Tiny Boxwoods
3614 W Alabama St, Houston
(713) 622-4224
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I would highly recommend. Very cute restaurant with nice cocktails and good food. Parking sucks in this area though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They told us grits were out after 40 minutes of waiting for food, then suggested fruit as a replacement to the grits…. Ended up with fries. Downgrading my dish.
Cutest place and the wait staff is friendly. The food was soooo good! We had the crab cakes and classic pepperoni pizza. They have a wood burning fire they cook the pizza in. Definitely will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
i first want to say this is our absolute favorite restaurant and go to for friends and even business lunches. we love this place. but we thought it would be important to let them know that their Cobb Salad served with steak is not up to standards. i’ve ordered it twice thinking the first time was just a fluke. but the meat they use is soooo tough! i preferred it medium rare and i found myself chewing on a piece forever. to those that read your reviews, i only docked it one star because of the steak add-on. please use better cuts of meat! even i can tenderize a flank or strip steak better than that.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Came for lunch on a Thursday morning and I must say what a hidden gem! The French style vibe that this restaurant brings is so unique and the food doesn’t disappoint. Everything tastes so fresh and our server Dajia was so sweet and gave us some amazing suggestions to try. I definitely will be back 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vegetarian options: They have salads with or with out chicken
Kid-friendliness: Staff is usually friendly towards kids and will make changes for kids diet.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Lucky Burger
Always a favorite place to go. ❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wish they had bloody Mary’s, but today Payton was excellent. We were a high maintenance table w infant and dog and she helped us enjoy our family celebration. Thank you!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Chip Cookie, Lucky Burger
Love It !!!
Sadly turning into a preschool… kids running amok through an otherwise great restaurant
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
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We wanted a late lunch on Sat. Arrived at 3 to be told they only served 2 entrepreneurs items from 3 to 6. Sorry no sale!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
egative experience I had this week. I treated myself to lunch sat at the bar. Waiter was friendly so before leaving I made sure to tip him really good with cash (since I paid with my card) & if you’re wondering I typically tip half my bill or well over that. In his case I tipped him half my total bill & wrote on the receipt on the tip line “cash”… 3 days later im checking my bank account and bartender guy adds additional tip for himself to my card. I called spoke to a manager girl that pretty much dismissed the actions her staff committed. She did however discover it was in fact a tip charged to the bill. I explained to her I had already paid him in cash & that it was unprofessional and dishonest to tip yourself on someone’s bank card. She did refund the additional fee but insisted “her staff would never do anything like that in a ill manner & that if you don’t specify cash on the tip line as a restaurant they add the tip there for you “ WOW so just help yourself to my hard earned money..ok.. however she did refund it. Again its the principal behind the situation and then for management to just dismiss how this broke trust when I in fact love coming here is disheartening. Pro tip check your bank account 2 days after eating here when everything posts.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Cookies
Very aesthetic atmosphere with good food. Get the artichoke appetizer!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fries
Let me start off by saying the place is really cute. Food was average so considering the area I expected better. Our waitress Emily was really nice and attentive, and so was one of the guys in the kitchen. They checked up on us multiple times. So no complaints there.
Now the real complain: place opened at 9 on Sunday for brunch. Majority of our party was there between 9-9:10am. When I went up to the host I asked if they could accommodate a party of 13, she said that was a big party but to give her a couple of minutes while she put together the table. By 9:20 all of my party had arrived. Then the same girl said the table would be a bit tight due to the chairs being bulky and I said that wasn’t a problem. Once she was about to seat us, another girl (I believe the manager) told us she would be adding another table to make more space and to give them more time. By this time, we had been waiting for 30 minutes. When they finally said the table was ready, the (manager) said and I quote “I was able to fit all of you HOWEVER, next time make sure you book with our event planner if you’re going to have a large party” this comment was not said in a polite nor friendly tone. I said that wasn’t a problem, because I didn’t want it to be a problem, we had already been waiting there since they opened. She then proceeded to say “and there is an automatic 20% gratuity added to your tab and you can’t split it with more than 4 cards” … again not in a friendly or polite tone.
This is where I had the problem. While I was waiting for our table, there were 2 other large groups, who while they waited, were NOT told there was a 20% gratuity added and bill could not be split for more than 4 cards. Want to guess why they weren’t told? Because they weren’t Hispanic. This girl (manager) was rude when she told us, and sounded like she did us a favor by squeezing us in. Meanwhile I’m watching the other 2 large parties go right in.
I have an open table account that I regularly use. I have made 176 reservations there to be exact. Not including yelp or resy. So I’m FAMILIAR with how reservations work. And let me tell you I TRIED to make a reservation. But in their website it clearly states that they do not take reservations for breakfast, brunch or lunch.
So I told her, I tried to book online but it stated you guys don’t accept reservations for brunch. She then says “ oh we don’t take any but you should be contacting our event planner” and again she was rude.
I’m sorry, where in your website does it state you have to contact an event planner? Nowhere. It strictly says they do not take reservations for brunch which is the ONLY reason we were a walk in.
I chose this place to celebrate my husband’s birthday, because I read such good reviews, and this person ruined it. Not only was she rude, but she discriminated. She made me, my husband and my parents feel like she thought we couldn’t afford to have breakfast there. I don’t mind the added gratuity for a large party, it’s not my first rodeo. It was the way she said it. She looked bothered that she had to put an extra table for us, but not once did I see her get bothered accommodating the other groups.
We will never be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Too much wait
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
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