Melissa’s guidebook

Melissa
Melissa’s guidebook

Food scene

My favorite restaurants to try!
El Tiempo Cantina - 290
12440 Northwest Fwy
29 locals recommend
a'Bouzy
2300 Westheimer Rd
29 locals recommend
7 locals recommend
Killen's STQ
2231 S Voss Rd
7 locals recommend
Gourmet cheese shop
10 locals recommend
Houston Dairymaids
2201 Airline Dr
10 locals recommend
Gourmet cheese shop
Excellent food
18 locals recommend
Laurenzo's Restaurant
4412 Washington Ave
18 locals recommend
Excellent food
Great hangout, amazing food
291 locals recommend
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
2000 Lyons Ave
291 locals recommend
Great hangout, amazing food
Upscale French dining
20 locals recommend
Artisans
5745 Louisiana St
20 locals recommend
Upscale French dining
Great little wine bar with cheese plates
11 locals recommend
Montrose Cheese & Wine
1618 Westheimer Rd
11 locals recommend
Great little wine bar with cheese plates
Great place for dining and shopping.
320 locals recommend
Memorial City Mall
Memorial City Mall
320 locals recommend
Great place for dining and shopping.
Good pastries and coffee
14 locals recommend
Common Bond Cafe & Bakery
2278 W Holcombe Blvd
14 locals recommend
Good pastries and coffee
Classic Jewish diner with bagel shop attached.
12 locals recommend
New York Deli & Coffee Shop
9720 Hillcroft St
12 locals recommend
Classic Jewish diner with bagel shop attached.
Great Breakfast spot
17 locals recommend
The Buffalo Grille
4080 Bissonnet St
17 locals recommend
Great Breakfast spot
Great authentic mexican eatery
160 locals recommend
Hugo's
1600 Westheimer Rd
160 locals recommend
Great authentic mexican eatery
Amazing thai food
22 locals recommend
Street Food Thai Market
1010 West Cavalcade Street
22 locals recommend
Amazing thai food
67 locals recommend
Black Walnut Cafe
5510 Morningside Dr
67 locals recommend
22 locals recommend
Nobie's Restaurant
2048 Colquitt St
22 locals recommend
Warehouse 72
7620 Katy Fwy
12 locals recommend
Red Lobster
13232 Northwest Fwy
12 locals recommend
Twin Peaks
12830 Northwest Fwy
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
7 locals recommend
Bombshells
21005 I-45
7 locals recommend
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
200 locals recommend
Pappasito's Cantina
2515 S Loop W
200 locals recommend
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
Classic French style pastries and breads
Magnol French Baking
1500 N Post Oak Rd
Classic French style pastries and breads
Vegan cuisine, meals to go
8 locals recommend
Pat Greer's Kitchen
412 W Clay St
8 locals recommend
Vegan cuisine, meals to go
Vegetarian cuisine
12 locals recommend
Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine
1320 W 34th St
12 locals recommend
Vegetarian cuisine
Great laid back brewery with outdoor seating and tv’s to watch the sports games. Kid friendly
Senate Avenue Brewing Company
16000 Dillard Drive
Great laid back brewery with outdoor seating and tv’s to watch the sports games. Kid friendly
Love this place for lunch and weekend brunch.
Little Kitchen HTX
Love this place for lunch and weekend brunch.
115 locals recommend
Karbach Brewing
2032 Karbach St
115 locals recommend
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
Urbe
Tiny Champions
20 locals recommend
Georgia James
3503 Westheimer Rd
20 locals recommend
49 locals recommend
Caracol Restaurant
2200 Post Oak Blvd
49 locals recommend
16 locals recommend
Etoile Cuisine Et Bar
1101-11 Uptown Park Blvd
16 locals recommend
26 locals recommend
Squable
632 W 19th St
26 locals recommend
Sao Lao Thai Café
Simos Diner
6 locals recommend
Plonk! Beer & Wine Bistro
1214 W 43rd St
6 locals recommend
34 locals recommend
Rainbow Lodge
2011 Ella Blvd
34 locals recommend
56 locals recommend
Local Foods Heights
714 Yale St
56 locals recommend
47 locals recommend
Chama Gaúcha Brazilian Steakhouse
5865 Westheimer Rd
47 locals recommend
71 locals recommend
Brennan's of Houston
3300 Smith St
71 locals recommend
70 locals recommend
Brenner's on the Bayou
1 Birdsall St
70 locals recommend
135 locals recommend
Coltivare Pizza & Garden
3320 White Oak Dr
135 locals recommend
Becks Prime
Eugene's Gulf Coast Cuisine
1985 Welch St
54 locals recommend
Brasserie 19
1962 W Gray St
54 locals recommend
Near the Toyota Center, Minute Maid Park and convention center
8 locals recommend
Potente
1515 Texas Ave
8 locals recommend
Near the Toyota Center, Minute Maid Park and convention center
Small plates/Sushi and hand rolls
Hando - Sushi Restaurant Houston
Small plates/Sushi and hand rolls
Jackie's Kitchen
2210 Mangum Rd

Last minute needs

18 locals recommend
Walmart Supercenter
13484 Northwest Fwy
18 locals recommend
178 locals recommend
Target
2580 Shearn St
178 locals recommend
La Moreliana # 10
7306 W Tidwell Rd

Neighborhoods

Unique restaurants and shops along 19th and 20th streets
227 locals recommend
Houston Heights
227 locals recommend
Unique restaurants and shops along 19th and 20th streets
Art museums and unique eateries
117 locals recommend
Montrose
117 locals recommend
Art museums and unique eateries
Cool neighborhood vibe and easy to walk to various museums
549 locals recommend
Houston Museum District
549 locals recommend
Cool neighborhood vibe and easy to walk to various museums
Memorial Park had great walking trails and a public golf club
Memorial
Memorial Park had great walking trails and a public golf club

Sightseeing

Great place to visit for native plants, animals and walking trails.
188 locals recommend
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
4501 Woodway Dr
188 locals recommend
Great place to visit for native plants, animals and walking trails.
great place to tour the Centennial gardens or have a picnic. Next to the Zoo as well.
586 locals recommend
Hermann Park
6001 Fannin St
586 locals recommend
great place to tour the Centennial gardens or have a picnic. Next to the Zoo as well.
1102 locals recommend
Houston Zoo
6200 Hermann Park Dr
1102 locals recommend
144 locals recommend
TopGolf
1030 Memorial Brook Blvd
144 locals recommend
325 locals recommend
Downtown Houston
325 locals recommend
NASA space center has tours.
113 locals recommend
NASA Mission Control Center
113 locals recommend
NASA space center has tours.
Beautiful gardens with walking trails.
39 locals recommend
Houston Botanic Garden
39 locals recommend
Beautiful gardens with walking trails.

Movies

Comfortable seats and great movies
9 locals recommend
Cinemark Tinseltown 290 and XD
12920 Northwest Fwy
9 locals recommend
Comfortable seats and great movies

Fun outings

101 locals recommend
Dave & Buster's
7620 Katy Fwy
101 locals recommend
Free greenspace in downtown
933 locals recommend
Discovery Green
1500 McKinney St
933 locals recommend
Free greenspace in downtown
GOOD FOR KIDS
Jumping World
14147 Northwest Freeway
GOOD FOR KIDS
Great place to get a relaxing massage
Massage Heights Midtown Houston
2625 Louisiana St
Great place to get a relaxing massage
Michele does amazing relaxing massages for all those aches and pains!
Scentuary Therapeutic Massage
2440 South Blvd
Michele does amazing relaxing massages for all those aches and pains!
Houston's largest mall, with shopping, ice skating rink and food court/restaurants
1869 locals recommend
The Galleria
5085 Westheimer Rd
1869 locals recommend
Houston's largest mall, with shopping, ice skating rink and food court/restaurants
City Centre has outdoor food, shopping and sightseeing. Very family friendly.
287 locals recommend
CityCentre
800 Town and Country Blvd
287 locals recommend
City Centre has outdoor food, shopping and sightseeing. Very family friendly.
fun shopping at outlet mall and food court
Outlet 290
fun shopping at outlet mall and food court
Fun outing with food and entertainment. Seasonal/check google for dates
The Original Greek Festival
3511 Yoakum Blvd
Fun outing with food and entertainment. Seasonal/check google for dates

Cheap eats

Cheap healthy prepared meals
7 locals recommend
Snap Kitchen
5785 San Felipe St
7 locals recommend
Cheap healthy prepared meals
Multiple locations, including one close on Highway 290
6 locals recommend
Jason's Deli
5860 Westheimer Rd
6 locals recommend
Multiple locations, including one close on Highway 290
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE CLOSE BY ON HIGHWAY 290
13 locals recommend
IHOP
11225 Katy Fwy
13 locals recommend
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE CLOSE BY ON HIGHWAY 290
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE CLOSE BY ON HIGHWAY 290
25 locals recommend
Denny's
3332 S Loop W
25 locals recommend
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE CLOSE BY ON HIGHWAY 290
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE INSIDE THE VALERO OUTSIDE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
43 locals recommend
Subway
1801 Old Spanish Trail
43 locals recommend
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE INSIDE THE VALERO OUTSIDE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
LOCAL HOMESTYLE FOOD, MULTIPLE LOCATIONS INCLUDING ONE ON HIGHWAY 290
28 locals recommend
Luby's
1743 Post Oak Blvd
28 locals recommend
LOCAL HOMESTYLE FOOD, MULTIPLE LOCATIONS INCLUDING ONE ON HIGHWAY 290
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
28 locals recommend
Fuddruckers
2400b S MacGregor Way
28 locals recommend
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
34 locals recommend
Rudy's "Country Store" and Bar-B-Q
14620 Northwest Fwy
34 locals recommend
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
38 locals recommend
Pho Binh
2916 White Oak Dr
38 locals recommend
DELICIOUS AUTHENTIC THAI FOOD
Aim Thai Restaurant
9734 W Montgomery Rd
DELICIOUS AUTHENTIC THAI FOOD
COOL ASIAN GROCERY STORE THAT HAS MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS INSIDE.
18 locals recommend
99 Ranch Market
1005 Blalock Rd
18 locals recommend
COOL ASIAN GROCERY STORE THAT HAS MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS INSIDE.
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
26 locals recommend
Chili's Grill & Bar
9350 N Sam Houston Pkwy E
26 locals recommend
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE NEARBY ON HIGHWAY 290
10 locals recommend
Taqueria Laredo
311 Patton St
10 locals recommend
103 locals recommend
Pappas Bar-B-Q
1217 Pierce St
103 locals recommend
A great little neighborhood restaurant, with baked goods and sweets, plus to go case.
Little Kitchen HTX Jersey Village
16000 Dillard Drive
A great little neighborhood restaurant, with baked goods and sweets, plus to go case.
Brewery tours and outdoor fun area. Restaurant inside is great!
115 locals recommend
Karbach Brewing
2032 Karbach St
115 locals recommend
Brewery tours and outdoor fun area. Restaurant inside is great!
Tasty Chinese Buffet
E-Star Asian Buffet
Tasty Chinese Buffet