The Buffalo Grille
About
American (Traditional), Breakfast & Brunch
Price Range : $11-30 ($$)
Location
Adress: 4080 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
Phone: (713) 661-3663
Work Hours
Business info
- turned_in_notHealth Score82 out of 100
- list_altTakes ReservationsNo
- directions_carDeliveryNo
- move_to_inboxTake-outYes
- credit_cardAccepts Credit CardsYes
- thumb_upGood ForBreakfast, Brunch
- local_parkingParkingPrivate Lot
- directions_bikeBike ParkingYes
- accessibilityGood for KidsYes
- groupGood for GroupsYes
- insert_emoticonAmbienceCasual, Classy
- volume_upNoise LevelAverage
- local_barAlcoholBeer & Wine Only
- transit_enterexitOutdoor SeatingYes
- wifiWi-FiNo
- tvHas TVYes
- turned_in_notWaiter ServiceNo
- fastfoodCatersNo
Reviews
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Robert E.
Great food no matter for breakfast lunch or dinner
Remember a cushion as the chairs are wooden
It is very loud in restaurant -
Kimberly R.
Have you ever dropped over 10 bucks on breakfast and immediately regretted it? Well that's how I feel about this place. I walked in and I noticed the seating looked very uncomfortable and I wasn't wrong the chairs are horrible. Very narrow and uncomfortable for someone who is short. The edge of the chair cut deep into the back of my legs.
So, I order a tea and see the OJ and ask the "manager guy" is this fresh squeezed in house. I was hoping it was like the fresh OJ you get at many local spots. Again the manager/owner guy said yes, it's fresh squeezed. Then he handed me the smallest glass I'd ever seen, it was a joke. When I tasted the OJ I was so pissed because I could taste the added sugar and junk like you'd get from a store bought OJ. I asked the girl at the counter about the OJ and she told me it was Minute Maid, so in fact it's NOT fresh squeezed in house like he said.....grrrrrrrr
You place your order at the counter and your food hopefully is served to you correctly minutes later. Immediately upon ordering I knew I was going to have a problem with my order. I was in the restaurant industry for years before starting my own business. It's easy for me to spot who's going to cook something right and who I'm going to have problems with. The person cooking food here has NO business in a kitchen.
The cook looked frustrated that I had come in as I interrupted his flirting session with the cashier. I ordered the cream cheese eggs with a side of refried beans. It comes with the bread of my choice and I reluctantly chose a biscuit. You'll notice that the first order given to me has clumps of melted cream cheese in the eggs and the eggs are not scrambled but rather fried sort of an omelette style and chopped up. The eggs were so dry and had cold, clumped cream cheese spattered atop the over cooked eggs. The biscuit was a joke as I had suspected. It was hard as a rock and should not have even been served to me.
There was an older white gentleman standing at the counter top, who appeared to be either an owner or manager and he allowed this food to go out looking like shit.
I figured since it was around 10 AM the biscuits would be total garbage but truthfully one would hope that with a manager or owner serving the food they would inspect it or even check it, that didn't happen. I took the plate back up to the counter and showed them the eggs and voiced my complaint, you'll notice in the second picture they brought the eggs out again slightly better but not something that is worth over $10. It just didn't taste good or wasn't prepared properly.
I had the egg plate, the tiniest OJ ever in history and an iced tea and somehow my total was almost $15. I didn't eat the biscuit and I couldn't finish the eggs because frankly they just didn't taste good.
The chairs were uncomfortable and the atmosphere was very pretentious. The people who were dining there were older and had that River Oaks judgmental attitude about them.
This place was just awful, and made even more awful by the fact that someone in management allowed food to be served looking the way it was. I will not come back. -
Kathryn P.
My family loves this place, but I just think that its "A-OK." Ample parking as its in the strip mall with the Randalls. There's an outdoor patio area which overlooks the street. not sure why anyone would wanna sit out there and truly I have never seen anyone sit out there. You enter and the menu is on the wall. Order at the counter and then theres an entire drink station where you get silverware and stuff for the pancakes. You then can sit down and they bring you the food.
The food.
I like the pancakes here. They're peen pancakes and they are the size of your head. I usually split them if theres someone else I am eating with. I also like their bacon its pecan crusted bacon. It's good most people like it, It's just not what I am into. I like really salty bacon. This is super sweet and it's just not my taste. The eggs are truly nothing special.
Maybe I am not ordering correctly because everyone speaks so highly of the place and I am just not a fan. -
April Y.
Huge portions of calorie-rich comfort food in a casual atmosphere. I've gone a couple of times with friends after church and tried the tamales with chili and the chilaquiles. One dish is enough to last two, if not three meals! Everything really is bigger in Texas.
Sunday afternoons are pretty busy, but I've always been able to find seating. When your food is ready they say your name over the sound system, which can give the place a bit of a bustling, chaotic food. There are TVs inside as well as a cozy fireplace. This is a quantity over quality sort of place. -
Tim A.
We love this place! You can get a Shock Top beer or coffee. The omelette cooked to order cannot be better! The French toast is what my wife always orders because they put chocolate on top. Also listed as a top restaurant nationwide! If you've not eaten here you've missed one of the best breakfast meals of your life!