Liberty Grill

This was our first time here. I took my wife and 4 kids to Liberty Grille for a Sunday Lunch. We were one of the first at the restaurant and were seated quickly. There were some patrons already enjoying the bar when we arrived, but otherwise the seating area was empty on the first and second floor.
We ordered basic pub food, a grilled chicken sandwich, cheeseburger, grilled cheese for the kids, and a chicken ceasar salad. For an appetizer we ordered the buffalo tenders, which were the best dish out of the lot. Overall, the food was mediocre at best.
For the kids, the grilled cheese was actually pretty good. The ceasar salad had some chunky pieces of chicken. My kids didn’t care for the cheeseburger either, which reminded me of something you would get at the concession stand during a game.
This is a good atmosphere if you’re looking for a townie spot to have a drink. The view isn’t too bad either, but Liberty Grille left alot to be desired.

Great personal pizza

My wife was born & brought up in Hingham, and living in the next town over (Weymouth) we have been frequenting this restaurant on and off, in all its variations, for well over 30 years now.
Sadly, I have to say that we will no longer be dining in at ‘The Grill’ as we have always called it.
We still love the bar pizzas, and in fact, have never had a bad meal off this traditional New England style pub-​like menu.
The reason for our restaurant break-​up has to do with the consistently poor service that we have received here over the past year or so. Waitresses that make you feel as though you’re inconveniencing them by asking for say another drink; never coming back to check on us after we’ve received our meals until we have to search and flag them down to get some extra tarter sauce, or beg them for a second drink. We’ve even watched the inattentive younger waitresses on their phones, texting away with their backs to the dining room, and when they are finally finished with their texts, they walk away towards the bar and the kitchen, never turning around to glance at their tables and paying customers to see if there might be anything else that we need.
For whatever reason, the paying customers seem to be the last thing on their minds.
As a point of reference, my wife and I routinely dine out twice a week, and in our early years have both worked in the restaurant industry for 20+ years each; she as a waitress, and me as a busboy, then waiter, then bartender.
We know how restaurants work, and we know what it’s like for a server to be in the weeds. We’re very understanding when waitstaff get’s backed up, or kitchens get jammed all at once. We get it. Stuff can happen, and we can be very flexible,
As long as our server works to keeps us informed, and just lets us know that he/​she hasn’t forgotten us. But we don’t seem to get any of that kind of consideration from the older waitress (the one often dressed entirely in black?) that we’ve frequently had, or the young kids either. Is it poor training, or something else?
I’m sorry to say that we just can’t do it anymore.
We’ll miss you, Liberty Grill, and we’ll miss the ever-​congenial bartender Guy; one of the nicest bartenders on the south shore, but I’m sure that we can still find happiness in Quincy, Braintree, Scituate and Weymouth at one of the many other restaurants that we frequent that treat us like they actually want our business.

Old school décor with some nautical themes. A small townie bar sits in the back of the room. The entrees are very basic; fish n chips, steak tips, shrimp scampi. I need to come back for the bar pies! My fish and chips was lightly battered, crispy, and rich. The coleslaw is very basic as well; add a bit more salt and you got something. All over a pleasant meal!

5 of us dropped in for lunch the other day because my mom recently read a great article about the owner in a local South Shore newspaper. We absolutely LOVED the food and the service was typical of a busy lunch time, apologies for making us wait but for a group that enjoys each others’ company and the lovely harbor view, we thought the service was good. We tried a luncheon special, 3 different seafood options and a pizza (my new personal fav even tho’ I grew up with Lynwood and Cape Cod Café, Liberty Grille NAILS the bar pizza). The owner was on site and very involved with making sure everyone enjoyed their experience. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this place and intend to come back again myself.

I ALWAYS give people the benefit of the doubt but this place takes the cake for the worst experience at a restaurant. At first my fiancé and I kind of laughed it off but the waitress quickly changed our tune. Not only did she have the worst attitude ever she never asked us if we needed anything, how we wanted anything we ordered cooked, or to refill our drinks. I suppose it didn’t help that she looked as though she smoked a million too many cigarettes and had NO BRA on. I’m sorry but when your in your 50’s working in a public place, skin tight see through shirts with no bra doesn’t flatter what hangs down to your belly. By far the worst place I’ve ever been which is a shame because the food wasn’t too bad. Place needs to revamp their staff no wonder it wasn’t busy.

I was thinking 2 stars, but after re-​reading my review went up one. wow, I wish Unilocal had half stars.
So… In for dinner for 4 monday evening @ 6:30.
Walking up the to restaurant there are four big gruff looking men smoking cigarettes. Now, I have found that guys that look like this are usually some of the nicest guys around and the first to help out someone in need, but blocking the restaurant door? when we entered to the left was a small bar with a few more guys drinking. to the right a small dining area.
we were seated promptly upstairs in the dining room. our waitress was quick polite and professional. (all good things).
I ordered «yesterdays chili» (that what is says on the menu) with onions and cheese. it was good. albeit microwaved, but hey it’s yesterdays chili. also tried the clam chowder, which was also good.
Entrees consisted of: steak tips. which came out cooked as ordered with a baked potato and some assorted veggies. the meat was very very chewy. almost dangerous, but tasted ok. (I would not get this again). Chicken parm, pasta was cooked correctly but not drained well, so my dish while looking great turned into a soupy mess. next was 2 pizzas both were fine. there are better choices for pizza but these «bar pizzas» were fine.
everything was very reasonably priced. @ 10 for the chicken parm, the pizzas were 7. I forget the price of the steak tips.
I will go back but only for pizza. I had such high hopes for this old school restaurant.

One of the best and last unspoiled treasures of Hingham. A great spot that is dependably good. The bar is tiny but quaint, the dining rooms are much larger and comfortable for groups and families (in contrast with Stars across the street). It is a great choice for lunch or a family dinner.

Popular eatery had long wait and it took forever to be acknowledged by the host. Needing to catch a movie I asked if I could order out. All good until the soda was handed to me in a glass as I waited. Explained that it was intended for my meal. Server said they had no provisions for take out drinks. Didn’t offer refund. No time to press issue. Despite having a robust take out business they did not include plastic ware or napkins. Final straw was while one could see the ocean from the front door the fish was not even fresh.

This establishment seemed to have a quaint feel from the outside but inside it’s small and a bit cramped. It’s Wednesday evening and with few quests, the ordering of food was fast but very slow to serve. The menu is very limited with typically bar food with no surprises in taste or quality.
I decided on the Reuben with French fries. The first thing I noticed was that the French fries were bland fair, barely warm and got cold quickly. The Reuben was the same. The sauerkraut was lifeless cabbage that lacked texture, taste, and quality; the rest of the ingredients looked liked leftovers.
I won’t be returning.

I’m amazed by all the whiners giving this place one star. Get a clue, this isn’t fine dining, it’s a pub and a very good one. I’m as big of a food snob as anyone on Unilocal but I don’t go to the Liberty for molecular gastronomy. I go for a beer, a ballgame, and the excellent pizza and fish and chips.

This place is terrible. They used to have decent bar pizza, but we got so much waitress attitude tonight that we walked out without ordering anything. It took about 30 seconds. They accused my friend of being too drunk to order a beer because she tripped on their poorly maintained building on the way in. We were sober. Also waited 3 minutes for the hostess when we got there even though the place was literally empty. Hostess was snarky on the way out. Seriously, give this place a skip — Café Tosca is across the street.

I read a review that stated that the reviewer came to Liberty Grill because Tosca and Star’s were unavailable. The ambiance and food could not be more different as it is between these three restaurants.
Without doing a review of all three here is the scoop:
Liberty is a local hangout with many regulars. These people are always friendly and courteous to the new folks that enter into the establishment.
The food is a great value, the fried whole belly clams are off the charts and the pizza is second to none (yes even Lynwood’s).
Do not go here for charm and warm service. This is the place to get great food inexpensively and to enjoy some libations. It is not to garner all of the ambience that the Hingham seaside has to offer nor to get a smile from the waitresses (you need to go to Tosca for these).
This place is a gem and you should try it out. We did about 8 years ago!

If I could give one star I should be able to give no stars, this place is horrible from the waitress to the food. A once really good place gone down the tubes. What can I say more positive? Nothing except that we got a parking spot right outside the door. A waitress who never asked if the food was good, or if I wanted another beer as the bud keg beer was off putting and stale. To the tips that I asked for them to be mid rare and came to me blue and instant mashed potatoes??? avoid people avoid. If you are going here to drink I guess that’s fine just bring ear plugs and try to make your way around the Napoleon complex guys that don’t move out of the way but talk so loud that you can see their stink breath forming the words in the air. 30 minutes of my life I’m never getting back.

My boyfriend got mysteriously cut off tonight after 3 drinks, which I had a few sips of (beer off tap, and yes I’m over 21 and the bartender saw my ID). Bartender wouldn’t say why. Turns out it’s because he helped me up the stairs.
Well, no one asked, but he helped me up the stairs because I have a chronic illness. My boyfriend eventually let the bartender know about my condition when we found out this was why (by the way, she told other people in our party this was why she cut him off, but she wouldn’t tell HIM) but we were so pissed at how this was handled that he closed his tab and left. Like, I get she doesn’t want to serve someone who may be so drunk they can’t walk, but you could tell *ME* or my boyfriend that instead of gossiping to others in our party, and I would of understood your livelihood may be at stake and ordered a ginger ale instead of sipping off of his drinks.
My legs have been in pain for the last week, this has been my first night out in about a month. I sat down in the shower today to shave my legs for this. I sat down in front of the mirror to do my make up for tonight.
I’m embarrassed and upset due to this. If I was 60 no one would of thought twice about my difficulty walking, but due to my young age I was judged. I will never come here again next time I visit Hingham.

Rude service and terrible pizza. The location is the only thing they have going for them. They should start over and rebuild the business.

We had surf & turf and fried scallops. Seafood was good, the steak had a bbq rub which was unexpected. Service was good and attentive and allowed for a salad substitution instead of fries at no extra charge which I appreciated greatly. Friendly and casual atmosphere. Would go back again. Menu, standard pub fare with lots of seafood options.

The food was good, we got pizza and a few appetizers. The service was awful. Just about the worst I have ever experienced. The waitress seemed like she wanted to do ANYTHING except wait on us. I really like to give the benefit of the doubt, we all have bad days of course, but I could see no reason why she should treat her customers so badly (not busy in the restaurant, we were extra nice to her, helped by keeping table clean and plates stacked). Especially when she could be seen playing on her phone and laughing with coworkers. Even if the food was stellar, I will never go back based just on the terrible service.

I have gone by this place many times wanting to try it out and finally had a chance tonight. The food isn’t bad but what did leave a bad taste in my mouth was the service. As other reviewers pointed out the waitress didn’t seem like she didn’t want to be there and that she didn’t want us there either. She was a bit on the snippy side but that is only when she came to our table which was to take our order, drop off our order and give us our check. Not once did she check to see if we needed anything else such as a refilled glass of water? That kind of thing is waitressing 101 to me that when you see an empty glass, you fill it. Needless to say unfortunately I will not be going back since there are other restaurants in the area that wants repeat business.
They may want to start hiring staff that atleast make the impression that they want a good tip.

This is an oddly shaped establishment with mixed reviews. We tried the place because Stars and the Tosca Café had 25 and 45 min waits, respectively. It was 7 and we had an 8 PM movie to catch at the Loring Theater. So we walked to the Liberty Grill.
The food was OK. I got Baked Stuffed Sole on special, and my friend got Fish and Chips which I had a bite of. It took a while to come out. We missed the first minute of our movie. The staff was OK, but I’m not certain they wanted to be there. I think the menus need to be cleaned.
I’d go back and try a pizza.