IKTO - I Know The Owner — Restaurant in Houston

I don’t believe I’ve ever given 5 stars in food, service, and atmosphere! IKTO excelled in all 5 areas easily.

My only gripe is the parking; however, this is the Heights, so parking is rarely simple. There is plenty of easily accessible street parking if the spots in the lot allocated to the bar are not full. If you’re coming from 610 and Yale, your GPS will tell you to turn left onto Yale, right onto 11th, and then left when you head the restaurant. It is physically impossible to turn left due to the concrete barriers so you can just cross over Shepherd at the light and bust a u-turn to approach from the other way. More simple than my description is saying.

As soon as you walk into the bar, you are greeted with beautiful scenery. There are flowers hanging from the ceiling, a very spacious bar, nice cushy bar stools, and an amazing selection of hard liquor.

I came with 2 of my girlfriends on Tuesday, August 29th, for happy hour. Happy hour is from 4 pm to 6 pm. Drinks are 50% off. When I tell you we tried so many drinks and at least 4 of the happy hour food selections!!!!! There was not one single drink or food item we did not like.

The drinks are top notch. Typically happy hour drinks can tend to be pretty mainstream and boring. These are nowhere near mainstream or boring! Every detail from the mix, the pour, the presentation, and taste was amazing.

The happy hour food selections are not like typical happy hour food. You won’t find wings or pizza here and I love that for us! We had a seafood tamale, oysters, a seafood dip with crackers, and my favorite, the pork belly with guacamole! The best part was the pricing! So reasonable for the portions and taste!

We will be coming back! We met the owner who was very meticulous and friendly. All of the bar staff were knowledgeable and friendly. Very welcoming. We each got a Moscow mule cup as a little parting gift to go. Super cute.

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I will try to make this review as detailed as possible but, short and sweet. If you are a POC steer clear of this place entirely, if you support and love POC steer clear as well. While celebrating a late Galentine’s day with two of my closest gf’s we encountered a very hostile individual working here. I arrived first and immediately felt the hostility with the greeting, since this was our first time there I asked where we could sit, I was told anywhere. I chose a table where there was enough space for my group and also a good enough size with a booth (the only one). Once settled the same hostile server yells from across the bar that I could not sit there as the table was reserved for larger party’s of 6 or more (keep in mind at this point he didn’t even ask how many were in my party) I gathered my things and moved as requested without hesitation. The rest of my party arrives and we opted to sit at the bar as it was more room. While at the bar this same server was pushy, condescending and rushing and pressuring my friends to place an order. While I was already settled and had started a tab they were just arriving and it was a warm welcome either. As the evening went on the snarky remarks were thrown our direction all evening and all other patrons were being treated much more warm and welcomed. Once it became time to close our tabs we did so and noticed a group of people ( three total) walk in and were greeted with joy and they went and sat in the 6+ section with no response from the discriminatory server. Needless to say there was obviously an issue with us and our skin color and this place. Sadly, because the food was good along with the drinks but I’ll...

My husband and I are loyal customers to KA sushi. We absolutely LOVE their drink menu in which is all made from starch ingredients. Of course and their food menu too, lol! The staff has always been so welcoming of us so when the manager at KA told us about their new bar down the street we knew one day we would have to check it out. That one day was last night and we absolutely loved IKTO. The ambiance is really pretty: very girly, definitely a girls night out vibe or even a cute little date night. The drinks were good! The michelada was also great in which the ingredients were made from scratch as well! My husband and I appreciate bars and restaurants who create their own menu, drinks and ingredients. In which this is why places like KA & IKTO are so very unique. The staff was just as great as KA, the owner came around and recognized us from KA. Greeted us and chatted with us. They made sure we were taken care of and had the greatest experience! I can’t wait to see what else the owner has up...