Mill Haus Cider Co. - Eatonville

Decided to go here as the reviews were promising and the pictures of the place from other people were beautiful! Love that they have many options for the seatings, there is indoor, outdoor, outdoor in the sun, outdoor under a gazebo, outdoor by a fire place, outdoor close to the live music, outdoor close to the fish pond. There's an actually mill working which was cute! I can't explain enough how much I love the atmosphere and to come here on a perfect weather day was the cherry on top. We didn't get any alcohol, but we did try their homemade root beer and huckleberry lemonade for drinks, pork belly sliders and chicken pesto flatbread for food. All were great! I definitely recommend coming here if you come visit Eatonville!

Update: This weekend I took some friends here after raving about the first time and unfortunately I was a bit disappointed with our service. The chicken sliders were burnt and very dry. Our caprese salad was bitter somehow and the drizzle was really sweet. Our food was unique and the flatbread had a BBQ flavor which was unexpected but still great. The pork sliders were sweet and smoky with fresh coleslaw inside. Their outdoor eating area is clean and well kept. The entire atmosphere felt like summer.

Barely can give a 3 because atmosphere and intent of cider mill and beer garden wins but the food…not a destination for that. One feels they enter a venue in Garmisch Germany or some Bavarian village amidst the small town Americana of Eatonville. I see by maps of where people are from all over visiting so it’s likely showing as a place to check out. We drove over an hour away for music and BBQ. Ambiance can’t be beat. However a major major shortcoming is the menu and service. I can understand the challenges of being fully prepared to run an indoor/outdoor venue in the Pacific Northwest but if one is advertising sliders and is a featured item ..this did not make any grade at all having about a teaspoon of meat contrary to other pictures I’ve seen. With multi smokers on site that were inactive and a somewhat big crowd on a Sunday that place should be smoking to hog heaven!! I think they were running out of meat, ordered both chicken and pork sliders and needed side of sauce added because too dry. The rolls are served unconventionally attached as. 4 in a row. My sliders looked nothing like the photos posted. A clever way to save meat but if you want to keep a steady return of folks rather than just tourists they need to seperate those sliders Mound them up with meat and a pile of slaw; no pickles on the side so add those and how about a standard pork beans or baked beans in a small dish. If you want to bring in those locals and hard working class regularly from Yelm, Tacoma, Graham, sorting; get that place firing on all cylinders. Servers should go around asking what else refills there was a lot of standing around . Take the credit card and keep an open tab. Big hard Working not fat big but large big northwesterners want to get a full meal here for $15-20 and it is not a full meal. Allow tipping at the end when clearing the bill and the servers will do much better. Put some Koj in the ponds to clean up algae and add a feature for kids. I’m Mexican so didn’t try the tacos because I’m usually dissapointed with restaurant tacos. My advice to the restaurant… prepare as if every customer is putting you on television and you get exposure on national TV. That top bun in the slider should be falling off, seperate the slider buns so all the stuff that falls off can be eaten at the end. Ambiance in areas where grills werent used east side of restaurant have something smoking coming out of there even if no volume. I saw alot of people waiting, including me for 45 minutes plus, and to see empty smokers with the wait time didn’t sit well. Invite me back and I’ll give opinion on tacos and if improvements needed will give free advice. Salad was good. I get the feeling owners are hyper conscientious of food costs because of the high overhead. They could review their system for efficiencies ensuring the bottom line, quality food and drink to happy customer, is met or exceeded all hours open. Dog friendly a plus and prickly pear cider can’t be beat, r be signature drink.

Outside seating was really nice cider is delicious. Service was awful. A flatbread we ordered never came and the Food was terrible!!! Eat before you go. Especially if you’re gluten free. The non-gluten free “sliders” across 4 had maybe a tablespoon of meat each: for $15 with no side. The gluten free ones had some terrible rubbery inedible corn thing?? Had friends try it and everyone spit it out!! Never had anything so disgusting. Couldn’t stomach it so I ate the bbq meat filling which ended up being maybe 1/4 cup probably less…it was mostly coleslaw. No side included.

I drive between Vancouver, WA, and Seattle several times a year. Always taking the back roads. This is my take a break place. Steve and his staff are very friendly. It 's a great place to chill, have a cider, grab a bite, and relax. I would definitely recommend this place for a day trip. It 's totally worth the drive.