Hilltop Steak House
Saugus, MA 01906-3296
Phone: (781) 324-9200
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Main Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Steak 2004
- Hours:
- Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm
Editorial Review for Hilltop Steak House – by Eric Grossman
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 single-handedly keeps the beef industry in business (no one's actually ever been seen to order the steamed vegetable plate). Quality is not on the level of the area's finest steakhouses, but only the biggest steak snob finds fault with marinated sirloin tips or juicy, slow-cooked prime rib. Boring sides like bland rice pilaf and wimpy baked potatoes seem like after thoughts, but at these prices, no one minds.
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Insider Tips
ParkingWhen 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 MoneyCheck the restaurant's website (hilltopsteakhouse.com) for a listing of bargain-basement daily specials.
Look GoodWhile you're on the site, also hit the "Ask the Butcher" section for answers to all your steak preparation questions.
Know Before You GoDo 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.
User Reviews for Hilltop Steak House
05/16/2007 Posted by christeen_713
Visited the resturant on May 13,2007. Ordered steak tips and there was a little crawly thing about an inch and a half long with lots of legs, cooked into our food. If you do decide to eat there after this review I have one word for you CRUNCH. (they do not allow you to enter the word BAGS with a "U")
Cons: small things with lots of legs
03/14/2007 Posted by skeme
I hadnt been to the Hilltop in years until last night. The last time I was there I may have possibly been eating off of the childrens menu so it could be as far back as about 15-20 years but I do remember good food and long lines neither of which were present this visit. My girlfriends father was in town from Florida on business and was told repeatedly by colleagues that he had to go to the Hilltop (I was skeptical due to recent reviews from family and friends) so we met him there for dinner. Yes, it was easy to park, we were seated immediately and the service was good though I guess it would be hard to be otherwise consdering we seemed to have two servers and we were asked everything and offered everything twice (which by the end of the meal was becoming annoying, we'd order desert and then the other waitress would ask if we wanted desert!). The three of us ordered steak, I had the sirloin tips and my girlfriend and her father ordered filets. None of us were impressed. The salads were sizeable but boring (basically just lettuce and onion). One of the filets was ordered well done and it arrived at the table rarer than my medium steak tips (which I ordered that way expecting them to actually be cooked medium rare based on the reviews I read and that was what I got so it worked out well for me). My tips were cooked the way I wanted them but the onions and peppers were overcooked and mushy. The rice pilaf was more like wild rice or long grain rice than pilaf and was very dry, I took one bite and was done with it. Even the quality of the steaks was not up to par, I could have cooked them better at home on the grill and could have gotten the same quality (or better) meat at the supermarket. Both of the filets were fatty and somewhat chewy, a far cry from what a filet should be and my steak tips were average at best, chewy and dry. . . I will not be retuning to the Hilltop nor will I recommend it to anyone!
Pros: parking and ability to accomodate large groups (its huge!)
Cons: the food
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