Dawt Mill

Great food at the restaurant! Pork nachos and the penne paste with grilled chicken is great! Waitresses are very nice and welcoming! Do NOT eat their breakfast buffet, only good thing is the biscuit and apple juice and when you stay in your room/​cabin. Always make sure you ask for extra towels. Not very happy with our stay. Defiantly better than a super 8 though.

I’ve canoed many rivers in Missouri and the North Fork is my favorite, and my favorite place to canoe from is Dawt Mill! We just canoed this past weekend, but it was my fifth time canoeing North Fork, and my fourth time canoeing with Dawt Mill. Their prices are comparable and their staff is always friendly. What I love most about Dawt Mill is their dedication to keeping the river clean. They give you a trash bag and even have signs up saying, «Please put all trash in the bag, and pick up any other trash you see along the way.» I love that when you’re done, you finish at Dawt Mill. Some places, they’re hard to find or you have to call your company to pick you up (and good luck getting cell signal!) Dawt Mill is easy to find on the river, and you just leave your canoe and accessories on the bank — they take care of the rest! Our driver was very knowledgeable about the river and was ready and willing to answer any questions. We look forward to next time!

Our first time floating in a long time and we picked Dawt Mill.
Four girls and my hubby tagged along, he wanted to camp but us girls stayed in the cotton gin inn. There had been a lot of flooding the week we decided to go so originally had decided to drive down, spend the night, float the next day and then spend another night. The river was really up when we got there so there was doubt if they were going to let any one float, so we were going to see what happened the next morning.
Ok, this is the negative part of my review. There was this redneck, hillbilly family who apparently go every year and rent out the entire camping area, which is pretty small to begin with. My husband was the outsider because everyone else was related to one another and moved in one drunken pack. They were down by the river, music blaring and heavy drinking then up at the camp site, music blaring and extra heavy drinking, which went way into the wee hours of the morning. My husband had to stand guard over his stuff because one of the twelve toes dared his son to go steal something from my husband’s campsite. Real smart, classy people. One group was using a taser gun on each other’s butts, again, real intelligent people. We never could get a hold of anyone at Dawt mill at 3:00am, so had to call the sheriff from Gainesville to come down. My husband eventually packed up and came up into our room to get some sleep.
We ended up not floating due to high water, and so postponed for the next week.
***I will give it 5 stars for the second go around because that horrible family was gone and our float was awesome! The water was beautiful and everyone was very professional and helpful.
Kudos to Sandie who works at the front office, she was especially great.

I’ve never been one to write reviews. This occassion was after a dreadful trip to Dawt Mill. We go yearly for an all girls float getaway. Most years we have stuck to the Current River. This year we decided to try something new.
We arrived the first night and noticed the food/​bar was open. One guy trying to cook and serve about thirty people. We were in no hurry. We waited an hour and a half for the wrong meal. But we told him no problem. It was 9pm by the food looked great. So we ate and paid.
The next day, we went to ask about tubes for our float. We asked specifically for tubes with bottoms for our coolers. The lady at the outfitter said no problem. When the bus arrived, we had a problem. He did not have those tubes. After some negotiations, we finally got on the river.
The river is beautiful. I could not right a five star review on just the river that would do it justice. We had a great float and arrived at 5:45 and hour and fifteen minutes early than the deadline of 7:00 to find the gates locked. Locked where the only way to get into the resort was to climb over or crawl under a ten foot fence. We were greated by a teenager in a Dawt Mill shirt who worked there and said he was just waiting for his ride. The boss left told him everyone was off the river. He didnt have a key to the fence. «Sorry».
We may try this river again, because the river was beautiful. However we will never do this resort again.

Very disappointed in noon meal, was offered a typed menu off a sheet a paper. The choice was sandwich or burger, we chose 1 burger & 1 sandwich with 2 waters and a order of onion rings (7 small rings). The burger was ½ the size of the cold dried bun, the bottle of ketchup had black residue around the top all of this for $ 28.00.

Came here to float. Rented a raft with 3 friends. Call up to make a reso to guarantee a spot. We had a fabulous time. They sell beer at the shop– loved the float trip ale. Happy floating!

Visited today (Saturday) for lunch at the restaurant in the old mill. Restaurant only open Weds, Sat, and Sun at this time of the year according to information online. Arrived at 12:30 PM. One other family was already seated. They had several small children who were being loud and somewhat disruptive.
My waitress was a young lady who was very friendly and smiling, but seemed inexperienced. I ordered mushroom soup and a «Dam Burger». The soup was very good. It was crimini mushrooms, leeks, and herbs in a light broth. I had initially ordered the Reuben rather than the burger, only to have the waitress tell me several minutes after ordering that there was no corn beef in the kitchen. OK, so I changed to the burger. Then the waitress returns several minutes later to tell me the kitchen has no lettuce for the burger. Hmm, very odd, but I can live without lettuce I guess.
Finally the burger came. It was on a pretzel bun. Looked great, but the bun was cold. It had obviously either been frozen and defrosted or had been refridgerated. It should have been warmed or toasted, but was not.
My overall impression was that the Dawt Mill Restaurant has the potential to be exceptional, but it seemed like, at least today, that they were not fully prepared to receive guests. Otherwise, there would have been more attention to details and no «outs».
Tours are also available of the old water grist mill, but I didn’t partake. It’s on the bank of the North Fork River in a very nice rural setting. It is a few miles North of Tecumseh, Missouri in Ozark County.

This review is for the Restaurant only.
We had the all you can eat brunch, was okay. It was like most buffets, lots of mediocre food. The establishment is nice, and the view is really what you are there for. It was a nice time and the price was fair. We may try it again when we are in the area and have a regular meal.