Steven Lornie
Google
The Dutch Mill is a nice building. I liked the look of the inside. The seats were comfortable and the food was good. We had no problems with the staff. They were all very busy but took the time to check up on us, take orders etc. Very nice lassies.
However, our experience was somewhat ruined by the noise from the bar. If it wasn't the drunk sports fans, it was a hen party (or whatever it was) or obnoxious music. It was just endless throughout our couple of hours there. My daughter, wife, sister in law, parents and myself all left with stinking headaches.
I get the idea that it's a bar etc, but when there's a meal area out back. You'd think that both areas would be closed off from one another. We could barely hear ourselves talk. It was quite annoying, honestly.
The entrance to the building is also through some awful tent thing in what was the car park. It was full of obnoxiously loud air heads. It made us feel uncomfortable, having to weave my 8 year old through so many loud drunken individuals before we even got to the front door. Considering the lack of parking, it might be wiser to utilise that area properly again. I highly doubt it, because money. Right?
The Dutch Mill Hotel could be a really nice place. It's visually quite nice, the staff were spot on and the food was good. But that atmosphere made the place feel like some tacky sports bar, which seems to be the fad for that street from what I saw tonight. It pretty much guarantees we'll never be back.