Hippopotamus — Restaurant in Toulouse

My second visit to the venue of meat extravaganza was not as awe inspiring as the first primarily due to service instead of food.

I entered the restaurant at 1530 hrs and till 1540 no one cared to attend or provide me with a English menu. Thereafter on enquiring I was given one. I ordered a portion of BBQ ribs well done with Nachos and guacamole with a side salad and potatoes au gratin. General courtesy that was accorded the last time and as accorded to other guests in the form of a bread basket was missed.

The Ribs arrived in good time but without guacamole or nachos, no explanation provided for the missing items. The Ribs were also a bit raw. They were asked to be well done and the absence of nachos pointed out. The same was expeditiously arranged and served. Overall the food quality was excellent and a recommended...

Pros - Good service, nice ambience and tasty french fries.

Cons - A combination of expensive and sub par foods.

Being a student, I have never spend more than €20 for a meal. Decided to indulge at the expense of my lunch.

I asked the meat for mediuim, it cane out rare and was extremely chewy. Unlimited french fried saved the day with good mayo.

If the dessert is bad, the whole meal is ruined and it was. I ordered the abricot roti eith icecream and it was SOUR! Icecream was "ok" on it's own but still couldn't enioy the dish overall. Had to force feed myself.

Should have stuck to reliable food from burger king or kfc...

This chain have been my favorite place to go for steak's for nearly 30 years. I don't know what happened in the last 5 years - or maybe it's just this particular location - but the medium rare steak took way too long to be served even though they were not busy, and it was more rare than medium and chunks of grisal in the steak !. Service was ok until I order my food, then abysmal when I wanted to order more drinks - the staf ignored me and left me sitting at the table for 30 minutes with no drink and no service. Disappointed with this location - I will try again somewhere different...