Brasserie Du Parc in Houston

Really good and solid French restaurant Best service ! Cute and clean restaurant Highly recommend

Decided to have my lunch  birthday celebration here with two other girlfriends as we have not tried this place and it was walking distance from the Marriott Marquis where I was staying at for the night. Parking is quite hard - there's the street option and parking lot which was either $5 or $10. The restaurant had a romantic vibe. I made reservations for three, which i highly recommend you do, just to secure a nice spot, though at that time, the restaurant was not busy so we were seated overlooking Discovery Green. They served us bread and butter while we waited for our respective orders. I got chardonnay to drink while my friends each got malbec and cabernet. I ordered Escargots De Bourgogne (Baked burgundy snails, fresh herb garlic butter) for my appetizer and Sole "Meunière" (Lemon sole, snow peas, fingerling potatoes, roasted cauliflower, caper brown butter) for my lunch entree. My friend got Gâteau De Crabe Crab cake with lump crab meat, tartare sauce, cilantro, radishes for her appetizer and Saumon Rôti (Roasted Atlantic salmon, cauliflower purée, wilted spinach, saba dressing) for lunch. And my other friend got the Salade Du Parc (spring mix, celery, carrots, shaved parmesan, cherry tomatoes, truffle dressing) for her lunc...

Tried Brasserie du Parc recently since they are on the Houston Restaurant Week Menu. I love HRW because it allows you the opportunity to try many different restaurants for the discounted price. First off, the parking here is pretty tricky. I don't think they have any dedicated parking; it is all on the street. When I walked in to the restaurant, nobody greeted me or even approached me for about 10 minutes. When I finally was acknowledged by the bartender, they just told me to go find a hostess in the dining room who ended up telling me to seat myself if the others in my part were already at the restaurant. Our server was very friendly. I can't say that the food was anything special. I really enjoy French food and can say that there are many other options in Houston at a similar price point that are way better. Escargots was good and so was the steak frites, however, the creme brûlée desert was definitely leaving something to be desired. They had a few good French wine options. We tried a couple different items of...