📍 Heights, Houston
85 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 85 Restaurants
Bungalow-lined 19th-century streets with Houston's densest concentration of serious BBQ, Italian, and cocktail bars.
Top 10 in Heights
1
Truth BBQ
Leonard Botello brought his Brenham BBQ operation to the Heights and immediately became one of the best in Houston. The brisket has a clean smoke ring and buttery texture, the ribs...
95
2
Pinkerton's Barbecue
Heights BBQ from Grant Pinkerton that earned praise for its brisket and creative sides. The prime brisket is smoked low and slow over post oak, the jalapeño cheese grits are a perf...
93
3
Agnes and Sherman
Chef Nick Wong's genre-defying Asian American diner in the Heights, named after his parents. The menu weaves Houston's immigrant cuisines into diner classics — think scallion panca...
93
4
Killen's Steakhouse
Ronnie Killen’s flagship steakhouse in his Pearland hometown, pouring the highest grade of USDA Prime and A5 Wagyu money will buy. The original of the Killen’s empire that now incl...
93
5
Coltivare
Chef Ryan Pera's Heights Italian where the on-site garden drives the menu. Ingredients are harvested steps from the kitchen and show up in wood-fired pizzas, house-made pastas, and...
92
6
Loro
Aaron Franklin and Tyson Cole’s Asian smokehouse -- a collaboration between Franklin Barbecue and Uchi. Smoked meats fold into Southeast Asian flavors, with batch cocktails and one...
92
7
Prime 131
Berg Hospitality's steakhouse on W 11th brings the group's reliable instincts to Houston beef culture. The address puts you squarely in neighborhood territory rather than downtown ...
92
8
The Green Room
Twenty-six seats on Yale Street, Tom Cunanan (the Bad Saint chef who took home Best Chef Mid-Atlantic at the 2019 James Beards) and Daniel Davidson cooking European-leaning seasona...
91
9
Jūn
Top Chef alum Evelyn Garcia and chef Henry Lu's refined New American restaurant in the Heights. The menu is technique-driven and seasonal, drawing from Garcia's Mexican-American he...
90
10
Pho Binh
Heights Vietnamese that serves some of the best pho in a city drowning in excellent pho. The broth is clear, deeply flavored, and the product of hours of simmering. The banh mi is ...
89
All 85 Restaurants in Heights
Better Luck Tomorrow
89
White Oak Music Hall
89
Squable
89
Burns Original BBQ
88
Oru
88
Da Gama
88
CasaEma
88
Baso
88
Gatlin's Fins & Feathers
88
5Kinokawa
88
Star Rover
88
Hypsi
88
Fat Cat Creamery
87
Eight Row Flint
87
Lei Low Bar
87
Pastore
87
Camaraderie
87
Afuri Ramen
87
Chardon
87
Clark's Oyster Bar
87
Les Ba'get
87
Alturas Mexican Cafe
87
Château Bellecru
87
The Heights Theater
87
La Lucha
87
Boomtown Coffee
86
Clarkwood
86
Soma Sushi
86
Tacos A Go Go
85
Underbelly Burger
85
Teotihuacan Mexican Cafe
85
Postino Wine Cafe
85
Johnny's Gold Brick
85
Shokku Ramen
85
Bosscat Kitchen & Libations
85
Dak & Bop
85
Jane and the Lion Bakehouse
85
Gold Tooth Tony's
85
Mensho Tokyo
85
Plume
85
Fluff Bake Bar
85
Long Weekend
85
Heights Bier Garten
84
Stanton City Bites
84
Monkey's Tail
84
El Bolillo Bakery
84
Kazzan Ramen
84
The Gypsy Poet
84
Incanto
84
Cloud 10 Creamery
84
Kitchen Rumors
84
NoPo Cafe, Market & Bar
83
Gerardo's Drive In
83
El Taconazo
83
Asia Market Thai Lao Food
83
Sao Lao Thai Cafe
83
Padre's Wine
83
Milk + Sugar Creamery
83
Murray's
83
Eureka Heights Brew Co.
83
City Acre Brewing Co.
83
D&T Drive Inn
83
Heights Hike and Bike Trail
82
Donna's
82
Shady Acres Saloon
81
Onion Creek Coffee House & Bar
81
Sweetgreen
80
Big Star Bar
80
Spanish Flowers
80
Bar Daphne
79
Berwick's Birds of Paradise
78
Starduster Lounge
78
CAVA
76
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
76
Bad Astronaut Brewing
72
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