Hudsons Restaurant

I recently enjoyed my lunch during my first visit to Hudson's Restaurant & Catering located on the west side of Darrow Road/North Main Street/State Route 91 in Hudson, Ohio. There is limited free diagonal on-street parking in front of the restaurant. There is plenty of free off-street parking behind the restaurant (including a two level parking structure). Hudson's Restaurant & Catering is located in the Hudson Business District. In the front window is a red sign with white lettering that proudly claims, "BEST FRENCH ONION SOUP IN TOWN". I have not ate at all the restaurants in Hudson. Hudson's Restaurant & Catering French Onion Au-Gratin soup is simply outstanding! They live up to their boast in my opinion. The broth has a tremendous depth of flavor and is loaded with consistently cut and bite sized onion pieces with no onion skins. The bread is an excellent choice. The blend of cheeses melted over the top of the bread taste great. When you walk in the restaurant from the east side/Darrow Road side, you see the bar at the end of the entrance hall. As you approach the bar, there is a hostess station on your right in the center of the dining room. If you enter the restaurant from the west side/rear of the building, the restrooms are to your left. You walk down a long hallway, where the kitchen is behind the wall to your left, to the dining room. The staff is very good. The hostess greets you and guides you to your table. One busboy is on duty. The hostess assists the busboy in clearing tables. There are two servers on duty. My server, Aaron K., is tremendous. He is very friendly and does a great job of answering questions on the menu items. He covers many tables with a welcoming and attentive manner. He never just walks by one of his tables without making eye contact and seeing if the diner needs a refill or top-off of a beverage. Great job! The kitchen staff's passion for cooking is reflected in each dish served. There were three menu items that particularly caught my interest. I will sample the others along with a crock of French Onion Au Gratin soup on future visits. This trip I ordered the Main Street Burger. The Main Street Burger is an 8 oz. Butcher Blend Beef Patty on a Brioche Bunn. The beef Patty is topped with slices of grilled mushrooms, caramelized onions and Swiss Cheese. I had to ask for lettuce and tomato slices to top off my burger. Aaron K. promptly brought the lettuce and tomato slices to me. The Main Street Burger is very tasty. Not in the same class as the French Onion Au Gratin. I settled on a four star rating because the French Onion Au Gratin soup and the service set such a high standard and the Main Street Burger fell short of THAT standard. The burger is very tasty and prepared well - not exceptionally well. I am looking forward to tasting other menu items on future visits to Hudson's Restaurant & Catering.

We used Hudsons Restaurant for our caterer at our wedding. Kevin Altomare (owner) was the ultimate small business owner, reminding me of my roots! Not only was the food amazing, we were able to connect throughout the entire wedding planning process on our restaurant experience! Very professional with lots of experience. 10/10 recommend!

We went in for an early dinner Valentines weekend. I ordered a “shanty” it was in a tiny styrofoam cup full of ice with not even a shots worth of drink. When I asked why it was so small I was told “I don’t know, they were serving them in different glasses before.” We asked for our toddlers meal and it came out 40 minutes later(with ours) and the plates was burning hot because it was clearly sitting under the warmer for too long. There are signs every where saying they are short staffed, but they had hardly anyone in there eating and several wait staff that were all in the front taking pictures and laughing by their “shanty.” When I said something I was told they were doing advertising! Almost $90 for 3 of us to eat, 1 drink, 1 kids meal and 2 very small sandwiches. My family orders from one of the local restaurant every weekend, and this is one we haven’t done in a while, we won’t be back!

Well, this place is great to eat at with simply amazing views on the outer patio! The food is excellent and we were very pleased with the service that we received. The photos below are of the Hudson Burger which had arugula, mushrooms, jalapeno bacon, and a garlic aioli all on a Brioche bun. Excellent burger.