As you will notice from most of the reviews below they are positive. That is because most of them were while the place was still called the Grandview Saloon, not Coal Hill at Grandview...\r
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Use to be if you wanted a nice, moderately expensive dinner you could go upstairs (probably still can, not my bag though). If you wanted a cheaper sandwich/salad menu, more of a nice bar food atmosphere you could go downstairs and get great service and food for cheap. Since the new chefs (if they are new, I dont know) changed the menu where now it is the most expensive bar food in pittsburgh, and its moderate food, hi-tops serves better bar food for half the price. And the service is awful. Last time I was there, they said there was a big party upstairs so we had to wait 20 minutes to order, 2 guys walk in about 10 minutes after us, she totally forgets about us and then lets the guys order that walked in 10 minutes after us so then we had to order second and of course our food came out about 15 minutes later than theirs. We arrived there at 8 and got our food at 9:30 if that tells you what the service is like and has been the last 3 out of 4 times i was there. I keep going back to show people that have never been there. But it ends up being a bad experience the majority of the time. Pick Isabellas, Le mont, or I would highly suggest Monterey Bay, you arent going to spend that much more money at those places than you would at Coal Hill. Places is awful since they switched it up (why mess with a good thing??????)
Pros: View from the bar deck.
Cons: Food is moderate at best now, bar food is too expensive, service is lackluster
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