The Colden Mill Restaurant — Restaurant in Town of Colden

Where to begin?

The iced tea and lemonade (Arnold Palmer) tasted oddly of cinnamon. Not what we had in mind.

They brought bread after we asked them if we too, could have some. One semi-toasted slice arrived with a nugget of rather chilly butter. We asked if we could have one more please and they obliged us.

My grilled Caesar salad arrived. It was a chilly affair consisting of a pile of lengthwise romaine lettuce leaves....they were full length, not torn up at all. I was surprised to discover a generous stack of sliced onions loitering just below the surface, as though they were trying to remain out of sight. Off to one side was the dressing, a small pile of something from a jar perhaps. Three or four sliced cherry tomatoes managed to stowaway on the plate as well. There was a candied slice of bacon on the plate as well. What I didn't see were grill marks of any I kind. The limp lettuce escaped the fire unscathed.

My wife had the onion soup done two ways. The yin&yang shaped bowl held conventional French onion soup with an already cooled slab of once hot cheese on top. The other side was purported to be a cream based onion soup that we were assured was certainly not thick. Well...yes it was. The entire luke warm affair only stayed on the table for a short while until the server thankfully took it away.

My wife was looking forward to the duck breast and polenta. The duck arrived underseasoned and overdone. The polenta was quite probably from a boxed mix.

My stuffed sole arrived covered in some sort of orange sauce that I don't recall being told about. It too, was underseasoned. The fish seemed kind of dry on the outside and only just barely cooked on the inside (it was a rolled filet). The filling was to be shrimp and scallops and if it was, they were so minced as to be fairly undetectable.

The accompanying Brussels sprouts were technically done, but could have been far more tender.

The risotto was unremarkable.

All in all, a disappointing meal that cost us over a hundred hard earned dollars.

We joked that the kitchen staff probably put all their attention towards ensuring that someone else's three pound tomahawk steak was well cooked.

Yes, the building is a nice old historical one, but that is not enough reason to go inside a second time.

Very disappointing and unfortunate; we arrived hopeful and hungry and left, still hungry and...

My family and I (four people) made a reservation for 8pm to celebrate important milestones in our lives. When we arrived there was no other customers there, except for 2 people at the bar. The 4th person in our party was running late, and we let the server know this when we sat down, that we may be taking his meal to go instead. However the server asked multiple times when the fourth person would arrive because “they close when the last person is done” even though online it listed 10pm… at 8:30 we just ordered the meal to go so he would stop asking. My husband ordered Jamaican Jerk chicken, they served a chicken breast with barbecue sauce..no jerk seasoning. I ordered the Cajun shrimp and Mac and cheese, the noodles were mush and the shrimp also had no seasoning…the meal we ordered to go was a Filet and the kitchen was out so the server said they would substitute for a ribeye, and still charged us the 45 dollars for the filet. At approximately 9 we paid the bill, and the server asked if we would like dessert “to go”, again feeling rushed when they clearly weren’t busy. It was also a Saturday night…my mom ordered the blueberry cheesecake bread pudding. In her words it tasted like a “dirty dish sponge”. The reviews made the place seem nice, the menu sounded good, and it’s a nice looking country restaurant on the outside, but they rushed us through the meal, and the food was at best sub par. We like to support local restaurants/ businesses as we understand everyone is struggling right now, but I doubt...

The atmosphere is great. A rustic barn like interior. The service was not good and my steak was a charred thin, I mean half inch at best “14 ounce” prime rib. The waitress left our wine sitting on the bar for 10 minutes until I had to point it out. When I ordered the prime rib which was on the specials list she never asked how I wanted it prepared so I just assumed it was slow roasted, thick and pink like every other prime rib I’ve ever had. Anyway when it came I was disappointed but attempted to enjoy it. Waitress came back and asked how my wife was enjoying her first few bites totally ignoring me. At least a quarter of my meat was inedible. The vegetable were ok and so were the mashed potato’s. The waitress came back and asked if I wanted to box up my charred grizzle and fat. I chuckled dumbfounded and she never asked if I enjoyed it. After paying our $126 bill plus tip (I didn’t stiff her, reluctantly), and heading out, the bartender asked how our meal was. I explained my disappointment. His response was that “well it was a blackened prime rib.” I said that I didn’t recall the waitress telling me that. An older lady sitting at the bar(his mother possibly??) said she loved hers, as if I needed her opinion. The bartender(owner possibly?) said well we’ll take care of you next time! Not likely…Thanks for reading my rant. Honestly might be my first restaurant review. I will try to give a positive review somewhere else soon....