Oxbow 7

I had dinner with a friend on a Friday night. I highly recommend getting in early. We got there a 6:00 pm and before we knew it, the restaurant was full of activity. The restaurant is located on the 1st floor of the Le Méridien Houston Downtown with floor to ceiling windows. The accent wall is full of vibrant color and was created by a local artist. The cuisine is colorful with robust flavors. I would highly recommend selecting a few items to share from 1,2 and 3. These are smaller portions that are easy to share. For my entrée, I selected the Aged Strip with Chorizo Rice and added shrimp. It was simple perfection. The desserts are decadent, and again, I recommend selecting a couple to share.

Great higher end lunch spot for those Fridays. The food is unique and will be coming back to try their other options. One thing to note is that the lunch menu seems to be different than their dinner menu. The lunch menu entrees are serving more lunch orientated food like sandwiches, burgers, but does have the gumbo no pork chop or stuffed quail as I was hoping. The service is great as well with a very personable waiter that checked on us and was prompt with refills and the check. I will come back again to try their dinner selections.

The place is located within minutes of accessible parking, the symphony hall and many other great locations for downtown Houston. The drinks were delicious, the staff was super friendly and the food was out quickly. A group of us shared the cornbread which was delicious and then we decided to order their dip that had ghost pepper caviar. That itself was just ok. I had the country fried pork chop which was decent. The desert we had was about average as well. Prices are reasonable and the atmosphere is pretty laid back. I'd go back for some drinks to catch up with friends if we just happened to be around the area.

Stylish interior, reasonable noise level, very good food, excellent cocktails, pleasant service, topped off with free valet service. Very enjoyable evening. Highly recommend tomahawk pork chop pictured.

Interesting space attached to Le Méridien, but thankfully it doesn't give off the "hotel restaurant" vibe. Good range of original and classic cocktails, decent beer selection, and quite a wine list. Menu is arranged by number instead of name, but progresses as you would expect: lite bites up top, larger apps, soup/salad, on to entrees then desserts. Seafood is their strong point as the dry aged steak my wife got was not anything special, though it was still cooked properly. Definitely worth checking out!

If I could give this place a zero, I would. I ended up here because of a friend's birhday party, and I will never go again. Snobby, pretentious place, with absolutely terrible service. My grandma moves faster than the staff here. The food portions are ridiculously small and overprices as in any upscale place, which was no surprise. The surprise came when that same food tasted like feet. Only 4 entrees on the menu, and 4 desserts total. The wine list is comprised of 6 different versions of Merlot, so if you were hoping to drink some sweet wine, that's out of the window too. Oh yeah, and let's not forget the already included 20% gratuity for large parties that already gets included in your check as you walk through the door, even though you literally wait for about 30min just to get your drinks, not to mention the food. We left the place hungry and frozen, having paid $100 for the two of us, and all we had was 2 entrees and 2 beers and a cocktail. I wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy.

Small menu. Medium cooked burger had excellent bacon and grilled onions, bit cooked medium well. Tea was strong. I'll likely return to see if I can get a better meal, but there was really only one item I was interested in ordering. Several Louisiana named dishes but not accurate such as the rabbit soup called a gumbo and the dirty rice that looks more like a Spanish rice with large chunks of meat.

We had a friend visiting from out of town, who was friends with one of the chefs, so for his last night in Houston, we visited here. Looking at the menu, it is never something we would have picked out for ourselves, and in fact upon arrival, we spent about 30 minutes perusing the menu at a loss before letting the chef pick for us. Everything that was brought out was wonderful. We started with the cornbread and marmalade, which was the perfect combo of savoury and sweet, and moved onto the gumbo--the broth was amazing. I usually don't like gumbo because it relies on a thick heavy roux but this broth was almost like au jus. Wonderful! I ordered the popcorn shrimp with roasted cauliflower and shared it with the table but 2 bites in I wished I'd kept it all to myself. We finished with the pork/pesto dish and the quail. The quail was good but the pork was the highlight of the night. They brought us three desserts to sample. The soju tart was good, but I really enjoyed the devils food cake mousse. All in all--not what I was expecting but I was absolutely delighted.

Restaurant is a joke. They have 4 entrees in total, all of which are ridiculously small for an average price of $25. Service is slow, and not at all up to the level you would expect from an upscale place. You might enjoy it if you are a snob, any down to earth person will never visit this place twice. Oh, forgot to mention mandatory gratuity is 20% TWENTY PERCENT for large parties. I've never seen it being that much when it's mandatory, it's usually 15 or 18%.

Great food. Portions aren't too big or small. Some very unique items. Oxbow 7 is definitely worth a visit if tasty cuisine is your thing. Loved the buckshot gumbo and chicken fried pork tomahawk.