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    Hill City Grill

    4.4 (82 reviews)
    ModerateBars, American

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    Michelle G.

    Fabulous Main Street find! This restaurant is from the same family as Toscana but has more space between tables and a better vibe. Showed up again at an empty restaurant but HCG filled up fast. Fabulous mac n cheese. Brown gravy on short ribs could have been more flavorful. Shrimp on rosemary skewer was a hit. I will go back!

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    Dave W.

    Anytime someone asks me for a suggestion of where to go out to eat in Oneonta, I recommend this place. Great food, service, and atmosphere. I eat here all the time with family and friends.

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    Janet W.

    Excellent food with great service. Our party of 4 ordered items off the specials including a shrimp and scallop pasta dish and a medium rare duck breast. The duck was phenomenal - tender and juicy with a crispy skin. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their meal. If you want a nice meal and are willing to spend a little more, this is an excellent option. (I wish restaurants would list out the pricing for the specials like they do for the regular menu.)

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    Ryan F.

    Went on a fancy date with my girlfriend for Valentine's Day weekend. The waitress and restaurant was very nice, but that is where the pleasure ends. We started off our night with some fried calamari. It was solid but nothing crazy was expecting more for the caliber of what this restaurant was flaunting. Then the time to order our entree came upon us. We were deciding on what to order when the waitress told us about the "amazing specials" we were hooked. She told us about a filet mignon wrapped in bacon with some veggies that she highly recommended it. We were set! We haven't had filet in years and wanted to treat ourselves so we decided to go for it. But that was a mistake we came to understand when heading back home. I ordered my filet medium rare and I got the slab of meat back still MOOING. Was almost as if the outside was seared and the inside was left to be raw,chewy and bloody. I tend to never send food back since I understand sometimes mistakes happen and I can move passed a slight mistake but this was a NO NO. My girlfriend ordered hers medium well and it was definitely cooked very rare. The waitress came to our table asking if the filet was cooked properly almost in the tone that something was wrong and she was definitely correct. We asked her to send it back and finish cooking the meal for a chance of redemption. It came back still very rare but edible at this point and yes, I have had some bloody rare steak but what I had served to me before was not it. After deciding to actually dig in more into the meal now that I knew it was "cooked" I was baffled by the foul flavor the topping of the filet had. At first I thought maybe it's just a very strong flavor of some horse radish or something but it tasted foul as if gone bad or extremely sour. I'm not sure why they would pair that with this dish and asked my girlfriend if I was just uncultured in the appreciation of this decision to be put on the plate but she was very put off as well. We both scraped off the topping and decided to just stick to the filet itself as the sole meal and was still not impressed. The quality of the meat was nowhere near the consistency and texture that I've had at other restaurants in my past experience and was extremely disappointed. I overheard the table across from us have the same issue with the fillet being undercooked and I was feeling their frustration. They charged $30 for this "special" that ended up with both my girlfriend and myself sick at the end of the night. The waitress apologized and "accommodated" us with a dessert on the house but I definitely felt robbed. This meal had no place being in my stomach and I felt horrible after having it there. I saw the ratings of this place and was really excited to have a beautiful night with my lady. Although the experience wasn't anywhere near spectacular we still laugh about it today. I'm not giving this place another chance and if you do happen to give this place a shot. Stay away from the specials! I hope this review helps and don't get food poisoning like we did. Cheers!

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    Karen A.

    This was a great surprise! We popped in late and got a great meal quickly. The menu is somewhat small but there were about a half a dozen specials. The server was good but we were a little surprised that she had to go ask the prices of the specials, which were higher than expected. The dishes sounded great, but they were in mid-20's so we stuck with sandwiches in the $10-$12 dollar range. My husband had a burger and I had the grilled chicken sandwich. Both were excellent and the fries were stellar. We will definitely go back. Street parking is a little hard to come by in that area of Main Street, but if it's after hours, park in the City Hall lot across the street. I hope they don't arrest me for saying that.

    Julia H.

    Wow! This cute little restaurant was honestly one of the best I've been to down here! The waitress was super sweet and helpful and served us with a smile on her face, something I take into consideration when I go out to eat. I felt very comfortable and some and my date sat right by the window, so we could watch passerby's. I ordered the steak and my date ordered a burger, and we both loved our meals! I already had my leftovers as another meal, it was so tasty! The mashed potatoes and steak were perfect and the veggies were also delicious, not too mushy or anything. Steak was cooked perfectly also, was very impressed. This is also the first time I've had my steak already cut for me, which to be fair was a lot easier than having to cut it! I will definitely be coming back here with friends/family!

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    Manhattan atmosphere in Oneonta. Excellent food, fresh, creative and friendly top notch service. Will be back!

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    Great place to eat in Oneonta. The food was great and the service was top notch. We can't wait to go back!!

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    the food was great it's a beautiful restaurant, the service was outstanding with a nice formal atmosphere

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    A party of 4, having made reservations, we went on Valentines Day (evening). We weren't informed…read morethat they had a different, much smaller menu with no provision to order from the normal menu. Three of the four meals were fine. Unfortunately my husband order the 10oz NY strip (an eye popping $28!) He thought he was playing it safe by ordering it medium. When the waitress brought his meal out she said she was waiting for him to cut into the steak to make sure it was to his order. Good thing because it was the rarest piece of meat we'd ever seen! Raw inside! She took the steak back and had them put it back on the grill (her words). Unfortunately when it came back out nearly 20 minutes later after the rest of us had already started, it was still barely medium rare! She offered to take it back and put it back on the grill (again!) but he was so frustrated he told her to leave it and he'd take it home and cook it himself. Sadly after cooking the next evening the majority of the meat was either fat or gristle so the 10oz steak ended up to be about 3oz of edible meat! We've been to other restaurants where an entree has been l poorly cooked, etc. and in each case the restaurant has always comped the meal. The salt in the wound was the waitress only offered to comp our dessert (just my husband and I!) Instead of rightfully comping the $28 meal they comped a $4 dessert. Our experience wasn't bad enough to keep us from going back but we'd definitely recommend to the restaurant that, if they're using a special menu they should've made sure to advertise that or let us know when we made reservations. Additionally, in an obvious screw up like this, always comp the meal!

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    Humphreys is my favorite restaurant in Oneonta. I like the atmosphere and chatting with Don and…read moreRonnie. I usually sit at the bar and eat something on one of the special menus. Tonight was a Polish night and I had a fantastic stuffed cabbage. I took Latkes and Blintzes home to share. And then there is the "Fresh Froze" menu. I keep our freezer at home full of Humphrey's matzo ball soup and eggplant parmesan and much more. It's a special place.

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    Hill City Grill - bars - Updated July 2026

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