwill gesture. And to top it off the plates were cleared away from the table but the bowl of chips were left there until after we had paid and walked away despite us saying they were too late. I did not wish to create a fuss at the table because others were there eating their meals. I will say however that the bar was lovely and the man that served us there was lovely, polite...

The miller, or, the waiter.

I went to the miller with my girlfriend and my parents for a nice Wednesday meal after work, but I was presented with a 40 minute wait for two meals and a very poor carvery.

The drink we found was pretty pricey, came to £16 for a guineas, two strongbows & a regular coke.

The food:

Chicken & chorizo with tomato sauce & Spicey wedges - £11.95I ordered this meal with the promise that the tomato sauce was a soup like sauce with the chicken sitting inside it with a bowl of wedges. The food arrived on a plate with a dry piece of chicken, and a small handful of wedges. It was abismal and it was more worth a £7 meal.

Salmon & carvery sides (veg and such) - my girlfriend said the meal was pleasable and she was happy with it, fish was a little small but understandable. £11.95

Carvery - both my parents complained that the beef joint was covered in garlic and other herbs & spices instead of the standard normal beef joint that is usually served at most carveries. The roast potatoes and Yorkshire was pretty standard, crispy and fulfilling. The veg wasn't the best, the cauliflower cheese was watery and the veg was soft and mushy.

The dessert:

I ordered a profiterole with cream and ice cream for £4.95 which isn't a bad price for the quantity I received and the ice cream wasn't too bad, not a nice Cornish vanilla ice cream.

The chocolate fudge cake that my girlfriend had, said that it was tasty but it was definitely microwaved as the chocolate sauce just stuck to the cake and could be used as mortar for bricks.

The vanilla cheesecake was quite delicious as my dad would say.

Overall, for a 40 minute wait for overpriced food, we wouldn't recommend this to anyone...