The 38 Best Restaurants in Houston

Eater Houston · updated July 2026 · 38 restaurants. Read the original list.

Restaurants on this list

• Aga's Restaurant — Alief, Houston
• Amrina — The Woodlands
• Baso — The Heights, Houston
• BCN Taste & Tradition — Montrose, Houston
• Belly of the Beast — Spring
• Brisket & Rice — Copperfield, Houston
• Candente — Montrose, Houston
• Casaema — Heights, Houston
• ChopnBlok — Downtown, Houston
• Cochinita & co. — East End, Houston
• Corkscrew BBQ — Spring
• Craft Pita — Uptown, Houston
• Feges BBQ Spring Branch — Spring Branch, Houston
• Hidden Omakase — Galleria/Uptown, Houston
• Huynh Restaurant — East Downtown, Houston
• Ishtia — Kemah
• Josephine's Gulf Coast Tradition — Midtown, Houston
• Jūn — The Heights, Houston
• Katami — Montrose, Houston
• Kira — Upper Kirby, Houston
• Koffeteria — East Downtown, Houston
• Le Jardinier — Museum District, Houston
• Little's Oyster Bar — Montrose, Houston
• Mala Sichuan Bistro — The Heights, Houston
• March — Montrose, Houston
• Musaafer — Galleria/Uptown, Houston
• Nancy's Hustle — East Downtown, Houston
• Navy Blue — Rice Village, Houston
• Nobie's — Montrose, Houston
• Phat Eatery — Katy
• Squable — The Heights, Houston
• Street to Kitchen — East End, Houston
• The Rado Market — Third Ward, Houston
• Theodore Rex — Downtown, Houston
• Tiny Champions — East Downtown, Houston
• Truth BBQ — The Heights, Houston
• Viola & Agnes' — Seabrook
• Xochi — Downtown, Houston

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