Hugo’s Restaurant: Healthy Food, Green Tea Lattes & Heavenly Sticky Buns

I don’t even know where to start when writing about Hugo’s, it is like every other traditional diner yet completely unlike every other diner as well. Their menu options may look the same but their food is thought through and tweaked to a level of detail you would not expect from a traditional restaurant. They strive to have tons of vegetarian and vegan options alongside their meats, source everything locally with as little processing as possible, and strive to accommodate all types of diets. When I went I was able to sit with the owner and understand more about the restaurant and let me tell you I am happy to support someone who is trying their best to have a sustainable and health conscious restaurant, especially when the food is as fantastic as Hugo’s is. 

Details

• $10-12 for breakfast
• Hours: Mon-Fri: 7:30AM – 10PM, Sat-Sun: 8AM – 10PM
• Locations

History

Hugo’s began as a meat market over 35 years ago. In the early years they started to branch out and have things to go with their meats and in doing so they decided it would be best to just open a restaurant. Now they have three locations and two taco shops across Los Angeles County. Every week they have to order over 600 items for the 400 recipes that they make to complete the 70 menu items, it is a huge undertaking but one they do not take lightly. They pioneered things like pasta in their scrambled eggs, fresh roasted coffee when it wasn’t being done and tea pairings to go with meals over the time they have been in business

The Atmosphere

We went to the restaurant in Agoura Hills which has a fantastic place to sit outside and admire the views of the Lady Face mountain off in the distance. It was in a cute little shopping center and the restaurant itself resembled a clean but traditional diner.

The Food

Since I went with a large group I got the opportunity to try a lot of things. Here are a few of my favorites.

Churro Sticky Buns

These little bundles of joy are a fantastic thing to share with a group of people. They are made in the same way that the churros are made at the taco shop and covered in walnuts and syrup, it was fantastic. Technically they are not called Churro Sticky Buns on the menu but that is what they reminded me of so I took a liberty in this post.

Almond Energy Pancakes

Another one of my favorites were these pancakes are made from nuts, seeds, quinoa, coconut, rice and cherries. They have a hearty taste and come with home-made spiced organic cane syrup and an ample portion of strawberries on top. I really like the unique pancake flavor and we were told this is one of their more popular options, it was easy to see why and it is a great choice here.

Vegan Florentine

This unique take on a Eggs Benedict combines 2 slices of grilled eggplant layered with house-made spicy vegan salami, garlic spinach and sliced tomato.  Topped with vegan pesto hollandaise which was mind blowing good and it went really well with the flavors without being over powering.

Green Tamales and eggs

I had my eye on this dish as it was not something I normally see on a breakfast menu. When it came out even the attention to detail on the presentation was fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was covered in two eggs any style, a green salsa, avocado and thin slices of chips. A really unique and hearty dish that I would recommend.

There were a lot of other unique dishes on the menu as well such as breakfast salad, oatmeal frittata and pasta omelette (I must try this next time). Based on the spread that we had I would assume they are good as well.

The Drinks

Not to be outshone by the food, they also have a lot of unique teas and coffees. The owner has roasted his own coffee beans for over 15 years so you know the coffee is good. Also, they have a maccha green tea latte which I tried as well, it was not an overpowering maccha flavor and I liked it a lot.

So to sum up this post since there are so many options I would recommend the sticky buns or the almond meal pancakes and a coffee for a fantastic breakfast at Hugo’s, now I can’t wait to go back and try lunch and dinner.

Disclosure: Food was provided to me free of charge, all opinions are my own.