Milliken’s Reef

Nice dining room, great service and food, we had the nicest waitress. On Friday and Saturday the young crowd comes to party, live band and sand.

You can tell that the quality of food that they are buying is NOT good. The restaurant is dirty as well. I felt bad for my server that he had to be the face of such poor quality.

Service was terrible and food average but overpriced. Server Kayla was not attentive to giving us good service. You are paying for the atmosphere and if you live locally, it is not worth it.

This place is really pretty. Wonderful food, and a very sweet experience. And Sam gave us excellent service! We were a group of seven, and she was attentive without being intrusive. The shrimp appetizer was delicious, as was the Sea Bass.

Conch fritters all bread terrible
They don’t provide handicap parking for wwii veterans but say those spots reserved for police
Persons answering phone kept on putting us on hold
Manager not around
Took our money and no one in charge
Very disappointed
Also ripped off
Paid $ 100 plus tax plus tip for champagne toast at midnight and received nothing
Managers ignore customers

They do have a sand box outside, but the inside is not kid friendly due to the fact that everything is so slow. If you have restless kids, don’t go. Awful service. So slow that we almost left. The ONLY reason it got a third star is because the appetizers were excellent, specifically the oysters. The clam chowder was also delicious. The ambience was great near the windows and having them open. However, we ordered at 6:30 and didn’t get our food until 8:30, and all of the meals were overlooked. Apparently two cooks didn’t show up to work today, but no one has really been concerned with the fact that we have been here for so long.

Recommended by hotel with coupon. First red flag!
Arrived looked slow. Aquarium at hostess stand was nasty!!! Made me wonder about how everything else was kept. Hostess said she needed to find us a table in the mostly empty restaurant.
We left

This was a very nice restaurant and loved it very much we were on vacation and this is the only restaurant we went to. I would recommend this to anybody they have just about everything for a great price!

Overpriced for the portion and style. Great view of the water. Great setting. Missing food. Waiter was awesome, was trying his best, definitely felt remorse when we were disgruntlement toward our missing food. Overall room for improvement

Four of us, new in town, for lunch. Recommended by the hotel and the setting was great. Sitting on the deck, looking at the three cruise ship in port, enjoying the weather.
The food was very good too. Mainly sandwiches. The server was good, but she disappeared for stretches of time. When the food arrived, we didn’t have silverware. Then another trip for ketchup for the fries. I had to ask a different server for artificial sweetner.
All in all, an average lunch that the atmosphere couldn’t help.

They never let my husband and I down :)

Sunday is Wendy’s awesome $ 5 Bloody Mary’s. Get there early as they sell out fast! Breakfast of champions! Loaded with meatballs, salami, shrimp, cheese, peppers, cuc’s, yellow peppers, asparagus and more!

If I could give zero stars I would. Do not waste your time or money at this place. It looks nice and is recommended by local hotels, but that is probably because of kickbacks.
Food was awful, way over priced and portions were ridiculously small. Service was even worse, not once was I asked for a refill of my drink and it sat there so long all the ice melted.
The shrimp was over cooked and rubbery. The crabcake was cold and had to get a new one. Daughter’s shrimp Alfredo was absolutely tasteless.
Only good would be if the restaurant burned down.

Had a great experience at this restaurant recently. We ordered mostly just appetizers: the homemade chips, ceviche, Portuguese stew, & mango crab staff (yum!). The mango crab stack was my favorite — I would go back just for that. The chips were really crunchy — my kids loved the spicy dip but I thought the chips were better without it. The only thing we didn’t care for was the ceviche, but we are kinda ceviche snobs.
My server Michelle was awesome. Funny, friendly and very attentive. First I ordered aN alcoholic beverage with ginger beer — amor was in the name. Although it was good I wanted something fruitier but not too sweet. Michelle suggested a drink not even on the menu called a Hawaii Punch that the bartender (Darrell) makes. It was exactly what I wanted and so good my husband had to order his own.
The place is beautiful, great view of the view, good music and my kids really enjoyed watching the cruise ships leaving.

The grouper was actually TELAPIA!!! Yuk! Trust me, I know the difference. If that’s not bad enough the potato it was served with looked like it had been sitting in a fridge for 2 weeks. Where I’m from, restaurants can be shut down for these things. Good luck to the cheap owner of this place. I will be contacting the health dept.

Fun place to enjoy the nice weather, sit by the water, and watch the cruises pass you by. They have an enormous outdoor seating section; sand and all. Live music on some nights, and heaters in case you’re not from the North and think 70 degrees is cold.
Food is mediocre. Your basic pub fare. But lets face it, you’re coming here to drink and sit outside anyways.

The most scenic place I’ve ever eaten at for sure! Watched the cruise ships sail across and the passengers wave down at us, it was very exciting!
Had a platter of their sushi and curry chicken. Everything was delicious and I was delighted. Hopefully I’ll be able to come more often!

3.5 stars.
I decided to go check out Milliken’s after the nice lady at the Tourist Information shop recommended it and gave me a 10% (up to $ 10) off coupon.
It was a nice January Thursday — good weather and not very crowded around the 4 pm hour. We decided to sit outside in order to enjoy the weather and the view. We did see one cruise ship set sail around 5 pm.
I was surprised to learn that they have different drink specials for patrons that sit outside (beer, wine, $ 3 well specials) versus dining inside (2 for 1 margaritas).
I decided to go with a couple well drinks and skip the appetizers. During the wait, they brought out some hush puppies — which tasted more like sweet fried dough than fried cornbread. Anyway, it was good. I ordered the Milliken’s Deluxe Shore Dinner; I had the option of having the seafood grilled or fried. I chose to have the oysters fried while getting the flounder, shrimp, scallops and lobster grilled. It also came with a side of cole slaw, deviled crab and I chose the garlic mashed potatoes. Everything was tasty and very flavorful.
I ordered dessert to go — the mango guava cheesecake. It was as delish and it was pretty! I’m a sucker for graham cracker pie crust so it I think this was an excellent dessert. After I made it home, I realized that I forget to give my server my coupon… lol.
The food isn’t cheap so it would have the discount taken off my bill.
Overall, I liked the establishment, the view and the food. I would definitely go back again.

Had mussels for an appetizer, they were absolutely fantastic!
My shrimp and scallop dinner was superb!
I absolutely strongly recommend this place for anybody anywhere’s near Port Canaveral.

CRAB CAKES!
As we were driving in the area, the wifey got a sudden desire for crab cakes. After a quick search, she decided on this location. Yes, that’s all I ordered. If the wifey has a craving… I’m there to oblige.
I had to order it from the bar because it was a to go order. While I waited, I was able to enjoy the view of the marina. The bartender was very friendly and surprised I wasn’t ordering anything else. I quickly got the order and left to begin my journey North.
As I merged onto the highway I heard a moan that immediately caught my attention. I asked my wife if she was OK?!? She replied, «These are the best crab cakes I’ve ever tasted.» I never tried them. I’m usually not a fan. She is always on the hunt for those tasty treats and scored at this location. Too bad we live in CT. We’ll just have to wait until we head back south. I did kick myself in the butt for not ordering something because the moaning continued for what seemed like an eternity.
yES…next time I’ll order something Mr. bartender.