Hugo's

Hugo's can be found at Westheimer Rd 1600. The following is offered: Restaurants. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Houston there are 1667 other Restaurants. An overview can be found here.

The cocoa beans for the addictive Mexican hot chocolate--served with churros--are roasted in-house.

The restaurant serves sauteed grasshoppers (chapulines), served with guacamole, tortillas and chipotle tomatillo salsa.

Born in Mexico City, chef Hugo Ortega worked his way through the Houston restaurant scene before opening Hugo's with his restaurateur wife, Tracy Vaught. Housed in a vintage 1925 building, lovingly restored to the original brick walls and stamped-tin ceiling, Hugo's is a dining destination worth seeking out. Start with one of the ceviches, perhaps a version with tuna cured in cucumber,...

Forget the chips, salsa, and fajitas at Hugo's. This restaurant is true Mexican cuisine and is not your usual Tex-Mex joint that you'd usually find in H-town. Put some buffer in your belly with really fresh Ceviche and your choice of protein topped with the best mole in town, that way you can down some killer top shelf margaritas. Weekday happy hours are truly happy with $5 sangrias, mojitos,...

Though still a hot spot for Houston’s hippest, Hugo’s is settling into its stride as one of the city’s best restaurants. Chef Hugo Ortega, also co-owner of Backstreet Café, really shines here with the dishes from his homeland. Milder and certainly more upscale than Tex-Mex standards, regional favorites include squash blossom soup, pork carnitas, snapper Veracruzana and four varieties of...

Chef Hugo Ortega offers up excellent interior Mexican food, often with a wonderful contemporary twist. For an appetizer try the tostadas or the sopecitos (small, thick handmade tortillas with toppings) or the lobster tacos. Main courses include duck in a mole poblano (the classic dark red, bittersweet sauce of the Mexican highlands) and a chile relleno with roasted chicken smothered in a pipián...

Located in the heart of Houston's Montrose area, Hugo's brings the exciting and earthy flavors of Mexico across the border.

Authentic Mexican cooking is a world-class cuisine that has remained virtually unchanged by the outside world," says Executive Chef Hugo Ortega of his native cuisine. "The food is full of light, fresh tastes; deep, complex flavors; and earthy notes, all combined to create...