Milkies Pizza & Pub — Restaurant in Montana

A story: I went with my husband to Big Sky in June of last year for a conference and spent a whole week holed up in my room, not able to enjoy the beautiful town or the resort because I had crazy altitude sickness. Who would have thought you could get so sick when you already live at high altitude? Colorado native here and I was sick as a dog.

On the last day of our trip, I felt better enough that we took the chair lift to the top and checked out the scenery, then made our way around town. Had lunch at a shiny new spot with good drinks and decent food and was making my way through my first relaxing afternoon when I received the devastating phone call from home letting me know my dad had passed away.

Coordinating the release of his body over a spotty cell connection on a bar patio took a good hour and a half and many phone calls and hurried emails to track down my siblings to gain consent - the nerve of my dad to die at 5:15 pm on a Friday! One of the worst days of my life and by the time we had everything handled, all I wanted to do was go to bed. My husband convinced me I'd feel better drinking my sorrows away, so we visited a few more shiny new bars with very fancy drinks.

We befriended the sweetest bartender ever - sadly I don't remember her name, but her dog's name was Vinny - and asked her for a recommendation where the locals go, so we could drink cheap and feel more at home. She recommended Milkies and said she'd probably be heading there too after her shift at the anime sake speakeasy place.

Walking into this place was wild - it was wall to wall people, like butt to butt walking through to get drinks, with lots of folks spilling out onto the patio. The bartender was amazing, slinging drinks quickly and when I tell you this was the best place I could have landed on the worst day of my life - we met so many regulars and I poured my heart out to so many folks. We were welcomed warmly in so many conversations, I got so many hugs, I was given so many shots. The three hours we spent here healed a tiny bit of my broken heart and were the brightest part of an otherwise shitty trip. Very special people and I will always remember how supported I felt by complete strangers! Cheers and beers...

There were four of us that went on Feb 3, 2023 and this was probably the worst dining experience I've ever had. I've never seen it before, but the entire restaurant/bar bonded over how terrible the service was. Our group questioned if the staff was on narcotics. Seriously. We found a table soon after we walked in (another group was leaving) and we sat there for at least 30 minutes before a waitress came over. She took her tip and the check but left all of the old dishes, told us it was going to be 2.5+ hours to get a pizza, suggested we go across the street, and didn't offer to get us drinks or anything. We decided to leave but it probably took another 30-45 minutes to be able to pay our tab at the bar because the servers wouldn't help us...or anyone. I was talking with a group at another table and they said they had been waiting over 2 hours for their pizza when they were told it was going to be 30 minutes and that they had cranky, little kids back at their place who were up late waiting on their pizza. They had also given up on trying to get drinks at the bar because it just...

Ordered cheesy garlic bread which took no less than 45 minutes. Ordered 2 individual pizzas, and a meatball sub. 90 mins to get food. Not crowded. Server was relatively rude. Watched the kitchen staff review their 4 order tickets. Three or 4 people review the slips. I’m not sure what was confusing about a cheese pizza, a meatball pizza and a meatball sub, but it certainly created a meeting of the minds to figure out what to make. The pizza was good. Then again, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten bad pizza. All in all the food was good, I’m just not sure it was worth a 90 mins wait. The free “help yourself” water was a helpful hold over while we waited to eat.

Drinks were served real fast.

I guess this place might be great order for pick up. I don’t recommend going in. Bring a snack to hold you over while u wait for your food. I...