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9 restaurants ยท 2026

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One of the city's most international quadrants: Ethiopian injera, Vietnamese seafood, and Indian lunch buffets in an unglamorous but earnest setting.

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Top 9 in Southwest Houston

1
Aga's Restaurant
Indian / Pakistani ยท Houston Chronicle #1 Restaurant 2025
The Houston Chronicle's #1 restaurant for 2025 โ€” and it's a halal Indo-Pak spot in southwest Houston. For 25 years, Aga's has served tender goat chops, chicken lollipops, and karah...
89
2
Vietopia
Vietnamese
Bellaire Boulevard Vietnamese that takes the breadth of Vietnamese cuisine seriously -- from pho to banh mi to broken rice plates to clay pot dishes. The shaking beef is excellent,...
87
3
Cafe Abyssinia
Ethiopian
Ethiopian restaurant in southwest Houston serving traditional dishes on injera bread. The doro wat is rich and complex, the vegetarian combo is a colorful feast, and everything is ...
85
4
Three Brothers Bakery
Bakery ยท Established 1949 โ€” Houston kosher-style bakery institution
The Jucker brothers' 1949 Meyerland kosher-style bakery โ€” Polish-Jewish breads, a pecan coffee cake people order ahead just to guarantee a slice, and one of Houston's longest conti...
85
5
Quan Ba Ky
Vietnamese Seafood
A Bellaire Boulevard Vietnamese seafood restaurant in Alief with a bowl of seafood noodles basically impossible to find elsewhere in Texas. Worth driving from any part of Houston f...
84
6
Blue Nile
Ethiopian
Houston's first Ethiopian restaurant since 1994, Blue Nile offers communal family-style dining centered around injera, a spongy sourdough flatbread used to scoop up flavorful stews...
83
7
Backyard Boil House
Cajun Seafood
A Cajun seafood boil house in the Alief area known for massive platters of boiled crawfish, shrimp, and crab in flavorful seasoning, plus snow crab legs, corn and potatoes, and fri...
82
8
Lucy Ethiopian Restaurant
Ethiopian
Named for a famous archaeological discovery, Lucy serves a modern take on ancient Ethiopian flavors โ€” a full range of wot stews including doro wot and misir wot, lamb tibs, gomen, ...
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9
Cool Runnings Jamaican Grill
Jamaican
Led by Chef Terron Henry, a native of Jamaica, Cool Runnings serves flavorful dishes including Curried Goat, Oxtails, Coconut Curry Shrimp, and Ackee and Saltfish. Authentic Jamaic...
82
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