Dosey Doe Music Cafe Reviews

Venue is cool, service is great but food is average

Fun place with good food, music and drinks. Great for breakfast as well

One of the greatest experience of my life. A great venue for amazing music! The food was top notch!

What a great rustic dining experience. The food was excellent, and the service was very friendly.

We went to see the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for the second time on 11/10/13. They were great as usual. What bothered me is that in the multiple shows we have seen in the past, the food was exceptional - and the menu choices were varied and gave a great choice. Always fantastic chicken fried steak, and then a chicken, fish and something else. This visit the food was just not good and the menu selection was even worse. The menu offered the usual chicken fried steak but the other three choices were lamb, salmon and duck. 3 of the 4 of us in the party had the chicken fried steak. More ended up in the napkin, unable to be chewed, while the other had the lamb shank which produced about 4 bites of fatty meat. Very disappointing to say the least. I think there has to have been a change in chef and not a good one. I was so embarrassed to have invited another couple and raved about the food only to have this happen. Then their bill came to the tune of over $300 or thereabouts and I felt terrible as the food had been so bad. Even the dessert - lava cake - the "lava" was still so cold it wouldn't come off the fork. Something has to change because the price and the food don't add up. Very disappointed - never had this happen before.

Great acoustics, fun antique surroundings. Food is ok, coffee was great! Music amazing. Thanks Bruce Robison for a great show! #brucerobison

Watched Mac Powell perform. Great music and singing. Food was delicious.

Great chicken fried steak, BBQ, chicken as well as great desserts. Oh, how could I forget the coffee. Very good! Being a musician and me playing there, we were treated like royalty. I always wanted to play here and it luved up to the hype. Thank You Dosey Doe's

We went with friends to hear Hayes Carl. The entire experience was fantastic. The building is beautiful, very rustic, very Texan. Staff was incredibly friendly, as was the owner. Food was absolutely delicious with very generous portions. Coffee was perfect. Can t wait to come back!

Big hearty meals. Best damn sausage gravy and biscuits I've ever had

I love this music venue! We had previously seen one of my wife's favorites here - Wynonna Judd. This time I got to enjoy one of my all time favorite performers - David Wilcox! A terrific evening. And the chicken fried steak was very good.

Beautiful place and probably my favorite Music venue in Houston.
Great food
Perfect coffee
Friendliest wait staff I've had the pleasure of interacting with

This place is a MUST! Excellent food, outstanding service, and amazing live music!

Everything was great during the show we watched recently. The venue is interesting, the servers were excellent, & the show was awesome. I can't wait to purchase tickets for upcoming shows.

Only thing to make it better would be to not cram so many people in a table.

Cool place, service was ok, but the food and the show was awesome.

We tried this spot for breakfast and loved it! Great portions, friendly staff and cool atmosphere. Loved the Over / Under menu!

This is one of those hidden Gems not too miss...Not only is it a historic Kentucky barn relocated but great Shows and service...Don't miss this unique venue...

My first time going to this place...Food AWESOME... ENTERTAINMENT OFF THE CHAIN....
Put this place on your bucket list!!!

Phenomenal acoustics. This is such a great venue to see a live show. And the food is amazing.

Fabulous Live Music Artists
Great Food and Friendly Service!

Great acoustics
Very good food & service
Clean facility
Intimate venue where you can get close to your favorite performers

Neat music venue, lots of character. Good drinks and good food!

Love this place! Great venues, great food...Home away from Home!

This was our wedding reception venue and you went above and beyond our expectations. Making our reception so awesome that nobody will ever forget. The food was great (brisket and chicken) the drinks were ice cold, with excellent wine selection, and all the guest cannot wait to come see a concert there. Hands down the best staff (Gabe) and best customer service I have ever seen. By far, this was the best decision we made for our wedding venue.

Saw Maggie Rose and Them Vibes here. Great venue! Intimate with great food!

Nice venue to see a band play. Good food as well. But very crowded place.

Although the place itself is pretty cool, I had a very unfortunate incident with a cheeky waitress that added herself an extra digit in front of her tip (and she didn't even have the decency to add "1", but instead, a greedy little "2", so I ended up paying $20 something for only one beer). I hope it was a one time only thing cause it's a real shame. The location is fun and interesting.

Kinda pricey. Food is ok. Entertainment is always good.

Always a fantastic place to see a show! Great musicians, intimate setting, good food and friendly people. We have been to many shows and have never been disappointed. And, if you live in The Woodlands area, it's right in the neighborhood.

Great food and great entertainment ! The Ronnie Milsap concert was awesome !

My husband and I both ordered iced vanilla lattes and they were the worst lattes either of us have had. We couldn't taste the espresso, and while we were watching the barista make our beverages it was obvious that they didn't have the proper training to use the machine. The espresso was super underextracted which causes it to taste watery and weak, and the milk wasn't frothed but more heated with the frothing wand until it reached a boiling point. So it was basically just a hot cup of milk that sort had a weak espresso flavor.

Albert Cummings concert. Awesome! This placw ia great.

Went once to see eleven hundred springs. Great music, really enjoyed the environment and the food was really good

Good environment, ok food, good music but a little loud for brunch.

We made our first trip to the Dosey Do Barn to see Candlebox play an acoustic set this past week in the Woodlands. I was not prepared for the awesomeness of this venue both in how it is setup and how it can deliver such an intimate and pure sound. The host indicated that it seats about 400 guests, many who are on the first floor seated at long tables. The tickets required a reservation for your seat in the restaurant, which turned out very nicely. I liked being able to guarantee where I was going to be sitting. They have built a balcony area just above the raised stage on the first floor. We chose our seats here on the far corner to the right of the stages front face. These were some of the best seats in the house as we had a table for two and we could easily watch the show and hear everything perfectly, while not being crowded at the longer tables with other guests that filled the place. We could not stop talking about our experience and told many friends and co-workers. We will likely watch their event list to try and revisit in the future. All of the staff were helpful and friendly. We had pretty good service from our waiter who was helpful and attentive. When the show begins though, the waitstaff do fade back and try to interrupt as little as possible until between songs. But they alerted us to this when laying out the rules to the show at the beginning. The Dosey Do takes the no talking policy pretty seriously and will ask you to be quiet if you are being disruptive given the nature of the acoustics in the barn. This is a good thing given you are there to hear the show, and not converse with everyone throughout the set. I did knock them one star though. You can arrive early for dinner, which we did. We ordered the ginormous chicken fried steak dinner and a catfish sandwich meal. Both of the dishes were lukewarm. I was convinced they cooked the chicken fried steak ahead of time and over held it. It could have been good if it was hot and fresh. I personally found the dinner sub-par, especially given the costs. My wife did order drinks through the night and was generally happy with most everything she received, although she thought the sandwich could have been hotter, but was good. We will probably choose to eat elsewhere in the future and then make it in time for the show. We absolutely want to return and hear more music here!

Went for Brunch Sunday the 4th of June about noon. Ordered 2 scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuit, potatoes. Eggs and bacon were good. Biscuit was HARD, potatoes were cold. Poor service. Good atmosphere. Will not be returning.

OMG! Love this place food is so good it has a completely different totally taste , coffee is super strong I love it and prizes definitely good, super friendly people.

Great show! Wait staff was great! Such a fun time! And the barn is old and beautiful!

I expected much better food especially for the buffet price. Bacon was har as were the biscuits. Ordered over medium eggs..completely overcooked first time and replacement was barely cooked...eggs at a breakfast place should be easy order....disappointed.

Nice venue. It's small and gets you close to the show. They have many genres of music scheduled: country, jazz, and rock.

Love this place. Acoustics are amazing. Great food ....friendly atmosphere

Absolutely one of the finest places to hear music, but expensive.

Awesome sound. Awesome band. It was Firefall tonight great band great company great night!!!!!

Omg, such an awesome venue! Saw Uriah Heep with dinner. Food was AMAZING, homemade, fresh, and everyone was so nice! Can't wait to go back! #history #bigbarn #intimate #venue #restaurant

1st time there. This place is amazing. Up close and very personal with the artists. The acoustics are top notch. Their BBQ and Chicken Fried Steak are money.

Alright venue for listening, definitely has some prominent stage obstructions in some areas though. Service is up and down. Visited for The Rippingtons in June 2018 and attentiveness was not one of the qualities of my experience. While several other tables around my own were being served appetizers and salads, we had not even yet been greeted for a drink order..... Clearly this was disproportionate to policy service, but my experience all the same. And this was for my birthday, my dad's treat, one of his favorite bands.

Acoustically perfect live music venue one of Houstons' best kept secrets for live music in an intimate setting!

If you have not yet been to a concert at the Big Barn, you are missing a real treat. Nearly every seat is good with the best seats about 5 feet from the performers. And the place seems to bring out the best in them. Food is good and staff top class.

Loved this place for breakfast! I had the breakfast tacos. Bacon egg and cheese tacos w fried potatoes. Yum!! Coffee was great too. Great place for a morning meeting!

Was there for private event. Venue was kinda cool. I m sure would be good to watch a real concert event. Food was pretty awful. Everything was over cooked. Not sure if this was catered in or came from somewhere else but it seemed like it was cooked there.

Nice Texas house, but the food is Rhode Island size. We paid $350 for a BJ Thomas show with dinner. The food as ok but looks like we were in a French restaurant- very small portion. Next time if you have a Texas appetite remember that the portions here are Rhode Island size.

A bit pricey, but a great, intimate performance venue. Tickets included a prix fix meal before the concert. 90 minutes of nostalgia as we listened to the songs of our youth! Follow their listings to choose your next outing.

We have been here so many times! The heart and soul of texas!

Comfy venue. Menu isn't much, but good entertainment close by.

Friendly staff, great food! Went for breakfast and had a quiet and pleasant time.

Incredible acoustics for some of the better performers in the business.
Can't wait for Monte Montgomery in March!
A truly great, unique venue!

I really like the setup and music and service was awesome, food is good but would have expected it to be more flavorful

I was there last night to see "Killer Queen". The service was lousy, and had to flag down a waitress, and then it took forever to get a drink and finally a menu. After arriving before 8:00 show time was 8:30. Eating was out of the question. Oh yes, the waitress never came back. The band might have been great but you could never really tell. The sound was awful and you could see the vocalist singing but you couldn't hear it half the time. The over all sound was terrible! Then finally, after the show, the waitress finally shows up with the check. My first and LAST Time there. A High Priced Rip Off.

This place has the best acoustic in town, no matter were you sit in here you have a great view. Also there food is all good I've tried about everything they have to offer. This place is expensive though. But a great place for a date with your ole lady and new girls to impress.

Supposedly this place is good for concerts, but their service is terrible for breakfast. Their juevos rancheros are delicious, which is the one good item on the menu, and the one good thing we have to say about this place.

Twice now, we've sat there waiting to be acknowledged and finally decided to walk out and go somewhere else. Last time, we waited forever to even be greeted by a hostess (which never happened), and as time passed with employees walking around failing to greet us, we left.

Today, we were actually seated (yay!) and were their fourth table of customers. There were four servers working. Two of them even walked right past us without so much as a "hello" or "someone will be right with you."

If it takes that long to even be acknowledged, who knows how long it takes to get food! Really frustrating.

Great place. Only complaint is they stack people on top of each other...need a little room while eating, not rubbing against the guys on either side of me.

Great environment for enjoying live music and sweet little place to enjoy a drink!

Haven t tried the food but heard it s great!

Great venue and acoustics. Best part last night was Cody Canada and the Departed, amazing show!!

Best place in the woodlands to see Howard Jones. Go every time he comes. Great acoustics. Good food. On the pricey side but worth it to see a great show. Very intimate venue.

I m giving a five star because the venue for music is awesome. If I could give a separate review for the restaurant it would be a 2. I went for the music and had a good time but the food was cold and service was a bit lacking. I ll definitely go back but probably eat beforehand.

This place has tasty comfort food and great sound for musical performances, the audio technicians really know what they're doing.