Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays
through Saturdays; 5 to 9 p.m. Sundays; closed Tuesdays
Price:
$$
Serving:
Lunch, Dinner
Alcohol:
Full bar
Reservations:
Recommended
Parking:
Street, Valet
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Dressy casual
Features:
Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party
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Feast
219 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77006
713-529-7788
You dont have to eat blood pudding, ox hearts, tongues or livers to
enjoy a meal at Feast -- but if you do, youll find yourself in hog
heaven. The two British chefs are disciples of Fergus Henderson, a
chef known for his offal cookery and a cookbook called The Whole
Beast. The menu includes plenty of dishes for innards-averse diners.
Theres also plenty of seafood among the entrees along with lamb
shanks, chicken and usually at least one vegetarian creation.
This is a great restaurant!!! I have eaten here about 4 or 5 times and its been great everytime. A couple things my friends and I have tried are the yellow squash stuffed with herbed lamb, Pork cheeks, baked cod, whole foreleg of pork(for 2), and the pan fried trout. Everything has been wonderful. The service is also always excellent. I plan to go back to FEAST as much as possible.
Review by foodlover
Overall:
I’m almost certain that the glowing praise for Feast was written by restaurant staff and their families. Even the fabled Houston “foodie” couldn’t be that confused. I tried three dishes there, and the highest praise I could lavish on the food is that one dish proved edible (pork rillettes). I also tried the ox heart with carrots. It was like an amalgam of wet cigarettes, crotch sweat, and burnt pencil erasers. It was a musky cut of meat even the Vietnamese would be reluctant to put in a soup. For an entrée, I tried the pork belly, which is usually a favorite dish of mine. However, instead of the delightful searing that is sometimes present on pork belly, there was something more akin to armor on one side providing the crispness. Another misstep is that pork belly is not suited to be an entrée, at least in the hands of the cook at Feast. It is necessarily fatty, but the pork belly here was far too oily. I tried very hard to like the food, but I could tolerate no more than five bites or so, and I regret taking those. Although the service was polite, I thought it was not proper to charge me full price when so much of the food was uneaten and obviously unenjoyed.