Millies Public House & Kitchen — Restaurant in Northern Ireland

Arrived & had the door opened for us by a courteous man who I later realised was security. I thought he was just being polite opening the door for us (I’m not used to seeing security on the door while going for Sunday dinner 🤷🏻‍♀️). Got inside & was met by a smiling, friendly, welcoming member of staff who, despite us not having pre booked a table, seated us at a lovely, spacious table with comfortable seats & a view of the wall mounted TV that my husband was delighted with as football was showing….as is usual for anywhere we go now that I think about it 🤔🤨 Our orders were taken, drinks served quickly & the food was really lovely, it was delicious!!

Our server was really friendly, she was so so lovely, I just wish I could remember her name 🤦🏻‍♀️ Sorry!! She was efficient & nothing was a bother to her.

Now for the 2⭐️ part (sorry Millies, but I wish I’d have known this kind of thing before we went so id have been prepared)…. We took our drinks outside after eating as it was lovely weather. We sat at a table but the smell of stale cigarettes was really nasty, then we realised that people had been using the courtesy dog water bowls as ash trays. Looking round, there was a couple of dog bowls up on the tables filled with ash, cigarette ends & other bits of rubbish.

We moved to a corner seat & right away was joined by a man who, after larking about a bit, straight off asked ‘What foot did we kick with?’….wth?? 😳 Well, apparently, we kick with a foot each so I was told!

(Maybe we should enter some egg n spoon races as it seems we would be hands down world gold medalists being together with one kicking foot each, never mind being married & having not yet used that one kicking foot on each others heads!!).

20mins & some questionable comments/actions later plus those of a friend who wasnt a friend but was a friend 🥴 ……this brief involvement made us leave. We had had a few very early mornings & just wanted a quiet night as we had another early morning the next day too.

I would absolutely revisit here for service, dinner & drinks but I would give sitting in the bar or outside a miss if I just wanted to unwind a bit. The staff can’t control who chats to you obviously so this is why I reiterate now that the place, staff, food & service in itself...

omg where do I start, heard great reports about this place so was looking forward to going for my nephews birthday , was seated at the restaurant end of the room, went to the bar to get a drink, stood waiting, there must be a force field at that end keeping the 6 bar men at the other end of the bar getting in each others way so i walked round to were they were, started ordering a round, notced the guy was lifting a rock shore instead of the magners id asked for I told him thats wrong, his reply "no its not look at your table" pointing behind me, I said im not sitting there im round at the restaurant 😣 I said these 2 pints are they the rockshore I asked for he says "no its Carlsberg, i said id take them anyway handed him the money and shouted to keep the change, no acknowledgement thought he hadn't heard me he went put the money in the till and walked off, no sorry, thank you, nothing. Now for the food 4 overcooked breaded chicken goujons and some over salted skinny fries, goujons would cut the roof of the mouth of you. Talking to my brother who was facing me next thing music ramped couldn't hear each other and I mean it was so loud, there were 13 of us for dinner, niece went to pay the bill, over £200 she tipped £20. back at the table she is wondering that since she'd paid a £70 deposit was it not a bit expensive ( no starter no dessert and drink separate ) she enquired and it turns out they hadn't taken her £70 into account so was over charged by 70 quid its as well she realised..... Would not recommend this place and none of us will be back, we'll have any other special occasion ...

I rarely leave reviews, but our visit to Millie’s was honestly one of the most frustrating dining experiences we’ve had in a long time. We waited over 40 minutes for our meals to arrive — far too long, especially considering the restaurant wasn’t even that busy at the time. By the time the food finally showed up, everyone at the table was restless and irritated.

The kids’ “margherita pizza” was a complete joke. It was advertised as a proper pizza, but what we got was literally a piece of ciabatta bread with some tomato base smeared on it and two lonely slices of rubber cheese, not real cheese, melting off the sides. It looked thrown together in two minutes and had zero resemblance to what anyone would call a margherita pizza. My kids were so disappointed they didn’t even want to eat it.

We decided to stick it out for dessert, hoping things would improve, but that turned out to be a mistake. We waited another hour before the desserts finally appeared — and when they did, it somehow got worse. The chocolate fudge dessert was cold, stale, and dry, like it had been sitting uncovered on a counter for hours. There was absolutely nothing fresh or indulgent about it; it felt like we were eating leftovers from the day before.

For the prices they charge and the way they present themselves, this was a huge letdown. Between the excessive waiting times, the poor food quality, and the lack of care in presentation, it’s safe to say we won’t be returning — and I definitely wouldn’t recommend it to anyone expecting a proper meal or...