The Best Places to Eat in Katy
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The best places to eat in Katy, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, Houston Chronicle, and Houstonia have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Hong Kong Food Street comes out on top.
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Phat Eatery and Black Walnut hold the next two places. Houstonia shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Hong Kong Food Street
Cantonese
A nondescript Katy strip mall is doing a lot of work here. Inside, the dining room runs to sleek fixtures and lazy susan-fitted private rooms, and the menu reads like a focused edit of Hong Kong classics rather than the usual encyclopedia. Congee, wonton soup, and candied walnut shrimp anchor things, with weekend seafood specials worth asking about. The Michelin Guide has it on their list, and the Houston Chronicle ranked it among the city's top restaurants.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle: #19 · Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- Houstonia Houstonia: Houston’s Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Houston Chronicle #19 · Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- Houstonia Houston’s Best Restaurants
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Rank 2. Phat Eatery
Malaysian
Flaky roti canai folded and crisped to order, torn apart and dragged through curry, is the move that explains Phat Eatery in a single gesture. This casual Malaysian street food spot in Katy draws a crowd happy to share plates of Hainanese chicken, beef rendang, and satay across a loud, affordable table. The chef was a James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Texas, which for a strip-mall canteen in the Houston suburbs is a sentence worth sitting with.
The awards
- Eater The 38 Essential Houston Restaurants
- Houstonia Houston’s Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Alex Au-Yeung
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Rank 4. El Tiempo Cantina
Tex-Mex Cantina
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Rank 4. Molina's Cantina
Tex-Mex
Molina's Cantina is a longtime Tex-Mex family restaurant, out in Fulshear's strip-mall sprawl, where half the menu is named after actual customers. Somewhere a regular is eating a burrito with his own name on it, smothered in chili con carne, and trying to look casual. It's sit-down enchilada-and-fajita territory with Houstonia nods for both its margaritas and its Mexican food, so jeans and an appetite will do.
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Rank 6. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 6. Burns Original BBQ
Houston Barbecue
This barbecue joint grew out of a small operation in Acres Homes and now has several locations, this Katy one included. Anthony Bourdain gave it his approval, and the menu is built for groups, with a baked potato the size of a toddler that feeds fifteen and a rib-and-link special named for the Astros. Chicken is there for anyone dodging red meat, and Kroger sells the stuff too, in case a drive feels like too much commitment.
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Rank 6. Tiger Noodle House
Sichuan
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