Credence
Restaurant · Hennessey ·
Live-fire Texas ranch cooking featuring hearth-roasted dishes
Live-fire Texas ranch cooking featuring hearth-roasted dishes
"Honored with the Outstanding Service Award at the Texas guide ceremony in Houston." - H. Drew Blackburn
"A must-visit for a Houston dining education, this live-fire restaurant from Chef Levi Goode celebrates Texas cuisine with every dish touching the fire. The open kitchen showcases a custom 12-foot hearth and wood-fire oven that cooks over Texas woods and coals, producing a fire-roasted seafood tower, hearth-roasted tuna, mesquite- and post oak–grilled steaks, half-chickens and a cast-iron pan de campo. Signature moments include a whole Sweetwater duck for two that slow-roasts over the hearth and is served tableside with heirloom dirty rice, deviled crabs on the half-shell dripping with smoky tomato butter, and a show-stopping coconut cream pie with toasted coconut, shaved chocolate and burnt meringue. The service includes theatrical cart presentations for salads and desserts, and guests can finish the night in the slick sister speakeasy for cocktails and live music." - Brittany Britto Garley
"If refined, Texas cowboys decided to open up a restaurant, it would look like Credence. The dining room is straight out of Southern Living—high ceilings and shades of hunter green find their place next to walls of vintage butcher knives. The Memorial restaurant focuses on seafood, steaks, and just about anything that can be cooked over a live fire. Keep your meal as carnivorous as possible because the best dishes at Credence involve red meat. Like the delicate parisa that features pillowy pieces of smoky beef covered in cheddar cheese and coated in egg yolk. On the weekends, you can keep your party going at their reservation-only speakeasy right next door." - gianni greene, chelsea thomas
"A standout addition to the Memorial dining scene, Credence and its speakeasy sister Sidebar, owned and operated by Houston’s Goode Co. restaurant group, offer a distinctive two-in-one experience. At Credence, diners are treated to an unapologetically Texan menu focused on live-fire cooking, with standouts like the seafood tower with oysters, Alaskan king crab, and Gulf crab claws and the Sweetwater duck for two, the latter slow-roasted over mesquite wood and served with heirloom dirty rice. The adjacent Sidebar is a reservations-only speakeasy that exudes vintage luxury, where guests can sip bold cocktails and enjoy roasted oysters with caviar in a plush, 1930s-influenced ambiance." - Marcy de Luna
"A live-fire restaurant in Houston's Memorial City that pays homage to Texas cuisine." - Brittany Britto Garley