Old Mill Tasty Shop — Restaurant in Wichita

I've been here twice now. Once, several years ago in the evening with my husband, and again just recently with my young children on a weekday at lunchtime. The first visit, it wasn't super busy, and I got Mexican food. It was OK, but not as good as a lot of Mexican I've had other places. This time, I had a reuben and salad. I was excited because their reuben didn't have any cheese (that I could tell), which, for me being sensitive to dairy, is a good thing! It meant that the sandwich was designed to taste good even without the cheese. And it wasn't drippy or super fatty and chewy like some I've had other places. My girls got a grilled cheese (which looked PERFECT with crispy cheese on the edges and thick and gooey stretchy cheese in the middle, and a pb/banana sandwich (also completely devoured). My mom got the BBQ and beans. The BBQ sandwich seemed a tad small, but the beans she said were delicious, even commenting that beans can be hit and miss, but that these were really good. The brownie for dessert was warm, but too dry on the edges. The chocolate sundae shake my mom and daughter shared was VERY good, (I did taste it, even with my dairy issue I couldn't resist just a tiny bit) and came in a tall glass with the metal shake cup with the extra also brought.

The place was surprisingly busy for a Tuesday lunch, but even so the waitstaff was friendly and helpful, and the wait for food wasn't super long. Only one single bathroom though, which meant my little kids did have a bit if a wait at the end. Still, it was...

To start I hate tomato soup and have never cared for tomato bisque. The server brought samples of 4 items and I now get a cup of tomato bisque every visit it is so damn good.

The NY Chicken Salad everyone recommends was really bland *READ EDIT when I tried it. It just had no seasoning/lacked flavor. Literally some salt, pepper, and lemon juice would have made a world of difference. Wasn't dry, just disappointing. KC Strip soup wasn't anything special. The chili verde soup(?) was great.

The Hot Turkey Pastrami is FANTASTIC. Smoked Turkey Breast sandwich was okay. Bread was great what was in between the bread was just nothing special for the price.

The carrot cake and cheesecake are both delicious, cannot decide which is better. The baked beans are great.

The atmosphere is nice and the service has been mostly consistently good. The booth seating is really uncomfortable. I am 5'5" and my feet do not comfortably touch the ground. Whatever. The bisque is too good to care about any of that.

EDIT** A year later I have tried the chicken salad again and it was fantastic. My new go to is the chicken salad and tomato soup, absolutely fantastic and the 1st time I tried it was a one off. An absolute...

Walked in to a blast from the past. Sat down at the soda bar and ordered the Monday blue plate special chicken enchiladas for 8.95. Quick service...5-10 min wait for food. Looking at my food right now. Not a big plate of food. 2 enchiladas,some beans with cheese and some round corn chips. Beans were average. Enchiladas were good. I personally like them a little spicier but for a non-Mexican restaurant can't complain. The chicken inside was too dry though. Add a little heavy cream for moisture , some shredded swiss cheese inside, and some pimentoes for color, and a couple of sliced jalopenoes on top would bring it from a 7 to a 10. After the blue plate special I ordered the brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Brownie was cold so waitress microwaved it for me. Much better! But the ice cream was the real treat. Old fashioned homemade vanilla. Very good. Would come back. One last thing. I walked into the place at 11 and the place was half full. Nobody at the bar. When I left at 11:45 the whole place was full with about 20 people in line. Recommend early or late lunch. All in all, I give the place a thumbs up. I'll be back...