Coal Hill Steakhouse at Grandview Saloon

We had a great lunch here. Me, my husband, our moms and his sister went and had a great time. The view is awesome, that doesn’t even need to said. Our waiter was super nice and opened up the balcony for us (it was closed as its winter) so we could snap a few pictures out there (we were celebrating quite a big event). I was pleasantly surprised by the food. I thought it was really good. I read reviews that had said you go here for the view, not so much the food but I thought everything was terrific.

If you have kids, don’t go here. My perfectly behaved 5 month old wasn’t allowed to enter, as they don’t accept patrons below the age of 6. I guess this explains why there were absolutely no people eating inside. Needless to say, based on the other reviews, my experience, and the lack diners, I have no intention of trying this restaurant – with or without my daughter.

I’d give this place 0 stars if it would let me. The staff is rude, and they don’t allow kids under 6. My children (4 and 3 months) are very well behaved in restaurants, but they didn’t even give them a chance. Very disappointing.

I wouldn’t go back if it was free. Took a party of 18 here for a business dinner. Happy time right? Open credit card. Eat, drink what you want. Server was slow. Confused. Not very pleasant. Got first round of drinks. And took our food order, and vanished. After more then 30 minutes of waiting. (Expected due to such a big order) but no drink refills. A runner brought out three trays of our dinners, and left them in stands in kind of the main walk way. (people passing by) coming and going. Our dinner sat there. I would bet close to 10 minutes. At this point one of our crew got up and started passing out dinners. Our waitress finally showed up. Saying I’m sorry. I didn’t know your food was out, and finished passing dinners around. After she finished she walked away. With out refilling our drinks. Gone. Not coming back apparently. We had to grab another waitress to refill our drinks.. Desert? Another adventure. Cheese cake was warm. Some didn’t arrive at all. Had the wait on the check. By the end of it all. My party of 18 was out on the side walk. And I was waiting inside to settle the bill. To sum up my experience. They couldn’t care less. Come back. Don’t. Enjoy your meal. Don’t. Whatever. We spent more then $ 2k. On this trip and could have spent much more. Never going back. Never ever.

We were in town and went up the Duquesne incline so that my hubby (who had never been to Pittsburgh before) and family could see a great view of the city before we left.
We opted to eat here since the menu seemed to cater to everyone in our group. The prices were inflated but that was expected because of the locale. We expressed to the wait staff that we’d like to wait for a table out on the patio and they were able to seat us within minutes. The staff and service was pretty good when we were in, so I’m surprised about all the bad service comments.
Everyone enjoyed their dinner, but I do have to note that only one of us ordered steak. The rest of our orders included a burger, fish and pasta. I ordered a seafood pasta dish and was satisfied — yummy, but nothing to write home about, but I will say I was impressed that the size of the shrimp and scallops were big!
All in all it was a lovely evening. Decent food and incredible view with great company!

Great view —- that’s it —- horrible steak, thin and greasy — nachos were ok but bar food quality — this place reminds me of a place on restaurant makeover (before)

Don’t ever try their Strips! and the service is worse than the food.
The half of the tiny piece of the steak was fat and overcooked.
we got a fish and a New York Strip but this strip was just horrible.
They tend to have overcook your steak generally so when we asked for a medium rare, it wasn’t a surprise to see a well done steak.
But the portion didn’t even seem like it was 12 oz (much smaller) and the fat was just grossly too much.
So we told our waiter that we were very disappointing and we dont want this dish anymore but he just kept making excuses that it is because of the way its cut and that much of fat is normal so he can’t refund nor make a new steak since we already had some.
He ended up taking 10 dollars off for 2 beers but that was it. Not even for my drinks, just my boyfriend’s since the strip was his food. No apologies, no attempt to make up for it, nothing.
Their filet mignon and tuna steak are what we usually get but it was just a terrible mistake to try something new; ended up seeing their worst customer service.
Never will I ever go back here nor take anyone especially when there are so many restaurants with higher quality of food and much better service for the same price (or less).

Brought a friend here from out of town. She had never been to pittsburgh, so of course you gotta take them to Mt. Washington. Assumed this place would be good as every other place on the mount is… Assumption wrong. Had 7:30 reservations and sat at bar til 8 waiting for our table. Seating area felt like a cafeteria. Server was not understanding or nice about my friend’s gluten allergy. Overpriced steak that wasn’t cooked correctly and nothing I couldn’t have made at home. Actually, my steak at home is way better. Not impressed and won’t be back.

Great view, not good food. It was edible, but sort of like convention or meeting food might be. Not overly crowded on a Friday night which — with that view — probably answers all your questions. We were a party of five, with a mix of entrees, but none of them stood out — and not worth whatever the bill may have come to at the end of the night. We had great company, and that made it bearable. I can’t actually no recommend this enough.

Terrible service I ordered my steak rare it came out medium well my wife ordered her steak medium it came out rare they sat us next to the window then asked us to move right before our meal since they sat us at the wrong table our waiter disappeared when it was time for the check blah blah blah don’t go here this place is the worst we shouldn’t have left a tip what a waste of money worst steak ever I created a Unilocal account just so I could post this review that’s how much I hated it

Beautiful view of range city & river and tasty food! I had the jumbo scallops and roasted red potatoes and they were both delicious! My meal did come out too soon after I got my salad though. A nice treat after arriving at the too of the Duquesne Incline!

Never again.
Learn that mantra and repeat it as necessary. Never again… never again.
There’s no one thing in particular wrong with this establishment. But there’s very little right, either. The food is okay — at best. The service is congenial. The view is great. But you leave with an overwhelming sensation of having your wallet taken for a ride.
It took an hour from the time we sat down until our entrees appeared. And this was at lunchtime on a Saturday. The place was hardly slammed. When it arrived, my «Killer Crab» sandwich was fair, but hardly anything I’d go running back for. The few lonely french fries on the plate didn’t do much to help.
The name of the place, too, is highly deceiving. You think «steakhouse» with elegant, dark wood décor. You actually get a space that hasn’t seen much in upgrades in decades.
The cocktails, too, were as watery as the thing they call «iced tea,» which bore more of a resemblance to brown-​tinted water than anything I’ve ever tasted that involved real tea leaves.
The quality of Mount Washington dining has been going up in the past few years. This place certainly bucks that trend, serving low-​rent food at top-​dollar prices.

Appetizers & drinks were good, but pricey. Dinner was horrible and very expensive. I had the stuffed shrimp which was WAY over cooked & served barely warm. I sent it back to have it microwaved. My daughter had the seafood scampi — the pasta was a little too al dente & the seafood overdone. The salads were served warm… how do you serve a warm salad? At least out the dishes in the freezer. With so many other choices on Mt. Washington, I would not recommend this place.

Here’s some free consulting for this sorry excuse for a restaurant–
–make sure your servers don’t appear as if they rolled around in a dumpster in their work clothes before the shift.
–don’t assign an entire room of 10+ tables to a server who probably couldn’t handle 3.
–don’t serve 4 dirty appetizer plates to a table that needs 6 clean ones.
Laughable. Complete rip off.

Inflated drink prices due to high rent and the view of the Golden Triangle, sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Welcome to the Coal Hill Steakhouse at Grandview Saloon. It’s not just this joint, it’s all the Grandview Avenue restaurants. The View masks the poor food quality, the over inflated drink prices, and mediocre service. Just look out at the view and you’ll forget about the frozen chicken tenders, rubbery and over salted, the watery drinks are much better when you’re watching fireworks near PNC Park after a Bucco home run and victory.
Do yourself a huge favor and give up the view, head on over to the Shiloh Inn, sit out on the deck (Weather Permitting) or grab a seat in this old house, refurbished into a quaint eatery and chow down on some excellent pub food and let the tourists have the view, besides we’ve all seen it before, right?

Owney’s Bottomline: At the top of the Duquesne Incline and provides some great food with a great view.
We initially sat outside for the great view, it was too cold, so the waiter was nice enough to help us move inside.
What we ordered:

Mezza plate — Awesome! Lots of variety, huge portions and extremely tasty. It filled me up and I felt like I made a healthy choice compared to what I was going to get.
Crab sandwich — also fantastic with great portions.
With beer and a French onion soup…$ 65 + tip

Tourist trap. Like a cafeteria on Mt. Washington.

This was the first place my fiancé and I went when we moved to Mt Washington. Bit of a let down. I had an eggplant parm sandwich. It was fine, very big, but just fine. My finance had a steak. Not impressed! The place is called Coal Hill STEAKhouse. Learn how to pick a good piece of steak and cook it properly! It was really overpriced as well! Has a nice view, but not worth it if I can’t get a nice meal to go with it!

We live out of state, and when visiting the ‘Burgh this Christmas, my husband and I took our children (20 and 23) for the city of Pittsburgh experience — the drive through the Ft. Pitt Tunnel at night, the incline, etc., as they have never been.
When we got to Mt. Washington, we weren’t sure where to eat, but wandered into the Coal Hill Steakhouse. Although they were out of chicken and the dessert menu was practically non-​existent on 12÷23÷12 (we were told they were closed the next two nights, and therefore, ran out of many items) we all managed to place our orders and hoped for the best.
My son and I had the Grandview Prime Steak Sandwich and fries. My son and I both agree that was the best steak we have ever eaten in our lives — it was to die for. The fries were cold, which I didn’t like, but my son said he loved the fries and didn’t care that they weren’t hot.
My husband had the Coal Hill Reuben, and deemed it the best he’s ever had. My daughter had the Coal Hill Alfredo, that she absolutely loved, but couldn’t eat it all. No worries, my hubby finished it off and he agreed it was very good.
Although we couldn’t get dessert, and the fries were cold, the other food more than made up for these shortcomings. I am still in shock, and cannot believe how inexpensive the meal was when all was said and done.
With all this said, I feel a little embarrassed to mention this, but it did seem rather strange that a steakhouse uses paper napkins, but then again, it could just be me. I’ve never been to a steakhouse that didn’t use real linen napkins.
I would have given the Coal Hill Steakhouse five stars, but with the cold fries, limited menu and desserts, and those horrible paper napkins, I think four stars is appropriate.
We’ll be back the next time we’re in town!

Under the old owner, the food was wonderful. Now, it is really bad. My husband had the lemon chicken and I think wall paperpaste would have tasted better than the sauce. The sauce on my chicken wasn’t much better. I was very disappointed.
If you are going to here, just go for drinks and the view. The is out of this world, but eat somewhere else.