Reviews for Izakaya in Houston, TX
so i've been here once about like 5 years ago and i remember not liking any of the food i ordered and never wanted to come... back. however i decided to give it another try yestersay and my experience was great. it was a friday night around 9pm and theywere pretty busy, almost packed. i walked in alone and got a table right away. despite of dining alone, the service was amazing,i felt welcomed. everyone i encountered were professional and friendly. i ordered the beef skewers, korean bbq wings, soupdumplings, creme brulee, and some hot green tea. the beef skewers were so yummy. korean bbq wings were good as well, a littledry. a solution for this is pouring some water and let it sit and it gets soft. the soup dumpling was exactly what i expected.ordered hot green tea and loved the design of the cup. for dessert i got the creme brulee and it was so delish! it wasn't tootoo sweet and i enjoyed it a lot. i ordered a lot and the total came out to be only $50 - such a good price. as for parking iparked at the 24h cvs across from it. i think everyone parks there because the lot was full. overall i think their menu havechanged and i can see myself coming back here. also the music wasn't overly loud, and so that was another plus for me. Read more
This is an amazing place if you order the right things at the right time. Their “Sunday Funday”, from 12-4pm offers almost... half off ramen, making it the best priced for quality ramen I’ve ever had. Delicious and portions were quite large, and theyhad a great variety of options. I tried the classic tonkotsu ramen and mazemen, and I’d definitely recommend the mazemen ramenfor anyone who likes flavorful drier ramen. We also tried the xiao long bao dumplings and the fries, which both were great.Overall, a good place with is worth it if you can afford the price or come at a good time deal! Read more
This place is very cute and the people are nice. I really wanted to be in love with it. They get a 10/10 for presentation,... friendliness, service and general vibe. The drinks were also unusual and quite good. Sadly all the food was very underwhelming.The pictures of the whole grilled squid looked deceptively large and juicy. It was actually a pretty sad little squid. I ordereddumplings and they came in this massive dish, but there were only 4 dumplings. It looked a bit awkward. The food is not bad,it's just not that amazing especially for the price. You are paying for location and presentation. Overall I had a good time,and if someone wanted to go, I would go back, but between having to pay for parking and the food being mediocre fusion (notauthentic), I wouldn't drive out of my way to do this again. Read more
Warm and cozy spot to chill with friends or for a date night dinner. The food tastes delicious, and the location is great so you... can do other fun activities in the area after dinner. Great customer service as well. Would recommend this place. Read more
Great location. The entire staff was extremely professional and kind. We were here during open/happy hour. All the food was... very flavorful. Everything is made in house. I don’t thing the Kobe beef is real Kobe (they have have the certificate, butthat is ok.) We got a lot of the small plates to share. It was enough food. Will definitely come back! Read more
Izakaya has a wide variety of Asian tapas style food. We loved everything we had!! The soup dumplings are excellent. The fries... are a MUST. They are so good and the curry sauce on the side has an amazing flavor! We also had the bao with chicken which wasalso amazing. It was pretty fairly priced and again, such a wide variety. Would recommend making a reservation because they doget pretty busy! Read more
Izakaya is an absolutely amazing Asian bar food tapas-style restaurant. They excellent have service, the food is fantastic, and... a really awesome drink menu. My personal favorite all is the Izakaya fries, which are reason enough to go. And the pan seareddumplings or Kobe beef lettuce wraps are just as good if not better. You can’t go wrong with anything on this menu. Read more
Saw a review from 6 months ago that could say exactly what I am thinking. Server is so sweet, presentation is great, drinks are... fabulous (they even have really good mocktails which is a huge plus for me!!) but unfortunately this is the most flavorless mehmiso ramen I have had at a restaurant. It was not good. At all. The egg was literally not seasoned. I got a soft boiled egg inmy ramen. I took a pic, you can see it’s just plain white. It tasted like a soft boiled egg and nothing else. Come on guys -that’s the best part! Everything really just fell short on flavor. :( I too really wanted to like this. Great place for happyhour, good drinks and decent snacks. Read more