Hill Country Barbecue Market

Ate here and got the pit master combo which was well priced (for NYC) for the amount of meat. Pros: Pork Ribs, Sides Cons: ordering process, layout more

Ordered my husband some BBQ from Hill Country after a NY based Texan said it was the best in the neigborhood. Pros: on seamless web Cons: raw meat more

I've had two unsatisfactory experiences here however since the establishment is new I do hope it will change in the future as the food is good and the restaurant has a uniqueness to it. Suggested improvements are the following: customer serice, shorter wait time at the counter and carving station and nicer wait staff. Pros: Food Cons: Manager Dana and Some Carvers are Rude more

Fun Times -- good for celebrations. Good Drinks, Cheap Food and Everyone gets their own bill so you dont have to devide at the end of the night. You eat and drink what you can afford!!! :P Pros: Individual Bills Cons: Kitchen ran out of beer can chicken :( more

I've been looking for a great country music bar ever since I moved to the City. This place has awesome live music several nights a week with no cover and the whole staff is in jeans and cowboy boots. Plus, the drinks are some of the best prices around. Specialty drinks run the usual 8 to $10 bucks but you can get margaritas and well drinks for like $5 bucks all the time. Even though they don't have draft beer, you can get buckets of beer for cheap; and not those fake buckets of beer with the tiny little Corona bottles either, I mean actual full sized beers, six of them! My boyfriend and I love to go in late after the dinner rush, like around 9:30 or 10. They have a happy hour that starts at 10 and we got like 6 PBRs and 2 margaritas for 22 bucks PLUS the bartender (super hotty..at both upstairs and downstairs bars...upstairs Superman and downstairs Lex Luthers hotter little brother) gave us a couple of shots on the house. I am so happy that I finally found a reasonably priced bar in the City that has good music and isn't too snobby/clubby or too divey either. It's never overly crowded and hot and you never have to wait in line for the bathroom which is awesome. Sometimes, if we get there early enough (before the kitchen closes) my boyfriend and I will eat something like a Jalepeno sausage or chicken breast. It comes with bread so we usually split one sausage or one piece of chicken and make 2 sandwiches for like 6 bucks. It's plenty. Oh, the chili is to die for too! And for the booze snobs, like my brother, who think PBR is beneath them, they have like a million different kinds of whiskey and bourbon and tequila. My brother is working his way across the bar until he tries them all. Do yourself a favor, go there after the regular dinner rush, like 9 or 10, grab a bite and head downstairs to the bar for free music and cheap drinks. tons of space for large groups too. I love it. Pros: Cheap drinks, layed back atmosphere Cons: Too packed to get in until after 9:30. more

Hill Country is our family's favorite restaurant in NYC. The chicken, brisket, and cupcakes are out of this world. It's super kid friendly and the prices are reasonable. It's perfect for groups also! Pros: a perfect bbq spot Cons: trying to watch my weight more

Hill Country BBQ can't go out of business soon enough for me. Pros: The place looked pretty empty. Cons: The people that run this place ARE a bunch of cons. more

ok, so the dumpy hostess was miserable, couldn't be bothered to explain the "meal ticket" rules. sorry, i'm not a cowboy and wanted to know the deal. i go to the bar to wait for my pal, bartender MIA at opposite end of bar while he chats up waitress for 15 minutes. Pal shows up, we sit down, place is like totally empty, literally 30 empty tables, we get our food, servers pleasant enough, sit to eat, food is OK, but not special, like a below average diner except it's priced outrageously for what it is, think it came to 40 dollars each for some barely below average sides, average meat, (think arby's and you're close) and a beer. Pros: below average food is prob best that can be said of this dump Cons: think arby's for 10x the price with lousy service more

There are some serious dishonest ppl and irresponsible mgmt working in this place! My husband and I came here for a family gathering. We hung our camera on the chair and left it behind. I called back within two days after I knew FOR SURE it was left here. Between my husband and I, we made numerous calls trying to speak to the dining room managers. The person answered the phone always took down our number and promised that one of the managers would get back to me the very next day, whether found the camera or not. and guess what? We NEVER heard from them...! We lost our camera once before at Marquee, the night club, and it was turned in before I called their lost-and-found, and we got it back within a week! Pros: relax atmosphere Cons: customer service doesn't exist in this place! more

Probably the worst restaurant I've been to in Manhattan..."A glorified Sizzler". It was worse than cafeteria food Cons: Everything more

This place belongs in a theme park. With so many competing NYC restaurants with great food and welcoming ambiance, this one can't last. Pros: There are plenty of other restaurants nearby Cons: It is still in business more

Hill Country serves delicious BBQ, with brisket, ribs, pork chops, and chicken. The sides are as good as the beef, with creamy string beans, mushrooms, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and more, all filling and delicious. Decor is appropriate--big, bright, airy space with barbecue tables and paper towel rolls in lieu of napkins. Great for lunch or dinner. Pros: Great food, atmosphere Cons: Bit too yuppyish, like every other place in Flatiron more

Chrystie said it was her favorite place. You can eat at your own pace and you only pay for what you get for yourself. (Read the other reviews to learn about the meal ticket system.) Me? I drink a lot, so I like EVERYBODY paying equally... Mike and I paid $50 each! Ouch! Easier drinkers paid less, but it wasn't cheap. On the other hand, the food was good, the service unique (food on paper-- no I don't mean paper plates, I mean PAPER!), pay by the pound, with Lone Star beer and a ton of tourists. We came at 7PM and had no trouble getting in. Other reviews scared us, but proved wrong. The staff let people join us as they came, even moving tables to accommodate us. By 8 there was a line and they might have gotten tougher. We had a great time, and enjoyed the atmosphere, the staff, and the food. Pricey, yeah, but worth it. --Eat Club is a roving group of NYC Drinkers Pros: great atmosphere, eat off paper and cardboard, fun crowd Cons: expensive for barbecue more

The service at Hill Country is impressively bad. Our waitress was a very small step away from being a complete derelict, the hostess was snippy and abrupt - even bitter, and the manager was over it too... In fact the only non-disgruntled employees we encountered were the people working the meat station. Go figure. Recently made the tragic mistake of ordering delivery... 2 HOURS folks. No lie. We ordered two small lunches and it took exactly 2 hours. The food is good, but I'll just have to live without it. Pros: good Q Cons: awful - even unbearable service more

Okay, so it isn't very New York, to have to cue up to get yer grub. But you don't have to order a whole hog to get yer rib fix on. You can order what ever you please in the amount you please. more

HUGE place, you forget you're in NYC. There's a nice bar up front and a good crowd grabbing drinks, big screen downstairs for the game and a big dining area on the first floor. The ribs fall off the bone, the bourbon sweet potatos get an A+, and they've got cupcakes even a diabetic can't resist. Good place to come with your man or to meet one. more

Really enjoy the food here though the whole food ticket set up can be fun or irritating depending on your mood. I mean, it's fine but sometimes you just wanna get your food all in one line (not in separate lines each for meats, sides, drinks, etc). Anyway, despite the novelties of the cafeteria set-up & the ?no plates? thing, the food is quite scrumptious ? the ribs, brisket & chicken are delicious, as are sides like mac ?n cheese & beans, thought the corn pudding wasn?t great. They do have sampler dishes that terrifically help cut down on decision making by pre-determining the meats/# of sides per person but note, these are HUGE, 2 people could split the ?sampler meal for one.? As a Texan, I appreciate the Blue Bell ice cream, Big Red soda, large portions & amply-space dining room. Don?t forget to tip?there?s a place by the cashier where you do so, it?s easy to forget. Also, they sometimes have live music in the spacious downstairs. If you?re a bbq fan, this place is worth a try?the reviews are mixed on the cafeteria setup but the FOOD is the star. Pros: FOOD, lots of space Cons: cafeteria setup more

Quite disappointing experience overall as we had heard good things. The beef ribs did not have enough meat on the bone while the moist brisket had a decent flavor but was quite fatty. The sides were mediocre, the atmosphere felt like a Texas theme park. The hardest part to swallow though was not the food but the bill. $78 for 2 people for cafeteria style eating is just not acceptable! more

Katz Deli meets Texas Roadhouse Barbecue.!! It's like grillin in your backyard and pigging out like a fat slob in your wife beater t-shirt. Go for the brisket and the pork ribs not everything on the menu is to write home about. But Real New York Attitude and Ambiance!! Pros: Old Fashion Cafeteria Style!! Cons: Would it hurt them to have free refills on soda? more

Food was mediocre at best and way overpriced. No draft beer seemed weird for that sort of place. Staff was friendly, but not too attentive. People at the meat station looked tired and ain't exactly too happy to see us:). Overall it was an interesting experience (eating off of a piece of paper on a tray that is, instead of a plate), but I would not go back there again. I can find a much better meal for two for $76 in the city. My wife, not a picky type, has absolutely the same opinion. Pros: Unusual setting. Cons: Expensive food of mediocre quality. more