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Hugo's
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A quirky spot, popular with families and the buggy brigade, Hugo’s is situated on a cobbled backstreet, sharing the locale with an unlikely mix of industrial manufacturing units and workshops. Decor is eclectic – sparkly fairy lights, maroon walls, sturdy pine furniture and occasional church pews. Cooking, like the interior, offers something for everyone: all-day brunches, burgers and sandwiches, daily specials, weekend roasts, home-made cakes and hearty puds. These guys are big on organics (the place used to be called the Organic Café), but although our beef stroganoff was made with high-quality ingredients, its sauce needed a meaty boost to lift it from mediocrity. Roast duck breast was a shade overcooked, yet redeemed by a side dish of deliciously delicate cauliflower cream. Desserts restored our faith; we were bowled over by sticky toffee pudding, delectable for its dark, moist sponge and creamy caramel sauce. Drink options include organic wines and beers. Staff, although occasionally harried, managed to stay on top of orders, just about. The mood mellows in the evenings with regular jazz nights creating a more grown-up appeal. The best bet is to order simple substantial snacks here, and if you’re treating the kids, we recommend a relaxing weekend brunch: the eggs benedict is a reliable favourite.
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
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- 21-25 Lonsdale Road, Queen's Park, NW6 6RA
- Area: Queen's Park
- Tel: 020 7372 1232
- Category: Brasseries
- Travel: Queen's Park tube/rail
- Times: Meals served 9.30am-11pm daily
- Price: Main courses £11.50-£15.80
- Credit cards: MC, V
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The food is pricey but has always been good when we've gone to Hugo's (4 or 5 times now).
The waiting staff are usually slightly more incompetent than surly although incompetent, surly waiting staff is all you get in London so it seems a bit unfair to pick them up on it ;)
The general air of not having a clue is really the appeal I think - Jazz so loud you have to shout your order, everything arriving at different times (one time I'd finished both courses before some people received their starters), uncomfortable church pews instead of seats... it's all part of the charm.
3.5 seat relocations out of 5.
I've lived near Hugo's for 12 years and during that entire time, it has been overpriced and the service sullen and unhelpful. Although the food is good, the staff have always been unenthusiastic, bordering on rude and lacking in warmth and friendliness. The whole place seems to think it's a much grander, better restaurant than it actually is. It's a shame because there are many much better gastropubs and restaurants in the area. We never go there now - fed up with consistently truculent service.
Having been there on several occations I found the athomsphere very relaxing, great Jazz on Sundays and very nice food. Waiter are not very professional but other than that I can only praise the place
A clear “never again” place for me.
If you go to an “organic restaurant” you expect some amount of vegetarian choices, especially if they say so in the Internet.
There were no vegetarian starters and only 2 options for the main course.
The waiter suggested a starter-risotto for 6£ that tasted Ok and was of appropriated size for a starter. The weird thing is that as main course I got again the same Risotto with a pumpkin bed and a very good Sate sauce, whose size was at most for a children’s main course.
The other vegetarian option that I shared with another guest together with the Risotto-II was a veggie-burger far down in taste and consistency than at McDonald’s or Burger King. The cook was probably in a hurry and didn’t even take care to give it a burger form, so that after removing the burned and over-thick bread of poor quality, you rather needed a spoon to eat the spread.
For dessert I chose a sorbet with mango, blackcurrant and lemon. They ran out of mango (my favourite) and substituted it by lemon without reducing the price.
What a pity to have spent 20£ there!
Irene