Tavern on the Hill

Jonathan Bonime

If you are looking for a time warp, you might enjoy this place. It was so odd and service was so bad, we never even stayed to eat. At a very high price point for Harrisburg, this stuff is inexcusable. But the biggest caution to everyone is wine pricing. I've never seen such high mark-ups anywhere. I'm talking three to six times retail. No joke. A wine at the State Store currently retailing for $9.99 was $59. Another retailing for $23 was $97. Others that were less than $15 retail, are on their list for in excess of $50-60. I realize they have a "Wine Spectator" award, but that means nothing when the pricing is so offensive. They list many, many wines in the multiple hundreds of dollars per bottle, and some in the thousands of dollars per bottle, meant for lobbyists and people on huge expense accounts. Clearly a rip-off for someone wanting a nice bottle at a reasonable price to enjoy with dinner. Now the weird service style. Main courses are brought to the tables with a plastic "cover, just like they deliver food to hospital rooms. Tables were bussed using a trolley just like in a cafeteria. The bread which is listed as "homemade baked bread and rolls" was actually two slices of average Italian bread on a plain plate with the little plastic butter containers. Again, just like a college cafeteria. All this in an expensive "white tablecloth" restaurant Our order was finally taken after more than 20 minutes of waiting and after about another 15 minutes my appetizer was served and the waitress whisked away. We had to flag her down and ask where my wife's appetizer was. She was completely flustered and obviously had no idea. She left and returned 5 minutes later and said it would be out in a while. Well, she clearly never put in the order. That was it for me. The combination of all of the above was too much to take, especially when dinner would have been over $200 for two. We just paid for our extremely overpriced wine, took the bottle with us, and left. Now maybe we missed out on some decent food, who knows, however, the whole scene just to bizarre for me.

Christopher Jacobs

Celebrating an anniversary and gad the chance to eat here for the first time. Good atmosphere and service was great. Appetizers were very good and dinner was brought out quickly and had a great presentation.

Brenda McLaughlin

Perhaps in the 1980’s, this place was considered fine dining. But now, it is drab and dated. The food is fair and the menu is based on steaks and seafood. But there is no presentation of the food. It is more like a diner than fine dining. The staff was rude 12 years ago and nothing has changed. Better to go to nearby Harrisburg than spend far too much for so little.

Quay

Our waiter Amanda was AMAZING. Our food was delicious!! From appetizers to desserts we were NOT disappointed. My favorite was the cast iron skillet tenderloin in red pepper sauce(app)PERFECTION!