Hugos - Bowen Island

Hugo's is a wonderful addition to West Vancouver. The restaurant serves delicious food and offers the convenience of takeout orders with just a simple phone call. We have dined here multiple times and have enjoyed the creative and flavorful menu. The pizzas are especially delicious. While the place is still new and the staff is young, the combination of the location, food quality, and reasonable prices make it a standout gem in the neighborhood. Highly recommended.

Ok so I'm not Canadian and Poutine never really appealed to me (sorry I can hear the cries of anguish from every red blooded Canadian reading this, sorry again but heck it just doesn't sound great. Well I've tried it a few times and it kinda grows on you but frankly it's not a great National dish surely? WELL they served it here as a promotional upgrade to fries so I had to have it (Scottish blood! . It was REALLY good the cheese curds were defined, identifiable and delicious. The fries were ALSO excellent and the sauce was GREAT. Even the slightly salty taste was GOOD sea salt not that saxo c**p. Sorry again British reference. IF ALL POUTINE WAS THIS GOOD I'D BE HOOKED. Maybe I'll even be a Canadian one day. Then there's the burger, **** hell that was awesome! A REAL brioche bun, great Albertan beef, good sauce, no stupid, gimicky options just GREAT! Thank you. The beer is from Howe Sound so no complaints there (outside the British nit picking beer stuff, see Howe Sound Brewery review . Service was great. Ambience was spectacular with the Thunderbird Marina opposite and palm trees all around (in DECEMBER! . A great drive to get here too. If the rest of the menu is as good as the Burger and Poutine then this place will be on my REVISIT list. NOT CHEAP BUT definitely worth every penny! If travelling back from Whistler or Squamish duck off the Sea to Sky (Hwy 99 just before Horseshoe Bay and visit this excellent pub/restaurant or drive up from Vancouver. Well worth the trip.

We found Hugos on the low road (Marine Drive) on the way home from Horseshoe Bay. Our repast consisted of the soup of the day, a burger and fish chips. We were considering the butter chicken but thought better of the idea. Service and grub were fantastic.

We dropped in recently for lunch on a Wednesday after a walk in nearby Lighthouse Park, our first visit to this place, which was fairly empty. We were seated promptly and provided with the menus. The waitress was quite personable and friendly. We were just looking for some small bites, so we ordered the mushroom stuffed with crab and goat cheese ok but I doubt that this was goat cheese, it was good but too stringy for goat. The Thai green curry with chicken was rather pricey for the location, but was quite ok and tasty. Good Postmark IPA. Nice location, good service, ok food nothing to rave about but not deficient. Would we come back again? possibly, but we certainly wouldn't put it on the map for a must repeat visit.

Over $30 CAD for a bowl of over cook “fried” rice and 2 pints of beer +Tip. Last straw ! Hugos holds a wonderful location with great potential as a destination and equally gifted in potential atmosphere. However, it reminds me of a “Mom and Pop” Pet Project that came into existence after watching too much “vacation property” and “food network” programming. The food here is ALWAYS a gamble with a 50 50 chance of being over under cooked (and ALWAYS overpriced for what is being presented) and the staff appear to rotate through the house in different positions without regard to skill in any given area. There is also the gamble if they will even be open on any given day. How this establishment survives with the apparent business model is surprising to say the very least. This business is in strong need of someone who can actually pull together and maintain a menu with consistency. Service is also a gamble (and orders are often missed or take a long time to get into the kitchen que) regardless of the fact I've never seen more then 3 tables occupied at any given time for lunch. If you are coming into West Vancouver to eat I would strongly recommend traveling the extra 3 minutes into Horseshoe Bay where there are a number of great locations to dine.