The Ultimate Resy Guide to Brunch in Houston

This trendy Montrose restaurant takes diners on a culinary journey around the globe with its vast menu categorized in sections like Africa & the Mediterranean, the Far East & India, and the Caribbean & Latin America. Savor the spices in the Goan fish curry or explore the flavors of Nigeria with beef suya. For an amped up experience, complete with cocktail flights, visit during weekend brunch offered Friday through Sunday.

There is much to discover at this family-owned restaurant that explores the seven regions of Mexican cuisine. From queso flameado and tortilla soup made with a pasilla pepper broth to mole-smothered platters, find plenty of belly-filling choices to pair alongside signature shaker margaritas. Pro tip: Consider visiting for breakfast, offered daily, or Sunday brunch, when the spotlight is on items like menudo, chilaquiles, and huevos cooked in a number of ways.

Rockhouse Southern Kitchen is a live music venue and restaurant from the team behind the Warwick in Uptown. The soulful sounds of blues and jazz set the scene, with certain days reserved for live performances. A Southern-inspired menu with dishes like smoked oxtails and grits entices, and bottle service is offered for groups looking to imbibe.

Hailing from NYC’s famed Café Boulud, chef Aaron Bludorn’s eponymous restaurant combines style and substance. Bludorn’s French-inflected New American cuisine with Gulf Coast leanings ranges from oysters every way and a show stopping lobster pot pie to pillowy beignets with jam. Visit during Sunday brunch and discover an elevated take on comfort eats like shrimp and grits, buttermilk pancakes, and a smothered sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast biscuit.

Lauded in the city for his popular namesake restaurant in Fourth Ward, Aaron Bludorn puts the spotlight here on coastal fare at Navy Blue. Muder Point oysters sourced from Alabama can be enjoyed raw, fried, or baked, and a zesty crab cake doubles as a base for eggs benedict during brunch.

Fig & Olive is known for its trusted menu spotlighting fresh Mediterranean fare and elegant weekend brunch offered on Saturdays and Sundays. The restaurant’s prime location inside the Houston Galleria draws in locals and visitors alike, and its Rose Terrace is a welcome place to nosh and sip cocktails after a day of retail therapy.

Formerly a stall within Downtown’s Finn Hall, Low Tide Kitchen’s brick-and-mortar location brings the same menu of low country specialties to Spring Branch. Highlights from the all-day menu include chicken and sausage gumbo made with a golden roux and a serious half-pound 44 Farms beef burger, while brunch provisions feature playful takes on breakfast classics like fish and grits and scallops benedict.