Future Reviews

Future Reviews

A list of restaurants and bars in Houston that I've never been to but plan to visit at some point in the future, broken down into a few categories and roughly ordered by priority (except for bars, which is ordered in increasing length of name, in a nod to my old Netflix DVD queue).

Inexpensive:

  • Hong Kong Food Street*** (M)
  • Pok Pok Po
  • Boo's Burgers
  • Reza Persian Grill**
  • Kriti Kitchen**
  • Thiên Thanh**
  • Sao Lao**
  • Cowboys & Indians
  • Flip 'n Patties
  • Gatlin's Fins & Feathers
  • Bahel Ethiopian Mart & Kitchen**
  • Kenny & Ziggy's**
  • Sayad Mediterranean Kitchen**
  • Be More Pacific*
  • Di An Pho
  • Pho Dien*
  • Wanna Bao
  • Taste Of Nigeria
  • Stanton's City Bites
  • Mein*
  • Banh Somtum*
  • Taste Kitchen + Bar

Tacos/Mexican:

  • CasaEma*** (M)
  • Maximo*** (M)
  • Papalo Taqueria (M)
  • Cochinita & Co.**
  • Little Rey
  • Puebla's Mexican Kitchen**
  • Villa Arcos**
  • Tio Trompo*
  • Gusto Gourmet
  • La Cruderia*

Pizza:

  • Big Z's Pizza
  • Neighbors Pizza
  • Gypsy Poet
  • Aviator Pizza & Drafthouse
  • Pizzeria Solario
  • Pie Tap

Barbecue:

  • J-Bar-M Barbecue** (M)
  • Khoi BBQ
  • Brisket & Rice (M)
  • Burn's Original BBQ
  • Ray's Real Pit BBQ Shack*

Mid-Range:

  • Aga's***
  • Josephine's** (M)
  • Mastrantos*
  • Bari*
  • Milton's**
  • Zaranda
  • Mimo**
  • Killen's (M)
  • Granger's
  • Mayahuel
  • La Lucha**
  • Il Bracco
  • Late August (M)
  • Irma's Southwest
  • d'Alba
  • Rosalie Italian Soul

Fancy:

  • Barbacana**
  • David St. At Hermann Park*
  • Oru
  • The Marigold Club (M)
  • Maison Pucha Bistro*
  • Charon
  • Doko
  • Azumi
  • Haii Keii
  • Sorrento
  • Turner's
  • Turner's Cut
  • Potente*
  • 5kinokawa
  • Succulent
  • Októ

Far:

  • Corkscrew BBQ (Spring)** (M)
  • Viola & Agnes (Seabrook)***
  • Ishtia (Kemah)***
  • Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q (Spring)** (M)
  • Xalisko (The Woodlands)**
  • Bar-A-BBQ (Montgomery)**
  • Tita's Taco House (Humble)**
  • Pier 6 Seafood & Oyster House (San Leon)**
  • Harlem Road Texas BBQ (Richmond)*

Bars:

  • R24
  • 1111
  • Lee's
  • Moon
  • Plume
  • Donna's
  • A'Bouzy
  • Aperitivo
  • Rudyard's*
  • De Fortune
  • Tokyo Joe's
  • Angel Share
  • Endless Bummer
  • Two-Headed Dog
  • Rabbit's Got The Gun
  • The Road To Nowhere
  • Berwick's Bird Of Paradise

(NOTE: *** = current Houston Chronicle top 25, ** = current Houston Chronicle top 100, * = former Houston Chronicle top 100, M = Michelin Guide)