Finally tried Millstone for brunch/lunch and I was really looking forward to it. It was this past Friday, so maybe not as busy as they'd be on a weekend, but even though they weren't completely full, service was exceptionally slow from the get go. We walked in and were semi greeted by staff rushing by to either deliver food to tables, or to do nothing. Though some staff were just overseeing things, they left us waiting inside the door for almost two minutes. Eventually when we could catch someone's eye, they seated us and handed us the menu. In my opinion, I found a lot of the service to be a bit pretentious and they favour looking after their regular customers and didn't treat us with quite the same "love."
I ordered the eggs on toast with salmon and avocado and it was nice. It wasn't spectacular, but then again to me, it was the most appealing item on the menu. I found their menu is almost the same as any other cafe in Melbourne, and it gets boring after a while. The food itself was nice - though the toast was very dry - and the presentation was good, but not too exciting.
What I was really wanting to try, was one of their incredible looking delicacies; beautifully presented desserts that are just mouth watering. However ... the service was SO slow, that it was almost 20 minutes since we'd finished eating our lunch, until they cleared our plates away. By now, we were going to be pushing it to get to our next stop on time, so we had to ask for the cheque.
For ME, I find that doesn't matter how nice the food is; if your service lets you down, I probably won't visit again for a long time. I DO want to try one of their desserts, so I might make the effort to return at another time hopefully soon, but for a place with a menu that replicates anything you'd find anywhere else, and that has incredibly difficult parking, I wouldn't otherwise rush back here again. read more