Kitchen • Backyard • Bar • Live Music
At The Rustic, we’re bringing savory, delicious homestyle meals prepared with farm-fresh local ingredients to the heart of downtown Houston. With a relaxed casual atmosphere, The Rustic is a place where anyone can feel at home. Enjoy local craft beers, Texas wines and spirits served by a friendly staff, listen to free live music from local and national artists, and take it all in from our award winning patio.
Based on 4 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
1836 Polk St, Houston, TX 77003
Phone: (832) 321-7799
Hours
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–11 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–1 AM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–1 AM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–10 PM |
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Reservations: resy.com
Reviews
Maribel Rueda (MSRUEDA11)
Visited recently for a concert. Overall great venue. Layout is chill and spread out. Picnic tables in front of stage. There is standing room outside on both sides of stage. Food was really good. Presentation was surprisingly cool. The tacos were delicious and loved the cactus fries, tasty for something different. I recommend the Legendary Rustic Rita. Very unique and fun, it has a frozen mango popsicle in it. My only con is that service was lacking.
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P Ward
Had a really great time here overall. I went twice on my vacation and had great food both days. Wednesday late afternoon we were there for happy hour and had Tony and Alex at the bar and got AMAZING service. Thursday early afternoon we sat at the bar again and got mediocre service from 2 women bartenders. It felt like they were unfocused. We had to ask for menus… ask for water. And when we left they forgot to return my credit card and I had to double back for it. Ugh.
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Sarah Opelt
There was nothing I didn’t love about this place. The atmosphere is great. The staff was all so friendly. I wish I was better at names, we had a bartender on 2 of our 3 visits that was phenomenal, gave us great tips about things to do and see in Houston, getting around, etc. Quick service. Extensive local beer list that I wish I had more time to drink through. All of the food was outstanding. Most items were a little spicy (at least for me), but they were spicy with flavor still instead of just ‘BAM punch you in the mouth’ spicy. I forgot to take pictures of all the food because I was too busy shoveling it in. What a great little find!
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Ryan Russow
Very impressed
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Sergio Rey
Loved this place.
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Carlos Escobar
This location for The Rustic is very nice. It’s kept quite clean at the entrance. I appreciate the live music and the atmosphere. Always a lot of fun to go have drinks. I went on Saturday with family and we had a great time. The Blue Cheese Wedge Salad had good flavor. The Rustic Burger made with brisket is delicious. The Texas Cheesesteak was also pretty good, slightly salty but didn’t take away from the overall flavor. The Texas Hot Chicken & Cheese was by far my favorite. The seasoning on the chicken was exceptional, and the sandwich was cooked almost like a grilled cheese. I loved that. I think that if it didn’t come with pickles, this sandwich would be absolutely perfect. Careful with changing your potato chips for fries because there is an upcharge, no substitution, and there will be less fries than if you get the potato chips. Not worth the value for what you get in return. Totally up to you. We didn’t get any adult beverages this time, but they had coke products. Now the service: our waiter was nice and courteous, however, his focus was shifted towards hanging out with other crowds or other servers at different times. We ran out of drink several times and needed refills. I think if there was a bit more focus on the customer, it would be a top notch experience overall.
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AMY M
I am so glad that I was able to try this place. I and my family stayed at the hotel nearby and saw this restaurant full of people. It’s too bad that I missed live music, which is playing Thursday through Sunday.
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Richard
Super cool spot with great ambience. Appetizer with a smoked brisket was delicious as well as the margarita which I love since it has a mango tequila lollipop in it. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if I enjoyed my salmon salad too much because I think I found a hair in it but I wasn’t sure either however i stopped eating it. I do wish that the valet parking could have mentioned that there’s free parking in the garage next door because I did not need to park valet at the moment and found parking on the curb behind the restaurant which I got a ticket unfortunately.
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Camie B
The Rustic has been on my list of eateries to try. I loved the rustic vibes this place has (hence the name ) It is beautiful & spacious inside, they have an outdoor patio as well with with lots more seating , a stage for live performances & “cooling fans”. We went around 12pm during the week and it wasn’t crowded at all.
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Bru Brun
Beautiful place
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