We were seated promptly and took our appetizers and drinks order in a very timely order. Few minutes after the arrival of the appetizers and drinks we ordered our food. I got a fillet medium rare, lobster bisque and already knew my dessert which was NY Cheesecake with Raspberry Syrup. Bisque arrived first and it was the right temperature and delicious and then came the Fillet. It was medium rare and succulent and delicious. The cheesecake was also great! Great Ambiance and service. No complaints there!

A lot of people ask what your top three favorite restaurants in Houston and I am going to make a bold statement and say it is The Palm, hands-down. I remember when back in the day, this was a Yelp black event and I was impressed. That location has since closed but this downtown location is gorgeous. As a Landry restaurant, they will ask for your member number and I look forward to earning some points. I booked my reservation for this night and I needed to move it, but it was done with ease and I even got a call from the general manager, confirming the time change with hence to get there slightly before 9 PM since it was the last service dinner for the evening before kitchen closes. The Palm is a great spot to meet with friends, have a romantic dinner, and you can be assured that the service and food is going to be, the best possibly can be. I am happy to report that last night's romantic dinner went well and it was all that I dreamed it to me. Ramon was our server and I've had him before and he is on top of it and non-intrusive. The New York strip steak was cooked perfectly, seasoned perfectly and as it goes for steaks, I think it is much better than what I've had at B&B Butchers, back in the day and another place I can't remember right now. If you need to entertain someone for lunch, have a nice long dinner with loquacious company, this is your spot, hands down. They have special wine dinners, live music and a beautiful bar. Valet is $13 or you can try to find street parking. On Waze, you can see surrounding parking lots with prices listed in the Waze app. Nice. My overall experience: 100%, 5/5 will return. In fact, I may return later today lol and I'll ask for Ramon in my usual gray booth please. And make sure Sinatra is playing in the background.

Me and my girlfriend were treated like royalty for her official birthday dinner. Beautiful restaurant, red booth was just what i wanted for her. Amazing service from our host and a compliment dish from the chef. I had a delicious filet of beef and lobster bisque with a salad. 10/10 My Lover ordered the Clam Linguine? It was tasty! The whole point of a birthday dinner is not really the food. The service here was everything i expected from a fine dining restaurant. They got everything right. Exactly how i pictured and imagined. Thank you so much for making it possible to show this woman how important she is to me. To the world. She makes me happy when shes happy and yall played a big role. Thank you once again, it means everything. -Santangelo Balli Gonzales

Always a nice time. Spent a day at the hotel pool next door and popped in around 6 PM on a Saturday. It was dead, but feel like this is more of a business establishment that's busy during the week. Sat at the bar and received quick service. Had a few aperol sprtiz with an order of the carpaccio, oysters, filet, and a side of mac and cheese. Steak was over cooked (ordered medium rare, it came medium) but otherwise it was great. Plan to be back next time there is something going on downtown.

Great food and very good staff! I would definitely come back next time I go back to Houston. Ambiance was great as well.

10/10. I cannot recommend the Palm enough. When they say restaurants make more profit by having a high rate of churn (getting customers in and out), they need to put a picture of the Palm restaurant there. I am not saying they were rushing to get me out of the door, but the service was so fast that I couldn't believe how quickly the food kept coming out. Upon entry, I was serenaded by the stylings of the in-house pianist, who did his part in setting a delectable ambiance. His elegance on the keys foreshadowed the great experience I was preparing to embark on. My server, Tanner, did her part to ensure the best experience by being as attentive as possible, even sweeping excess breadcrumbs off my table mid-meal; talk about service! I started with the Palm Meatball and thick-cut smokehouse bacon. I highly recommend both as they were delicious, especially the bacon. Meatball was a combination of beef, veal, and pork drizzled with muenster cheese and marinara. I'm still thinking about it to this point. I then ended with the Chick Parmigiana, potatoes au gratin, and creamed spinach. The piece of chicken they gave me was the dang near the size of my head. I could not finish it all, which is huge because your boy likes to chow down. I can't wait to get back and try that Ribeye. The Palm know like Arnold said "I'll be back."

Typically I'm not one to participate in any restaurant week, mainly due to my aversion created by my time living in NYC (#1). The spell was broken for this year's Houston Restaurant Week, which ironically featured a New York institution turned international chain in The Palm Restaurant. Habitually, I'm rarely a single-visit reviewer (#2), chain seeker, or downtown diner, but I bend the rules in the name of quality dining companionship. The ambiance is in line with so many Palm locations: intimate lighting, fine dining sophistication, spacious interior, and a slew of caricature decor to immortalize famous people throughout the the establishment. I was particularly tickled by the Houston homage art showcasing Houston Astro players, a nod to oil and gas industries, and local characters. My choices for HRW 2023 was a Palm Caesar salad, along with an 8oz rare filet mignon with garlic mash, finished with a key lime pie for dessert. At $70, it was still a premium meal but a good one at that. While the salad wasn't particularly memorable, my filet mignon was excellent. It was rare but not bloody and the meat quality was exceptional. The sear was just right, the additional 2 oz portion ($15 add on) was good portion wise, and the tenderness of the meat was superb. The mash was a proper personal sized portion, which was tasty with a nice finish. I added my roasted garlic into the mash for additional flavor and it was an indulgent approach to an otherwise average side. My key lime pie was as creamy as it was tart, making for a very good final act for a solid dinner lineup. I saw the zeppoles looking like donut holes and I found the $5 extra for the Junior's cheesecake extremely amusing. (#3) A special shout out to their surf-n-turf special, which was designed for two people that includes a whole lobster split in two and coupled with a 4oz filet, with a choice of an appetizer and dessert. While I didn't try the dish, I was pretty impressed with the amount of lobster meat they had and I appreciate the staff for going extra hard in getting the chunks out. Overall, I appreciated the attentive service (thanks Ramon!), clean bathrooms, and quality eats. Parking is valet with the option of garages across the street. Street parking is also available, which I thankfully scored a spot that didn't charge after 6pm. I'd come back in a heartbeat. It won't take a restaurant week promotion to get my participation next time. __________ (#1) NYRW is a gamble. And oftentimes, a losing proposition of mediocre execution for overpriced food. Most locals would rather just pay for the regular experience than get a condensed version of it. (#2) Seeing as I've dined at a number of their sister locations, I felt this was merited. (#3) If it was Eileen's, Veniero's, or Cascon, it'd be a different story.