Houston White Co.

This place is a perfect date spot, the staff was very kind and polite. Out waitress Kelly was very nice and on top of things. The food was amazing the setting was perfect. I want to say thank you so much to Kevin for being so thoughtful to me and my girlfriend. It was much appreciated and we will be back definitely!! I highly recommend getting a steak and getting their Brussels sprouts. The crab cake from here was probably the best crab cake I’ve ever had.

It was the day before Christmas Eve and I had reservations at other restaurants that I cancelled, and then made reservations to come here instead. When we arrived there were maybe 2 or 3 tables that were eating and there were quite a few tables still open. The host greeted us and then sat us directly in front of the door. I am not sure why you'd seat a reservation or anyone directly in front of the door if there were other seats available. (We were dressed nicely- not in pj pants like others). Nonetheless, I asked to be moved and the host told me that there were other reservations and that we'd have to stay where we were sitting. Luckily, I made eye contact with a server who then moved us in the next room behind the hostess stand (it wasn't until a half hour later where the restaurant truly got busy).

After the whole seating situation, we ordered our food which was the crab and lobster cocktail, which was super fresh and presented nicely. Then, we ordered a Ribeye with Blue Cheese- holy cow, it was DELICIOUS. The ribeye was cooked to perfection and it could have been cut with a butter knife...so tender! We also ordered the mashed potatoes, which were a dream- so fluffy and smooth. Overall, we enjoyed the food greatly, but definitely feeling a certain way when we left.

The staff was especially accommodating and friendly as we celebrated 8 years together at Houston White tonight with a complimentary toast of delicious champagne. It was a lovely place, a house made into a one floor restaurant more lively than the typical dark, traditional steakhouse. The drinks we ordered missed the mark - manhattan not balanced, too strong not ice cold the way it’s supposed to be while the bourbon old fashioned had crushed ice, not a large ice cube as expected, also not balanced. U 4 shrimp - total 3 pieces- with lump crab was fantastic. Caesar salad was light and tasty. We split twin lobster tails and the strip steak. Lobster tails were small for shell size but good. There was no char or taste on the strip steak. Neither of us liked it and we love steakhouses. The creamed spinach was too salty, had to be heated up, and not creamy. The loaded potato was inedible. With tip, this cost $300. I feel bad because we really wanted to like this place, the spot was nice, the people were lovely, but this was a bummer.