Upscale Restaurants in Houston and Galveston

Upscale Restaurants in Houston and Galveston

Restaurants Overview
Name Price/
Cuisine
Location
 
Américas
A colorful mosaic-tiled, multistoried room delivers outstanding...
$$-$$$
Galleria/Uptown
 
Arcodoro
With executive chefs hailing from Sardinia, Italy—whose...

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Galleria/Uptown
 
Armandos
Don't look for the sign—there isn't one at this clubby...

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$$-$$$
River Oaks
 
benjy's in the village
The self-designated "modern American cuisine" continues to evolve...

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Museum District
 
Bistro Lancaster
Breakfast—make that power breakfast—and lunch are...

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Downtown/Theater District
 
Brennan's
A cousin of New Orleans's Commander's Palace, Brennan's puts...

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Downtown/Theater District
 
Carrabba's
After all these years, the original location of Carrabba's remains...
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River Oaks
 
Catalan Food & Wine
From the people who brought Houston Ibiza Restaurant and Lounge...

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West Side/Memorial Park
 
Daily Review Cafe
This casual eatery housed in a former printing plant proves that...
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Montrose
 
Damian's Cucina Italiana
"Timeless" is the word for this sophisticated, authentic Tuscan...

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Downtown/Theater District
 
Fisherman's Wharf
Even though Landry's has taken over this harborside institution...
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Galveston
 
Gaido's
A Galveston landmark for almost 100 years, Gaido's offers the...

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Galveston
 
The Grove
In downtown Houston's thoughtfully designed new city park, you'll...

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Downtown/Theater District
 
Ibiza
Gutsy, sometimes playful cuisine prepared by Chef Charles Clark...

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$$$
Midtown
 
La Griglia
You know you've come to a dining hot spot when you're greeted...

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River Oaks
 
Las Alamedas
You could forget you're in the city at the grand hacienda of...

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West Side/Memorial Park
 
Max's Wine Dive
Come to this loud, silicone-and-Rolex-filled place with a big...

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West Side/Memorial Park
 
Mosquito Café
This chichi eatery in Galveston's historic East End serves fresh...
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Galveston
 
Nino's
This granddaddy of Houston restaurants was one of the first to...
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Montrose
 
Ouisie's Table
At Elouise "Ouisie" Adams Jones's casually elegant, ersatz preppy...

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River Oaks
 
Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
The operative word at this popular steakhouse is "prime": prime...

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Galleria/Uptown
 
Pesce
For a glamorous (and noisy) scene in River Oaks, head for this...

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River Oaks
 
Post Oak Grill
Since 1989 this Houston standby has dished up reliable meals...

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Galleria/Uptown
 
Quattro
Though the Four Seasons Hotel is sort of fussy and dated, its...

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Downtown/Theater District
 
Reef
Chef Bryan Caswell, late of Bank at the Hotel Icon, re-emerges...

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$$$
Midtown
 
Shade
Amid the home-grown antiques, oddities, and furnishings stores...
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The Heights
 
Strip House
Naughty vintage pinups fill the walls of this sexy downtown steak...

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Downtown/Theater District
 
t'afia
Sleek and open t'afia's coastal Mediterranean cuisine blasted...

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Midtown
 
Taste of Texas
With Texana to the max, this expansive place is as much about...
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West Side/Memorial Park
 
Tony Mandola's Gulf Coast Kitchen
It's a strange fact of Houston life that many of the city's finest...

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River Oaks
 
Tony's
This adult playground is the place where deals get done, life...
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Midtown
 
Uptown Sushi
Sure it's trendy, and maybe more stylish than substantive, but...

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Galleria/Uptown
 
VOICE Restaurant and Lounge
Inside the hushed and stately surroundings of VOICE, the new...

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$$$
Downtown/Theater District
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