Miller's Ale House — Restaurant in Flagler Beach

Disappointed with my first meal, here. We went for dinner & to watch the 🏈 game. Love the atmosphere when we first walk in. Unfortunately, that was the best part.

I asked for a strawberry mule cocktail, minus the vodka. The server just stared at me. I said, “you don’t have to use up a copper mule cup. A glass is fine.” He stuttered that he wasn’t sure he could get me that. So, I said, ok, how about a lemonade with strawberry puree. (It’s on the menu, with Titos). Again, awkward stare. He tells me that he’ll find out what he can do.

A minute later, a no-nonsense manager comes to our table & asks me “did you order a mocktail?” She said it as if I were going to be arrested at any minute. I said, “I guess so. I ordered a lemonade with strawberry puree. Like the one with Tito’s, only minus the Tito’s.” She said, “we can’t do that.” I asked why not? Why can’t you ring up a lemonade, with an up charge for the puree? She said that it would completely mess up their inventory. I swear; she said that. She walked away. The server came back & I asked him for lemonade. I asked for it to come in a glass, instead of a plastic cup, if that’s what it would come in. Again, awkward silence. He finally says that he’ll have to talk to the bar manager first, to see if that’s ok. I told him that if it’s a big deal, whatever cup it comes in is fine. He comes back 30 seconds later with a plastic cup of lemonade. No comment about the glass…

By this time, my husband and I are wondering if we just entered the Twilight zone. My husband walks 5 feet to the bar and asks for an empty glass and hands it to me, which I use to pour my lemonade in.

I order medium-rare filet mignon, with a loaded baked potato & Caesar salad. The salad arrives partially frozen with chewy croutons. I’m guessing that they pre-plate individual salads & place them in a chiller until served. It was inedible. Meanwhile, our server keeps pacing up and down the aisle, which is his station, never removing my husband’s empty glass, salad plate, or asks him if he’d like another drink. Just paces & takes orders as guest are seated. He doesn’t even glance at our table to check. When his co-worker brings out our meal, we ask her to remove our empty dishes. No one asks me if there was an issue with my full, uneaten salad. Ok… She asks me to cut into my steak, to check the temperature. I do. It’s medium well. She says, well, that doesn’t look medium rare to me. Is it ok for you? I confirm that it’s definitely not medium rare but it’s fine. She says, are you sure? She walks away (with our other dishes I had mentioned). I didn’t want to fuss over a 2nd steak because, by now, my husband is eating, the whole experience has been weird, and are they going to really get it right anyway…? Doubtful. It wasn’t worth it to see. It wasn’t going to kill me to eat a medium-well steak, right? First world problems.

The steak was terrible even despite being overcooked. Salty. Grainy. Tasteless other than salt & spice grains. The “loaded” potato didn’t come with the small containers to dress it. It came, dressed, with about 5 shreds of cheese, 3 scallions, 4 bits of “bacon”. The skin was wet & tasteless.

The server came over halfway through dinner and asked, “is your steak cooked ok?” I didn’t even look up and he kept walking.

The manager that came by about the “mocktail” investigation, never made an appearance about the filet mess up.

The game was a nail biter. Our team won. So, all was not lost.

We eat out in our area, often. We were hoping to find our new go-to spot. This isn’t it. Not with other great choices on the beach, 5 miles down the road. For a chain that brags about their nimble cocktail menu with like 200 varieties of margaritas, it’s odd that they “have no way to ring up” a drink minus alcohol. The irony is: I drink cocktails, plenty. I just didn’t prefer one for this meal, this particular weekend.

We’ll be going back ONCE more; my elderly in-laws chose it for their choice of Anniversary dinner location. It’s new, in our area. Low...

I was excited to visit this new establishment this past Thursday on SR 100, after viewing the menu and photos. I was so disappointed at our food experience at Miller Ale House. Our waitress was nice and personable.That was the only good experience we got from this place. Where do I start after spending over $90 with a 20 dollar tip for our waitress, because none of this was her fault, it was the kitchen and the expediters fault. I will first say that I understand that this is a new establishment and the staff is probably not that experienced, but that is no excuse for the cold food that we were served at the high end of their price point on the menu. We ordered two cups of soup, broccoli cheddar and French onion, as my wife said there wasn’t a bit of onion in her soup. Both of our soups came to our table lukewarm. For our main course we had 16oz Prime Rib with a loaded baked potato, the butter barley melted on the potato, it baffled me you didn’t even get a salad or vegetables with the prime rib for $25.99 you will get that at Texas Roadhouse, I’m just saying Ale House, you might want to take notice. My wife had the $19.99 Osso Buco, served with mashed potato’s and veggies. Once again everything came from the kitchen cold, it looked like the mashed potatoes were scooped up with a tea spoon instead of a nice scoop of potato’s, there were so little on her plate, really, how much do mashed potato’s cost, give your customers what they pay for. I asked for extra gravy and that also was cold, it looked like the kitchen just scooped it out of a can and sent it out cold. Someone in the kitchen has to take pride in what they do. Our waitress helper who brought the food to our table tipped the plate as he was putting it on the table and the Au Ju spilled all over my jeans, I wasn’t even mad at that because I understand that these kids are still learning. What I won’t stand for after spending over $100 dollars is cold food from the kitchen that is unacceptable on any level because it doesn’t have to be that way. Customers shouldn’t have to hope and pray his or her food comes to the table hot, one should expect it not one time but every time. Now the good thing’s about our experience. The atmosphere was great, the meat on our plates had great flavor, my beer was cold and so refreshing, it brought my eternal temperature down from the cold food we were served. I know there are many things you guy’s are doing right. I’m not going to let this one experience keep me from coming back. All I ask for is fresh hot food that I’m paying top dollar for, then I’m good. Have...

We all know that every place thinks they have to be “Family Friendly”, but there are limits. We, and many others go to the MAH on 100 every Sunday to watch NFL and just have some adult fun.Inevitably, the greeters seat a family, or families with several young children or infants.And it’s usually several families or a big combination. Now before you judge me as a grumpy old man, you’d be wrong. I am young and we have kids of that age. We just make courteous choices when we take them out. And that does NOT include a sports bar. Millers Ale House has an enormous dining area that does not include the sports bar. They should be seated there. Each time we go there, and we go often, they pack the noisy kids with loser parents into the sports bar. They actually out-scream the fun football and the fans/customers. Everyone stares at them and shakes their heads. The staff can’t stand having them in the sports bar and they are very open about it. They spend the majority of their time refilling sippy cups and cleaning up spills. These tables rarely tip well and MAH won’t mandate tips on big parties. Trust me, most of the adult patrons complain about what has now been named, “The Daycare Center”. One lady told a server that this is unfair. We have McDonalds and Chucky Cheese where the kids can be as obnoxious as they want, and if anyone complains, they’d be thrown out. But at MAH, we all have to watch our language and put up with their mood-killing BS. Management are very receptive, but say that corporate is politically correct and afraid of taking a stand. We drop at least $100 every time we go. Staff say the day care center can’t come close to that with kid’s meals, water and adults not drinking alcohol. Many of us are looking for other options, and they exist. Highjackers will reopen soon, and there are other just over the bridge. Simple solution: seat groups with small children in the main dining area. Yes, some will complain, but they will live it. A brief wait on the couch won’t kill them. Nothing will...