Best Restaurants in Meyerland, Houston

Meyerland's restaurant scene is short, deep, and unlike any other Houston neighborhood. It runs heavy on kosher and kosher-style cooking along South Braeswood, a legacy Jewish bakery that predates almost everything around it, and the enormous Asian food halls a short drive west on Bellaire Boulevard.

This is not a steakhouse-and-sushi neighborhood like Galleria/Uptown. It is a where-do-the-grandkids-want-to-go neighborhood, where the Friday afternoon line at Three Brothers Bakery snakes out the door for challah and the kosher kitchens shut down before sundown.

Saba's Restaurant

Saba's, at 9704 Fondren Road, opened in 2001 and is the longest-running kosher restaurant in Houston. The menu runs Israeli-Mediterranean and beyond — grill plates, schnitzel, fresh fish, sushi and pizza. Friday service ends at 3:30 PM and it is closed all day Saturday for Shabbat, so plan around that.

Three Brothers Bakery

Not a restaurant, but the best bakery in Meyerland and one of the oldest in Houston. Three Brothers was founded in 1949 by Sigmund, Sol and Max Jucker, three Polish brothers who survived the Nazi camps, and it is still run by the Jucker family. It makes the area's best challah, rugelach, and pumpernickel rye. Friday afternoons are the rush; Saturdays are calmer. The 4036 South Braeswood location, open since 1960, has flooded multiple times and rebuilt each time.

Hong Kong City Mall food court

About fifteen minutes west, the Hong Kong City Mall food court on Bellaire is well outside the Meyerland boundary but is the default cheap-lunch destination for almost everyone in the neighborhood. Banh mi, Hainan chicken, hand-pulled noodles, and bubble tea. Park early; the lot fills by noon on weekends.

Eating around Meyerland Plaza

The Plaza and the West Loop frontage around it have the chain cluster you would expect, including a Pluckers Wing Bar at 8731 West Loop South and a First Watch for breakfast. Neither is a destination, but both are useful if you have kids in tow or need a quick weeknight stop. The H-E-B prepared-foods counter on South Rice is also a real option on a tired Tuesday.

Practical notes

The kosher kitchens close early on Friday for Shabbat and stay shut through Saturday, so plan around that if you are observant or care about the rhythm of the neighborhood. Parking is plentiful almost everywhere in the neighborhood. For longer trips through the city's food scene, see the Houston restaurants overview on Houston.com and the Meyerland neighborhood guide for context on how dining fits the rest of life here. After dinner, the things to do in Meyerland roundup covers what to do with the rest of the evening.