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3300 Smith Houston, TX 77006

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3300 Smith Houston TX 77006

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  • Creole, Fine Dining, Southern
    Sun 10am-2pm, Daily 6pm-10pm, Mon-Sat 11am-2pm
    $$$ $$$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Banquet Facilities, Business Dining, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout
    Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
  • Full bar
    Accepted
    Valet
Description

Houston institution Brennan's is back after burning to the ground during Hurricane Ike. The grande dame of Cajun cuisine is looking even better than ever, and is still a reliable place for business lunches, intimate showers, date nights and expense-account meals. Southern and Creole food reigns supreme here, with rich and buttery dishes that aren't on your Weight Watchers plan but are easily worth the extra calories. The Courtyard Bar - a new addition - is the perfect place for a lunchtime 25-cent martini, while the elegant John Staub room is cozy and quieter than the rest of the busy Midtown restaurant. The main dining room, however, is still the place to see and be seen.








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  • 2011 | Best Restaurant Service

    It's a rare restaurant that still gives its customers the white-glove treatment. It's a rarer one still that does so with a genteel Southern charm that never makes the service feel pretentious or stuffy. Brennan's has prided itself on years of such impeccable service over more than four decades and counting. When you're dining at the restaurant, you get the sense that you're a welcome and wanted guest in a sprawling country estate where the hosts are as famous for their hospitality as for... More »

  • 2010 | Best Atmosphere

    Although we all miss the old Brennan's, which was destroyed by fire during the ferocity of Hurricane Ike, the new incarnation of one of the Bayou City's crown jewels has taken our breath away. Gone is the old, shaded courtyard and slightly fussy ladies-who-lunch interior. In their place is a stunning two-story tribute to modernism with highly retro and elegantly classical tendencies, each dining room in the restaurant a different interpretation of this new design aesthetic. Those in search... More »

  • 2006 | Best Wine List

    The half-bottles are called "Mini Mes," and there's a whole page devoted to wines for "wine geeks" on this, the hippest wine list in the city. Subheads include "All that Shimmers" for champagnes, "Clean Whites" for crisp white varietals, "Dirty Reds" for the big Cabs and Zins and "Rose Water" for the newly fashionable rose varietals. But beyond the bon mots and wine-world witticisms, there's a concise yet impressive collection of great bottles. The list includes both innovative and economical b... More »

  • 2005 | Best Creole Restaurant

    Executive chef Randy Evans is putting his signature on Brennan's menu with some ambitious new dishes and a fresh spirit of inventiveness. The Creole food served here is a culinary subgenre that Brennan's calls Texas Creole. Derivative of New Orleans Creole cooking, the food here is the kind you'll find at old-line restaurants in the Crescent City such as Galatoire's. But Brennan's version of Texas Creole is meatier than its New Orleans cousin, and it features such local products as Broken... More »

  • 2002 | Best Brunch

    Turtle soup, champagne and gospel music; it's a heady combination on an early Sunday afternoon. You can't help feeling like you're in New Orleans when you walk in the front door, and Brennan's plays the Crescent City card for all it's worth. The Houston outpost of that legendary New Orleans restaurant-family empire is housed in an old brick mansion that would be right at home in the Garden District. If you're a fan of all-you-can-eat buffets, cross this place off your list. Except for the... More »

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Dinner
Appetizers
 
Texas Wild Shrimp Remoulade
shrimp boil vegetables, new potatoes, butter lettuce, preserved lemon and classic remoulade dressing
 
"Quail & Waffles"
Buttermilk fried Bandera Texas quail, Brennan's venison sausage, Bacon & collard greens waffle with chicory coffee red eye gravy
 
BBQ Shrimp Shortcake
NOLA Style Barbecue sauce with St. Arnold's beer aioli
 
Crispy Matagorda Bay Oyster "BLT"
Housemade bacon & caramelized onion mousse, smoked cherry tomatoes, baby arugula and three mustard glaze
 
Escargot "Meuniere" Crepe
Toasted garlic, melted leeks and Maitake mushrooms with St. Andre cheese and old style Meuniere sauce
Soups & Salads
 
Turtle Soup Au Sherry
a brennans classic spiked with sherry
 
Smoked Shrimp & Okra Gumbo
toasted garlic jazzmen rice and chef's blend of file
 
Soup Du Jour
Made fresh daily using the freshest seasonal ingredients
 
Soups 1-1-1
a demitasse of all three soups
 
Jimmy Evans Oyster Stew
A stew of Texas oyster, purple majesty potatoes, Brennan's bacon, leek confit and Herbsaint cream
 
Froberg Farm Strawberry Salad
baby spinach, black pepper chevre, spiced pecans, red onions and balsamic molasses vinaigrette
 
Livegreen Farmers Stew
Saute of King Trumpet mushrooms, Alvin Texas field peas and crispy baked kale with Shiitake "bacon" & vegetables au jus
 
Medjool Date & Blue Cheese Salad
Cayenne spiced pistachios, lollo rossa greens, Maytag blue cheese, ripped herb vinaigrette and almond biscotti
Signature Entrees
 
Pecan Crusted Gulf Fish
crushed corn maque choux, french beans, spiced pecans and creole meuniere sauce
 
Gulf Coast Shrimp Chippewa
flamed tableside in cognac with sun dried tomatoes over goat cheese stone ground grits from waco, texas
 
Gulf Fish Pontchartrain
jumbo lump blue crab, j&j shrimp and crispy Texas oysters with fire roasted mushroom rice and brennan's creole butter
 
Filet Of Harris Ranch Black Angus Beef
smoke french potato puree, bordeaux roasted mushrooms, caramelized onions and "barrel aged" worcestershire
 
Louisiana Jumbo Lump Blue Crabcakes
sweet corn & leek cream, mirlitons and wood duck farm pea shoots
 
Harris Ranch Strip Forestiere
Cast iron seared with three potato boulangere, charred onions, baby spinach, black truffle butter and sauce Forestiere
 
Old Fashioned Duck Breast
braised rabbit dirty rice, grilled duck sausage, duck cracklin and Bulliet bourbon "old fashioned" duck sauce
 
Creole Mustard Crusted Colorado Lamb Chops
Jalapeno cornbread pudding, roasted garlic lamb sausage, butter basted asparagus and Mint Julep Chimichurri sauce
 
Diver Scallops & Caviar
Creamed corn risotto, sugarcane marinated beets, red radishes, "Oro Blanco grapefruit" and Petrossian caviar
 
Special (based On Availability) Shrimp Ala Creole
A stew of wild Texas shrimp, roasted tomatoes and bronzed trinity served tableside over toasted garlic Jazzmen Rice
 
Special (based On Availability) Absinthe Lacquered Hill Country Quail
Matagorda Bay oyster dressing saute of Froberg Swiss chard, sunny side up quail egg and Vieux Carre Absinthe glaze
 
Special (based on Availbility) Paneed Texas Redfish & Crawfish
Saute of Louisiana crawfish, king oyster mushrooms, shallot confit and baby spinach over smoked Roma tomato butter
Dinner - Sides
 
Louisiana Jumbo Lump Blue Crab
 
Grilled Matagorda Bay Jumbo Shrimp
 
Crispy Fried Texas Oysters
 
Stewed Okra & Tomatoes
 
Tarragon Buttered Asparagus or Haricot Vert
 
Goasts Cheese Stone Ground Grits
 
Livegreen Farm Creamed Greens
 
Crawfish & Creamed Corn Risotto
Lunch
Soups
 
Turtle Soup Au Sherry
A Brennan's tradition splashed with sherry
 
Soup du Jour
Made fresh daily using the freshest seasonal ingredients
 
Smoked Shrimp & Okra Gumbo
Toasted garlic Jazzmen rice and chef's blend of file
 
Soups 1-1-1
A demitasse of all three soups
Starters
 
Froberg Farm Tomato Salad
Sliced local tomatoes, baby arugula, cucumber ribbons, hearts of palm, sweet onions, pressed basil oil and Gemma Nera balsamic syrup
 
Shrimp Remoulade
Shrimp boil vegetables, baby arugula, preserved lemon and Brennan's remoulade dressing
 
Breaux Bridge Crawfish & Waffle
Breaux Bridge crawfish, sugarcane smoked tasso, suace Acadian and St Arnold's beer aioli
 
Crispy Oyster "BLT"
Applewood bacon mousse, cherry tomatoes and baby arugula on French bread crostinis with Creole mustard glaze
 
Jimmy Evans Oyster Stew
A stew of Texas oysters, Brennan's bacon, purple majesty potatoes and melted leeks finished with herbsaint cream
Entree Salad
 
The Creole Cobb Salad
Tossed tableside with grilled shrimp, Applewood bacon, brioche croutons, grape tomatoes, Maytag blue cheese and cayenne avocado dressing
 
Crispy Texas Oyster Salad
Chopped romaine lettuce with pickled okra & corn chow chow, crystal hot sauce aioli and warmed Leblanc's pepper jelly
 
Louisiana Crawfish Salad
Smash crawfish bread, popcorn crawfish, crawfish boil vegetables, crispy plantain chips and smoked tomato vinaigrette
Entrees
 
Pecan Crusted Palacios Catfish
Crushed corn maque choux, French beans, spiced pecans and Creole meuniere sauce
 
Shrimp and Grits
Goat cheese stone ground grits, marinated sweet peppers, parsnip chips and baby arugula with roasted garlic & sun dried tomatoes
 
Creole Mustard Crusted Pork Tenderloin
Cranberry dirty rice, Livegreen farm spinach, Andouille vinaigrette and Chile de Arbol pepper jelly
 
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Omelette
Stuffed with Louisiana crawfish, trinity, Andouille sausage and pepper jack cheese over sauce Creole
 
Cast Iron Seared Filet Mignon
Yukon Gold French Potato puree, caramelized onions, roasted mushrooms and Tasso Marchand de vin
 
Gulf Fish Pontchartrain
Jumbo lump blue crab, J&J shrimp and crispy Texas oysters, with fire roasted mushroom rice and Brennan's Creole butter
Farmer's Corner - Vegetarian Package
Includes starter plus entree
Package $25.00
Starter Option 1: Spring Corn & Leek Bisque
Zatarain's crab boil vegetables and "esquite" popcorn
 
Starter Option 2: Froberg Farm Tomato Salad
Sliced local tomatoes, baby arugula, cucumber ribbons, hearts of palm, sweet onions, pressed basil oil and Gemma Nera balsamic syrup
 
Entree: King Oyster Mushroom & English Pea Crepe
Livegreen Farm spinach, St. Andre cheese, fresh herbs, roasted artichokes, Herbsaint and grilled ramps
Chef's Package - Lunch Specials
Price includes choice of soup or salad and entree
 
Appetizer Options (select one)
$16.00
Entree Option 1: Chicken Ceasar Salad
Marinated mushrooms, charred peppers, hearts of romaine brioche, parmesan ribbons and spanish anchovy dressing
$21.00
Entree Option 2: Catfish & Crawfish Etouffee
Stew of Breaux Bridge crawfish, charred roma tomatoes, fresh basil and trinity served tableside over "Jazzmen" rice
$23.00
Harris Ranch Grillades & Grits
Paillardes of herb braised beef with onions, bell peppers and mushrooms fond de veau over Lone Star Chevre grits
Off the Grill Entrees
 
Simply Grilled Salmon
Over Texas Pinto beans, Brennan's bacon, Livegreen Farm Kale caramelized fennel and fire roasted corn salsa
 
Piri Piri Grilled Mahi Mahi
Over a west indies salad of tropical fruit & lollo rossa greens with crispy plantains and spiced NOLA rum vinaigrette
 
Grilled Texas Shrimp
Grilled Froberg tomatoes & eggplant, chili marinated mozzarella and baby lima beans with sunflower seed pesto
Sides
 
Stewed Okra & Tomatoes
 
Tarragon Buttered Asparagus or Haricot Vert
 
Goat's Cheese Stone Ground Grits
 
Root Beer Braised Livegreen Farm Kale
 
Jalapeno Cornbread Pudding
Brunch
Most Popular Package -- Texas Creole Package
 
Starter Option: Turtle Soup au Sherry or The Chopped Salad
 
Entree Option: Eggs Benedict, Eggs Sardou or Eggs Brennan
Your choice of Brennan's famous brunch favorites ~ "Benedict "on two english muffins with Canadian bacon, "Sardou" an artichoke bottom with creamed spinach or "Eggs Brennan", our two favorites "Benedict and Sardou" all served with poached eggs and Hollandaise
 
Dessert Option: Creole Bread Pudding or Bananas Foster
Soups
 
Soup du Jour
made fresh daily, using the freshest seasonal ingredients
 
Smoked Shrimp & Okra Gumbo
Toasted garlic Jazzmen rice and chef's blend of file
 
Turtle Soup Au Sherry
A Brennan's classic finished tableside with sherry
 
Soup 1-1-1
A demitasse of all three soups (add $1)
Starter
 
Froberg Farm Stawberry Salad
Spiced pecans, lone star chevre, baby spinach, red onions and balsamic molasses vinaigrette
 
Sliced Texas Tomato Salad
Alvin TX tomatoes, cucumber ribbons, chili spiced mozzarella, hearts of palm, baby arugula, basil oil and Gemma Nera balsamic
 
Jimmy Evans Oyster Stew
A stew of Brennan's bacon, purple majesty potatoes, caramelized fennel, melted leeks and herbsaint cream
 
Escargot "Meuniere" Crepe
Toasted garlic, melted leeks and maitake mushrooms with St. Andre cheese and old style meuniere sauce
 
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Waffle
Breaux Bridge crawfish, sugarcane smoked tasso, Livegreen swiss chard sauce acadian and St. arnold's beer aioli
 
Shrimp Remoulade
Zatarain's shrimp boil vegetables, butter lettuce, preserved lemon and classic remoulade dressing
Entrees
 
Strawberry Creole Cream Cheese Pancakes
pecan studded nueske's bacon, sunny side up hen egg, imperial powdered sugar and pecan street run syrup
 
Pecan Crusted Palacios Catfish
Crushed corn maque choux, french beans, spiced pecans and Creole Meuniere sauce
 
Louisiana Crawfish Omelette
Stuffed with Louisiana crawfish, trinity and andouille over crispy potato & mushroom hash with Michelada Choron
 
Gulf Coast Seafood Cakes & Eggs
Texas redfish, shrimp & Louisiana blue crab, poached eggs, tomatillo salsa and Tabasco Hollandaise
 
Shrimp and Grits
Goat cheese stone ground grits, marinated sweet peppers, mirlitons, roasted garlic and sun dried tomatoes
 
Absinthe Lacquered Hill Country Quail
Matagorda Bay oyster dressing, livegreen rainbow chard, sunny side up quail egg and vieux carre absinthe glaze
 
Harris Ranch "Grillades" & Grits
Paillardes of herb braised beef with onions, bell peppers and mushrooms in fond de veau over Lone Star Chevre grits
Desserts
 
Froberg Farms Strawberry Shortcake
Local berries with buttermilk shortbread, vanilla chantilly cream and Imperial sugar
 
Veronica's Lemon Meringue Pie
Limoncello blueberry coulis & candied lemon zest
 
Chocolate Texicana Mousse Cake
White & dark chocolate layers, patron XO cafe liqueur and chipotle sea salt
 
Creole Bread Pudding
Served warm with toasted pecans, seasonal berries, dulce de leche and rye whiskey sauce
 
Brennan's Trio of "Cream Ice"
Chef's selection of handmade seasonal ice creams with Oak Farms dairy cream in a malted waffle tulip shell
 
Bananas Foster
Flamed tableside with Puerto Rican rum and cinnamon over vanilla bean ice cream
 
Honey Peanut Butter Cup
Labelle Ranch Honey and Tabasco peanut brittle with peanut butter & jelly ice cream
 
Traditional Pecan Pie
Rio Grande organic pecans, warm caramel, Callebaut chocolate and vanilla bean ice cream
Sides
 
Applewood Smoked Bacon
 
Tarragon Butter Basted Asparagus
 
Goat Cheese Stone Ground Grits
 
Saute of Jumbo Lump Blue Crab
 
Crispy Corn Fried Oysters
 
Grilled Jumbo Texas Shrimp
Dessert
Desserts
 
Milk & Cookies
Chef's selection of cookies and Brandy Milk Punch ice cream
 
Mama Florence's Carrot Cake
Fire roasted Texas pecans, Imperial brown sugar, Myers's Rum cream cheese and cayenne almond brittle
 
Veronica's Lemon Meringue Pie
Limoncello blueberry coulis & candied lemon zest
 
Chocolate Texicana Mousse Cake
White & Dark chocolate layers, Patron XO cafe liqueur and chipoltle sea salt
 
Creole Bread Pudding Souffle
The richness of Creole Bread pudding whipped into a light, fluffy souffle crowned with rye whiskey sauce
 
Brennan's White Chocolate Bread Pudding
Crowned with dark and white chocolate ganache
 
Traditional Bananas Foster
A tableside flambe of bananas with Caribbean rum and cinnamon served over vanilla bean ice cream
 
Classic Creole Bread Pudding
Served warm with toasted pecans, seasonal berries, dulce de leche and rye whiskey sauce
The Artisan Cheese Palette
A selection of domestic and imported cheese with coplin farms honey, prickly pear jelly and spiced pecans
Choice Of 3 $12.00
Choice Of 4 $16.00
Choice Of 5 $20.00
Texsas Gold Cheddar
raw cows milk, cave aged for seven months, very sharp and complex from veldhuizen family farms in dublin, texas
 
Deep Ellum Blue
cow's milk, mild, earth and complex with a blue moldy exterior, robust flavor and creamy supple texture, aged at least 6 weeks
 
Cabot Clothbound Cheddar
cow's milk, natural-rinded traditional cheddar, bandaged with muslin and skillfully aged a minimum of 10 months at the cellars at jasper hill
 
Humboldt Fog
soft ripened goat chevre with an ash center from sypress grove, northern california
 
Saint Andre
cow's milk cheese, triple cream, 75% milk fat resulting in a soft buttery texture
 
Idiazabal
sheep's milk cheese, the cheese is handmade. it is aged for a few months and develops a nutty, buttery flavor
 
Zamorano
sheep's milk cheese, aged about 6 months, rubbed with olive oil, giving the cheese its caracteristic dark color
 
Comte
french cow's milk, relatively hard, flexible and is strong and slightly sweet
 
Morbiet
cow's milk cheese, a mixture of morning milk & evening milk, fruity and very aromatic
Coffee & Such
 
Cafe Brulot
Clove studded orange peel flameed tableside with brandy and triple sec
 
Biscotti! Biscotti!
Rich Brennan's coffee blended with Faretti Biscotti Famosi Liqueur di Italia, crowned with vanilla whipped cream & accompanied by Chef Danny's Biscotti ~ Salute!
 
Irish Coffee
Brennan's coffee and Irish whiskey topped with vanilla whipped cream
 
Cappuccino Brennan's
Traditional cappuccino generously fortified with Frangelico & Tuaca
 
Lafitte's Hot Buttered Rum
Fresh creamy butter laced with spices, honey & Texas' own Railean Spiced Rum! A treasure in itself.
 
Cafe Marcelino
Pecan Street Texas Rum, Tia Maria Jamaican Coffee Liqueur and Brennan's coffee topped with vanilla whipped cream -- Sprinkled with bits of our famous Brennan's pralines
 
Italia Caffe
A lilting combination of Amaretto Di Sarrono, creme de noyaux & rich dark coffee...Buona Notte!
 
Non-Alcoholic
Cafe au lait, cappuccino, espresso, latte
Cocktails
Signature Cocktails
 
Stidvent Basil Martini
Square One basil vodka, Fresh Lime Juice, basil leaves, Dolin Blanc & Simple Syrup -- A springtime event in a glass.
 
Midnight Melody
St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, hibiscus syrup, brut champagne -- Sweet & Crisp
 
Brian's Espresso Martini
Absolut Vanilia Vodka, rich espresso, tia maria liqueur & sugar syrup -- Pure luxury before or after dinner
 
Skyfall Vesper
Beefeater 24 gin, cinco five star vodka & lillet rose with a hint of orange -- Fleming, Ian Fleming
 
Devil's Cut Manhattan
Devil's Cut bourbon whiskey, vya sweet vermouth & Brennan's vanilla bitters -- A Manhattan with spurs!
 
Blackberry Lemon Drop Martini
A velvety marriage of Creme de mure, absolut vodka, blackberry syrup & fresh lemon juice -- A courtyard bar original
 
Brennan's Spinner
Wild Turkey American Honey Liqueur, triple sec with house sour syrup -- Deceptively simple!
 
The Silva
A luxurious blend of Boodles gin, lillet blanc, cuarenta Y tres & peychaud's betters -- The new classic!
 
Tiramisu Coffee
Tiramisu Italian Liqueur, Brennan's coffee with a hint of tuaca & heavy cream -- Now that's amore.

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