Hilltop Tavern Ltd. — Restaurant in Iowa City

I originally visited hilltop about a month ago and loved the atmosphere and the drink selection. Had a great conversation with the bartender, and decided to add hilltop as a stop on my birthday party bus because it seemed like such a fun place. I called the restaurant multiple times in advance to discuss the time and date of our stop, along with how many people would be coming in. They assured us that it would work for them and that they were excited to have us in. We even paid an extra $100, in addition to our initial bus fee to be able to stop at hilltop. As soon as we walked in the door, they treated us with nothing but utter disrespect. Some people initially entered through the wrong door (there are three doors that all look like the front entrance) and the bartender screamed in multiple peoples faces and kicked everyone back out the door. Additionally, the bartender that I had shared a friendly conversation with last visit screamed in my face for the “chaos that we were causing.” They yelled at another member of the bus, a paying customer, that the bus was parked in the wrong spot and she needed to deal with it. They treated us as an inconvenience and made it clear they didn’t want paying and tipping customers in their business. We all promptly left as we were obviously not welcome, and spent the remainder of our bus time sitting in the bus, wasting both time and money. The treatment from two bartenders at hilltop has successfully cost them the business of 40 people, along with everyone in the community that we share the...

Hilltop is a local neighborhood iconic place to have a meal, drink, and maybe play some pool.

Dinner options are common ones. We had a chicken wings appetizer; my wife had garlic bread soup and fish-and-chips, and I had a dinner salad and a fried pork loin sandwich.

The wings, salad, and pork loin were all good. My wife liked the soup and fish, and she didn't care for the fries.

The service is handled by the bar team, which can easily survey the dining area.

The place is clean, and during the several times we were there, the patrons have never been partticularly rowdy. The sense of being old is authentic. There are a few old signs that are there because the place has been around...

Friends and I stopped in here last night and it was the worst experience ever! I stood at tha bar so long waiting to order drinks, with the bartender standing 2 feet away, whom never acknowledged I was even standing there, that a regular patriot of the bar walked over to me to let me know "he's not ignoring you he's just incompetent"! I laughed and continue to warch and wait for the BT as he's laughing and joking with other customers about the fact that he's going to take his sweet time and decides to pour 4-5 yeager bombs (one for himself) they cheer took the shots then he asked me if he can get me something. Yeah the Friday night BT is racist and the four of us will...