Adrian Reviews

Disclaimer: I don't have a ton of experience/knowledge when it comes to West African cuisine, but that's never stopped me before, so I'm going to power through it. African food in general is a bit of a blind spot for me, though I&

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: I have figured out how to enable comments on posts, so feel free to tell me how much my writing sucks if you so desire. Before Chris Shepherd, Benchawan Jabthong Painter, Evelyn Garcia and the like, Bryan Caswell was one of Houston's original "celebrity chefs&

Taylor Swift! Travis Kelce! These two lovebirds famously dined at the Las Vegas location of this modern Mexican Steakhouse, which opened an outpost about a year ago in the Thompson Hotel near Downtown Houston. Now that I have your attention, let's talk about the food (and briefly the

Blessed as we are to have so many amazing restaurants in Houston, with more opening seemingly every day, it can be difficult at times to return to one's favorites, as the list of new places to try grows ever longer (especially if you run a fledgling food review

Let's just get this out of the way from the start: I cannot stand the name of this bar. I don't know why, but it just rubs me the wrong way. Perhaps it's just the way it (doesn't) roll off the tongue

I'm continually amazed by the appetite for Japanese cuisine in Houston, especially the higher end side. The amount of omakase restaurants is staggering, considering the often steep price points, and yet new ones seem to sprout up every month. Fun fact, Japanese/Sushi is the only category on

For our last night in Mexico City I wanted a special dinner, and while it was essentially impossible to get a reservation at the two heavy hitters of Pujol and Quintonil, I was able to snag an eight-top at this Michelin-starred restaurant near the Plaza Rio de Janeiro. Chef Elena

Due to a massive flight delay that shattered my Flighty record (thanks Aeromexico!), this ended up being my first stop on a recent weekend trip to Mexico City. An iconic seafood restaurant that opened nearly 30 years ago (and apparently has a new sister location at the Fontainebleau in Las

The Mecca of cocktail aficionados, this bar was ranked #1 in the world in 2024. I had heard that it actually exceeds the hype, and I’ll be damned if that isn’t true. Just an incredible experience from the second you walk through the nondescript black door in La

I checked out the adorably-named sister location in my neck of the woods (Lil' Koffeteria) when it opened a few months back, but I had been meaning to visit the mothership of this stalwart of the Houston Chronicle top 100 list (previously top 25!) for quite some time. Fortunately

Looking to continue the party after Camaraderie the other night, we moved a few blocks down to this bar that opened last year. The drink menu seemed intriguing, but unfortunately this place was a huge disappointment. I hate describing things as "sceney", but it's hard to

This new-ish neighborhood restaurant in the Heights came highly recommended by both my favorite food critic and some friends, so I was quite excited to check it out to kick off the holiday weekend. The interesting concept offers both a fairly reasonably-priced ($75) prix-fixe menu, or a la carte choices

Finally something positive to write about! I promise all my reviews won't be negative. This tiny spot is adjacent to the sushi restaurant Doko, which I have yet to try. I counted maybe 16 seats in the entire bar, which is very heavily focused on Japanese whiskey and

This restaurant suffers from what we like to call the "Le Colonial problem", when a Vietnamese establishment tries to be upscale, but serves largely only traditional dishes in smaller portions with slightly higher quality ingredients... at massively inflated prices. While I applaud them for trying, you really need

Perhaps not the most glamorous spot for my first ever food review, but it was what ultimately inspired me to bite the bullet and get this blog going. And, really, negative criticism is more fun than positive anyway, so it's only appropriate. I'm fortunate to live

So I finally listened to the over two people who have asked me to start writing restaurant reviews online and created this site/blog. This is certainly going to be a work in progress as I have basically no idea how to manage a website, but I'll try