Red Cat Jazz Café

Thats a good music
DJ is nice and good changes

One of the best places I’ve been in a while fine dining at its best, nice music live band great food and service! Would be a place I would go again and again!

Employees very kind courteous and welcoming. Didn’t appreciate waiting on the sidewalk before they opened the door. Food is ok. The buffet line was a bit difficult. But the music was nice and that’s why I actually went. It wasn’t hoity toity but it was nice to be there

I’ve been to their brunch twice with family and it was good and the live music was good too. I would go back. I’m not a picky person I don’t nit pick about stuff very easy to please.

I came with a friend for the jazz and jokes night. We got there early and didn’t realize they had a scandal viewing party which was a complete bonus.
After scandal the Jazz musicians started promptly at nine without their keyboardist who was late. It was distracting watching him try and set up around his band members who were playing but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do. Once everyone was there the music sounded good.
The comedy performers were mediocre with the funniest person being the mc. One comedian seemed to have bee given more time than he had prepared for so after a while he was just babbling on stage so we left.
The venue is nothing to rave about but it was clean and had nice bathrooms. The food was horrible– bland, overpriced and low quality. I mean it was really bad and the wine was of the lowest quality
The waitress was friendly but you can tell she wasn’t adequately trained. My salad and dinner came out at the same time and I think I was suppose to get bread but that never came.
At the end the worst was the check service. I was overcharged for wine and didn’t realize it until after I paid. The waitress attempted to bring me a new bill but didn’t bring me a record of the previously canceled check. She tried to assure me that it was fine but offered to send over then manager who could explain something about their ops being PayPal? He never came but sent over $)6.00 to reimburse me. What they still didn’t get was that I paid taxes and tip on the incorrect amount. It’s only a few dollars but it’s the principle of the whole thing.
All in all a very underwhelming experience. My advice is to go for the entertainment. Pay cash and order a basic well drink from the bar.

Sunday Brunch consisted of scrambled eggs ham and turkey, no carving stations. Green salad some type of fish and pastries grits and Russell Potatoes with seasoning plus fruit and chicken wings. Food needed seasoning it was hot but tasteless, ordered mimosa @4 each other beverages $ 3.77. Plates were chipped/​dirty which shouldn’t be served on, plastic red cups had seen better days. Service was a little off, we had to wave her down a few times I thought I was in a parade, because I waved several time. But the Jazz performance was nice which made up for the disappointing meal. #EatingismyHobby#

This establishment is the epitome of unprofessionalism. It’s very unfortunate because the performers are often very good. They are unorganized and spend most of the evening reminding their patrons to «pay your bill» which is extremely insulting considering they are patronized by working adults. The only reason I’m giving them 1 star is because zero stars is not an option. Unacceptable.

HORRIBLE!
I went for a colleague’s birthday brunch and it was all horrible. The buffet ran out of food and had to wait over 30 minutes to refill. The drinks were okay and poor waiters/​waitresses were receiving the backlash. They ran out out pastries as well. As the party and I were exiting, the trash can was overflowing with empty pastry containers from either Sam’s or some grocery store. No authentic from scratch cooking. The musician ignored my request so that he can rush and leave. Just not a good experience. I have heard this before about the restaurant but still wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. I will never go again.

Came here with a Groupon for jazz brunch. Food was cold, service was sub par. Live music was great. Do yourself a favor. Make yourself and your sweetheart a nice hot breakfast and put on some Billie Holiday. Your food will be hot and the music just as nice.

The worst brunch I’ve ever experienced. The food tasted like the cheapest frozen meal you could buy at at a grocery store. The selection is small and food runs out quickly so after about the first 5 people getting a hearty serving of the food, it’s gone and you have to wait about 10 min per food item to be put out again. People in other reviews repeatedly talked about the stale waffles and potatoes and pork chops… that was not even there. I could pick from 4 hot food items. The oranges in the fruit salad were mixed into the salad with the skin still on and the sticker still on the skin. I was expecting «amazing jazz» as the voice message says when you call the place but it was a solo guitar performance with the artist taking too many breaks and us listening to a recording instead. Honestly, the most delicious thing there was the water. Our waitress was also delightful.
Upon exiting, a group of guests that just finished brunch was deciding between supplementing this meal with Jack and the Box or some other fast food place. My bf and I decided to try overriding our brunch experience by going to another place nearby that was well rated on Unilocal and the funny thing was that the entire large group that sat in front of us at Red Cat was already at this other place, probably trying to salvage their brunch experience too.
Very very disappointed.

My wife purchased tickets here for NYE. Overall it was ok. I wouldn’t recommend it for a NYE party, but we had a great time there.
I love the fact we truly received what we paid for. She purchased VIP tickets and we initially shared a table with an older couple front row center! The host was very kind and even took our picture where a photo booth was set up.
The music performances and band were very entertaining. One of the performers was even kind enough to sing my requested selection, hence an enhanced rating. We enjoyed our experience and would encourage anyone to try it out and see if it’s your flavor.

This was by far the most terrible Brunch I’ve been to in Houston! Do yourself a favor and save your money!

This was the most mediocre brunch I’ve had in years. This place is very disorganized and the food leaves much to be desired.
–The first seating is at 11am, yet the food wasn’t ready until about 11:45
–I ate fish (fish nuggets/​scraps), grits, runny/​fake/​just add water-​type eggs, potatoes, and a cold mini cinnamon bun. There’s no omelet station and not much variety of food offered.
–There is no Jazz band and the solo guitarist that was playing played R&B/Soul music… not jazz
–Cold food — notified a waitress and the manager on duty that the burner was out under the waffles (which felt/​looked like sponges and were ice cold) and was given an excuse about how they turn the burner off at a certain time so people don’t get too comfortable and will vacate the restaurant in time for the 2^nd seating.
–Sat at the bar and witnessed the manager Googling how to properly make a bloody mary. My friend (who has worked years in food service/​bars/​restaurants) actually told the bartender (he was really a server since the real bartender decided not to show up) that he was making mimosas wrong and instructed on the correct ration of champagne and orange juice.
Overall, this place is a mess and I would NOT recommend eating there for brunch. Its not worth the $ 28 Groupon!

Came here with a groupon. The brunch buffet was different than what I’m used to but it had really good food. Even the eggs were exceptional. Our table did have to wait a little longer than most to get some service after being seated, but that’s ok, it was kind of packed. Once the food was ready, there was some chaos in everyone trying to serve themselves at once.

We loved their Sunday brunch!
Couldn’t decide where to go for brunch, so checked Groupon. Saw the deal and knew from past experience (with other places) to make a reservation before buying the Groupon. No problem making a reservation, so got the Groupon and were all set.
Then read the Unilocal reviews and was a bit concerned…
when we arrived, the hostess was seating people. Had to wait a bit, 5 min?
She was asking people if they had a Groupon or LivingSocial deal and processing that before seating. She was very friendly, welcoming, and efficient. Looked like every table was filled.
When we were seated, a server quickly came over, introduced herself and took our drink orders.
Went up to the buffet line —
Eggs, grits, sausage, ham, pasta Primavera, porkchops, fried fish, chicken wings, biscuits, waffles, Sam’s-club like pastries & some muffins.
They were out of plates when we walked up, but some or quickly brought.
The food was being replenished promptly.
It was all quite tasty!
The one musician playing was very good.
Ambience was very nice
Service was good — The server apologized for delays, but there really weren’t any. Plates could have been removed a little quicker but it didn’t bother us at all
At the end, I mentioned the negative reviews. The lady said that they’ve hired new kitchen staff and additional servers.
Look forward to going back!

I am sure everyone’s experience is a little different. Disorganized seating, stained table cloth, cold foot. Out of most foods, ran out of plates often. Friendly people but poor service. No Jazz band but a solo guitar. Not bad but that’s it.
I would not recommend the Café for brunch.

Worst brunch of my life
No organization at all, rude arrogant staff. From the beginning, we arrived and nothing was ready, they had no food or music, no tables ready, we had to wait for everything. FYI there is no Jazz band, just one guy with a guitar singing whatever he wanted but Jazz. The buffet took about 40 minutes to be ready, by that time all the tables were full of hungry people, so of course when they finally announced you can go to the buffet a 50 people line formed, another 25 minutes wait line.
And it got worse, after the 25 person the food run out, there were no plates either, no silverware anymore, it was a total disaster. I tried complaining to the staff and they were very rude, they don’t apologize, they were very arrogant and pretty much ignored me.
By the time I went back to my table (with the little food I could grab) the waitress had brought my coffee and it was cold for all the waiting, I complained again, she just took the cup without letting me speak and said «yes I know», brought me another one (and charge me both coffees). I asked for sugar, she said some else has it (pointing at the other tables), I didn’t know if she wanted me to look for it or what, she looked at me upset and finally she brought it, and a couple of minutes later she took it away from my table without a word, didn’t ask us or say anything, just walked by and took it away and gave it to the next table. Later we ordered another coffee and took about 20 minutes to arrive.
So we left, paying for an extra coffee, paying for a kids buffet adult price (they don’t have a kid price buffet) and very upset we couldn’t try the food we wanted form the buffet, we couldn’t even had eggs. I will never again try this place.

My fiancé and I purchased the Groupon to the show. Her sister came into town to surprise us and the Groupon was sold out. We went to the door and performance staff wanted to charge us nearly 4 times as much! Fortunately we had someone come speak with us outside the club. He said he may be able to help us out. We waited and he said we’d be able to all enter at a discounted rate for our other two guests. We entered again the lady denied us again. Right as we left the gentleman came out and escorted us in through the side door.
Turns out he was the club owner and accommodated us promptly. Not only did he offer us great seats but he had someone serve us immediately.
My point being that the club is not the issue with most of the bad reviews but the artist’s offering the Groupon. We’ll be back because of the hospitality the owner showed us.

I purchased a Groupon for Sunday Brunch in 2013 that ran until April 2014. I purchased the groupon with the intent to take some friends that were coming into town a couple of weeks after the OCTOBER purchase. Reservations were required and when I went online they had nothing available until DECEMBER! This was not going to work. I went to their website and emailed, I contacted groupon and was advised to contact the restaurant directly. I received no response to my email so I emailed again a week later with still no response. I called and was told another time to call to speak with a manager and did so 3 times before I contacted the Better Business Bureau. I have filed a complaint and have still not received a response from Red Cat! Is it too far fetched to ask for my $ 40 back since no services were received? I did all this MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION.
I doubt I will ever receive a response but I do know that my Unilocal review cannot be deleted by them! You have been warned. I hope by seeing the other horrible reviews that this place will soon go out of business for their poor business practices and subpar social responsibility acts.

A friend of mine had purchased a Sunday jazz brunch for two groupon for this place that she could no longer could take advantage of, so she offered it to me. Honestly, I almost declined after reading so many negative reviews on Unilocal but decided that I especially should try it out since it would essentially cost me nothing but time and tip… and there was always a chance that it could actually be a great experience. So I took my mom who was visiting from out of town and two small children ages 2 and 3. The company stated on groupon’s website that the brunch was family friendly so I wasn’t too concerned about bringing my little ones. I will state that there are no changing tables in the restrooms, booster seats, or high chairs for anyone with infants or needy toddlers just so you know.
We arrived about a quarter after 11am, and Jawad was already on stage performing and engaging with guests. He is a very talented musician, we really enjoyed his whole set which ended a little after 12pm. The hostess and cashier greeted us enthusiastically when we came in the door, all the staff and servers were super friendly. I had made reservations via the company website the night prior, the cashier just scanned my groupon and wrote my name down and then we were seated.
Brunch is buffet style and to my surprise was delicious. A nice selection of hot foods: grits, eggs, tilapia, tender-​falling-​apart-​beef roast, fried pork chops, and a chicken/​mushroom pasta. Everything was very flavorful, I was really impressed. Good selection of baked goods, pastries, and fresh sweet fruit. Green salad. The down side was indeed the waffles, I could barely cut them with a knife they were so tough, but added a little syrup and my kids ate them right up so who cares haha! We did not have any drinks from the bar so I can’t comment on that.
The ambience was very romantic, dark and moody lighting as you would expect from a jazz or poetry lounge. Still none of us had a problem seeing what we were doing or eating. I would highly recommend the Sunday jazz brunch for a date. As I said, very romantic and chill atmosphere. All in all, we left happy, entertained, and full. I would definitely go back again with the hubs. Take advantage of the groupon if you can and give it a chance. I thanked my friend again for gifting me the deal. I’ll be back for sure.