Red Mill Burgers
| Address: | 312 N 67th St, Seattle, WA 98103, USA |
| Phone: | +1 206-783-6362 |
| Site: | redmillburgers.com |
| Rating: | 4.3 |
| Working: | Closed 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 12–8PM |
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Ali Davidson
Red Mill is truly a great burger experience. Ive been a long time fan of Red Mill and the burgers, shakes and onion rings are the perfect hangover cure/burger fix. The last few times Ive been to Red Mill, Ive been slightly disappointed with lack of consistency and how packed full of noisy kids/families it was. Clearly this is not Red Mills fault, however, I find it slightly distracting to be enjoying a meal when their are screaming children running around. When it came to the food, the last time I went I ordered the Chicken Club Burger, which is usually a great burger if you are not in the mood for red meat. I was disappointed to find that they changed the burger vehicle from a lovely kaiser bun to sourdough bread, making the burger soggy and lacking in flavor. For a place I love so much, the inconsistency and overall ambiance of screaming kids has been a turnoff as of late. THAT BEING SAID: What keeps me coming back to Red Mill, though, is the mill sauce, the onion rings and that bacon (the bacon that they literally put in a giant stack next to the grill). Unlike other "special" (non-special) sauces that many burger joints have these days, mill sauce stands out from the pack with a hint of spice. The onion rings are a thing of beauty: perfectly crunchy, never greasy and full of great flavor from the cornmeal batter. Lastly, the bacon. Im somewhat of a bacon snob because while bacon is bacon and, yes, it is (most) always scrumptious, there is something to be said about good bacon. Thick, peppery, salty, smoky and perfectly cooked - crispy yet still chewy, never soggy/floppy. Red Mill has said bacon. Which is why it would be a sin to go to Red Mill and not order a burger/chicken burger without bacon. The Bleu Cheese n Bacon Burger is my go-to because Im a sucker for a bleu cheese burger with bacon. This ones perfect. I love their burgers because they are juicy and sinful, as burgers should be, but never greasy. They remain fresh with the healthy stack of fresh vegetables. They also serve their burgers on a great Kaiser bun. I recommend ordering a chocolate malt to take your burger experience even more over the edge.
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John Tomblin
Went with two friends as a lunch trip on a zoo visit for school (sketching animals). After walking 10 or so blocks we were definitely hungry. There was a bit of a line to order, having eaten here Im not entirely sure why. Its good but the wait doesnt do it any favors. The wait for the food wasnt too bad though. Ingredients seem fairly high quality and the cost is reasonable for Seattle. Seating isnt great but there is some. Id say keep an eye out for a booth while waiting. If there isnt a wait when you go seating will probably be fine. The food was pretty good, quarter pound burgers arent my favorite but these were far better than the fast food variety. The fries are good and the shakes Im told are also fairly good. I can vouch for the fresh squeezed lemonade as being nicely balanced (between sweet and tart of course) although maybe a little heavy on the ice. Their "Mill Sauce" is really good but since its basically house-made mayo my friends declined to try it. I hate jar mayo but this is basically nothing like it, it was creamy and smokey. Though I didnt get it on a burger, I had it on the side and ate fries with it. This is important THEY ONLY ACCEPT CHECKS AND CASH. Not a problem for me as I always make sure to carry cash on me but I ended up paying for my friends because neither had any cash on them. Overall I think next time well try some other places in the area but this was still a good lunch. I might come back some time. This seems like your usual "local favorite" kind of place. Good but maybe a little over hyped though I think everyone has a few places like that.
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Tori Weaver
Decided to check this place out since it is close to my work and I am dealing with a sick child today. Horrible idea. Terrible customer service! The child getting the trays ready with food is very rude and should not be working a position where he has to deal with customers. I can see my meal sitting right in front of me and he yells out "Tony" I say, "I think its supposed to say Tori" "Nope, its Tony" trying to make me look dumb and keeps yelling it out and then drops the bag on a side wheeling cart, leaves it there for ten minutes and then realizes that there is no Tony and with no apology asks me my name again. Didnt even offer to remake the gross flattened burger (from being dropped I assume) and old fries that was sitting on their cart with what looked to be their cleaning supplies. NASTY. He did offer me Red Mill cash or something as I was walking out the door when he realized how irritated I was. I declined, I wont be back to this place. I would like my $12 dollars back in real cash though. It was too packed in there to go through that hassle.
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Jefe Birkner
Generally positive experience, I like to call in my order to avoid the line. I like all of the choices and toppings, and especially the fries. They will cook your burger "to-order" if you want it rare, or something, but the patties themselves are kind of thin, so there is no real way to have it cooked on the outside, and really pink on the inside. Theyre staff got a little under my skin tonight, when they gave us the wrong bag at the pick-up counter from our phone order, when we returned it, we were given burgers that had, by then, been sitting WAY too long, and fries that lost all the best of their fresh cooked, hot charm, AND said "Here is the right food, in exchange for the one YOU TOOK BY MISTAKE". Dude, it wasnt MY mistake, you gave me the wrong bag of food, and youll earn more credit for apologizing for giving me the wrong order, than telling me I "took the wrong one by mistake". That doesnt make me feel good, or make you look good. This is only one bad experience in many, many positive ones, however.
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Alfonso Villan
Bacon deluxe, onion rings and chocolate malt are a must have in this place! (You can add diet soda to ease the guilt) I started a quest to find the best burger in Seattle, sadly I found the Red Mill on my first day and I looked no further… Is not a meat lovers burger (the pad is not very thick) but the overall burger is delicious and very addictive and the onion rings fried in 100% peanut oil are provably as unhealthy as they are delicious, but who cares???. Most of the people go for the take away, however there is a special charm about this place… Honestly, as every good Seattleite, I complain a lot about the rain, nights… but when I am away I certainly miss my Red Mill burger. They have another restaurant by the docks but somehow the taste is not the same, its good but not the same…
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Nina G
Red Mill is not going to be some slow-food, gourmet dream. But neither is it some skinny, fat-dripping McBurger that you regret ordering once you see it in the full light of day. I always say its just the right amount of guilty pleasure, same with their onion rings and fries. Oh and their lemon chiffon shake, which, last I checked, is not on the menu at all of their locations, but they will fix it for you if you ask. Service is always fast (mind, not McDonalds fast, but thats not why I go there) and friendly as well. I moved out Washington last year and I get cravings for Red Mill so hard its sending shock waves across the United States. This is getting to be a problem as I have found no appropriate substitute to fill this yearning in my heart/stomach.
