Hippo Creek

This is about the third time I’ve been to Hippo Creek at Hillary’s and I think this was by far the best time that I’ve been. That’s not to say that the other times haven’t been good though.
It’s a nice drive during the day from where I am South of the River, as we often take guests from interstate or overseas up our beautiful coast on a cruise through Fremantle, Cottesloe and Scarborough on the way through to Hillary’s, showcasing some of the best beaches not only in Perth but I consider the world.
The service was good, although we almost accidentally got someone else’s meal. We only realised this because it came out so quick. All good though as our meals weren’t far behind and the service was prompt and polite with the food and drinks.
The food was good too. In the past year I’ve embarked on an American Barbecue pilgrimage to the States and am an avid low and slow barbecuer, cooking wood fired brisket, pulled pork and ribs on a weekly basis. In saying that the lunch special that I had lacked the love that you might get if you know what you’re doing and can make it yourself at home but usually you’re talking a minimum of 6 hours and sometimes as many as 18 hours for a big brisket, not to mention the clean up, so it’s nice for me to be able to go out and get a good feed and leave that all to someone else and even better if your guests enjoy it too which they did.
Three of the four of us had the Beef Rib and Chicken Wing Lunch Special, whilst the fourth person had the Chicken Salad. Everything was nice with the ribs and wings cooked beautifully but I had to order a side of Blue Cheese sauce that I would have thought would have come with the Buffalo Wings but never mind the sauce was nice and the wings and ribs done well.
My friend also enjoyed her salad and the portion size of the chicken was very substantial and so much so that I ended up having some because she couldn’t finish. The only thing I could mention was that we ordered another serving of chips on the back of the first ones that were dished up but they weren’t as good as the first batch.
Now I’m really fussy with chips and reckon that if only places took an extra thirty seconds to a minute to get the chips perfect every time, that there’d be significantly more satisfied customers because of how much people value the importance of a crispy chip in their overall impression of a meal.
All in all it was good, not great but well worth considering if you ever want to show someone who’s never been to Perth around.
Cheers!
Dave

Went there on a Sunday afternoon with some friends. Had to find our own table. Wait staff did not come to bring us menus or water for the table. Had to go get menus ourselves. Lunch specials not available on the weekend either.
Had to go to head waiter to ask for someone to come take our order. Eventually the inattentive waitress turned up and took everyone’s order. Never did bring us water for the table. Food too a very long time to arrive and was quite average. I had undercooked chilly prawns which didn’t really have chilly. More like capsicum on them. Expensive, atrocious service and very average food.

Very disappointing food last Saturday night. The lamb was served late, lukewarm, with a hefty portion of fat!
The other order of spinach and cheese pie was overheated with a congealed balsamic reduction and a crust so tough that a steak night couldn’t cut it.
The well-​intentioned waitress asked us about the lamb and offered to re-​heat it and justified the horrible meal was due to a changeover of owners. No apologies, no offer to not charge for the uneaten meal.
This costly experience just left us with a bad taste in our mouths.

Went to Hippo Creek for a Saturday night. It was packed but they did find us a table for 3.
Judging by how busy it was I recommend making a booking prior.
The do have vegetarian options in the menu but they mainly cater to carnivorians :) Their menu is available online.
I ordered the beef ribs, they were a sizeable portion, (equivalant size of a full rack of pork ribs), with chips. The meat fell of the bone quite easily. The only downside was the sauce which was quite sweet. Sweetness and ribs just don’t seem to mix in my opinion.
Be prepared to get your hands dirty though :)
Do be prepared to wait though, as it took approximately 45 minutes to get our food, so they do seem to take quite a bit of time to prep food and seems to be a consistent trend.
Drinks, they had limited selections of beers and ciders. Wines they really had nothing that would stand out.

Great ambiance. They serve some really good steaks. Service is bit slow. but the quality of the food makes up for it. I really loved the Dry aged n180 day grain fed 450 g Rib eye steak.

Booked a table for 7 people on a Wednesday night, including 2 kids. All of our mains were ordered by 7:20, however we were made to wait almost an hour and a half for our food. We received «complimentary» sausage and over fried onion rings 5mins prior to our mains which l found quite pointless.
Food was good once it finally arrived but the lack of communication took the shine off this. I had the signature pork ribs which I have had previously, however they seemed smaller than before and definitely no match for The Spur in Joondalup. To make matters worse we were offered a $ 100 voucher as compensation for the experience. Taking this off the almost $ 400 bill wasn’t an option it seems.
Won’t be coming back here, voucher or no voucher

Great food… when I eventually got to eat it after an hour and a half of waiting with 2 hungry kids on a Wednesday night. We booked a table of 7 so it’s not like they didn’t know we were coming.
They gave us a «complimentary» entrée to share between 7 people, I really enjoyed my 2 cm of sausage once we shared it amongst the table only to be advised our meals were being plated now.
I could have done with that bite of sausage about 45 mins ago. To be fair they gave us a $ 100 voucher to come back but I would have appreciated it a whole lot more if they had taken that off the bill.
Don’t know if I’ll go back… even with the voucher.

One of the well-​known places in Perth that I’ve only recently managed to make it to despite sitting on my ‘must try’ list for as long as I can remember. I wasn’t disappointed!
I have heard that the quality of food and service varies from the different Hippo Creek locations, but I can only comment on Hillarys and say that I was most happy with the service and food. I would actually prefer to pay $ 60 for a steak here than $ 100+ for a steak at other restaurants in Perth known for their steak… just as good for a fraction of the price!
The current dessert menu warranted our second trip within a matter of weeks — a delicious Pear and Apple compote with hazelnut crumble and gingerbread icecream. Every element of the dish was perfect, and a great variety of textures with the crumble and softly poached fruit paired with delicious icecream.

Second time I have been to this restaurant and twice meal was order and never came out. When steak did come out when everyone else on my table ordered had eaten it also was rare when I asked for well done being that this second time this happened I won’t be returning I fairly disappointed the Subiaco restaurant is ten times better overall if they get ur meal correct and out. It use to be the best and is awesome atmosphere friendly enough staff

From its days as a small restaurant located in Scarborough to its opening in Breakwater at Hilarys, my family and I have patronized Hippo Creek for 7 years since its location at Scarborough. Now, Hippo Creek has opened at two locations. One in Subiaco and another one at Waterford. Hippo Creek is still famous for its steak and ribs especially the 2kg Rump Challenge! (It used to be 1kg, but recently, it seems like the bar has been raised to 2kg!) I dare you to take up the challenge if you have one monster of an appetite.
As usual for our starters, we ordered and shared the Mud Huts ($ 15) which are button mushrooms filled with cream cheese, spinach and semi dried tomato, crumbed and finished with garlic aioli dipping sauce. This starter has been a favourite of my family for years. The mushrooms, as usual are delicious! We ordered another starter which was the Chicken Liver Parfait with red onion jam, toasted rye bread and truffle butter ($ 14) from the Dinner Special. My family and I enjoyed the Chicken Liver Parfait and thought that it was very smooth and complements the red onion jam and rye bread well.
For the mains, I ordered the Hunters Assaghai 350g ($ 36). The Hunters Assaghai consists of marinated cubes of rump on a skewer hanging over a bowl of fries with a choice of garlic butter or peri peri butter dripping down served with a side of salad. I chose the garlic butter sauce. The rump was cooked perfectly to medium and was very tender. The best part of the Hunters Assaghai was the chips. This is where the garlic butter sauce dips down the skewer and soaks your fries, giving it a great garlic buttery flavour. The Hunters Assaghai also comes in 500g so the one I got was actually a smaller version of the 500g Hunters Assaghai!
My dad ordered the 300g Sirloin Wagyu ($ 66) and he chose a side serve of baked potato and sour cream. There are a few variety of sauces to choose from to complement your steak from garlic butter, creamy garlic, monkey gland, mixed peppercorn, mushroom, peri-​peri, blue cheese and garlic or a trio of mustards and truffled Dijon. My dad picked the monkey gland for the sauce (This sauce does not involve any monkeys!). The Monkey Gland sauce is a tangy sauce, popular in South Africa which includes a blend of fruits and spices. The taste, I would say is pretty similar to barbeque sauce. I had a taste test of dad’s Sirloin Wagyu and it was very juicy and tender.
Mum had the 500g Beef Spare Ribs ($ 39). The Beef Spare Ribs are glazed by Hippo Creek’s own home made basting served with fries. I had some of the Spare Ribs and it was very good. The home made basting gave the spare ribs its tangy flavour and it is finger licking good!
After our meat-​y mains, we still had some room for dessert. So I had the Traditional South African Milk Tart ($ 11) with spiced pineapple compote and candied orange zest and mum had the Dessert Special which was the Chili Chocolate Samosas ($ 13) with caramel ice cream and chili syrup. The Traditional South African Milk Tart was not too sweet and I thought it was just nice as the flavours blended quite well. I did not try mum’s chili chocolate samosas but from mum’s review, she thought that it was a great dessert but a bit on a sweeter side. It wasn’t too spicy too.
From the days when it was located at Scarborough, Hippo Creek has maintained its standards of its steaks and ribs ever since. The meats as usual, were all executed well. Service was efficient and friendly. If you are a carnivore and you love your meat, Hippo Creek is the place you want to be.
You can use your Entertainment Gold Card here if you have one and you will be able to get a discount :)

Disgusting. Couldn’t pay me to step foot in there again. Food and service was foul. Overpriced and under-​delivered.

we had great expectations of hippo creek, alas the juice was definitely not worth the squeeze. selection of food was ok, service staff seemed rushed and under pressure to clear orders and turn numbers over. food was a long time coming, we had the lion kill and a Angus burger, spare ribs were pretty good but as other Unilocalers have stated they kill what has already been killed when it comes to steak-​road kill on the way up to geralton. the burger was passable, slapped together like Pamela Anderson, not a lot going on between the buns. the counter was manned by a single person who took payment and pushed tin by directing traffic, fairly chaotic. When asked about our dining experience he looked very glum when I told him that I would strongly agree with other Unilocalers and put the joint down as a 3/5.he broke eye contact, handed over the coinage and said «next customer please»

Another one of my favourite places to go.
Absolutely delicious meals at reasonable prices. The steaks are good sizes and always cooked to perfection. A large bowl of sauce is provided so there is plenty for the whole meal. The african safari of meats is delicious, always fun to try new food.
I went a couple of months ago and got the snails as a starter, being the first time trying snails I was hesitant, afetr trying them, i now love snails. They were in a delicious garlic sauce and were fantastic. The wine was great and also reasonably priced, we grabbed a $ 30 bottle of red.
Staff were very friendfly and helped with a wine selection as well as explained all the food/​cooking methods.
I reccomend booking a few days in advance as they get really busy.

I’ve been to Hippo Creek in Hilary’s twice now and have mixed feelings about it.
I came here firstly for an anniversary with my boyfriend and I enjoyed a delicious steak with a BBQ Marion on top of it while my partner had the steak on a skewer where the sauce drips down on to the meat and the chips below. He really enjoyed it.
The second time was the other night for a family dinner and I really didn’t enjoy it. I got the BBQ ribs and chips and have definitely had better, especially for the hefty price of $ 40! It definitely wasn’t worth the money.
I think it’s definitely dependent on what you order so my advice would be probably stick with the steaks as they seem to be what people enjoy there.

I love how much variety is in this menu. Sure, a steak house isn’t the first place that veggos seek out but it doesn’t mean you can’t find a good range of vegetarian options.
My father ordered the Hunter’s Assaghai with a garlic butter over chips. The meat is so tender and full of taste I would recommend that.
I shared a Wagyu burger and ‘Mudhuts’ (crumbed mushroom with feta).
The Mudhuts were very tasty but the wagyu burger fell flat for us. The condiments that came with the burger were yummy but the meat pattie was quite dry and not that good.
Bit pricey but worth it if you order the good stuff!

Went a northerly drive along the west coast today, stopped by Hillary’s for lunch and decided we felt like an African safari feast… And it was a FEAST indeed!
Got seated upstairs– unfortunately no view of the beach like downstairs, but at least the toilets were closer!
Had an Ultra attentive waitress who kept coming back to check if we were happy with our meal every 10minutes.
By the end of lunch, it got quite tiring!
We both felt bloated with all the yummy food we had ordered– the menu is very extensive from hamburgers to game meat.
So to start we devoured the entrees:
buffalo wings with blue cheese dip and the Peri-​Peri Chicken livers (servings were massive!!)
For mains:
we had the 350g hunter’s assagahi with peri sauce,
and the Chicken with the Garlic sauce–
both tasted delish but we could not finish it!
They both were presented on skewers hanging with sauce dripping into a bowl of chips and side salad.
I would recommend sharing a main if you are having entrees as well and
Yes, the meals are priced reasonably for the enormous size servings.
Overall, definitely a great place for a casual lunch!

Hippo Creek is a great spot for corporate and work dinners, but I doubt I’d ever come here otherwise.
The beer selection is passable, and the wine list large, although it varies pretty wildly in quality.
The food is usually good, although there’ve been a few trips where the meat (their specialty) has been overcooked or unevenly cooked. While that’d usually be something to send back, it’s not the best procedure for when you’ve got clients or coworkers with you.
I’ll keep it flagged as a safe and middle of the road spot for work events.

Very nice restaurant. Food is great, service is lovely and the portions are very large for the price.
The $ 10 burger, chips or salad, and drink (beer, wine or soft drink) special is amazing value for money. Not available over the summer during most of December and January though.

The burgers here are great. I was a little hesitant to eat here because I really thought the food would be kind of weird and exotic but it wasn’t that at all. You can indeed spice it up a bit by ordering different sauces, but i went with tomato sauce and it was everything i wanted in a burger. I give four stars instead of five because the service wasn’t stellar and the menu didn’t have a lot of variety. Dessert was delish… see picture!

Location, Location, Location.
It is meant to be a real estate thing. It equally applies to restaurants in Perth. Sitting out on the water is great, even without the wonderful food and great company. I can even forget the difficulty in trying to get a carpark on a Saturday night.
This place is decorated in authentic African décor. It could have been really tacky, but they have done it well and it adds to the atmosphere.
I am a meat lover, so this place suits me to a tee. The food is cooked South African style, over real fires. I had the surf and turf. Yum. Cooked perfectly and full of flavour. Not the best place for vegetarians.
The waitress we had was just the right amount of friendly and attentive, without intruding on the meal.