The Mill At The Kasteel - Oak Harbor

Good food, great service, really good drinks. Great clam chowder, handmade tortillas, and really good carne asada.

Finding a (mostly Mexican restaurant inside of a Dutch Kasteel (Castle was...unexpected, to say the least. I'm assuming that the restaurant was (once? the property of the owners of the adjacent Auld Holland Inn, and switched hands at some point. Either way, nothing appears to have been lost in the handoff, because the food here is excellent, even if a bit off theme!My wife somehow decided against ordering her favorite, a Monte Cristo, in favor of some Carne Asada, while I went with the Steak Ranchero. In hindsight, we probably should have traded orders. While both were delicious, the Steak Ranchero included mushrooms (which I hate and my wife loves that were not listed on the menu, and I vastly preferred the taste and texture of her entrée to mine. That said, I was not disappointed. I'd order it again, sans mushrooms, if the Carne Asada wasn't on the menu. Since it is, it'll be my order of choice any time we find ourselves back in Oak Harbor it's that good!Service was attentive a bit uneven: we were asked if we were ready to order *three times* before the water arrived at our table, by different servers; the first two times within 30 seconds of our butts touching the seats. Once we had, we didn't see hide nor hair of any server, other than when our food was delivered, for the rest of the visit, until the came (a little later than I'd have liked at the end.Those nitpicks aside, I love everything about the aesthetic, and despite the somewhat confused cultural collision taking place here, nothing about it detracts from the experience. I wish more establishments would unabashedly embrace a theme, identity or culture...even if it comes to them second hand. So, call it what you want: castle, kasteel, castillo doesn't matter. Just know that when you're here, you're going to eat like a King...a Koning...or a Rey.

This place looks interesting from the outside and has tons of potential. Ate outside on the patio and the food was quite good and great service.Not giving it more than 3 stars as the interior is very disappointing and I would likely not take visitors or guests for this reason. Maybe they will step up the interior a notch and they will be set.

Okay…the atmosphere isn’t authentic Mexico BUT the food was delicious!!! We got the CHILAQUILES with Chorizo! I got the green and he got the red! It took me back to when my mom (from Jalisco, MX) would make us homemade CHILAQUILES! They weren’t soggy and still had a little crunch!! YUMMY!!Thank you!

My husband and I decided to give this place a try and so happy we did! Our server was a lovely woman named Mayra who treated us wonderful. Chili relleno and chicken enchiladas Verde with 2 house margaritas all delicious. Will definitely be back.