Red Balloon Cafe 1800 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston, TX 77043

"We Came here for breakfast. Food was okay. Just one person working. She did all the cooking , taking orders, make coffee, etc.. I was thinking this place had table service but you order at the counter. You gotta get everything yourself. It was breakfast and you would think there would be plenty of coffee. I went to get a refill and the coffee pot was empty. By the time the coffee was ready we were ready to leave. I wasn't impressed with this place. Sad, because I like little hole in the wall places, maybe it was an off moment for the place. Not sure I will return to this place. I passed it several times on my way to 290 and was excited to try it. Not what I expected."

"The food at red balloon was good but nothing to be blown away by. The staff was very friendly. The star of the show for me was the chicken fried steak. Even though the dish was not visually appealing, it was flavorful. The biggest miss of my meal were the onion rings, because they lacked flavor. I enjoyed trying some of my husbands fries and wish I would have ordered those instead of the onion rings. My stepson thought that the catfish was excellent."

"Had this cafe on my list for a while now and finally decided to go! When you walk in it is very clean and spacious, it has plenty of seating inside and for a good weather they have seating outside. You have to order in the front but they will bring the food to you. The menu is a good size and prices are decent. The attendant in the front, he was great, he was very nice and attentive and had a great attitude for it being the end of the day! The food came out super fast, we only waited less than 10 minutes. It was massive proportions and tasted AMAZING! The food has so much flavor, taste and it's just delicious. My kid and I really enjoyed this dinner. I will definitely be coming back and bringing more people."