The Hilltop

This was the new restaurant of the week having dinner with some friends. It's in a small town north west of Maddison. It's off the beaten path but we'll worth a stop by. It's an old school WI supper club that's somewhat dated with a small bar and two dining rooms with decent looking wood tables and chairs, not dive cafeteria seating. At 4 pm on a Saturday they had as long as they last cheese ball and crackers on the bar as a complimentary appetizer. OMG the cheese ball is Fu%king delicious/amazing with like Keebler town house crackers. The amazing cheese ball is basically a garlic cream cheese ball rolled in cheese and the most amazing food I have had lately.The drinks at the bar were good while totally enjoying the cheese ball plate. The staff was friendly. It's Texas Roadhouse style warm fresh rolls with cinnamon butter, soft thank you so it's spreadable and more like an after dinner roll. I had the king prime rib rare with scalloped potatoes and ham with potatoes soup. This prime rib was melt in your mouth juicy and not super fatty, I like less lean because fat is flavor but it was very good. The scalloped potatoes were very good because it was served as a ball covered in melty cheese, soft and very good. The ham and potato soup on my visit was also very good in a nice creamy base with small cubes of ham and perfectly cooked potatoes, not mush but not hard so you know it's not a can. The fresh rolls were kinda a baguette style and not a soft white rolls with a slight denseness and chew, I even made a prime rib slider with the good horseradish which was great. The dipping au jus lacked depth of flavor and seasoning but salt cured that.Overall this was one of my best dinner experiences with slowly enjoying a great time with friends having appetizers, drinks , great meal with not being rushed. The whole experience just unfolded at a natural enjoyable place so the elusive 5 star from me is out today, nice job breaking bread with my closest friends.

I've always wanted to try this place out, and I'm glad I finally made it. We came on Friday for a fish fry, and clearly made it at just the right time. We arrived a little before 5pm and it wasn't crowded at all. We opted to take a seating later just so we could do the supper club thing and wait at the bar for awhile. In the 30 or so minutes we were at the bar before our seating time, the place became jam packed! Even so, service at the bar remained attentive. Good drinks, fun bartenders!I ordered the half-order of fried cod, which was actually a great size even though it seemed small. I'd filled up on the communal bar cheese ball/crackers plus inhaled all of my french fries (sooo good. You know it's quality when no ketchup required). And obviously had to have a brandy alexander. So, perfect size for being full and not having leftovers. I liked the breading on the cod. Compared to other supper clubs I've been to, was a little disappointed that the fish fry didn't come with a salad included. I was also surprised by the limited menu -- it included zero chicken options which did not thrill one of my table mates. I get limiting the menu when it's so busy, but some kind of broasted chicken option seems fair... but I came for the fish fry so didn't bother me personally. Overall, this is a fun option near the city for your Friday night fish fry. Has all the classic ambience of your typical Wisconsin supper club. Friendly service and efficient at turning over tables while not being pushy to get you to leave.

Really fun place a half hour from Madison. Cane out here to try a real Wisconsin supper club and was not disappointed. The drinks were reasonably priced, strong, and delicious. We got cheese curds which were a great starter to our steak dinner. The steaks are expensive but you know that going to a supper club. When it arrived to my table it was amazingly cooked at medium rare,which is difficult to find a supper club that cooks a steak like that. The ambiance reminded me of an old 70s restaurant, I have expected the whole place to be filled with smoke as a nostalgic throw back. Overall great place to eat and worth the trip from madison.

Overall a good experience. Ambiance is somewhat lacking but this was outweighed by the food and service. I had the blackened grouper and my wife the filet are we split the onion rings as an appetizer. Steak was decent for the price and my fish was very well prepared. The desert was actually too big for us to finish. I think we'll be back

Great supper club! Free cheese ball at the bar, good drinks, the staff is amazing. They have a big parking lot and the food is real tasty! We got the shrimp and cod and they were both amazing. Highly suggest the homemade desserts also!

Great service, excellent food. Dinners come with a soup or salad, choice of potato or vegetable and rolls. The broasted chicken was crispy and moist. The soup excellent as always and steak perfectly rare. We left room for a brandy Alexander which is large enough to share. Sadly the removed the haystack onions from the men. This was our favorite appetizer and we really miss it.

Great place for a supper club night out. Best thing is they take reservations, which was helpful for our larger group. 2nd best was the desserts! Amazing turtle cheesecake!

We loved this place, all the old school WI supper club charm you'd expect! We had a fantastic waitress and the food was delicious! We were even given a special ice cream drink menu. There were many other options there and we ordered the strawberry shortcake-we didn't leave a drop behind! We ordered the cheese ball as a starter. It's not complimentary, but it was one of the best cheese balls I've had! It was really big so we had plenary to take home. Overall, we'd love to return to this hometown classic restaurant and give some of the other items a try.

This place has awesome food and service. It's no wonder The Hilltop keeps customers coming back and back again.The fried cheese curds were mouth-watering delicious! Loved them. My blackened flounder was incredible.....flaky and moist with wonderful spice. My husband enjoyed the Saturday prime rib and rated it very high.I am only sorry that I hadn't ventured out to The Hilltop sooner.

Went here for a Friday fish fry and it is almost double what other places charge. It is $21.00 and the last place we went to was $11.00The fish is just okay, nothing special and no way worth $21.00 and given it is in an old building does nothing to help the price