Mill Street Beer Hall

Fun place to come with friends for decent food and great beer. We took advantage of the Winterlicious deal. Pakora appetizer was tasty — pasta entrée was mediocre at best — waffle ice cream sandwich was an enjoyable dessert. Music seemed excessively loud, so it was hard to hear conversations at the other end of the table. Overall I’d rate it 3 – 3.5 stars.

Big happening bar with big selection of beer and bar grub
Nice beer on tap
Many big screens
Massive can’t miss short rib entrée
Amazing deal on the dinner platter with 4pc buttermilk fried chicken, 20 oz Santa Maria rub steak, sausage link, 4 x cheddar biscuits, gravy and root veggies

Love this place! Best brewed beer! Gave them 4 instead of 5 because we were waiting for 10 minutes for a table when there for over 5 tables empty. Service is a little slow but everyone is very nice.

The four of us went for some beer and a meal, and we literally ended up walking out. The sub par food was completely cold, and one of our party didn’t receive the fried chicken she ordered at all. The appetizers came WITH the meals, not before after 45 minutes of waiting. Anyways. We left. I wouldn’t recommend this place. The beer is always good at Mill Street however. Thus earning one star from me

2.5 + 0.5 for awesome service
Came here for dinner while visiting the Christmas Market. Come for the drinks and apps, stay away from the entrees if you can.
Pros:
Plenty of seats
Service was awesome
Cons:
Food was meh at best
Food is pricey for what you get
This was the one place that didn’t have a 2+ hour wait time for seats while we were at the Christmas market. Maybe we should of taken that as a sign.
The place has plenty of seats. It’s always massively busy during the Christmas Market so plan accordingly if you come here during that time. There is plenty of spacing though, which is a great thing if you have children. We came with 4 other families totaling 7 children and we were sat very well with plenty of room for the strollers as well.
When it comes to this place, I would recommend you stick with the drinks and the apps. They were all pretty good and well done. As for the entrée food, I was less than impressed to say the least. My GF ordered a flat bread and I had the Arctic Char entrée. The flat bread was passable at best but my char was very disappointing. I got 2 little pieces about the size of a Doritos chip. There were about 6 potato balls and some twigs pretending to be a salad. There were some candied bacon bits and they were unfortunately the best part of the dish. The knockout blow comes from the $ 26 price, ouch. I could go to a HK Style café or Hakka restaurant and feed about 3 people for the same price.
This places saving grace is the service. We had the most awesome waitress ever. She was nice, funny, helpful and just and overall great person. She really seemed like she loved being there and passed on the good vibes to everyone around. She was an all around treat to deal with. I didn’t enjoy my meal at all, but she definitely softened the blow.
I totally recommend this place for drinks. If you want dinner though, I would say only if you absolutely must.

The outside experience was really cool. We loved sitting by the fireplace. Really cozy and warm.
Service was terribly slow. It was not busy. We waited for our table inside to get wiped down (food and dirty glassware), but it didn’t get cleaned. My boyfriend said lets sit outside and I’m glad we did. Lovely ambiance outside.

Really delayed service, food came cold, and worst of all, they ran out of beer. It is called the Beer Hall, but barely anything on their beer menu was available. I think I had to point to four beers on the menu before I was finally told that I could get it. Same situation with everyone else at the table.

Being in Toronto for travel I cannot miss with my colleague the distillery district. For casualty we have chosen this restaurant in German style but. Trying the fon2 cheese plate and a fabulous beer (they have plenty) it has been an amazing starting.!! Even the rest has been over the average so this is deeply suggested. The service is not so quickly but the staff it is very kind

Some girlfriends and I wanted to check out the Mexican restaurant in the Distillery, but we couldn’t get a reservation for Saturday night. As a result, we found ourselves at the Mill Street Beer Hall. I love Mill Street beer so I knew that we couldn’t go wrong. On Saturday night, this place was packed! We were a group of seven so everyone found something of interest on the menu. Prior to our meal, we ordered a number of bottles of both red and white (pricing was quite reasonable). We also enjoyed a couple of appetizers (duck wings, giant pretzel, and frites). All were tasty. As the main, I had the chicken schnitzel; the portion was generous so even I could not finish it. If going out with a group of people, I would highly recommend the Beer Hall.
Good for: groups, going out, beer

Pub food not to mention, amazing beer and good staff. Been here a few time and love it.

My friends and I were visiting Toronto from Miami, and we received multiple recommendations from locals to try Mill Street. We ended up staying HOURS, and we loved it. We had some trouble telling where the brewery, beer pub, and beer hall end, so I apologize if I’m confusing places in my description!
We started out getting a table for dinner, but when the server informed us that the last brewery tour was set to start in 15 minutes, we got our nachos to go and ran into the tour! The tour was really interesting — if you’ve ever done a tour at a large brewery like Budweiser, you may find it really impressive how a small brewery does the process. We learned all about it, from Maggie, who said it was her last day. So sad — she was amazing!
Then we were ushered into the Beer Hall for our flights, included in the $ 10 for the tour! We got 4 small-​but-​not-​that-​small glasses of different beers, which were each explained one at a time. My personal favorite was the ginger one, but they were all great. We also purchased an IPA after that Maggie had recommended that had something like 3 – 4 times the usual amount of hops! It was tasty and not as bitter as I expected. We had a different server at our next table, who we occasionally had to flag down. Food-​wise, we got the duck wings (so saucy and delicious) and a watermelon salad (very refreshing!).
Afterward, we wandered back into the gift shop, where we inquired about the pint glass that the menu states comes with the tour. Maggie told us that that wasn’t correct, so we purchased some souvenirs in the store. I thought things were really nicely priced. I got a Mill Street tee for my husband, and a tank that was on sale for $ 6 for me! We also bought a Seasonal Sampler 6-​pack to go.
Overall, we had a great time. I would recommend the tour!

Ahh, I don’t come downtown often enough to know all the good spots, but this one was pretty cool. A huge patio area and nice neighbourhood, could probably take a few more trips down to the Distillery District.
A nice spot to grab some food and drink late at night. Came here in walking distance of an evening out already, and ended up sitting down for some late night grub!
Food seemed a but over-​priced, but have to take into consideration where you are I guess. Got the Margherita Flatbread and Perogies, which were both quite good. Wanted something a little lighter, so the flatbread was quite nice. Fresh and zesty, making it a nice snack. The perogies were actually amazing, nice flavour inside and the skin on the outside was good too! Way overdid the sour cream though!
Service was great, as he was super friendly, talkative and easy to approach. Good attention to our table as well.
Not a bad place to take it easy and enjoy the night, as there is that huge patio and lots of space! Wouldn’t mind coming back here in the future!

Note: This review may not be as relevant since I wasn’t a paying customer
Our company had our summer event here in mid June. So different departments from our company can get together and socialize.
My coworker and I got here early and enjoyed the seafood station and the cheese and meat platter, although we saw a few flies near the crab legs/​mussels…
The oysters were fair and cheese and dried sausage were good. Their in house lemon earl grey beer was pretty good since I like something light.
As for lunch we had two mains one is mini taco and one is Mac n cheese. We lined up and there’s chefs that serve you to the tacos and Mac n cheese. We got to pick your ingredients… The tacos was soso Cuz it’s a bit dry and such a small ones that you can’t wrap much inside… But the Mac n cheese was good… You can have different meats and sausages, asparagus, onions, etc. And he cooked in front of you… I had two bowls of it ;)
Lastly there was a salad bar and desserts (donuts and icrecream sandwiches).
Overall the food was average, venue was quite nice… It was a warm and sunny day… such nice weather to be out on a Friday afternoon and I won one of our company’s prizes… Couldn’t ask for more…

The beer is really good– if you like hoppy, try the stargazer. The food is a bit pricey but good (not great). The location is picturesque and nostalgically lovely and the building is really cool.
But damn, is the service bad. Apathetic and understaffed. When we first got there, we waited 20 minutes before a server came and took our order. After moving out to the patio (which was pretty quick considering it was a weekend) we waited an additional 30 minutes before we got frustrated enough to take matters into our own hands and flagged down a wayward server. The food took a while and the fondue arrived cold. If you’ve got time and patience, it’s a cool place to hang out. If you’re on a schedule, go somewhere else.

Amazing beers here, including many that you cannot find outside the beer hall. They even have BeerSchnapps – a new trend which is a must-​try (it’s distilled from beer. comes with a very strong roasted barely aroma and you can even pick out the hops). That said, with so many great beers to choose from, good service is a necessity.
Our service was slow and sterile. Didn’t see anyone for the first 15 minutes or so upon arrival. Took a very long time to receive the first drinks. Admittedly they were delicious but service counts for extra at a taste room/​beer hall/​brewpub.
A worthy stop if you’re in the Distillery district but I can’t recommend closing your night out here.

Want to spend your whole morning seated at a restaurant– this is your place. Initially meant to eat at Archeo only to find out they no longer serve brunch and our party wanted breakfast so the Beer Hall was our next pick. Waited about 5 minutes to be seated which was great with the Christmas Market in full swing.
Starved and thirsty– we chose our dishes right away. Our server arrived about 10 minutes after being seated with a beer sample– enjoyed that. Overall rude, unfriendly, and not knowledgable about the menu offerings. Friend asked if fries could be swamped with a side salad– got the eye roll. The server indicated he would check but couldn’t guarantee the kitchen had greens– really no greens?! A simple no modifications would do if that was the case. Asked for water to start and it never arrived until we asked once again.
About 50 minutes in and no check ins our food was yet to arrive. I flagged down our server, barely looking at us, said it was on it way out. About 5 minutes later, my friend asked for the manager indicating the poor level of service and wait time. The manager apologized, checked on the food and said she would personally bring it out the table– appreciated as at that point service was appalling. Food arrived and I honestly thought I was missing a dish– the meal barely took up half the plate. I ordered Salmon eggs benedict– pretty standard dish. What greeted me was water running down my plate, rubbery eggs tasting of vinegar with a firm egg yolk and cold limp fries. The only part of the dish somewhat edible was the smoked salmon.
Cutlery was dirty had to ask for another set. At that point the manager indicated she would cover the meal and apologized again for the service.
While picking at our food, two other tables complained about the service and wait times– one couple walked out midway through their meal.
Our party arrived prior to the lunch rush with the resto not entirely full so I couldn’t understand the reasoning for the ridiculous wait times.
I won’t be coming back.

We only came for drinks as Mill Street brews some ok beers and since I had some out of towners with me I thought the distillery district was a good place to hit up.
This hall/​bar/​restaurant has a really good vibe. They have some long tables that can seat up to 10 or more and they have several of them so big groups here shouldn’t be a problem. There’s pipes going from what looks like to be a brewing type mechanical thing to the taps. I didn’t ask about them and now I sort of regret it. Besides that our server brought us a sample of some spicy seasonal brew they had but I just went with the old trusty Tankhouse.
There are a good variety of beers to be had here and while we didn’t order anything to eat I wouldn’t be afraid to try at a later date. We had plans to eat elsewhere and we were only around for the beer this time around. This place has been around for about 2.5 years so I was told. I haven’t been to the distillery district in ages… I would have remembered this part.

This place is the very definition of «ok».
The atmosphere was decent enough, and our server was friendly, but far from attentive.
First off, they «lost» our reservation but managed to seat us at a table not too long after.
Then, our server just took *forever* to get us anything. The table next to us needed to borrow our menus. Getting drinks, getting to place our orders, and then eventually getting our orders took over an hour. I didn’t get my glass of water until at least 35 minutes.
I ordered the BBQ chicken flatbread. It was ok. It looked nice, but it wasn’t very flavourful. And the portion was definitely not worth $ 15.
My friend got the steak frites, and the steak was not cooked well, and the fries were barely lukewarm.
We think it might have to do with our other friends, who ordered the tomahawk steak for 2. It took a long time to prepare so we’re thinking our food was sitting around while theirs was finishing (not good planning). The steak came on this impressive skillet loaded with giant cuts of meat and potatoes but the steak itself was pretty fatty (it was still tasty). All it included was the skillet of meat and potatoes plus 2 steins of beer — for $ 96. Not worth it in my opinion but my friends seemed to like it.
Just another example of a mediocre Distillery district restaurant.

Really like the atmosphere and food here. The main Mill Street Brewery gets filled really quickly, so I’m glad there’s a sister pub just right next door. We came here to see the Christmas Market and decided to grab dinner here first.
We decided to grab pretzels and beer batter fries for appetizers. I love their pretzels here, it’s a must try. Even better you ask for more pretzels as long as you don’t finish the dip! For beer, I like something stronger and I would recommend the Helles Bock. For those who like lighter beers, I would recommend the lemon tea beer.
For main, I had the Red Quinoa Salad (~$ 10), the portion was a bit small if I just had that, but because we had appetizers as well, it worked out perfectly. I also tried the BBQ Chicken Flat bread before and that is a great option as well. This restaurant is also a great choice in the summer days as they have a large patio outside.

Beer and Patio on a nice summer evening!
I did not order any food, which I usually never eat at breweries and pubs.
I might not be the #1 fan of Mills Street’s products but it is good to see how a local brewery is getting so successful. There are quite a few beer seasonal on tap and even try their bierschnaps at 45% abv.
Since I was sitting at the bar on the patio, I received fast and friendly service from the bartender.
I definitely will be back for some more beer drinking on the patio when I am in the Distillery District..