Hillsdale House — Restaurant in Town of Hillsdale

When the two of us arrived for dinner, I noticed that they were busy but not full. There were 5 or 6 empty tables. The hostess/server said that she would be with us in a minute. Standing just a few feet from the hostess/server, after about 10 minutes she said that we could take any table that we wanted. What were we waiting for? We now had menus, but no server in site. After being seated for about 20 minutes and watching a nearby table that arrived after us have their order taken by the same hostess/server, I went to look for her. I found her standing next to the bar area doing nothing, instead of her job, which should have included taking our order. I let her know that I was annoyed and she came to take our order. Another 45 minutes passed when she came to explain that the kitchen was behind. Meanwhile, the table that arrived after we did were having their dinner. Our order included salads. After all this time, was it too much to expect that we would have been served the salads? No such luck. We waited a total of 1 and 1/2 hours and finally gave up. Absolutely horrible! That was our 5th or 6th time at the restaurant. It seems that the staff is always overwhelmed. Never again. Not worth the aggravation for average food and menu. If I could give 0...

We tried to get a long with the waitress but.....my good friend who is a veteran waitress of 50+years (White Hart, Interlaken, Old Mill) was trying to find out what came with the entree, she was told mashed and green beans and said is that okay? All four of us were waiting for the options but she never said anymore. It became very awkward at the least when she asked my friend if she was offended and became visibly annoyed. She couldn't explain beer types. We asked for napkins, knife and drink a second time. She said drink took long bc she made it herself. (Bloody Mary was good)Chicken Parm was very good and plentiful but...waitress asked "what's wrong with it) even though we were taking the leftovers to go. Prime Rib was tasty, rare as ordered (horseradish sauce would've been nice), pulled pork was dry and side of BBQ sauce would've been nice. Waitress never told us that green beans were being substituted for zucchini which had way to many seeds and pulp than squash. We were not asked if we wanted desert or coffee. Not sure if...

I am going to dream about this prime rib for the rest of my life!

My partner and I found this place while exploring the area and wanting a dinner before getting a beer down the road.

Many small towns have a little restaurant like this that just make you feel like home. Hillsdale House has all of the small town charm and colonial New England atmosphere but levels it up with a lovely craft beer selection, perfect brick oven tavern pizza, and the best prime rib I’ve had in my life.

I could write an epic poem about this prime rib. The beef was incredible quality, roasted to a perfect medium rare and the lightly grilled. The vegetables and au jus was garlic lovers dream - bringing me back to The Stinking Rose in Beverly Hills. I would drive two hours from my home every week for this.

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