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Years in business
Established in 1952
Price:
$$
Last updated 8.07.11
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Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, MasterCard
Catering Services:
Restaurant Special Features:
Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Private Rooms, Family Style Dining, Group Dining, Cheap Eats, Dine At The Bar
Cuisine:
Steakhouse, Traditional American
Smoking Permitted:
No
Other Locations:
What People Are Saying About Hilltop Steak House
Featured Review
Eric Grossman
Contributor
The Scene – Both of Hilltop's suburban locations enjoy year-round, capacity crowds thanks to a dependable meat-and-potato menu and prices that are straight out of the '80s (a full steak dinner, including salad and potato, costs about $12). Faux-western dining rooms are usually filled to the gills with families (good luck finding a table away from the kids) and are efficiently patrolled by notoriously sour waitresses. – – The Food – When the restaurant's full, with table after table covered in chopped sirloin and broiled ribeyes, one gets the impression it…
Editor's Tips
- Parking:
- When approaching the restaurant from the highway, keep your eyes peeled for the giant fake cactus and plastic cows that stand guard out front or you may miss your exit.
- Save Money:
- Check the restaurant's website (hilltopsteakhouse.com) for a listing of bargain-basement daily specials.
- Look Good:
- While you're on the site, also hit the "Ask the Butcher" section for answers to all your steak preparation questions.
- Know Before You Go:
- Do a bit of food shopping before heading home at the restaurant's popular butcher shop. The huge walk-in refrigerator contains a breathtaking variety of meats at unbeatable prices.
10/28/11
Paradise lost
by hjd1 at Citysearch
We went to the Hilltop after a hiatus. My wife says one year. I thought that it was two. Regardless of the duration, something very bad happened in the interim. While the waitress was pleasant and efficient, the food was terrible. I order a medium rare ribeye and received an unidentifiable piece of meat that was overcooked and tasteless. My wife had baked stuffed haddock. Dry and tasteless as well. About the only thing that was good was the baked potato.
I am old enough to recall the Hilltop when you waited for over an hour to get in and the wait was worth it. Great steaks at a good value. Now, poor steaks at $20 plus.
No restaurant can have a good run forever. The HIlltop is clearly on the decline.
03/04/11
A steakhouse that can't cook steak!
by tbear65 at Citysearch
Went there Feb 2011. Told us a 30 minute wait but winded up being 45. Service was slow once seated. Went for a good steak but only got one, the ribeye. The prime rib was cold and barely cooked to rare. Had little if any taste to it. The mixed grill was awful. The pork and chicken were dry and tough and the sirloin tips were burned on the outside and raw on the inside. On the plus side, the hamburger was good. The sides and salad were fair to good. Pointed out the shortcomings of the mixed grill and only got a blank stare from the waitress.
07/10/10
This place is NO GOOD!
by dreamer1951 at Citysearch
While on vacation June 2010, friends wanted to try this place so we did. Never again, service slow, carpet dirty, table sticky!!! I ordered steak over cooked, tasteless. Never again! What a waste of $$. Shame on your Food Network for recommending such a disappointing place to eat.
- Pros: Was seen on Food Network???
- Cons: overcook meat, poor quality
05/21/09
LOOKS THE SAME BUT IT ISN'T
by bigbob222 at Citysearch
IN MARCH 2009 I WENT TO THIS RESTAURANT PUCHASED THE BONE-IN SIRLION. I ORDERED IT MEDIUM. IT CAME MEDIUM THE PIECE OF STEAK I RECEIVED HAD FAT THROUGHOUT IT. THE OUTSIDE OF THE STEAK WAS CHARCOAL BURNT AND THE STEAK WAS TASTELESS.I SENT IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GIVE ME A BETTER QUALITY CUT
THE NEXT STEAK I RECEIVED WAS COOKED CLOSER TO MEDIUM-WELL. SAME QUALITY CUT SAME BURNT CHARCOAL TASTE I SENT THAT STEAK BACK TO. THE WAITRESS TOLD ME THAT THE STEAK DIDN'T LOOK GOOD SO WHY DID SHE SERVE IT TO ME?
HOW CAN ANYONE EAT THIS STEAK!
IF YOU WANT A DECENT STEAK GO TO TEXAS ROADHOUSE IN EVERETT MA OR BROCKTON MA AVOID THIS PLACE
- Pros: MEMORIES OF WHAT THE STEAK USED TO TASTE LIKE
- Cons: POOR QUALITY TASTELESS STEAK
03/19/09
Forget about it.
by david427 at Citysearch
The Hilltop has been out of the control of the originally family twice, this being the second and probably last time time. The quality has plummeted both times. The quality is so bad now I doubt the corporation running it even cares. Look for the prime real estate it occupies on Route 1 to be a hotel or Mall in a few years.
- Pros: Parking, generally fast service
- Cons: food quality
