Mill Valley Kitchen

If you look at my reviews, you'll see that I only write about places I enjoy (no bad karma into the Yelp universe from me...) and places I would want to visit again. MIll Valley Kitchen has an absolutely fabulous and generous happy hour. I love happy hours (the luxury of leaving work early, and getting a menu deal!) and Mill Valley Kitchen is such a fun experience. Great apps, happy hour drinks, really a totally good party time.The staff is always fun, parking is easy (free lot in the back), and the place is beautiful! (And somehow the lighting makes everyone look good! Wait, maybe it's the drinks that make everyone look good....hmmm....)

After years of driving past Mill Valley I finally stopped in for brunch! First off the space is beautiful. It is located on the main level of an apartment complex with a decent amount of parking available. The decor kind of looks like a hotel restaurant so it's very modern with bright, neutral colors and nice fixtures. It's actually a very large space with a decent size bar area, dining area, and private dining area but has a cozy feel. Perhaps my favorite thing was BOTTOMLESS MIMOSAS!!! This is the way brunch should be! For my meal I got a kimchi breakfast bowl. It was good but didn't really wow me. The flavors were good but didn't have the punch I expected. My partner got the Benedict and that was delicious. Our bartender was absolutely fantastic. We ended up hanging out, drinking mimosas all the way up until brunch was over and she was done with her shift. Super friendly. The relief bartender was equally as awesome and we ended up hanging out and splitting a burger and some wings The burger was just okay. Honestly not good enough to get again. Overall the food was decent but will have me coming back to explore more of the menu. Based on food alone this would be a 3 star but because of the exceptional service it's a 4. @danny_runsforbeer

The food was so fresh tasting and flavorful! Restaurant itself is very nice looking, staff was friendly, and server was good. Great options and will definitely make a return. - Anthony

Met a couple of friends here for drinks and dinner. The entrance is hidden in an apartment building and next to a physical therapy clinic which i found interesting. We had reservations so got seated and started with a couple of beverages. Ordered the old fashioned and found it to be very sweet. Asked the server to help out with my next choice and he recommended the Dill Caipirinha, which was more my speed. Also had their Night Club and the Summer Passion (which the server recommended I ask for less sweet) and they were both pretty good.We ordered some wings for appetizers and we all had the miso seabass for our entree. The wings were flavorful and crispy. I enjoyed that with a good mix of spice and flavor. The sea bass I wasn't as impressed with. It was good. But the quinoa was a little bland and the cucumbers could have had flavor. Overall a good piece of fish but I wish the accompaniments were more flavorful.We ended the evening with the dessert trio (we chose Maple Panna Cotta, Key Lime and Triple Chocolate) and I had the Graham's 20 yr old port. The desserts were quite good and the port was also very good and a very nice end to the evening.I didn't dislike the place and would come again to try some of the other dishes. But will skip the sea bass.

First visit to Mill Valley Kitchen. Really enjoyed the pizza and wings. Went there for appetizers and were not disappointed. The crust for the pizza was perfect and the variety of toppings was great. My friend had a pizza with nothing but vegetables, but still flavorable. My wings were great, tender, flavorful, and left me wanting more. The dessert selection was also good. The wait staff was friendly, made suggestions, and made our dining experience very enjoyable. The restaurant was great in that the noise level was not too loud, the other guests enjoying themselves and beautifully decorated. A recent appearance on the WCCO Morning Program is what piqued my interest; I'm glad I followed through and checked them out. I'll definitely be visiting again.

This restaurant has so much greenery. It's beautiful. I love that the menu shows the calories of the food items. It seems a healthy and tasty .We ordered the beet lentil burger, quinoa blueberry pancakes, fingerling potatoes, waguy burger, salmon salad. It was all very delicious.The crowd that goes here is a bit older , I think it's probably attached to a community.

Tried this for a girls dinner and it was good! We made a reservation which I'm glad we did as it was packed. Got seated right away in the restaurant upon arrival but parking was a hot mess - give yourself time to find a spot as it's a shared lot with other businesses and an apartment complex. Food was good but nothing to write home about. We started with the crab cake appetizer which was nice - good mix of flavors with citrus, spicy and a side salad. For dinner we shared a variety of things. The miso sea bass was the winner by far! Steak was nice but sides (polenta, eggplant) were nothing special and not great. We also got the squash salad with salmon. It was just okay - the squash was cold which ruined it for me although the salmon was warm. Service was a bit slow but I think because our server was letting us chat and catch up ha! Would recommend a visit - healthy options and a nice spot overall.

Mill Valley Kitchen is a nice spot to grab a healthy, somewhat fancy dinner without it feeling super pretentious. There was something about the vibe-- it was classy without feeling like you need to show up in cocktail attire. Ok, let's about talk about this seabass. SO buttery and flavor-packed. In the words of Forrest Gump, "That's all I have to say about that."Would definitely go back!

Overall, ok but not great.Hadn't eaten here in years and was excited to try it again. We tried the salmon and the sea bass. Alone, the fish were seasoned properly and delicious. What made the taste just ok were the accoutrements. Both were a little off. The quinoa/slaw veggies either the sea bass were either tasteless or super salty (where drenched in miso). The salmon came with a strange, purplish radish that just tasted off.Service was a bit awkward and our server didn't know a lot about the dishes themselves, shared he hadn't eaten the salmon before. Also an annoyance us we made our reservations thru open table, checked in, yet they canceled our open table reservation.Ambience was quiet for a Saturday evening. Overall, hits and misses making it just an okay experience.

I love this place. I just discovered it recently and they have a very cute cozy bar to fit that and a really good happy hour. The bartender is friendly. The food is delicious. I really liked the shrimp taco and the mussels they give you a lot of mussels and I shared it with a girlfriend and we couldn't even finish the whole bowl.