Post Oak Grill Downtown

First of all the host was very rude from the moment we enter the restaurant, second the manager, Consuela, was also rude as hell. I order the seafood mix entrée and asked for it to be blackened, however the waiter stated the manager, Consuela, said «NO». However, my co-​worker asked for another seafood entrée and she asked for it to blackened and the manager agreed to have it blackened. When we asked to speak to the manager, she came to the table without introducing herself and had a very ugly demeanor, and stated she could not blackened my food, therefore, due to her ugly attitude we all decided to leave and eat somewhere else. We will NEVER go back there and eat again.

This is the Post Oak Grill Express, which sells to-​go items right outside the main restaurant. Yesterday I got the turkey and Havarti sandwich. It came with a really, really cheap piece of waxy Swiss, wilted lettuce, and tomatoes that seemed to have been almost frozen. Not in line with the $ 10 price. If they need to substitute a different kind of cheese, please say so. Don’t just slap something together and think people won’t notice. And maintain the quality. I was really disappointed. Who’s going to go all the way back down in the tunnel, just to return it. Care to comment, management?

3.5 stars up. Rounding up to 4 stars. This was a delivered meal for an all day meeting. We had a full page to choose from sandwiches or lunch salads.
I chose the Ahi tuna lunch salad. The delivery girl was super friendly and happy.
Upon opening my salad I also found some other goodies. Everything was packed well. No lopsided meal! The salad dressing which if I recall correctly was like a light balsamic mix. The greens and accent veggies were über fresh and consisted of a real good variety. Not your normal wild herbs or romaine. The only negative was that my ahi tuna was sliced quite thick and cooked medium which it could have cooked more in the container. The ahi tuna had real good flavor despite having the above mentioned issues. I would assume also the restaurant was playing it safe on a delivery.
Would I order it again? Heck yeah! I would specify thin cut and rare though.
I also received homemade crusty looking bread and butter which I didn’t eat. There were a cluster of red grapes and a decent peanut butter cookie also. I was actually impressed overall.
So many times when meals are delivered or picked up to go I have found disappointing smaller versions. I never ate in their restaurant yet but got full and really enjoyed how all the flavors came together.
I would recommend them for delivery of business lunches.
Unilocal review #359

Working downtown and eating the same things in walking distance can get a little boring, I took a chance and explored the tunnels a little more today and stumbled across this place.
Great for business lunches, and also a step up from your typical eatery in the tunnels. White table linens and complimentary passion tea on the table not so bad I must say!
I had the chicken fried chicken w/​peppercorn gravy and fresh veggies which consisted of green beans and carrots. Really good, the chicken was thin and was not all covered in gravy which I like. It was topped in mushrooms which I’m not a fan of, but it actually wasn’t so bad. The chicken was well flavored, could’ve used a bit more gravy but overall it was pretty good.
I would give this place another shot!

Great for a little fancier lunch in the tunnels! They had a wide selection of large salads with seafood which was great! I got the blackened shrimp salad. Seem to have a lot of meets and seafood, in general.

Post Oak Grill is probably my favorite «nice» restaurant in the tunnels. I have never been disappointed — from the wonderful bread basket to the salads and entrees — everything is great!

Quality food with fresh ingredients and quick service. One of the only «sit-​down» restaurants with table service in the Houston Tunnel system, located beneath 1111 Louisiana St. I ordered the New York Steak Sandwich, with sliced steak, caramelized onions, queso fresco, avocado slices, tomatoes and grilled mushrooms, with a side of fries, $ 12.95. Steak was prepared medium (to order), and served on a fresh roll. Very good. They also offer a large variety of entrée salads; all I’ve tried have been very good (hard to pick a favorite, though the Crab Cake Salad is a strong contender!)

I say 3 stars but it’s really about a 3.5. I can’t bring myself to give it a 4. What makes the place a little more than okay is the ambience and the service. We were seated promptly. We were served bread which I liked because it was soft and fresh. We had someone in our party who ordered something completely off of the menu. Our server was a superstar about the request and made it happen. I chose to have the lunch special which consisted of a three course meal. I started with the house salad. The greens were fresh and the dressing was good. My second course was blackened trout with sweet potatoes and veggies, served over rice. There was a seafood sauce over the fish as well. Here is why we are at 3.5. The flavor on the fish was good but my fish was a bit over cooked, and the flavors of the sauce didn’t go well with the flavor of the fish. (in my opinion). It seems like both were made with neither of the other in mind. My brocolli was bitter. The rice, the green beans, and the sweet mashed potatoes were cooked perfectly. My third course was the cheesecake. It seemed as though it was a ready-​made, no bake, bought in the store type of dessert. I would go back and try something different.

It’s a shame that really good food goes to waste with terrible serviced. This place consistently has some of the worst service downtown Houston. This last time, I was billed for somebody’s else’s meal, in addition to mine. When I called to have them reverse it out, they rudely told me it didn’t happen. Amazing! I’m looking at my account online and Consuelo, probably not her real name is arguing with me. I called Becerra. I guess it happens all the time. Not going back. Plenty of places to eat downtown, and happy to serve me with a smile.

(This review is for the Post Oak Express)
Tasty, cheap and fast. Located just outside the downtown Post Oak Grill restaurant with a limited menu.
Although the website says otherwise, there are at least a couple of Post Oak Grill Express locations downtown.
I have a coworker who swears by the POG-​Ex fish tacos. I gave them a try and was impressed. Less than $ 9 and includes a drink and a cookie. The tacos were very good. A couple of guys with me had chicken sandwiches and didn’t think too much of them, especially when they paid more than $ 10 each.
POG-​Ex had turkey chili and chicken tortilla soup that looked good. I will have to try that sometime in the future.

One of the better options for dining in the tunnels but one of the worst places for a business meeting. The restaurant itself is very loud and the area of the tunnels it’s situated in is also a very crowded location. The food is good but not the same menu as the one served at the original Galleria location. Go here when you want to treat your staff to a nice meal as a thank you. Find someplace else if you need to conduct business during lunch.

I spent much of the morning today anticipating walking half a mile in the tunnels to eat a Santa Fe Salad at the downtown location, where I have been a regular customer for the last decade. When I arrived at 11:10, I asked for a table for 1 in the almost empty restaurant. The hostess then took me all the way through the establishment, past rows of empty and available tables, to a tiny table all the way in the back. As if that weren’t insulting enough, the table in question did not even have any chairs situated at it. I suppose she expected me to just wait until she could pull up a chair to this corner in the back, but I told her that I wasn’t going to sit there when the entire restaurant was available, and turned and left.
Look, I’m 58 years old and not the best looking guy, and, having known folks in the restaurant business my entire life, I have no doubt that the hostess was only doing exactly as she had been instructed to do, so this is not a criticism of her. But this is not really much of a way to treat a loyal customer — or any customer for that matter. And as a result of the way in which I was treated today, I most likely will never come back to this restaurant again, nor will I recommend it to others, as I have many times in the past.
And that’s too bad, because I really do love those Santa Fe Salads.

Be careful at this place! Yes it was a favorite of mine but after I got a receipt on my steak salad and the manager took forever to apologize for such, didn’t even bother to look at me in the eyes and without a genuine apology, well let’s just say I WILL NOT be attending there ever again! Feel as if the staff is not all that friendly for such an over-​rated restaurant.
BTW, their butter is ALWAYS frozen that I cannot even enjoy it, I always ask to warm it up for me and they don’t even want to bother. This is very unfortunate specially since I do work in the building above them and their food is not bad just service is not the best.

I was torn between giving this place 3 or 4 stars, but I had to say it was just A-​OK. It’s a nice place in the tunnels (sit down, great service, nice décor). We were seated right away and given a basket of assorted breads. I have to say I wasn’t impressed with any of the breads.
I loved the huge selection of salads, however, and I ultimately decided on the blackened shrimp salad with the tequila lime vinaigrette. It was good — the shrimp were a bit too salty and the dressing was very oily and didn’t taste like tequila or lime at all. However it was fresh and filling, and like I said the service was great so I really can’t complain. They have a huge menu, so if you’re looking for a lot of different types of food, this is a great place to go.

Nice looking place in the tunnels. I went here for a business lunch, it’s a good place to meet and expense their pricey food, but it is way too loud and the servers seem like they are busy even though they are extremely slow.
All that said, I really did enjoy the complimentary biscuts and my Ahi Tuna salad was very good. Someone in our group ordered the chicken enchiladas he complained that they were too spicy and that the menu didn’t give him any indication to their spiciness, but he’s from NY and they gave him a dessert on the house.

A quick business lunch was in order with a colleague, and given that both of our buildings are connected to the Houston Tunnels, we decided on Post Oak Grill Downtown. Pro-​tip: MAP OUT your route before you leave your office — there is no WiFi or 4G in the tunnels and they can be very windy and quite confusing. With a bit of luck, I only took one wrong turn and arrived shortly after noon — my colleague beat me there and had already secured a table for 2 in the café seating portion. Seated & greeted, we were immediately served water and drinks were ordered.
This being my first time to the POGD, I took a quick survey of the surroundings — clean lines, dark wood, very appropriate for a business lunch. Obviously, the rest of Downtown agrees — they were doing a very brisk business on a Wednesday. The menu was extensive, including a 2 course prix-​fixe lunch, and I was happy to see they offered a variety of entrée salads. Chopped California Cobb with Grilled Chicken — why yes, I think so. My colleague ordered a variation on the grilled chicken — 86 the cheese and add a crab cake. This elicited a brief puzzled look from our server, «Both chicken AND crab cake?» But soon they resolved the issue and orders were submitted.
I was impressed with the attentive staff during such a busy lunch hour: my iced tea was never empty, my silverware proferred at the ideal moment, our salads taking seemingly little time after ordering. Clearly, they have capitalized on the efficiency of the business lunch. As my salad arrived I happily notices the bunch of grapes settled in alongside the generous grilled chicken, boiled eggs and other accouterments of a Cobb salad. Perhaps this is the «California» aspect? Either way, I love grapes in a salad and the whole entrée arrived as advertised: chopped thoroughly. NOTE for Restaurateurs: We ladies who lunch do not like to have to chop up the overly large lettuce offerings you seem determined to utilize. PLEASE, for the love, realize that during a business lunch you must take small bites to engage in conversation, making a chopped salad ideal.
My own personal soapbox aside, the Chopped California Cobb at POGD was quite good — if maybe a tad bit overly dressed. Next time, I may opt for dressing on the side, but really I should know better. The fruits and vegetables were fresh, crisp and expertly chopped into bite-​sized pieces, making this a delicious and appropriate entrée for a lunch dominated by political conversation. Reaching the end, our plates were cleared, more iced tea poured and we were allowed to sit, digest and enjoy a bit more Machiavellian scheming. In all, a thoroughly enjoyable spot for a quick lunch downtown.

3 stars but I do like Post Oak Grill. Service was okay and unfortunately the food this time was just okay. I ordered the Skirts of Fire which I must say was rather bland. I’ve had it before from this same location and it was great. However on this visit it was very bland, including the sauce. The mashed potatoes were great as well as the veggies. I tried adding salt to the sauce, but still no good for my steak. I recommend more seasoning and perhaps a little spice since it is called Skirts of Fire.

This place is an ok spot to stop by for a quick business lunch. During lunch hours though, be warned that service is a bit slow, and the food quality suffers just a bit because of that. Also, it’s a bit hidden, but head downstairs into the tunnel and you will find it. Came here with a co worker for a quick business lunch, and got the fried seafood platter while he got the crab cake sandwhich.
First off, they brought some bread to the table, which seemed either underbaked or just crushed too much while someone was slicing it. No good.
Then came some cheddar biscuits, which were delicious. The actual entrée was just ok, a pile of well fried seafood, including soft shelled crab, shrimp, and some fish. My co worker’s crab cake sandwhich looked solid as well.
It is a bit pricey though, and we ended up waiting like 25 extra minutes for our to go burger, which was very dissapointing.

Came here for lunch and had the crab cake sandwich. It was HUGE! Flavor was so-​so. It just needed a little oomph, but there was a lot of crab and very little filler.
Very attentive and fast service. They told us it would be about 15 minutes for a table during the lunch rush, but it ended up being less than 10. Would definitely recommend stopping in if you’re working downtown!

Located in the tunnels under 1111 Louisiana this place specializes in salads, a few comfort foods that do not scream foul at it’s sister location in the Galleria. You will not find many of the menu items here that you have had in the Galleria because here is more geared to the fast paced setting of the downtown business clientele.
The hours here are 11 a.m. till 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. You will get good service here from the opening time to about noon or when everybody decides to all come in at the same time so after 12:30 pm your on your own, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
There is an auxillery stand in front of this establishment where you can get a quick sandwich, cookie, drink or soup but do not expect to sit inside the restaurant and get the soup that is offered at the outside stand unless it is the same as the inside. Don’t ask me why I just know.
All in all this is your cut above place to go if you are tired of the fast food subways, McDonald’s or whatever but do not expect to get any alcohol here.
Average price per person I would say would be about $ 15 with a drink hovering with the tax and tip.
Your choice of beverages are Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Assorted Hot Tea, regular tea, organic bottled tea and coffee.
The soup of the day almost every Monday is Chicken Tortilla, the other days it alternates depending on what the cooks decide to make.