The Planing Mill - Visalia, California

Nikki J.

Our visit to this place was so disappointing, I felt the need to warn others. This place is advertised as having stone fire oven pizza, but don’t be fooled—it’s nothing like what they claim.

We were excited to try the pizza, especially after seeing it featured on their website and social media. When we asked for a simple Margherita pizza, the waitress told us they didn’t have it and that the oven was "off." Okay, fair enough, we then tried to pick another pizza, but she responded with, “I believe it’s not available.” At this point, we just gave up and ordered something we didn’t even want, out of sheer frustration.

When the pizza finally arrived, it was an absolute disaster. It didn’t taste like pizza at all! The dough was raw and undercooked, with a tiny amount of shredded cheese slapped on top. It was basically an inedible mess, and honestly, I’ve never had a worse pizza in my life. The waiting time was also ridiculous—we waited far too long for something that wasn’t even worth the wait.

This place is more of a bar than a restaurant, and if you’re looking for good food, especially pizza, avoid it. We certainly won’t be coming back. Total waste of time and money.

*In addition to our terrible experience, we received an unprofessional and rude response from the business, accusing us of being paid to write a review. Our review is genuinely intended to help hardworking individuals avoid falling victim to scammers who misrepresent themselves and make false promises on their website, behavior that is illegal under numerous laws*

Roxy J. K. C.

They were friendly and the food was absolutely delicious. Very welcoming toward our dogs. Wish we'd gone at a time with a little less sun or more shade but we'll definitely go back. I'm still dreaming about that Thai Pie!

Tim M.

Great pizza, excellent salad, outstanding cheese curds. A great place for dinner and a pint

Nikki O.

So sad with their service. Its almost 50 minutes before we got our pizza. We actually decided to go but they keep on insisting it was "almost" ready.

Lamar S.

We had a quick dinner here, margarita pizza and Caesar salad. The server was new but did a great job, they were closing early but didn’t make us feel rushed, and the food was amazing!!! I was also very impressed with their clean up routine, very thorough.

Daniel M.

Took my family there for lunch. The pizza was really good...the wings were amazing, especially with the Thai sauce! Great environment. If you have kids, they have a little area in front where they can run around. Highly recommend this place!

Billy O.

So we’re from Santa Barbara we came from Sequoia and we’re staying in town in Valencia in an Airbnb
Our family wanted to get a pizza place. We saw the review on a few of them. That weren’t too good then we found this one The Mill Pizzeria &Tap Room.
The review that I read, you could tell it was a punch under the belt, but we had to come see you for ourselves
We really were blessed coming here enjoyed our meal. The pizza is the wings, the dessert and the salads.
If you are coming to this area, this is a must stop have pizza
If Santa Barbara wants to have a pizzeria like this, it would make a killing

Love the staff love the pizzeria, and I will make sure I tell all my friends My name is Bill from Santa Barbara, California

Kristine W.

We ordered online, but the pictures on their website are deceiving. On the website it shows the pizzas full of toppings, this is NOT what we got. Hardly any pepperoni on the personal and limited ham and pineapple on the medium Hula. The box that held the deep dish Primavera veggie was a puddle of grease. The description states it has a pesto sauce, but instead, pesto was just glopped on the top with a large amount of salt. It was uneatable. Sorry, just not worth the price for this below average experience.