What Houston restaurant do you find to be most overrated?

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El Tiempo. No question.

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Candente where they smoke you out? Their food is good but can be inconsistent at times…

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I got confronted by a manager at Torchy's Tacos after I only tipped 10% on a to go order. Apparently the issue is widespread. So that's a place I'd say is overrated

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Which location is this???

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Anything in the heights

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(Suburb) Haters gonna hate! 😜

Whataburger

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@O1 that is the most uninformed take I’ve read on whataburger. Literally, factually incorrect.

(Not arguing hype, to each their own)

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All of the Landrys restaurants

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This. Plus most chain restaurant really.

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Barnaby’s Cafe

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Y’all might be going to the wrong location? Each location is slightly different. The best one is on Woodway, the portions are huge, and everything has a good flavor. Every person that I have brought to that location says it’s amazing. I’m shocked to see Barnabys on this list!

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Any restaurant in Houston Center (McCormick Schmicks, Guadalajara etc.)

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He ruined the Kemah Boardwalk form a food perspective.

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Any of the Pappas- Pappasitos, Pappadeaux, Pappas Burgers etc.

And can we talk about the Pappas Burgers ordering process?? Omg, you walk in, place an order at the register, and you're standing AT A POS but instead of taking your payment, they give you a ticket and then you get you own drinks and go sit down. Then a waiter comes by, reads out your ticket to make sure it's correct and then takes it back. 20 minutes later a different waiter comes to serve your food. And then at the end, a potentially third waiter will take your original ticket and credit card and finally checks you out. Wtf, why overcomplicate things this much? I just want a damn burger (they are really good though, which is why I tolerate this b.s.)

Goode Company Seafood too, jfc... so overpriced for what they're offering.

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Goode seafood is amazing and worth every penny when you consider the quality. Definitely a favorite of mine.

Steak 48

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How dare you. Ferocious steak.

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Caracol

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Food is fine but service is horrible

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Xin chao is terribly overrated. Food is not good and it’s expensive.

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Turkey Leg Hut

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Concur!

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Tony’s

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Trattoria Sofia. Would add Wild Oats/Underbelly Burger but I don’t think anyone thinks they’re very good.

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I added 3 shrimp to my pasta for an $18 upcharge!

Heard Xin Chao is overrated. Can anyone confirm?

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Vietnamese here, and yeah it was underwhelming. Ordered a lot of things to try and almost everything was kind of overcooked and hard. Rice and fried chicken was good tho

Perry’s

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We find Perry’s as a whole to be good, but the original Perry’s Marketplace in Friendswood, which used to be a hidden treasure, has take a serious dive since the pandemic.

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Brenners on the Bayou and Morton’s. Very very average and at $75 per head without booze, I want f’ing good.

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Brenner's was absolute trash. So unseasoned and overpriced.

1751, Chivos, Field & Tides, Flora, Indianola, North Italia, Osso Kristalla, Ostia, Potente, Vic & Anthony’s all underwhelm for one reason or another

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Try Romanos for pizza

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Most restaurants around the Heights and Galleria overpriced in my opinion. I understand their a difference between a regular restaurant and one with a Chef, but 4 times more the price?

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Cane’s, Chipotle, Whataburger

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I wouldn’t consider these Houston restaurants, they’re all chains based someplace else

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