Hadramout Restaurant

Honestly best yemeni restaurant in Houston. I recommend zurbian and mandi lamb. The broth soup is a must try. Service is impeccable. Restrooms are very clean. Even tea is tasty. This place is a hidden gem and a must try for meat lovers.

If you’ve never been in the middle east and you don’t know what is the taste of the authentic middle eastern food there?. Hadramout Restaurant is the key. Just try it to believe it.

This place has some of the best fish I’ve ever tasted. I also love their meat. The food is 10/10. I would definitely recommend it as take out. The dine in is not so exciting. I would also suggest calling your order in in advance, unless you have 30-40 minutes to spare. It takes a while for the food to be ready.

As a long-time loyal customer, I’m deeply disappointed by the drastic changes since the original owner sold the place. The portion of rice has become absurdly small, and under the new management, they have become incredibly stingy.

Traditionally Yemeni cuisine. We were party of 6. We all ordered different dishes. All dishes were tasty. Fish was the best. Tea was great! Very friendly people. Very good atmosphere.

Hardramout Restaurant in Houston is a hidden gem that brings the rich and authentic flavors of Yemeni cuisine to life. From the moment you step inside, the warm hospitality and inviting aroma of spices set the tone for an unforgettable dining experience. The mandi and fahsa are absolute standouts, with tender, perfectly cooked meats and rice infused with a depth of flavor that’s truly unparalleled. The fresh, flaky malawah bread paired with savory dipping sauces is a must-try, and the spiced tea provides the perfect finish to a satisfying meal. Whether you’re a fan of Middle Eastern cuisine or a first-timer, Hardramout delivers an exceptional culinary journey that will leave you eager to return. For anyone seeking bold, authentic Yemeni food in Houston, this spot is a must-visit!

The Lamb Mandi plate was absolutely phenomenal! The rice was aromatic and cooked to perfection, each grain infused with spices that were warm and flavorful without being overpowering. The meat was the true star — incredibly tender, juicy, and full of a smoky, savory depth that showed real skill in preparation. Every bite was a perfect mix of flavor and texture. The portion size was generous, and the presentation was beautiful, making the whole experience feel even more special. If you’re craving authentic, mouthwatering Mandi, this is the plate you need. I can’t wait to come back for more!

Excellent tasting mandis, both lamb and chicken. This is by far the best mandi that money can buy, and for the quantity they serve, it is bang for the buck. I am sold for sure.

Hadramout Restaurant is a unique gem for Yemeni cuisine, tucked away in the corner of a shopping plaza. The interior may be simple, but the authentic flavors and warm atmosphere make it stand out. For a more traditional experience, you can even enjoy cushioned floor seating. The lamb dishes were amazing. Tender, fragrant, and perfectly spiced with generous portions that are great for sharing. The prices are reasonable, and the service is friendly, making it feel like a cozy, home-cooked meal. Lots of parking and friendly staff!

I had the Lamb Hanith with extra lamb and both types of Sambusa, beef and chicken. The sambusa were great and recommend both. The lamb hanith was great as well and very filling, I shouldn't have gotten extra lamb. The meal comes with two sauces and I use the yogurt sauce on the rice since the rice was slightly dry. I need to try the Mandi Lamb again when I come back. The service was great and the lady at the counter was very patient with me and explained to me the difference between all the lamb dishes they have. The restaurant itself was clean and not overcrowded since most of the orders I saw there today were to go. I highly recommend Hadramout

My first time having Yemeni style food, I really like it a lot. The service was really good. Since it's our first time here, the waiter staff explained the menu to us and make recommendations on what the try. They don't have tap water only bottle water if you want water. If you really like lamb, I recommend getting Fahesa, the fish was good too and Hanith Lamb! The service is outstanding as they explained the menu to us and the food came out very fast. Fahesa is a must try dish at the restaurant. You can also sit on the ground, the traditional way of people at Yemen eat food there.

Good quality food. Neat and clean environment. Helpful staff. Chicken and Lamb mandi were tasty however quantity of rice in lamb mandi should be increased seeing portion of lamb meat. Should have green salads too available.

The food was delicious and flavorful. The service was really nice, it took time for the food to come, but it was worth it. The ambiance was very casual and family friendly.

The food is delicious, we ended up having dinner here randomly. But honestly it was too warm in the restaurant, not sure if it was because we chose to sit on the couch area they have to give a more traditional vibe or what was the matter that day . Would def go back for the food, might do take out.

I came with my family for lunch. We have been sitting for almost 30 minutes and still nobody comes to take our orders. Poor service.

Been there a few times and the food is amazing. Big parking lot so that was convenient. Nothing fancy but tasted like homemade. Will be going back.

We just found this place a couple of months ago and we absolutely LOVE IT! My favorite is the Hanith Lamb, the other dishes are all amazing, it's hard to chose from, best lamb in town for sure. The service is always great, Naima the waitress who always serves is such a beautiful person, always smiles, very kind to serve us and very professional. The whole team are great and attentive. It's a very cozy casual family atmosphere, we love to see the kids with parents there, it's lovely.

I ordered Hanith chicken for the first time - it's a baked chicken - and it was great - moist and juicy. It's almost like a rotisserie chicken but with spices. Loved this choice - I will definitely buy it again. I generally love the fish at Hadramout but today I was greatly disappointed. It was soaking in oil and there wasn't enough of the sour agent that usually gives a great taste to the fish. I sure hope it was a one time thing. Staff at Hadramout are always friendly and helpful. I enjoy going here to refresh my taste buds and there are so maybe options.

I ordered haneeth because it has the best reviews on yelp The meet was a little dry the rice is ok but not great, the yogurt sauce is very week The service is bad Eatable but not great experience Not comparable to other Yemeni restaurants in other states Needs work

I mean it was just ok. Nothing special eatable Had high hopes but not special don't hate it but off course not in love ....

Me being middle eastern I can say I eat a lot of Mediterranean food. I was in Houston and stumbled Across this spot that had Yemen food. Me and my buddy ordered the lamb and chicken with yellow rice. Everything was amazing ! The lamb falls off the bone! The chicken was full of flavor! The rice was also amazing along with the sauces they give us ! The staff was amazing and restaurant was clean! Which is always a plus !

I ordered takeout from Hadramount because of the great Yelp reviews and article on Eater, but I wasn't that impressed. It was fine, but I wouldn't order it again. I ordered the hummus, plus bread, hanith lamb, and zurbian chicken. The hummus was fine, pretty standard and good, but the meats were a little dry, in my opinion. And the rice that came with the chicken didn't include raisins as described on the menu. One good point was that the portions were very generous. Overal, Hadramount was just OK.

Dine-in: 5 stars Takeout trays: 3.5 stars We dined in 3 months ago at the Arabic seating area and loved it. Food and service were both good. Yesterday we had guests over, so we ordered pickup. They said half a tray feeds 7 people. We were 10, so we ordered 2 mandi half trays: one chicken and one lamb. The lamb mandi had lots of rice and little meat. The chicken mandi had 2 chicken halves. The meats were barely enough for us. Also, the fattoush had no seasoning or dressing at all. Baba ganoush was ok. We'll be back for dine-in only.

10/10 everytime. Hanith lamb. So tender it basically falls of the bone and is seasoned perfectly !! The rice portion is very generous and flavored perfect. Every part of this dish is authentic to the tee. We also ordered tabouleh. It was a perfect side and starter for the lamb. Also, the lamb broth soup!! You cannot go wrong starting with this. It has the perfect spice and flavor you'll be ready for more! Staff is so sweet and helpful! They definitely take this already amazing restaurant OVER THE TOP in goodness. 100% recommend if you're in the area!

This place did not disappoint. Chicken and lamb was AMAAAAAZING. and the portion was the best I have seen anyowhere. First time tasting Yemeni cuisine and I approve. I highly recommend and would give it another go for sure.

I was very excited to come to this restaurant and drove a while to get here. We ordered lamb hanith, chicken zurbiyan, fattoush, and marag. The lamb hanith (lamb shank piece) and chicken zurbiyan were really dry. Fattoush and marag were alright. But what got me upset was the service. So, I usually don't write about service because people can have bad days and what not. The waitress was annoyed with us as soon as we sat on the table. I just let it go because maybe she was having a long day, but then another group came in and she started smiling and laughing with them. When we asked for the menu, she said to scan the QR code ar the table while walking off. When they asked, she nicely explained all the main dishes. I don't think I'll be going here again. IG: @alltheflavorsandtastes

My family came here because I've been craving kabsa and mandi. The dishes look similar to Americans but the flavors are quite different. Both hit the spot though. And the portions here are quite generous.

Very tasty Thai cuisine with chic layout. Manager mentions live music on weekend from 6 to 9 pm

What an experience! There is floor seating which is a traditional way to eat in the Middle East and other parts of the world. So of course we sat in the floor seating area. Our baby lovvvved it. Now the food, I love that they specialize in a few things because it makes it less overwhelming to choose. We ordered grilled chicken and a lamb dish. Both were DELICIOUS! Will be back regularly

Middle Eastern food in Houston is so delish! So tasty, flavorful, and scrumptious. This establishment is a 5 for me and I only tasted one dish! I definitely feel I will like the chicken and fish dishes based upon my meal, the reviews, and the photos. I just happened upon this place and decided to give it a try and I'm so glad I did! I ordered the Hanith lamb and I am so glad I did. I have been craving lamb for a few days but didn't want steakhouse lamb chop or rack of lamb. I was going to visit an Indian restaurant for Vindaloo but this place stuck up to me and calling my name. Lamb Hanith $17.99 6/5- This dish gets a star above the highest rating because that's how much I like it. Perfectly seasoned and well-cooked tender lamb placed on a humongous bed of basmati rice with sweet caramelized onions. The onions had a onion jam flavor to it and added depth to the dish. Seriously good balance of bites- one savory and the other a tinge of sweetness. The dish was served with two sauces, red and white but I don't know what they tastes like because to me nothing needed to be added. So simple but a game changer. I need to impress that the pictures are a little deceiving. The box the food comes in is 25% bigger than the regular to-go box so you get a LOT of food. I mean, a lot and it was great. I will have to freeze some of it. I will be tasting other dishes later.

The best Yemeni food in town. 1. Food: The food is really good. You can never go wrong with a good Hanith Chicken or Lamb Chicken. The Fattoush was also really good! The hummus tho was not good at all. So avoid ordering hummus. 2- Service: the service is nice. The lady with the Hijab is always nice to us and get us everything we ask for in a timely manner. 3- Atmosphere/Place: they have the Arab seatings where you can get to sit on the ground and get that traditional Arab atmosphere. 4- Price: The prices are reasonable and good based on what you're receiving. Huge portions.

An authentic restaurant for some middle-eastern (Yemenite) delicacies! Had a slightly disappointing start due to unavailability of the lamb mandi but our next choice meal of the 'Hanith Lamb' didn't disappoint! '+'s: Mandi: Hanith Lamb - perfect balance of spices with a very tender and well-cooked lamb! The sauce on top was a tad too thick and dry but when combined alongside the tomato & yogurt sides, adds a good taste! A personal recommendation would be to introduce the original concept of serving mandi in one massive plate serving 2-3 ppl which individuals can portion out, share and consume as needed!

Was in Houston for few days and was hoping to have good Yemeni food. I was happy with Hadramout selection of items in their menu. Lamb was tender and taste great

The food is excellent. However, I would feel like it is doing this place a disservice if I don't mention the lack of service. I have come here many times with friends and family and every time the waiters miss the simplest (but most important) things like plates and silverware! What's worse is when you ask them you are given lackluster responses. The place is clean, food delicious but again the staff are so disinterested in actually being servers that it leaves you thinking if. it had been better to just go eat somewhere else. It shouldn't be that hard to get plates, silverware and napkins...Perhaps they only have a limited amount and that's why they are so stingy but again you're in the restaurant business so these things should be pretty standard. Would love to give a 4/5 star rating here but I just can't because of these things.

We went pretty late and they were almost out of everything, but still fairly busy. They let us have the sitting area in the back, which was really nice.. My friends immediately ordered the last two mandi lamb. I ordered my chicken separate because I do not eat lamb. The chicken was fall off the bone tender. (Slightly dry meat because it is halal, but still very tender if that makes sense). It came with a yogurt sauce and a salsa like sauce. Both were very good with the rice. Honestly, the rice was my favorite thing. It was very soft and had just enough flavor to be eaten alone. The price point, quality, and quantity of food was excellent. I'd like to come back one day and try their other dishes.

We tried chicken mandi rice here and that brought me to couple years ago when i was in Middle East. The Mandi rice they have tastes like original Mandi rice in Yemen. The fresh sauce also awesome. They serve the dishes in aluminum plates, exactly the way they should be. Room for improvement: please open earlier. They open at 12 pm but they were late also when we were there. So we gotta wait outside. Second thing, there are a lot of flies until they burn the oud fragrance. But the smoke from the fresh new burnt oud was so disturbing. I guess if they prepared better earlier un the morning, they wouldnt have had this happened.

I ordered the hanith lamb - it was terrible. Very dry, with some sort of red coating on the outside. It didn't even taste like lamb! The rice was good, but the hummus wasn't. It had some sort of strange spice in it. Also, the bread was tough and chewy.

First time trying yemen food and it's was ok, I like more spicy stuff and overall it was not spicy at all, the lamb was cooked perfect and tender, chicken was tender and delicious and rice was different and tasty, I asked for spicy sauce but they brought me some Cajun hot sauce, I was hopping to get some house special spicy sauce, overall not my type of restaurant.

Highly recommend it. The lamb in this place is super. I personally enjoyed it. I like to eat while sitting on the ground and this has this option which is nice.

Wow, never had Yemeni food before. The hanith lamb might be the best lamb dish I've ever had. Yay thrice yay!

My first time eating Yemeni food and it did not disappoint! Great value for the price. There is plenty of seating. I tried the chicken and fish and they were both cooked well and very flavorful! I recommend going earlier in the day because they do run out of tea, dessert and often time even popular things off their menu like fish and lamb!

Awesome food and very flavorful. We came in to try Lamb mandi but they were out of lamb that night. We tried Fish and Chicken mandi. Rice was on point, chicken was tender and juicy.The fish was cooked to perfection.This is one of the best authentic middle eastern food that I have ever tried in Houston. We will be back again to try Lamb.

Hadramout is an authentic taste of Yemeni cuisine. Everything I tried here was delicious the service was quick and speedy and I would strongly recommend if you would like to try a new type of food. The place does not come with bells and whistle's it's not super fancy but the food is delicious and that's why you should go. I would skip on the appetizers and be sure to prioritize either the lamb or chicken dishes with rice they are quite good. I will be coming back to Hadramout again and I recommend that you do too.

Amazing food and good service. Yemeni food is well prepared and cooked perfectly. Highly recommended

Im Yemeni and it was my first time at this restaurant! My friends and I drove from Dallas to check it out on the weekend and absolutely loved it!! I wish the interior decor and design was either modern looking or traditional. It wasn't comforting inside the restaurant. The food was delicious, specifically the meat! We got Lamb and Chicken and WOW... so tender and seasoned so well! The Fatoush salad wasn't the best I've ever had but still delicious. The customer service was great and they were very hospitable.

This was my first time eating food from Yemen. I originally thought it was Indian bc of the biryani chicken on the menu, but my friend who introduced it to me told me it wasn't. We had a huge order, all getting different chicken items. They ended up giving it to us all in one big party platter (which makes no sense in general - if you have different orders, why put them in one tray, and no sense during covid times either) and added in lamb (when we called to ask about lamb they originally told us they didn't have it...), so we don't know if this was our order or a mix up. But all our chicken was accounted for in the platter and our hummus/pita appetizer was there. Aside from the confusing and odd mix up/customer service, the food was great. It all came with white and red sauce. The rice is so flavorful, the meat literally all fell off the bone, and the hummus was super creamy. I'd definitely come back again.

Not only was the woman working there incredibly rude to me but in what world is this a Gyro? Apparently the picture of the Gyro sandwich next to the Gyro listing on the menu (seen in photo) is actually a Shawarma sandwich. This restaurant does not understand what a Gyro is. Took 25 minutes for me to get this order and when I saw it I promptly asked for a refund since their attitude was so bad to begin with. Would not recommend. Go to Halal Guys or Niko's.

Never order from here because food is never ready on time. I have been here a few times and every time it's some chaos with their service. You can legit pay and schedule your order days in advance but even then upon arrival you find out it's delayed by quite a bit. For a spot with decent food, it's a shame I have to rate them so low but if your service is this shambolic repeatedly, then I can't promote your restaurant as reliable.

Ordered takeout from here for the first time and let me tell you... its freakin awesome! I ordered the hanith chicken with a side of hummus. Flavors were spot on! I noticed they also have pretty good portions compared to other places which a plus.

The worst customer service, we drove from Dallas 3 hours and half to eat there, we ordered the food and we waited 50 minutes after that they told us they don't have anymore food to serve ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Never go there again!!

We are now regular at Hadramout. We usually get their chicken or lamb Mandi and it is always so flavorful. My favorite part is their biryani rice - they are so flavorful and mouth watering. My two year old also love their food! So I can tell you all that this place is baby approved! I would like to try more items on their menu, but since this place is literally a road trip for us I always end up getting Mandi and avoid doing any experiments. Next time I'm going to be little more brave! Everyone there is always so courteous.

An excellent Yemeni choice, reasonable pricing and very authentic Yemeni food. Wry friendly staff compliments the food and there is plenty of food quantity with each choice. I would recommend the Mandi lamb and Fahsa served with zahawig. The Masoub is excellent for desert. I will be visiting here again.

First off, the guys who run this place are some of the friendliest staff/owners that I've ever encountered. I had ordered online via GrubHub only to find upon my arrival that they had run out of some things I had ordered. They spent the time to help me pick some alternatives and generously threw in several non-domestic drinks/sodas that I was curiously looking at while waiting for my order. Now, onto the food - so flavorful! The sambusas were so delicious that I wish I had ordered more. My boyfriend also couldn't get enough of the Zurbian lamb, which was so full of spices! And while I only ordered teh chicken shawarma because they had run out of the Hanith chicken, it ended up being my favorite dish. The best part of it all was the portion sizes. They are HUGE. We had leftovers for days. Definitely try this new place out for great food, extremely friendly staff, and an extremely full stomach.

It was quite delicious and for the price there was so much food. Highly recommend for sure

Did a take out order where I ordered beef sambosa, cheese sambosa, chicken mandi, lamb Mandi and Hanith chicken. Everything tasted great and ordering was easy. I've never had a cheese sambosa and it was savory and crisp. The beef ones did not disappoint. The meat on the rice dishes were super soft and the portions were great. Can't wait to try out their other dishes. First time having Yemeni cuisine was a great experience.

Great new restaurant with friendly family stand . It has the normal tables seating and the traditional gulf Dewaneya seating on the floor . Flavours are a home cooking style . Big portions and great value and taste . If you love Yemeni food it's a great spot to start .

Soooooo delicious I love this place so much the portions are huge I try to get food from here at least once a week