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Category: American (New)
Neighborhood: Winter ParkMon-Thu. 11:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat. 11:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Sun. 11:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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Houstons NEVER disappoints.
No matter what you order (I'm pretty sure I have tried everything there), it will be delicious. The staff is always kind and courteous. The view of the lake is nice and relaxing.
I always go here with my Grandparents. They're happy. I'm happy. All God's children are happy. When I return to Orlando for a visit, I'll be going back here.
Houston's is delish!
Try the Guacamole, it's the best I've ever had. The Summer Mint Pineapple Mojito, yummy. The Seared Tuna salad is to die for. Finish off the night with a brownie and ice cream. The service is top notch!!
Come, and pay heartily, for the view. The food is good. The service is good. The prices are way to high. For this economy, you have to be serving Blue Foot Chicken to get away with pricing half a rotisserie chicken for 16 bucks.
They aren't, but that is the price, for lunch. Good food, nice atmosphere, crazy pricing... just go to Houlighans (and I NEVER say that).
Their whole menu is absolutely amazing. Even if you're not hungry you should try the dessert. The view of the lake was incredible during the sunset. You can have drinks outside while the outstanding servers make sure you are comfortable and will deliver your orders right to your chairs. The ducks were friendly too!
The food, ambiance, and service are the best in Orlando. This restaurant is great in every location I have tried (NYC, DC (now closed), Bethesda, and now Winter Park). Awesome ribs, great salads. And this one has a spectacular outdoor area on the lake.
The crabcake was the best crabcake I've ever had. My "go to" dish is the Thai Steak salad. My wife and I have enjoyed Houston's in 4 different cities (LA, Austin, Orlando and Atlanta) and its always delicious. My wife and I both noticed that the size of the salad seems to have shrunk a little but it was still very good. The Steak is always so tender and well seasoned. I get my steak fix AND salad. Gotta love it.
Why am I reminded of the song "Looks - 10. Dance - 6?" The restaurant and the bar area are a beautiful design. The lakefront outside, as others have said, is stunning.
I just wish the food lived up to the views. I've eaten there a number of times. And I just don't get it. Had the strip steak once ... it was a Winn Dixie sirloin. Frankly, the only entree worth getting is the prime rib.
At the price, it's just not worth the pretension. I like my meat market to feature real, well, meat - not just Rollins chicks in simple black dresses.
Been going to this resturants regularly for the past 3 years now. This is my absolute favorite resturants in all of America. I compare every other place to Houstons. Great service, always great food, great atmosphere. The best in Orlando from burgers to fresh fish to steak!
Located nearly out of sight on Orlando Ave, Houston's is a large, swanky steakhouse with a killer dockside view on Lake Killarney, an open kitchen, and a large round bar.
Houston's can get busy during weekend evenings but long waits for a table are made bearable by their vast selection of alcohol. Drinks are painfully pricey but satisfying.
I ordered their special for the evening which was steak and mashed potatoes. My order was cooked to my liking, the steak moist and delicious. The server was prompt, polite and informative. The meal turned out delicious and is still the best steak I've had in Florida thus far.
Houston's isn't an average steakhouse. The location in upscale Winter Park and the crowd (ranging from 30-something professionals to wealthy retirees) welcomes the mellow, experienced demographic.
Oh this place is AWESOME. Great, great food. The service is top notch but a little pricey. Try the smoked salmon - FRESH. Had a great time.
I wasn't holding up high hopes for anything named after a city in Texas, especially here in Orlando, which means "Land of Chain Restaurants" in Spanish. I was expecting something all faux cowboyed up. When I laid eyes on the big, deep, seductively lighted booths arrayed in tiers to give everybody a view of the lake outside, my hopes fluttered a bit. We found a great meritage on the menu, then ordered steaks, and a blackened shrimp appetizer that still makes my mouth water thinking about it. When my big succulent ribeye appeared, beautifully cooked and perfectly seasoned, I tucked in with vigor and was rewarded with mouthfuls of beefy, buttery, juicy steak. The baker was excellent and the wine complemented everything perfectly. It may be a chain in the chain food capital, but it defies expectations.
There are some things that are the same everywhere you go, and for Houston's, that's a good thing. I got the same great food that I've had in Boston many times, but at this place I was able to eat my lunch with a friend on the patio while overlooking a beautiful, peaceful lake out back. To me, this restaurant offers the best of both Florida beauty and high quality standards that Houston's has all over the country.
I find it interesting that Houston's is rated fairly low in big cities like New York and Miami, but in Orlando is rated high. I know it's cynical, but I can't help but wonder if it's because Orlandoans are not used to fine dining. I hate to draw generalizations, but everyone I've met so far in Orlando considers a place like Longhorn Steakhouse to be "fine dining." I'm not even a big fan of fine dining, I love food that's both cheap and good, but I can't stand when a place is charging high end prices with average quality. This is a perfect example of a restaurant whose gaudiness, prices, and pretension is designed to trick naive diners into thinking the food is good. I've been here many times in many different cities (almost always because someone invites me, I never recommend Houston's to anyone), and I still haven't had any food that can be classified as "above average." I read people raving about steaks and ribs on here, and I try them, and I'm so disappointed. For every dish Houston's has, I can point you in the direction of a restaurant that has much better of that dish but for much less price. The best ribs I've ever had hands down is at Flanigan's in Miami. Ribs here are $26, nearly double how much they cost at Flanigan's, but don't have half the taste. The steaks are laughable. Way overpriced for the quality. Kres Steakhouse on Church Street and Linda's La Cantina Steakhouse on Colonial have far better steaks for similar prices. There is absolutely nothing appealing to me about Houston's. I can get better food and a classier atmosphere elsewhere. If I'm going to pay top dollar, I expect top food. In summary, it's overpriced, over-hyped, pretentious, and undeserving of my patronage.
Located in Winter Park, Houston's is situated on a lake that is beautiful at sunset! Great place for special occasions. Don't sit outside during dusk in the summer time or you'll be drinking the bugs that will swarm your area as the sun sets... Food is comparable to the typical Winter Park scene.
If you want to the best pork chop you will find around here, Houston's is the place for sure. Super fast service, good protions and a mouth watering, sweet and delicious hunk of pork on chop!
The first time I ate here was a few years back.....prime rib was devine. I have been to several other Houston's across the US and they are all top knotch...right up there with Ruth Chris's and Charlie's Steakhouse!
A bit pricey and watch out when going in groups as they do not take reservations and tables can be very hard to come by on the weekends. But if you can get the table then the amazing view of Lake Killarney and excellent food will make it all worth it while.
Went here for dinner last night after reading some yelp reviews and had a great meal. We started off w/ the smoked salmon appetizer which a huge portion and really tasty. I ordered the thai steak salad (w/ avocados, mango, noodles, peanuts) which was really good but very spicy so be careful. My bf order the ny strip w/ mash potatoes and a side of cole slaw --- everything was awesome, we definitely overate but I don't care, it was all really good. Service was fast and friendly.
In the Orlando area Houston is a treat. We don't have a lot of truly great and interesting restaurants (in my opinion) so the competition isn't that tough to shine. Houston's excels because it has a great atmosphere and good food. I do want to note though even for someone who is not price conscious I find Houston's to be quite pricey. Especially their drinks which I have never found to be impressive. However...overall I enjoy Houston's because the food is really good, service is good and the atmosphere is great.
Orlando's best! Wine selection is impeccable due to the incomparable Raff Benassi and service is always top-notch. Try the artichokes with the fabulous remoulade and the Hawaiin ribeye. They now take reservations and if you're planning on dining on a weekend, they are necessary.
No place in orlando offers the ambience, food and wine selection. The wines are also surprisingly priced below market value.
After reading the Yelp reviews, I decided to make this a dinner stop during my business trip to Orlando for an Oracle class. We arrived at the restaurant around 6 p.m. on a Thursday evening and the place was mobbed and the wait for a table was going to be a half an hour. We scoped the place out and lucked out as a couple left the bar right as we were walking by. We grabbed the empty seats and decided to order from there rather than wait another twenty or so for a table. The menu looked great, but definitely more spendy than anticipated based on the price range rating. Because we wanted to make a comedy show that night, we decided to order a couple of salads rather than a full meal. I order a Thai beef "salad" served with melt-in-your-mouth slices of beef, avocado, mango, and noodles with a peanut sauce. It really was fantastic. After our order came, a couple sitting next to me enjoying cocktails commented on how good my "salad" looked, but also commented that they felt the place was too expensive. The restaurant has a very pleasant ambiance, and I wish I had the time to enjoy sitting at an actual table or even outside. The only view we got of the lake was from our parking spot! We went in our business casual attire and fit it well. I would highly recommend the restaurant, but be prepared to wait for a table, even during the week and keep in mind that it's more expensive than it's rated for. Our check came to 40USD for two salads (we drank water).
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