Must Order: Riffs on southern classics are best. Two to try--New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp and Maw Maw's bread pudding. Read more.
Part cooking school, part butcher shop, Dai Due sells superb buttermilk biscuits with country-style breakfast sausage on Saturdays. Read more.
If it's the best pho in Houston, then it must be the best pho in the world. [Eater 38 Member]
Whether one asks Alison Cook or Andrew Knowlton, Oxheart is Houston's best restaurant. [Eater 38 Member]
By offering long hours, local ingredients and killer cocktails, the restaurant is crowded even on weeknights. [Eater 38 Member]
Uchi feels like that rare combination of a restaurant that's both popular and important. [Eater 38 Member]
From its rigorous commitment to local ingredients to its all-star kitchen staff, there's nothing about Chris Shepherd's restaurant that doesn't embody "the soul of Houston food." [Eater 38 Member]
This local Mexican seafood spot is best known for its snapper ceviche, fish stews and octopus tacos. Chef Aquiles Chavez is an international celebrity, presenting world-class fare. [Eater 38 Member]
The pizzas alone are worth the trip, but you'll stay for the meatballs and chicken under a brick among others. Also, one of the happiest happy hours in the city. [Eater 38 Member]
If you're skeptical about raw food, just head to this restaurant inside of Haven for the Japanese tataki, steak tartar and lionfish. Chef Phillipe Gaston will make you a believer. [Eater 38 Member]
It's a conglomeration of serving styles and Italian dishes, both large and small that make this neighborhood restaurant endearing and very, very good. [Eater 38 Member]
For great French food in classic iterations, this is a good dining option and a Houston classic. The duck confit, escargot and chocolate dumplings are cheap and very well-executed. [Eater 38 Member]
Hello housemade pastas and casual dining options and shrimp BLTs and gelato from the Eatsie Boys. Hello to your new best friend in neighborhood dining establishments. [Eater 38 Member]
