Michelin-starred restaurants in Houston

Annam

Chef Kaytee Nguyen cooks modern Vietnamese small plates with bold Central Vietnamese flavors at this Autry Park restaurant and wine bar. Look for grilled wagyu-wrapped betel leaf, tiger prawn mango salad and shaking filet mignon, served in a French-inspired dining room with cathedral-like ceilings.

4.7·154 Google reviews

ChòpnBlọk

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Chef Ope Amosu's Montrose restaurant brings West African cooking to Houston in a colorful, art-filled room, with plates, bowls and cocktails. Come for the Polo Club suya, beef skewers dusted with yaji peanut-pepper spice, and the Golden Bowl of smoky jollof jambalaya, curry and stewed plantains.

4.8·1,953 Google reviews

Da Gama Canteen

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Chefs Shiva and Rick Di Virgilio cook Portuguese-Indian food here, drawing on Goa, East Africa and Portugal. It's a fine-casual, all-day canteen in M-K-T Heights with a wood-burning grill, a tandoor, a patio by the trail, and natural wine and cocktails. Look for grilled Portuguese octopus and Goan pork vindaloo.

4.4·835 Google reviews

Maximo

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Chef Adrian Torres cooks progressive Mexican food built around house-made heirloom-corn masa at this West University Place restaurant. A five-course tasting menu is the way in, and you can add extra courses. Try the guacamole, duck carnitas huarache, tetelas and roasted oysters.

4.7·462 Google reviews

Papalo Taqueria

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Counter-service taqueria inside downtown Houston's Finn Hall, run by chef-owners Stephanie Velasquez and Nicolas Vera. Tortillas are made on-site from nixtamalized heirloom corn and griddled all day. Try the chicharrón with pumpkin seed vinaigrette, the confit carrot in pepita salsa, or the brisket enchiladas.

4.3·101 Google reviews