Rainbow Lodge Reviews

EXCELLENT place, service, attentive, very well prepared and presented meals

One of Houston's true gems. The food is excellent, the atmosphere is perfect and the wait staff couldn't be friendlier and more professional. This place is perfect to make long lasting memories.

Live music on Friday night.. Excellent outdoor space..

Had a really lovely anniversary dinner here. The steak was huge and amazing. The place is decorated really nice and the staff were A+

Very good food and nice ambiance. They messed up my dad's order but besides that I recommend going to the restaurant

I would give them 4.5, the location is very nice. The log deco is very charming and service was excellent but the food is not wowing.

Gorgeous place to eat, the food was also good, especially the duck gumbo.

Loved the atmosphere and decor. Server had perfect pace. The food was unique and delicious. Dessert is a must!

Waitstaff hurried us while we just got cocktails. Came to table and asked what we wanted to eat too many times. Please give customers time to enjoy there drinks and enjoy the restaurant.

Enjoyed our 27th wedding anniversary this last weekend... Had a great time with great food

Lovely brunch here, we made last minute reservations on Sunday morning. This place was oddly empty. We had the whole patio to ourselves for half an hour. The patio overlooks a small stream and green area, very pretty. We tried the lodge potatoes with avocado pico de Gallo and smoked salmon, the short rib sandwich with egg added, and the brioche french toast. The menu offers standard southern/gulf coast brunch fare. There was also a pastry basket of cinnamon rolls and some kind of pumpkin bread that came before the meal with preserves. So good! Will definitely keep this one on my list. Valet parking only.

Waitstaff is great and the food is amazing and cooked to perfection. The bread pudding is the best and i have tried bread pudding all over Houston.

Great place in the North of Houston. Not your typical dark Texan steakhouse. Crab cake as appetizer and lobster risotto as Entree are two of my favorites here. Try the bread pudding for dessert - highly recommended. Atmosphere and service make for a great dinner night.

Had an amazing V-day dinner here! Service was very quick, kind, and attentive. Chose the chef tasting special of 6 small courses and it was an amazing and tasty experience. The food is perfectly cooked and included a wide array of dishes I would not normally get to experience on a day-to-day basis. The interior of the restaurant is a beautiful old log cabin that is very tastefully decorated along with a beautifully landscaped garden area. The parking was complimentary valet (though please tip the valet for their work!) Would highly recommend the Rainbow Lodge for anyone looking for a fine dining experience.

Nice place good and fast service will bring the wife

The food, wine, and drinks are absolutely first rate here! And, the Sunday supper special cannot be beat!

Great place! We had a great time over there last night. The food is awesome! we will be the regular there! highly recommend!

My husband is a major carnivore. Fogo was the fist churrascarria that we ever ate at. Every time a new one opens up we check it out but we keep coming back to Fogo! The salad bar is outstanding and is better than all the competitors out there. The servers are all pros and don't stop moving constantly bring new...

Interesting dishes and staff friendly, they don't mind you asking questions

Mark was a great server. Beautiful and romantic place. The food was just medicore compared to the price. Had the trout and it lacked flavor. It was just a grilled fish with peacans thrown at it. Had better food elsewhere for less the price.

Exotic menu. Comparable prices. Wait staff very knowledgeable and gives great recommendations

Fish and chips are great with the tartar sauce. The duck gumbo was delightful. Service was great. I will be trying it again.

Great patio great ambience. The food is really delicious. A little bit pricey though

Have only been there for brunch, but really unique atmosphere and menu. Highly recommend.

LOVE the ambiance! Great way to accomplish a fun and different dining experience.

Stumbled upon this place by accident while looking for a place to eat lunch between flights. Glad I did - the food is fantastic! Sit on the patio if the weather is nice.

Great service. Guy who served us was hysterically funny. (In a good way) Best food I've had in a while.

Amazing delicious food. The service & kitchen we're great even though we arrived late for "lunch". The Buffalo chili was a good starter and would be great on a cold day. I will definitely return to try more of the chefs quisine. Cozy bar and good patio area for good weather.

Great ambiance, fabulous food , live music when we went, beautiful gardens and hospitable staff. I highly recommend.

Loved the service just wished it was wheelchair accessible.

Place was beautiful but the food was mediocre at best. My steak was dry as a bone I needed water to be able to swallow it. Another plate we got the meat was so hard it would barely cut. So if you go, go for lunch for something small it's worth the views but not the food....

Amazing place, great food and wait staff. A must go if you are in Huston Tx.
Picture is out the rear patio.

Yummy
Yum - good and much food and cheap prices. Very good. Only looking for a parking spot can last. It's worth it though.

The food and service was amazing! My husband and I had an awesome evening in Houston!

Great ambience, beautiful log cabin with lots of character. Attentive service and delicious food.

My all time favorite place to eat. Cozy atmosphere and attentive waiters. JoJo was our waitress the last time we went. Drinks and food are always excellent. This is my go to place for a delicious dinner that will not disappoint. I've ordered duck, sea bass, and the mixed game grill in my last few visits here. The appetizers of scallops and gumbo are also on point. Will probably make a couple more trips here before the holidays Love this place

This place is very beautiful. The food is amazing and the staff was we wonderful.

Amazing food, back patio is awesome when the weather is nice, and they always have a great happy hour. Major plus--The champagne list is on point and the Perrier Jouet is very affordable

Such a disappointment. I wanted to surprise my husband for his birthday and we were put in front of the "fires of hell" window. We definitely skipped the after dinner coffee. The shrimp was over cooked and chewy. I asked for a birthday "surprise" dessert on the reservations but was asked at the end of the meal if we would be wanting dessert. Houston has more appealing choices.

The petite filet mignon, bison, was excellent. Cooked perfectly medium rare and tender enough to use just a fork to cut. The lobster tail was the same, tender and fresh. The food is high quality, our server Bryan was the perfect host. The cost, well it's expensive but was worth it.

WOW!! Jet came up to Alicia and me and told us "this was the best place I have ever eaten at.". From the valet parking, to the crab cakes to the grilled lamb ribeye to the desert. Every thing was fantastic. The waiter was excellent. Everyone had a marvelous time.

I went here with my girlfriend on a spontaneous romantic date. And while the prices were a bit steep for me to make regular trips, everything about this restaurant was top notch with very friendly and knowledgeable service as well as delicious high class dishes.

Fin and comfortable place. Staff was very welcoming.

I brought my wife for lunch and we had a fantastic experience. Walking in, the decor has the feel of a beautiful cabin in the mountains. Our server, Mark Anthony, was friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable of the menu. The food was divine. I had the nilgai steak medium rare and my wife had the fried venison. All of it was cooked to perfection. We had bread pudding and a chocolate mousse tart for dessert.

I don't visit often enough. I really love this place!

Rainbow Lodge always delivers a grade A dining experience. The food is excellent and varied. The ambiance is perfect for an intimate dinner or a small group event. The service is always top notch.

Incredible atmosphere and probably the best bread pudding I have ever eaten!!

Some of the best food in Houston. Unique food. The quail was perfect!

Enjoyable fine dining experience focusing on exotic game. Have been here several times and enjoyed it each time including my friend's rehearsal dinner which was held here.

A gorgeous restaurant - a hidden oasis. Outstanding service, great juices (bourbon), and tasty wild game!

The food here is AMAZING. I love the venison. The staff and atmosphere is top notch. I highly recommend.

Nice place. Good food but buku bucks $$$. You just gotta plan for it.

Great place and the valet staff are very nice they always go the extra mile to help you.

My family and I always go when we're in Houston visiting. Food is exquisite, wine is fantastic. Brittany is our favorite server, she really knows her stuff and always has a beautiful smile on her face. Ask for her!

Fried Texas quail bites to start, gruyere grits, with fried quail topped with a bacon marmalade gravy. 16 oz. Cowboy ribeye cooked rare to finish with sauteed garlic kale and grilled asparagus. Cocktails include Hemingway's Daiquiri and a barrel aged Manhattan. Dessert to include their famous ever cherished bread pudding accompanied by "The Nudge" kalua, brandy, and amaretto with house made whipped cream. Service was fast, attentive, and top notch. Server, Jacek, was exceptionally knowledgable and quick. Atmosphere business casual, looking more towards dressed. Would reccomend this for a date night!

My wife and I went to Rainbow lodge with friends for Houston Reaturant weeks. It was great as always. I started with the fried green tomatoes stacker. It was good the tomatoes were cut about 3/4" thick and fried well. My wife started with the duck gumbo which was outstanding as always. Her main course was the coffee rubbed venison. I didn't order the vinison because I was afraid the coffee flavor would be too strong, however it was amazing I could not taste the coffee at all. It came with a side of mashed sweet potatoes that were outstanding as well. She ordered it medium and it came aou more what I would call medium rare. So adjust your order accordingly. I had the redfish with corn and field pea sucotash. The fish was good but the sucotash was the star. Just slightly sweet I could have eaten it all night. My wife had the bread pudding for desert and it was great as always. The icecream comes on the side in a tweedle bowl that gives a great brulee taste to the dish. Among our table we ordered all the deserts and the bread pudding was at least 2X the size of any other option, and I would not have called any of then small. I had the chochlate and peach mousse. We were not sure about the flavor combination. But it turned out great if you are a dark chochlate fan (which I am). It also had two sauces on the side which I dont know what were but they tasted great. One was peachish the other was key limeish and had what I thought were toasted hops which should be used in more dishes. Our friend also ordered the icebox pie which came with a blueberry compote that was great.

Always amazing... Friday burgers are really good... food for the more refined hunters pallet!

My first time here with my girlfriend and we walked in thinking this was a very cool place. Them having a large bourbon collection and I am a bourbon collector and I m seeing bourbons I normally don t see I was digging the place but the bartender had an attitude and we just thought she was having a bad day which we can understand. Just out of curiosity I was asking prices for bourbons and she asked if I was a spy! I said no, I just like bourbon and you have brands I normally don t see at bars. So after ONE DRINK the curly haired female bartender cut me off. Very embarrassing and my first time at this dive bar will be my last time here. Sorry to be so inquisitive about bourbons I love that I never see at bars. So if you like being judged at a dive bar/restaurant then this is the place to go

fantastic place, location, food and service, recommended!

This place is pretty but needs a good cleaning and update. We were going to have our wedding and reception here but when we went to ckeck it out there was dust and cob webs all over. The outside wasn't too great either.

Great food.. but...
But server was all talk....he lived to hear him talk and carry on...
Extremely Slow service
Will not come back

Absolutely amazing! Food was superb and the wait staff were very professional!

My girlfriend and I went there this past Saturday, it was one of the best restaurants I ve ever been too, the antelope entree was one of the best things I have ever ate. And the appetizer we had was called taste of the wild , it was excellent, our server knew the menu and was very informative and full of energy, we will definitely be going back

First time here, great food. The brunch selection was a cross between game meat and tradition breakfast. The setting was nice and quiet, with easy valet parking (lifted trucks wont fit). Cost are higher than a normal place with the total being 83 dollars for two people, one appetizer, and two extra sides on the meal. Staff was friendly and accommodating. I'll be back to see how dinner is.

Romantic spot for couples. Recommend reserving a table. However, price could be lower for what is offered.

Amazing food. Have yet to order something I haven't liked.

american food here - very tasty. The staff was friendly and sociable. Similar to a place in Denver I loved.

Great food! Awesome service & beautiful scenery if you're dining on the deck outside. Try the brioche french toast for brunch.

Been there for a private dinner and a company event. Staff and food was amazing. The detail in every flavor of every dish makes the moderately high cost worth it. Dress in business casual maybe with a jacket