Postino Montrose — Restaurant in Houston

POSTINO Montrose is a charcuterie style eatery where Houston’s nightlife/young professionals/hipsters/hollister models/ foodies/ upper-crust come to socialize, drink, and eat in share style entreés.

They have Happy Hour as well on wine until 5pm as well, just word to the wise. The staff is extremely friendly and knowledgeable, they range from absolutely beautiful waitresses to hip dudes. Never came off as pretentious or judgmental which is the key to my enjoyment. I come from a background of political crusty punk and elite black metal so more often than not, even at my ripe old age, I still get treated like shit at times. None of that was here, and I really liked that.

The food at first glance seems ridiculous and borderline goofy at first, but if this is how you also feel sitting at the table right now, relax. Trust the process and order what comes natural to you and I promise you will enjoy it.

Get what they are known for: the four choice board, it’s not only tasty but the bold flavors don’t clash they greatly compliment each-other exceptionally well.

The prices are mid range and honestly not too bad at all. It was myself and my wife and we ate, very well I might add, for 80 including multiple drinks.

It’s located in the gentrified heights/Montrose area I like what I see forming over there to be honest. It’s a really eclectic smorgasbord of businesses that do well to set themselves apart from even the swankiest of areas like Palm Springs, CA or the ilk.

What’s the bottom line?

Go eat here if you are taking the time to read this review, find out for yourself, and make it a habit. Get out of your routine and comfort zone and give smaller businesses your patronage, support, and the chance to grow and thrive in a volatile market and world in general.

Live dangerously & sin...

So excited this Montrose location opened!! I've been both on a Wednesday late evening and a Sunday early evening. This area of Montrose is popping on a Sunday afternoon/early evening - just a heads up if wanting to self park.

Parking: decent amount of street parking was available on Wednesday evening, but on Sunday I had to park a few blocks away and walk.

Service: friendly staff. There isn't technically one server assigned to your table (multiple wait staff help out), which can be kind of confusing. But everyone is pretty attentive.

Ambience: This location is much more spacious (including a nice large bar area) than the Heights location. The outdoor patio is covered and sizable as well. We didn't have to wait for a table on either evening, thankfully (they don't take reservations). Great ambience with the interior lighting, cozy decor, variety of booth and table seating options.

Food/drinks: The bruschetta boards are easily shareable between 2 people - $15 for 4 delicious, sizable pieces - a good deal in my opinion as we were full from that alone! I've also had the raspberry chicken salad. I was expecting slices of chicken on top of the greens, but it was a mayonnaise-based chicken salad (bland taste by itself - needs a little jazzing up in my opinion) with the greens on the side. When everything was mixed together with the raspberry dressing, it came together decently (and not bad for $11). Good selection of wine as well. On Sunday, I took advantage of the happy hour special - $5 glasses of wine and beer (EVERY DAY) till 5pm.

Can't wait to come back for the $25 bottle + bruschetta board deal!

Excellent addition to the Montrose...

Postino’s is located in Montrose, just a few steps away from the bars and clubs. There’s plenty of parking and is very accessible for any person.

The interior is very chic, modern, and sets an ambiance of casual, yet elegant dining or drinking. Postino’s has on display a variety of wines to satisfy any palette and a contrasting seating area inside; dimmed, or well lit. The patio is very open and spacious, with a modern mural great for taking pictures.

The food at Postino’s is delicious and fair-priced. The ingredients taste fresh, and food does not take long to come out. The menu, however, is very limited, and the sizes of most meals are finger foods, yet the larger dishes are very fulfilling.

Even though it is enjoyable to have Sunday Funday at Postino’s, the lack of service takes makes it hard to decide if it is worth a second visit. There is communication between servers and guests, but that’s only after a long complaint discussed between the guests and overheard by someone other than our own server. Initially, the server immediately greeted our group, but took an unbelievable amount of time to bring water, a beer, and a glass of wine. The server took an even longer time to take our order and a rather annoying 15 minutes to pick up our checks. Having that said, most of the service actually came after waving down a server who was not originally serving us.

The poor service is nothing to be looking forward to at Postino’s. If you’re not too hungry and have no worries waving down a random server, this place is for you. I hope that in the future the service will match the food, wine selection, and...