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The Sawmill

Wilmington, NC

Summary
Would we go there again:

Better than a Denny's, but not by a very big margin.

Ratings
Tim Jeni
Taste: 6 5
Value: 8 8
Service: 7 6
Setting: 6 5
Speed: 7 7
Overall: 7 6
(overall is not an average)

About the Restaurant
Address: 5611 Carolina Beach Road Wilmington, NC (map)

Restaurant Style: Good old fashion Southern cookin'

Price Range: $6 - $10, average entrée: $7

Decor: Old country, lots of raw looking wood, pictures of sawmills, etc.

Noise Level: quiet oldies playing in the background

Lighting: adequate lighting, recessed ceiling lights, windows

Tables Equipped With: salt & pepper, napkins, sweeteners, Land 'O Lakes Buttery Taste Spread, ketchup, creamer, silverware (in paper bags)

Temperature: comfortable

About Our Experience
Date: Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Meal/Time: Dinner, 4:00pm

Wait to be Seated: none

How Full: <10%

What We Ordered: Jeni - Chicken pot pie, (w/ banana pudding, cucumber, & tomatoes side), coffee   Tim - Grilled chicken (w/ banana pudding, corn, and onion rings side)

Free Appetizers: water

Time (from ordering to getting appetizers): N/A

Time (from ordering to getting entrees): 8 minutes

What We Paid (without tip): (treated by grandparents)