31 Excellent Late-Night Restaurants in Houston

"A newcomer on the Houston cocktail bar scene, this quirky new Heights hotspot doubles as a great spot to grab a bite late. Traditional bar food gets an upgrade, with features like IKTO’s chilled seafood plate, complete with boiled jumbo shrimp, scallops, oysters, and Japanese Snapper sashimi, served in a tangy yuzu kosho and black aguachile sauce. Hungry bargoers can also find refreshing crudos and aguachiles, pasta dishes, and a killer steak and quail eggs dish. The house-made empanadas, though — which come in a seafood or green chili pork version — steal the show, offering a fried pillowy pocket of goodness that’s sure to soak up the night’s booze." - Sean Hekmat, Brittany Britto Garley