
Guided tour · 5 hours
Houston: Private Half-Day Tour with Lunch
Discover the best of Houston with a local guide on a private tour. Explore the city's unique neighborhoods and communities, see some of the hidden gems in Htown, and l...
Killen's Steakhouse is a steakhouse fine-dining restaurant in Houston.
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Guided tour · 5 hours
Discover the best of Houston with a local guide on a private tour. Explore the city's unique neighborhoods and communities, see some of the hidden gems in Htown, and l...

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Learn to make fresh pasta from scratch in a cooking class with Chef Roger in Houston. Enjoy a complete meal that you’ll cook and enjoy yourself.

Guided tour · 1h 30m
Explore Houston on a guided bus tour with a tea service. Sip on premium teas, enjoy freshly baked scones, and learn about the city's history as you pass by iconic landmarks.
Address: 6425 W Broadway St, Pearland, TX 77581, Houston
Brennan's of Houston is the 1967 Texas Creole dining room on Smith Street, the New Orleans Brennan family's Houston outpost, with turtle soup.
OrderTurtle soup with sherry. Bananas Foster, flambeed tableside, to close. Pecan-crusted Gulf fish at dinner.
Book1 to 2 weeks ahead
TipSunday jazz brunch is the local routine. Reserve the courtyard if the temperature stays under 30C.
Da Marco in Houston is Marco Wiles's Italian dining room on Westheimer since 2002, with hand-rolled pastas, a salt-baked branzino and Houston's most serious.
OrderWhichever pasta is on the daily blackboard. Salt-baked branzino if it is on. Order one of the older Barolos.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe upstairs room is quieter and smaller. Closed Sunday and Monday.
State of Grace in Houston is Ford Fry's River Oaks dining room on Westheimer, a Southern-and-steakhouse menu in a redesigned room of limewashed brick.
OrderA dozen Gulf oysters and the wood-grilled wagyu strip. The Gulf fish of the day on a Friday.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe bar serves the full menu and is the quickest seat at peak. Sunday brunch is the local routine.
Hugo's in Houston is Hugo Ortega's regional Mexican room on Westheimer since 2002, with cochinita pibil, chiles en nogada in season. Book 2 weeks ahead.
OrderCochinita pibil. Chiles en nogada when in season (August to September). Tableside hot chocolate.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipSunday brunch buffet is the city standard. Reserve the noon slot; it sells out by Tuesday.
March in Houston is the Goodnight Hospitality tasting-menu room on Westheimer, chef Felipe Riccio's six- or nine-course Mediterranean menus rooted in one.
OrderThe full nine-course menu with June Rodil's wine pairings. Anything less misses the regional arc.
Book3 to 4 weeks ahead
TipThe menu changes seasonally; ask which Mediterranean region you are eating before you book. Greece in spring tends to be the strongest.
Bludorn in Houston is Aaron Bludorn's Gulf Coast fine-dining room on Taft Street, opened 2020, with a lobster pot pie that broke nationally and a serious.
OrderLobster pot pie. Whole branzino for two. The duck breast with stone fruit in season.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipBar seats face the open kitchen and serve the same menu. Book the patio if the weather is sub-30C.