Placed smelled like SHIT!!! Must have been the brains! Fried Chicken tasted like Frozen Banquet meal from a box. No flavor whatsoever, service was awful. Sat at the bar at lunchtime and the Bartender didn't want to be bothered. I have no idea how this place has been around as long as it has. Looked like it hadn't been cleaned since the 1900's. Bathroom was just as filthy, reeked of piss. read more

This place has rapidly gone down hill. From the mash potatoes that are runny and taste like sour milk to the new workers who won't even answer simple questions. In the past it was good but not anymore. read more

Great food. Great atmosphere. Superb service. Go see Adam at the Hilltop. Excellent host who takes care of his guests. The fried fish was excellent. Fried chicken is always great. read more

Normally love this place. But tried the fiddlers today. Very disappointed. Was charged $18 for 2 very small pieces and 2 sides. Then the fish was not good. Tastes like they used the same oil as they fry chicken. Also, the batter was very bland. The service was excellent, the restaurant was clean. But skip the fiddlers, stay with the chicken. read more

We went there today for lunch, first in time several years. I had the German bologna and a bowl of Burgoo. First the bologna was fried way to much nearing the burnt crusty state. The Burgoo tasted like it had been sitting on the stove way to long, not quite brunt but very close. My wife's chicken lunch special was anything but special, it was fired a little long. The steamed vegetable medley looked like they took a frozen Birdeyes pack and tried to warm them in a microwave. some were still cold. No seasoning at all. The service was very good. The food quality was such that we will not go back. read more

VERY VERY Lacking in customer service they could give 2 shits about you. Don't bother placing a Togo order you will be placed on hold immediately and never talked to again. You will just have to hang up. read more

If you are in a hurry, this is not the place especially at lunchtime. Sat down and just about left after waiting more than 7 minutes before our waitress appeared from the back. Dinning room had a funky sewer smell. The place is dusty and needs some attention. Food arrived cold and tasteless. Saw another worker just inside the kitchen doors snacking on a box from DQ. This place has really went downhill. No pun intended. read more

If you like brain sandwich's then Hill top is the place to go! They also have great plate dinners and salads as well! Nice west side restaurant to eat ant and drink some nice cold beer!! read more

I don't even know where to start. 45 minute wait for the wrong food or not all of it. Potato wasn't even hot, Luke warm. Excuse after excuse. It's a cute place, but I will think long and hard before returning. I was so upset with all of it, I lost my appetite. Sad to see such a long standing family place fail. read more

Get new management, cooks, perhaps owners. This is worst food I've had in a while. Friend chicken was burnt, dry and small. (45 minute wait) German fried potato's were not edible, a pile of yellow, soggy, greasy mush. I would call the white gravy...salted cornstarch sauce. Really sad, I hope someone saves it. read more

We went for dinner. We were seated right away. It was every other table in the bar. We went specifically for brain sandwiches and they didn't have brain sandwiches. They are unable to get from their vendor at this time, which was very disappointing. We came specifically for the sandwich. We understand though. We just wish that they had put a sign or something online. We also had the pork grenades and they were dry and you could barely tell they had bacon on it. They weren't fresh and you could tell they were old and thrown into the microwave before serving to us. I had no other reason to go because I've never had great food. I thought different owners would help, but it has not. I won't be going back. read more

Hilltop Inn - Marx BBQ Pork Grenades - Bars Near Me - Evansville, Indiana

if you like burn food have to use a lot of salt and other items to cover the burn this is your place to go to!

I've lived here for about 13 years and finally made it to Hilltop. I'll be back. I had a ribeye sandwich and German potato salad on the side. I really like the grilles bun and onions. The waitress was very friendly as well. Great place for lunch read more

Chicken livers were burnt and cooked in old grease. Even my cats would not eat them.

They don't even deserve one star service is awful when you get home with your dinner it's burnt and they are not open the hours they post manager sits on his butt and no one is in a hurry but the customers read more

Great service! Glad to have this Westside Gem back. Fried chicken 1/4 white - 7.4 Mashed potatoes/ macaroni and cheese Austin- Fried Chicken -6.9 Slaw and mashed potatoes Blue moons all around read more

Always a favorite! Great food, great service! I love the brain sandwiches, fabulous Icelandic Cod sandwich and best German potatoes! read more

Hilltop Inn - Islandic Cod sandwich, Chicken Tenders , green beans, German fried potatoes with onion. - Bars Near Me - Evansville, Indiana

We're not truly dead until our brains stop. This is where you go to reflect on our minds. Our consciousness. What it means be human before we are returned to dust. The brain sandwich is a gateway to a special spectrum of awareness. Feast on the brain of another. Absorb the powers of another thinking being. Lots of mustard and pickle. German fries. I hope when I pass to the hinter regions my brain rots with my pain. Please don't eat my brain. Eat Hilltop's. read more

Hilltop Inn - Bars Near Me - Evansville, Indiana

I've gone here a couple times and the food has gotten worse with each time. The fried chicken was undercooked and gave my family member salmonella. The chicken gizzards were super greasy and overcooked. The drinks in the bar had fruit flies at the bottom of the bottles. The counter was always dirty and even saw some cockroaches on the counter the last time I went there. Overall bad experience, food, and bad customer satisfaction. read more

My favorite place but you CANNOT get waited on. We just sat in the dining room with only three tables full. Left after 20 minutes of being ignored. Someone cleaning tables but not waiting on customers. Servers there but disappear into the kitchen without checking for new customers. read more

As a now visitor to my hometown, I was looking forward to eating at Hilltop again. I was less than thrilled tonight. The food was good, but slightly overpriced. They were incredibly busy, but weren't really seating tables. This led to some tables being served long before others that arrived prior. Biggest disappointment was the pie. I was looking forward to coconut cream pie knowing it came from Marx, but $5 for an eighth of a pie? Overpriced at best. Again, the food was good, but overall I was disappointed not having what I remember as the quality of the Hilltop I remembered. read more

Delicious food, Great wait staff, and amazing service. Coming here made my day go from bad to great. I recommend coming here even if you have to travel. read more

A west side favorite with awesome food. The brain sandwich is well worth the wait and very filling. Family room dining is laid back and well lite. Salad bar small but fresh and clean. read more

Pros: 1. Overall the food is pretty good, but its hit and miss. 2. Their dark meat chicken is really good 3. Friendly servers and you can usually see an owner there greeting and seating people Cons: 1. The wait staff is friendly, but the service is usually bad because the servers are forced to handle too many tables at once. Sometimes you might not see your server for a while. Sometimes they forget things because they are doing too many things at once. 2. There is no place to sit while you're waiting for a table. On busy nights people are standing by the salad bar and the table next to the door because there is no place to wait. In the summer its not so bad because there is a patio, but in the winter and during bad weather its unacceptable. 3. I like places that have a salad bar, but this one is pretty small. Some ham or turkey would be a nice addition. The salad bar comes with a lot of the steak entrees, but its a pretty hefty cost adder for the other entrees considering how small the selection on the salad bar is. Also, its not sanitary for each customer in line to cut the communal cheese block. I've seen people holding it down with their bare hands. This is not safe. Put some pre-cut blocks of cheese or don't serve it at all. 4. Their gravel parking lot needs to be paved with parking lines in order to make enough space for their customers on busy nights. 5. The bathrooms are too small. The men's bathroom on the family dining side doesn't even have a stall door. Who wants to take a dump in front of stranger? The bathroom on the bar side has tons of clutter in the entry way. Not sure if its always like that though. Bottom Line: This place is as inconsistent as they come. Sometimes you'll get a great meal and sometimes the food and service is lousy. I know the place is older than dirt, but that's no excuse for not having bathrooms, service, and a parking lot that is up to par. read more

Where to start this. Extremely disappointed in my first visit. Me and my wife stopped there for lunch. Was excited because of the reviews. We were wanting a nice lunch. Sat down where a nice young waitress came and got our drink orders. This is where it all goes down hill. Another waitress came over and introduced herself and asked for our drinks. Told her the other waitress got them. She replied "obviously she did not get them this is my table." She was rude about it. The other girl brought to us. She came to take our orders. She came out "Are ready to order yet." Not very professional. Never asked if we wanted an appetizer or anything. I wanted to order the pork brain sandwich to try something different. She told me it took 25 so I did not want to wait. I was ok with that. I ordered the chicken melt and wife had the club. We both orders German potatos. I should have ordered the pork brain and it still took longer that it should. She never came back and checked or let us know it was taken longer. There were only 5 tables so not busy. The other waitress filled our glasses. Heather never came out to check. Food finally came out. We got an excuse that they were working on chicken order for a catering event and it was crazy back there. After she brought the food never saw her again . Had to ask the other waitress for our check. Never have I been to a place where the waitress does not check on her tables. When she brought the food asked if we wanted a refill and could not remember what we were drinking. We were her only table. No excuses for that. Now for the food. The food was subpar. The chicken sandwich was a small chicken breast on Texas toast with cheese, bacon, onions and sauce. I had to dig to find the chicken. The bread and sauce over powered the chicken. I could not taste the chicken. The chicken should of been the star of the dish. What I did taste of the chicken did not have a lot of flavor. Needed to be seasoned more. German fries had no flavor. I would say for $9.50 not worth it. I could get a chicken sandwich like that at McDonald's (most unfavorite place). The club sandwich had a big hunk of ham and way to much bread. You could not bite into it. The sandwich was very average. Not worth what we paid Over all the worse dinning experience ever. Heather was the worse waitress I have ever had. I did something today I have never done in my life. Ok did not leave a tip. She did not wait on us. We had to find her to get our bill. She then still asked how things were. She was very unprofessional. I will never return to this place. I will not recommend it to anyone. So disappointed because I want to come back to try the brain sandwich. I can not after this experience. I have never wrote a review like this. Thank you, Shane. read more

The fried pork chops were great! read more

Hilltop Inn - Bars Near Me - Evansville, Indiana

We go to a different local establishment each week with a group. Worst experience we've had. Terrible service, terrible food and we won't be back. Strip special had no flavor. German potato salad was AWFUL!!! Server forgot to turn in the food for part of group. Never had drinks on time. This place will be closed soon. Way too many good places to go on The westside and this is not one of them. If I could give negative stars I would. read more

Stopped in on Saturday afternoon, only a few tables in the place. You know I had to have the brain sandwich, which was excellent, by the way. I was a bit disappointed in the roll, but the brain itself was well battered and tasty. It's pretty big, and I got away without ordering the fries to go with it. My wife had the fried chicken, with a side of beans. She really liked the beans, and said the chicken was good, very moist, but that the crust lacked a little something (maybe spices in the flour for it?). We both had iced tea, which was really good. With the tip, out the door for $25. Service was friendly, and excellent. Andrew did a fine job! read more

The food was really good. The manager was quick to correct issues. She went above and beyond. We had never been and wanted to try something different. While there we learned, sadly, that today was their last day. New owners were taking over. The future unknown. Hopefully, little will change. read more

The Hilltop is one of my favorite places to go for comfort food. I had dinner there on a Friday evening about a week ago. First...I'm so glad they now have some craft beer! Good IPA! The server was attentive and responsive. I had the chicken livers -- one of my favorites here. They came out (with great milk gravy!) piping hot and delicious. I ordered mashed potatoes and corn as my two sides. The corn needed some kind of seasoning. It tasted like it was just right out of the can. Not good. The mashed potatoes came with milk gravy and had good flavor, but were only luke warm even after the server sent them back to be warmed up. Overall, still a favorite, but with some room for improvement. read more

First time here. Food was good. Nice selection of beer. They are known for their Brain Sandwich. I didn't try that but... my brother did and loved it. Server was a bit slow but overall a good experience. Will definitely be back. read more

A great place for a get together. They take reservations. Great service great food. Did I mention great people? No disappointments here. Good old west side! read more

Great family friendly atmosphere. The burgers are excellent and the staff have been friendly each time I have visited. I feel like there could be some renovations done but other than that this is a great place to eat. read more

My wife and I went back to the hilltop after the reopening. I had the half fried chicken and it was excellent! The baked potato and green beans were really good as well. This is home cooking at its best. The only improvement I would like to see is an IPA on tap.My wife had the marinated grilled chicken with onions and thought it was very good. The service was prompt and attentive. read more

Nope. I guess history or tradition makes this place popular. I've tried it multiple times...the food is subpar, overpriced, and service can be minimal. To each their own read more

Terrible service. Walked in with a party of 6 and they had 5 tables in the middle of the restaurant that was open. We went to sit down and was rudely told this section is closed even though other people were eating in the same section. So we walked out and went to another restaurant. This was the first and only time I will ever try to eat there. read more

I ordered Fiddlers and German Potatoes and I was not impressed. The Fiddlers were "too fishy" and the German Potatoes had more sautéed onions than potatoes. On the other hand, my boyfriend had their Brain Sandwich and loved it! If we go again, I'm just ordering fries, ketchup, and a beer! read more

I couldn't bring myself to eat the brain sandwich, it's the idea mostly. The fried chicken is really good and the potato salad. It's just good home style food. The fact that it's a mom-and-pop place and not a chain just adds to the appeal. read more

Took the family here on a weekday night. Food was really good. Steaks done just perfect to order and extremely flavorful. Salad bar is extremely small but everything on it was fresh and tasted great. My family used to come here years ago and I have heard the stories of how good it is. Now I have my own stories. Thank you for such a great evening!!! read more

Ah the West Side Country Club. I just wish I could go there more often. This is one of the corner stones of Evansville. My favorite thing there is either the Hilltopper Burger or a Fish Sandwich (especially during Lent). If you haven't been to the Hilltop then you are missing out on the best tavern food in Evansville. (Don't worry, it has a separate family room) read more