Restaurant Eugene

19 reviews

(404) 355-0321

2277 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA 30309 33.8166 -84.3899

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Neighborhoods: Northside, Northside, Colonial Homes - Peachtree

Last updated 8.24.09

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In Short – Surveying the cozy, opulent dining room, it's easy to see that husband-and-wife team Gina and Linton Hopkins have sunk their hearts (not to mention pocketbooks) into this Peachtree restaurant. Plush banquettes offer intimate seating, gauzy curtains swathe floor-to-ceiling windows, and fresh flowers spill from wall-mounted vases. The New American menu, though elegant, doesn't intimidate: Pan-seared foie gras shares space with grilled chicken and stone-ground grits.

User Reviews (19)

10/09/09

Atlanta must know the truth

by RickTruth73

As a person who truly cares for the Atlanta food scene, there is something you all must know. The Restaurant Eugene experience is a farce. I would not now nor would I ever eat at this horrible person’s restaurant. He does his best to talk the talk but he has never, ever, walked the walk. I say person because Linton Hopkins is not a chef, he hasn’t actually cooked in any restaurant in 5 years. All the accolades and awards were due to the paid off PR person in the city that at the time owned all the great restaurants in the city and when one PR firm owns the accounts to all the chefs in the city, when a Magazine calls, the PR is given to the highest bidder. He is never in his restaurant, all the Chef de Cuisines, Sous Chefs and Line Chefs are the ones who do every bit and all the work, without proper pay I might add. Just ask what they’re told they must work to make their current menu work, without pay. All the man does is pompously; self praise himself, even if he is there, all he does is talk about how much he has done. And he would be no where if it was not for his rich and well to do fathers’ money and connections. He has the most entitled attitude of any person I have ever methis is a man, who has only one thing in mind, himself and his reputation as a liar, and how has to cover up and dance around the truth and he has lied and misled the city of Atlanta for five years. He is a liar, a cheat, and he does nothing but use the money that his rich father has rewarded him via their friends and connections for five years. Completely deceiving the city of Atlanta. Linton Hopkins and his evil pompous, misguided, and often drunk wife Gina have only one thing in mind when you sit down to dine at their establishments and that is to use you up and take you for a long ride. They use everyone as much as they can and then they act like it was their true intention to do something for you and the city. They treat their customers badly, their employees horribly and then act like they were doing you a favor, a totally entitled mentality. Even the menu format for the first five years of his business was taken from a restaurant in Vancouver called Lumiere RF- Rob Feenie in Vancouver. His way of doing things were even explained to his chefs saying,”this business makes you cheat”. As a customer, I would not buy into him or his fake persona, this man has not worked a hard day in his life , he has no loyalty to his employees, which is a must in this business and comes from a well to do rich family and don’t let him ever try to tell you otherwise. He claims he knows hard work, the truth is he has no work ethic and has no clue how the world works. He can not cook in any setting that requires more than ten minutes of his time in the spot-light. The only people that actually know and live the business are the business partners of H&F that were suckered into his quick talk to run the new restaurant for him. Poor suckers. This man’s restaurant and his business are a complete fake, fraud and should be taken with big hesitation any time you read anything more about him.

Pros: none
Cons: This Man and his Restaurant are a fake

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06/07/09

not impressed

by tjolleythompson

I went to Restaurant Eugene with a group of friends this past Friday night. I was anxious to see what the hype was about. Our reservation was at 6:45...it took our waitress 30 minutes to get a drink order....we had to wait another 15 just to ask for bread while we were waiting for her just to take an order for starters. Cheese tray, pretty good, managed to flag her down for an order for our main course. As the restaurant is filling up(keep in mind we were the first table seated), the restaurant was full and everyone was eating except us. At this point, it was 9. While we were looking at our watches, that is when the waitress could saw the confused look on our faces and told us that the food was coming...we received our food close to 10. Normally, my friends and i would love to order desserts and more drinks, but at this point, we had already been there for three and half hours and were ready to leave.

Pros: water glass was always full
Cons: SLOW service, small portions

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10/06/08

HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE-WORST SERVICE

by hbm62781

I went to Restaurant Eugene this past Friday night for a dinner with girlfriends. We chose this restaurant based upon the great reviews that it received. We arrived on time for our reservation and were promptly seated by the hostess. After waiting 15-20 minutes, our waitress finally took our drink order and asked for our water preference. 15 minutes later we had our drinks and about 20 minutes later our waitress showed back up to take our dinner order. By this time, we had been at the restaurant for ~45-60 minutes and had only seen our waitress 3 times. She informed us that one of the menu items was sold out. Had we actually been taken care of earlier when we arrived, I doubt that entree would have been sold out! They finally brought bread to our table after we asked for it. We had to ask another waiter to get us a 2nd round of drinks. After being at the restaurant for 1.5 hours, we received our food. It was good but certainly not what you would expect from one of the top restaurants in Atlanta. We are in our late 20s and were by far the youngest people there which I believe had everything to do with the horrible way we were treated. Most everyone around was > 60...and the tables around us turned twice in the time that we were there. We enjoy fine dining and have never been treated this way at any other restaurant. I will not be returning nor will I recommend this restaurant...there are so many great restaurants in Atlanta that offer top notch service and better food for the money!!!!