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House of Pies
For an all night diner, they have the best pies, laid back atmosphere, and good food.
 
Atami Steak & Sushi
Dine on affordably priced sushi, enjoy the always-entertaining hibachi grill or catch a game at the bar.
 
Niko Niko's Greek
No matter the time of day or night, diverse followers crowd into this zany-looking, converted service station and wait to order at the bustling counter. Slanted floors, plastic blue paneling and tables crammed together are a misleading introduction to this friendly, quick and clean eatery that produces an astonishing amount of food. You'll definately want to come back for more.
 
Smith & Wollensky - Houston
Smith & Wollensky Houston is a two-story, 12,000 square foot restaurant that offers the finest in USDA Prime Beef, dry-aged on the premises, succulent seafood, stunning decor and exceptional service. The extensive and vast wine selection of Smith & Wollensky has won many awards including the Wine Spectator's Grand Award, Award of Excellence and Wine Enthusiasts Restaurant award.
 
Spencer's for Steaks and Chops - Hilton Americas
Spencer's is the standard for Steaks and Chops in Houston. Serving only USDA Prime Beef and touting one of the city's most extensive wine lists, Spencer's is the perfect setting for your next gathering. The adjacent Piano Bar and Lounge is ideal for cocktails and conversation.
 
Churrascos - River Oaks
Further south than you have ever been before for dinner.
 
Zula Restaurant
Get ready to fall in love... Zula Restaurant offers a luxurious dining destination that captures the soul of Houston. With the most dramatic, versatile event facility available and a picturesque location in Houston's Theater district, it's the perfect backdrop for a variety of banquets and events: corporate parties, wedding rehearsals, birthdays, anniversaries, and more. Your special event and...
 
Américas
Américas is Houston's award-winning Latin restaurant, recognized for exciting dining. Its bold architecture is an abstract rendition of the rainforest and is exuberant in the style of Gaudi or Picasso. Old and New World are captured in the sculptured woven basket walls. Thrilling dishes combine vibrant Latin ingredients with European culinary techniques, like a sizzling tropical dance,...
 
Churrascos - Westchase
Further south than you have ever been before for dinner. Churrascos "Westchase" hosts Wine Dinners the first Monday of every month featuring four courses and a selection of fine wines.
 
Gravitas
Gravitas is a Modern American Bistro located in a historical Houston building. Concentration is on clean, fresh flavors served in a casual dining environment.
 
Red & White Wine Bistro
Chef Brian Johnson and his staff offer dazzling cuisine at Toyota Center’s 175-seat Red & White Wine Bistro. Red & White features hardwood floors, a sparkling display kitchen and views of all the action. Chef Brian comes to Houston from Bistro Toujours, recently named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the top-fifty best new restaurants in the world. At Red & White, Chef Brian has created an...
 
Sorrento
Sorrento Ristorante is a complete Italian experience located on the lower Westheimer strip. At Sorrento, receive attentive service from their experienced, knowledgeable, and professional staff. They serve a sophisticated, creative and contemporary Italian menu along with an extensive wine list that ranges from the rolling vineyards of Tuscany to California. The atmosphere is completed by their...
 
17 at Alden-Houston
17 is dedicated to offering guests bold, unpretentious food while focusing on the freshness, seasonality and origin of the ingredients. Since opening, the restaurant has received outstanding local, regional and national recognition including: Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Town & Country, Travel+Leisure, USA Today and “Best New Restaurants ‘04” by Esquire. According to Texas Monthly, “I like...
 
Bossa
Bossa combines South American traditions with a fusion of Latin flavors. The stylishly seductive decor brings to mind a mysterious tropical club in Havana. Enjoy an intoxicating balance of excellent cuisine, intriguing decor and Latin rhythms.
 
Eric's-Univ of Houston-Hilton College
Eric's restaurant is located in the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, at the University of Houston's Hilton. We are a casual dining restaurant with seating for 115+ in the main dining room and bar area. We use only top quality ingredients, wonderfully prepared, at a moderate price. Our operation is unique in the sense that students from the Conrad N. Hilton School of...
 
La Strada - Westheimer
La Strada is well known for its hearty, flavorful menu of creative Italian dishes and luscious homemade desserts. Experience a taste of class and excellence at one of their two locations. **Online Reservations are not available for their World Famous Sunday Brunch**
 
Rouge
This Montrose-area newcomer is beautifully decorated in subdued shades of plum and eggplant, the tables are gorgeously set and the service staff is very knowledgeable. Enjoy inventive New American cuisine at this gorgeous establishment.
 
Artista
A much-anticipated addition to the Houston restaurant scene, Artista offers creative cuisine, impeccable service and a perfect location to downtown Houston entertainment.
 
Bice - Houston
Beatrice Ruggeri, “Bice” to her family and friends, was known for her extraordinary hospitality and fantastic dishes especially prepared at home for her family. In 1926, she opened a small Trattoria in Milan. Beatrice in the kitchen and her brothers and sisters in the dining room, this small restaurant had a real family feel. Many compared it to dining at the home of a friend. Bice has since...
 
Arcodoro - Houston
Italian restaurateur Efisio Farris is putting the island of Sardinia on the map as he gains international acclaim for his rustic traditional cuisine. Arcodoro, a Galleria area jewel, sweeps you away to timeless Sardinia as you taste homemade pastas, award winning steaks, and Mediterranean seafood. Specialties include carpaccios, risottos, baked whole fish, wood fired pizzas and Arcodoro's award...
 
Capital Grille - Houston
Located just two blocks west of the Galleria Shopping Center, you'll find the "Award Winning" The Capital Grille Restaurant which boasts an atmosphere of relaxed elegance & style. One of only a few restaurants in Houston to receive the DiRona (Distinguished Restaurants of North America) Award, they are nationally acclaimed for dry aging steaks on premises, The Capital Grille serves classic steak...
 
Café Le Jadeite
Cafe Le Jadeite, the newest buzz in River Oaks, brings the fine dining of the far east to the west. It's not just another Chinese restaurant. From the moment one enters, they are transported to an exotic world designed to relax and indulge all the senses. With live piano bar and large party rooms, Cafe Le Jadeite is a favorite gathering place of many locals. The menu is a fusion of French and...
 
Le Mistral
Le Mistral's David and Sylvain Denis successfully recreated the quiet, relaxed atmosphere of their family's restaurant in La Revest les Eaux. Slow-moving ceiling fans gently waft the aromas from the kitchen and soft candlelight reflects off their mother's original oil paintings of the farms and orchards around their village. Chef Denis has taken many of his family's recipes and merged them with...
 
Morton's, The Steakhouse - Houston - Downtown
Morton's, The Steakhouse, the nation's premier steakhouse group, specializes in classic, hearty fare, serving generous portions of USDA prime aged beef, as well as fresh fish, lobster and chicken entrees. Morton's is famous for its animated signature tableside menu presentation: steaks, whole Maine lobsters and other main course selections, along with fresh vegetables, are presented on a cart...
 
Morton's, The Steakhouse - Houston - Galleria
Morton's, The Steakhouse, the nation's premier steakhouse group, specializes in classic, hearty fare, serving generous portions of USDA prime aged beef, as well as fresh fish, lobster and chicken entrees. Morton's is famous for its animated signature tableside menu presentation: steaks, whole Maine lobsters and other main course selections, along with fresh vegetables, are presented on a cart...
 
NOE at the Omni Hotel-Houston
Omni Houston Hotel's Noe restaurant features the acclaimed progressive American cuisine of Executive Chef Robert Gadsby. Opened in 2004, Noe Restaurant has won many honors during its first year of operation. My Table Magazine named Noe Best New Restaurant and Robert Gadsby "Chef of the Year". Noe was also awarded "Best of the Best" by Robb Report and the Houston Chronicle. Chef Gadsby is known...
 
Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
Owned by the Houston-based Pappas family, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse is the number one Zagat rated steakhouse in Houston. Featuring a clubby dining room and a cigar bar that bustles nightly with scores of loyal locals and savvy business travelers, the outstanding service and award-winning wine list do their part to keep the restaurant packed. However, it is the Pappas' commitment to old-fashioned...
 
Post Oak Grill
Since 1989 the Post Oak Grill Restaurants have been a synonym for the highest quality of food and service. Chef Polo Becerra's imaginative and dedication to excellence brings subtly delicious flavors to their menus, which have maintained the Post Oak Grill as a distinctive destination for the perfect dining experience. Enjoy Center-cut steaks, chops and fresh seafood, international wine list...
 
Quattro - Four Seasons Hotel - Houston
Quattro which means "four" in Italian represents the four faces of the restaurant; breakfast, lunch, dinner and the lively Quattro Bar. The restaurant incorporates various design elements including creative lighting, vivid colors and commissioned artwork. To create a contemporary dining environment in the heart of downtown Houston. Our award wining wine list features over 350 selections from...
 
Ruggles Grill
Ruggles Grill is the kind of place with so many contrasting images; even long-time patrons can’t describe it without sounding like they are talking about different restaurants. The only thing they can agree on is that the former house at 903 Westheimer is a restaurateur's dream. Critics have described Chef Bruce's foods as everything from California to New Southwestern, but the truth is in...
 
Ruth's Chris Steak House - Houston
Ruth's Chris Steak House serves the finest aged, corn-fed USDA Prime beef. Broiled in a trademark 1,800° oven & served on a plate heated to 500 degrees, your steak is presented sizzling hot at your table. Additionally, the menu includes select fresh seafood & other meat entrees, including seasonal specialties like foie gras, buffalo strip & scallops. A variety of fresh-cooked vegetables,...
 
Sullivan's Steakhouse
Sullivan's is reminiscent of a 1940's Chicago style steakhouse. The interior has touches of art deco with dark polished wood, crisp white linen and fresh flowers. Sullivan's serve the finest Certified Angus Beef, which is cut in-house daily, along with a great selection of seafood, ranging from Salmon Steaks to Florida Stone Crab Claws and Live Maine Lobsters. Proud recipient of Wine Spectator...
 
Skyline Bar & Grill - Hilton Americas
Located on the 24th floor, Skyline Bar & Grill offers panoramic city views and new American cuisine with Mediterranean influences for lunch and dinner. Enjoy Skyline's martini bar nightly. Voted best place for a first date by reader's choice in the Houston Press and voted best hotel bar by Texas Monthly.
 
Terlingua Texas Border Cafe - Studemont
At Terlingua Texas Border Cafe, we treat our customers to the exotic, robust flavors of authentic American and Mexican foods. The owners of our restaurant, our chefs, and our staff of friendly servers strive to provide you with the perfect dining experience specializing in Gulf Coast regional fare from both sides of the border in the relaxed, casual atmosphere only found south of the Rio Grande.
 
Bistro Moderne
The dream of veteran restaurateurs Rick Wahlstedt (Le Colonial, Le Passage and Japonais), Jean Denoyer (La Goulue, l'escale and Orsay), and star chef Philippe Schmit (Orsay, La Goulue and Le Bernadine), bistro moderne is located in the Galleria area, directly next door to the Hotel Derek Under the watchful eye of these three men as well as world-renowned design firm Jeffrey Beers International,...
 
Mockingbird Bistro
Mockingbird Bistro Wine Bar combines Sheely’s Texas roots with a style of cooking that he knows well, that of the Riviera, specifically the French Riviera. At Mockingbird, the feel of the menu is "country-French-meets-American-market." Sheely updates the menu seasonally to take advantage of the ingredients available at-market, as well as to give him the freedom to exercise his creativity.
 
Strip House Houston
Strip House, is an American Steakhouse with a seductive ruby red interior that engages the senses. Known for its perfectly charred prime Aged Steaks its namesake is richly marbled and bursting with juice. The creative side dishes such as black truffle creamed spinach and crisp potatoes exceed all expectation. Hundreds of bottles of wine have been carefully chosen to extend your dining pleasure.
 
Bistro Lancaster @The Lancaster Hotel
Local favorite Bistro Lancaster is ideal for a power breakfast, business lunch, or social evening. Sophisticated and intimate, the Bistro allows for highly attentive personal service in a cozy setting . Feast on the sumptuous regional Contemporary American bistro cuisine, from our famous crab cake with Creole remoulade sauce to our signature warm croissant bread pudding. Located in the heart of...
 
Mark's American Cuisine
Situated in an old church on lower Westheimer in Houston, Mark Cox, chef and owner of his namesake restaurant, Mark's, has given Houstonians, who have anxiously awaited his debut for years, a thoroughly unique dining experience. Offering Cox's own brand of American progressive cuisine, Mark's menu encompasses inspirations from many distant lands, indicative of America's true melting pot...
 
Uptown Sushi
Come experience Houston's premier upscale sushi bar and restaurant. Specializing in unique Japanese fusion cuisine for business lunch, elegant dinner and late night bar.
 
Bank Restaurant @ Icon Hotel
BANK provides diners with a rich tapestry of intense flavors and remarkable textures which are created daily by renowned chef Cody Vasek. Vasek's culinary palette has evolved in to a menu that takes New American cuisine to its foundations. Incorporating cues from local cultural influences and relying on the bounty of the regions' land and waters, diners can expect dishes that are both vibrant and...
 
Spindletop - Hyatt Regency Houston
Where memories are made. Dine by romantic candlelight in Houston's only revolving rooftop restaurant. Savor a luscious seafood entree or a tender juicy steak from our innovative dinner menu.
 
Café Annie
Cafe Annie is a fine dining restaurant serving innovative regional cuisine. Under the guidance of owner, Robert Del Grande, Cafe Annie has become well known all over America and has won virtually every culinary award. With sleek mahogany walls, checkered limestone floors, leather banquettes and high ceilings, Cafe Annie is a handsome space that serves the most consistently astonishing food in...
 
Armandos
As a prominent Houston dining establishment for over 25 years, Armandos features a New Regional American menu with ingredients and flavors influenced by Creole, Latin, and Southwestern cuisines. Long established as one of Houston’s premier restaurants in the River Oaks section of the city, Armandos still maintains a high level of food quality, service, and refined atmosphere in it’s wood...
 
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood - Houston
The fresh Seafood Authority for Houston offers over a dozen varieties of oysters daily. Supplies our guest with over 30 selections of fresh seafood daily and offers steaks, pasta, chicken & pork for the non-seafood lovers. McCormick & Schmick's has Happy Hour Monday thru Friday from 4 to 7 Pm & 9 to 11 Pm featuring our $1.95 menu and assorted drink specials. McCormick & Schmick's Houston has...
 
The Remington
Red. It's the new color of The Remington Restaurant and a good indication of the energy in it. The restaurant has gone decidedly Modern American with a definite dash of Texas. There's an open range of envelope-pushing dishes which include fresh-from-the-catch seafood, seasoned meats and just-harvested vegetables and greens. A red hot collection of California's finest wines and dashes of varietals...
 
Ouisie's Table
Known by generations for her hospitality, proprietress Elouise Adams Jones, a.k.a. Ouisie, serves an eclectic collection of Southern foods with an excellent wine list to match. High ceilings and fans in the main dining room it evoke the ambiance of a Texas manor house. The adjacent dining porch overlooking the patio and garden, as well as Cooper’s Wine Bin, provide additional dining and...
 
El Meson
This cozy neighborhood eatery offers classic Spanish and Cuban cuisine in a casual atmosphere. El Meson Restaurant is located in the heart of The Village, a quaint, pedestrian-friendly shopping and dinning district, a short distance away from downtown, the museums and the Medical Center. El Meson features an award winning wine list offering the largest selection of Spanish wine in Texas and a...
 
Oceanaire Seafood Room - Houston
Nowhere else can you overdose on luxurious ultra-fresh seafood, bask in exceptional service, and lose yourself in a classier era of Americana. From the moment you enter the Oceanaire you feel a sense of place and time akin to a classic 1930s ocean liner. No detail is left to chance. From cocktails in the lounge, to our raw oyster bar, to a main course of ultra-fresh fish, a rendezvous at the...
 
Prime Time Steak House
We are conveniently located in NW Houston minutes from Hewlett Packard, Sam Houston Race Track or Busch Intercontinental airport. Casual and comfortable our food and service are rated in stride with all the big names in town. Our menu centers on our fabulous aged certified Angus steaks and expands to please any palate.
 
Las Alamedas
Since 1980, this Houston favorite has been serving authentic Mexican cuisine with passion. The massive bar came from an old hotel in San Miguel de Allende. The welcoming atmosphere of old Mexico surrounds the restaurant and cocktail area.
 
Daily Grill - Houston
Modeled after the great big city grills of the 30s and 40s, Daily Grill serves traditional American fare. We offer easy access with free valet parking at the Westin Galleria Hotel. Featuring Genuine Angus Steaks and Chops, Fresh Seafood, Classic Cobb and Caesar Salads, Meat Loaf with Mashed Potatoes, Chicken Pot Pie and not-to-be-missed Desserts, all served in a sophisticated yet casual...
 
Terlingua Texas Border Cafe - Bellaire
At Terlingua Texas Border Cafe, we treat our customers to the exotic, robust flavors of authentic American and Mexican foods. The owners of our restaurant, our chefs, and our staff of friendly servers strive to provide you with the perfect dining experience specializing in Gulf Coast regional fare from both sides of the border in the relaxed, casual atmosphere only found south of the Rio Grande.
 
Exibit Steakhouse
Exibit is a casually elegant contemporary restaurant, nestled in a sophisticated and romantic area in the heart of the Houston Museum District. Exibit Steakhouse is a gorgeous and cozy restaurant with beautiful spacious dining. Our goal is to mix the comfort of fine dining with the flair of global cuisine with French and Asian twists while keeping the classic American steakhouse theme. The...
 
Kirby's Prime Steakhouse - The Woodlands (26 miles away)
Continuing the legacy of Dallas' Original Steakhouse, Est. 1954, Kirby's Prime Steakhouse in The Woodlands, Est. 2004, is an award winning restaurant featuring Mid-Western, grain fed, aged prime beef. Kirby's also offers fresh seafood, daily specials, and a spectacular collection of New and Old World wine housed in an impressive cellar of over 4,000 bottles. Kirby's boasts a trendy jazz bar and...
 
Jasper's - The Woodlands (26 miles away)
Jasper’s is a comfortably upscale restaurant, which features a menu focused on the best of America’s regional cuisine, including rotisserie chicken, fish, steaks, salads, and pizza. “Jasper’s serves the type of food you’d get at my house if I were cooking,” says Executive Chef Kent Rathbun. “We want this to be a place where diners can visit whether they’re looking for an inexpensive light meal...
 
Tommy Bahama's Tropical Cafe - The Woodlands (26 miles away)
Eclectic with a tropical twist, Tommy Bahama’s Tropical Café offers a relaxed, elegant island ambience along with truly inspired cuisine. Their life is one long weekend mindset turns the island experience from wishful thinking to a tasty reality with a “cosmopolitan collection of dishes inspired by diverse getaways to Jamaica, Barbados and beyond”. Signature dishes, such as their award-winning...
 
Fuddruckers
Build your own hamburger at this fast food joint with a diner-like atmosphere. Chose from 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, and 1 pound burgers! Great chain along the south coast. Food is good and fairly fast, but service could be a little better.
 


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