The Best Seafood in Houston
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The best seafood in Houston, according to the experts: AAA, Texas Monthly, and Houston Chronicle have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Navy Blue comes out on top.
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Josephine's and Little’s Oyster Bar hold the next two places. AAA shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Texas Monthly next.
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Rank 1. Navy Blue
Gulf Coast Seafood
The awards
- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #1 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle: #20 · Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- AAA Three Diamonds
- Texas Monthly #1 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle #20 · Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 2. Josephine's
Southern Seafood
The house motto is "a little bit class, and a little bit trashy," which tells you everything you need to know about this Gulf Coast seafood spot in Midtown Houston. Crawfish come dry-seasoned or wet in a buttery Viet-Cajun sauce, and the broader menu runs from raw oysters and po'boys to shrimp and grits. Biscuits arrive with seasonal jam and whipped butter. The Michelin Guide has it listed, and Texas Monthly named it among Texas's best new restaurants.
The awards
- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #5 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Eater Eater: The 38 Essential Houston Restaurants
- Texas Monthly #5 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Essential Houston Restaurants
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Rank 3. Little’s Oyster Bar
Seafood
This is a seafood restaurant dressed like an Old Hollywood set, with a raw bar and a caviar service whose sturgeon eggs come from fish the chef raised himself. The menu keeps one eye on the Gulf, with redfish, grouper, and a clam chowder that means it. The bar has a Golden Martini from Esquire, so a drink first is only prudent. Expect to dress like someone might photograph you, because someone will.
The awards
- Esquire Esquire: Golden Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire Esquire: The Best Bars in America
- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: Honorable Mentions · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Esquire Golden Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire The Best Bars in America
- Texas Monthly Honorable Mentions · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 4. Caracol
Mexican Seafood
The awards
- AAA Three Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Hugo Ortega and Tracy Vaught - H-Town Restaurant Group
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Rank 5. La Lucha
Southern Seafood
The awards
- Houstonia Houstonia: Houston’s Best Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle: Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- Houstonia Houstonia: The Best Margaritas in Houston
- Houstonia Houston’s Best Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- Houstonia The Best Margaritas in Houston
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Rank 6. Masraff's
American Seafood
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Rank 6. State of Grace
American Seafood
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Rank 6. Willie G's
Cajun & Creole Seafood
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Rank 9. Latuli
Seafood
Hot yeast rolls and Gruyère corn bread arrive before you've fully decided what Gulf Coast seafood restaurant means in Houston in 2025. Chef Bryan Caswell, long tied to the city's coastal cuisine identity, is behind Latuli, a seafood-forward dining room where roasted grouper comes with housemade corn pudding and wagyu barbacoa gets crowned with pear and jalapeño. The peach cobbler à la mode closes things out, which is, honestly, the correct order of operations.
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