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Loved this little place. I had been wanting to visit since it opened however I am not from the area so its hard to get there during the week (when its…
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First and foremost, I use to be a Little Hugh regular when they first opened to almost 18 months ago but I havent been for a while (almost 6 months) …
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Ok. All I have had is the bacon and egg brioche rolls (complete with delicious homemade sauce) as their $10 deal for coffee and rolls is too good to g…
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10 Reviews on “Little Hugh”
The first thing that struck us was the smart interior and the smiles from the staff
The cafe was noisy considering it wasn’t full and the tables are very close together
We had the fritters and a beef burger. Both were excellent with great taste and freshness
We will be back to taste more of the menu.
Great to see such good food provided in a strip of shops in an industrial area
As a born and bred Melbournite, I can tell you when that wind-chill factor drops sometimes it feels like only a hot bowl of soup will do. Imagine then my dismay at arriving to find the Spring menu had started so that soup was off the boil. Things were looking dire, that was until I was handed the aforementioned menu. Hope sprung upon seeing a dish titled ‘Campfire Baked Eggs’. Spicy maple and whisky baked beans with two eggs, confit tomato, Persian feta and grilled bread. The option of chorizo for a small extra charge, though I stayed meatless for this dish. Maybe, just maybe, this would be a saving grace. I’d give it a go.
The one issue I have with baked eggs is that so often, they end up ‘dead’, so hard and dry, as to be enough to turn the whole dish away. I was told these eggs would be ‘medium’. What arrived was a pair of perfectly cooked and still soft eggs in a single cast-iron dish filled with gently sweet (couldn’t detect ‘spicy’ but I do like things quite hot) sludge of well-cooked baked beans. Four ready-to burst vine-on cherry tomatoes were perched on top with a final garnish of baby herbage. This dish, with a golden doorstop of toast left me wondering who would want soup, when this is an option? Warmed me to my core. Honestly, it’s not ‘just’ baked beans and eggs – for those who have disdain for the poor old baked bean!
Determined to return to try the slow cooked pork neck with mac and cheese croquettes and hollandaise (Hugh’s Benny).
Staff went out of their way to ensure I got what I was hoping. There is banquette seating in a lovely royal jade colour and the free-standing seats with their bucket shape and angular design are pleasingly comfortable. Water is brought to the table as you are seated, there are real pepper grinders left on each table.
Only open Monday to Friday, but must find an excuse to be here again soon.
Went to Little Hugh for the first time with my daughters today and found a really well set up cafe. The decor is very modern and the counter area over powers the room. The space allocated for tables almost appears an after thought, if not a little cramped. The menu has a good range of options, we tried the Happy Cow, Hugh’s Benny and a Croissant, all were quite good although the Happy Cow could do with other fillings. The coffee was very good and worth the visit on its own.
My friend showed me this cute little place. The decor is reminiscent of an inner city cafe with the laid back attitude of the suburbs. Haven’t tried the food yet but the coffee is great. Would definitely recommend!
The other reviews here must be from spoilt rich Toorak mums. The food is fantastic, especially compared to what else is available locally. This place would be a go to in camberwell, nevermind the tradesman heavy area around rooks road.
Great business plan:
-Hard working men in the kitchen providing consistently high quality food in a timely manner
-Lovely girls out the front with impeccable manners and service
-The coffee is fine, not particularly strong but rather a sweeter blend with the right amount of bitterness. Coffee is almost entirely subjective so I can’t value any reviews criticising the coffee. My partner and I have always been perfectly happy with it.
I have been a regular at Hutch n Co for about a year so when I was in the Nuna area the other day and in need of a coffee, I popped into Little Hugh to give it a go.
Decor is amazing, the colour scheme perfect and staff friendly. However coffee wasn’t great (far too weak for my liking) and the muffins were burnt to a crisp. I was so disappointed that my banana and chocolate muffin wasn’t actually shaded brown because of the cocoa inside, but was actually burnt and that’s all I could taste after a bite. Staff kindly refunded my money for the muffin as the entire batch was burnt but it still left a sour taste in my mouth- massive let down that somewhere like that would serve burnt baked goods in the first place. If I made a batch of baked goods and they were that burnt, I wouldn’t serve them to people, let alone expect people to pay $4.50 for them.
Had the No chicken no cry twice now and both times it was ok without being amazing. Well put together but definitely lacks a bit of a kick. Nice comfortable vibe for a midweek place. Coffee a bit hit and miss.