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9 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 9 Restaurants
✨ Pakistani, Indian, Ethiopian
A diverse swath of southwest Houston outside the Loop. Strong Pakistani, Indian, and Ethiopian dining scenes.
Known for: Mahatma Gandhi District, Bissonnet Street, international groceries
Don't miss: Aga's Restaurant, Cafe Abyssinia
💡 Aga's Pakistani is open late and the kebabs come straight off the grill.
Top 9 in Southwest Houston
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Aga's Restaurant
Indian / Pakistani · Houston Chronicle #1 Restaurant 2025
The Houston Chronicle's #1 restaurant for 2025 — 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...
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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,...
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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 · Established 1949 — Houston kosher-style bakery institution
The Jucker brothers' 1949 Meyerland kosher-style bakery — Polish-Jewish breads, a legendary pecan coffee cake, and one of Houston's longest continuously-operating family bakeries. ...
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...
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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...
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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 with flavorful seasonings. The casual, hands-on dining experience is pe...
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8
Lucy Ethiopian Restaurant
Ethiopian
Named for a famous archaeological discovery, Lucy offers a modern take on ancient Ethiopian flavors with a full range of wot stew dishes and an extensive selection of vegetarian le...
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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...
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