Perseid
Restaurant · Museum District ·
French bistro with Gulf Coast flavors & rotating seasonal cocktails
French bistro with Gulf Coast flavors & rotating seasonal cocktails
"In Houston, this Bon Appétit 2025 Best New Restaurant is marking the holiday with a three-course menu from chef Aaron Bludorn—choices include a duck terrine of foie gras with fig jam and a biscuit, turkey roulade with stuffing, brussels sprouts, gravy, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie with miso caramel and spiced Chantilly cream—and the team stresses not to cancel last minute or no-show on Thanksgiving because they can’t backfill those seats and the staff working the holiday will lose revenue and tips." - ByAndrea Strong
"I discovered Perseid—Aaron Bludorn and Cherif Mbodji's Gulf Coast–meets–France restaurant at the Hotel Saint Augustine—pairs regional Gulf ingredients with French technique, producing dishes such as crawfish sausages and jambalaya-stuffed squash blossoms; the hotel itself opened in January and is a short walk from The Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel." - Kayla S. Stewart, Matt Ortile
"At sunset, the curtained floor-to-ceiling windows cast a golden glow across the stately dining room and, while the marble bar and brown-aproned bartenders set a delicious ambiance, Aaron Bludorn’s menu is the most impressive part of the meal. His expert blend of French technique and inventive formats culminates in the escargot vol au vent: garlic-butter–doused snails whipped into a flaky, light vol au vent so that the delicately chewy escargot and airy pastry create an indulgently French moment of nirvana." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff
"Perseid felt to me like a hotel restaurant that channels Houston’s multicultural culinary DNA into a French-inflected menu: Gulf shrimp in creamy grits, quiche layered with collard greens, banh-mi–styled burgers with pickled daikon and duck liver mousse, and sausage from Gulf Coast crawfish in a piquant Creole sauce—Aaron Bludorn skilfully blends Creole and Vietnamese notes into a cohesive, distinctly Houstony dining experience." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff
"The team behind Bludorn and Bar Bludorn has launched a new restaurant inside the Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose. Perseid focuses on French cuisine (even the burger gets topped with duck liver mousse) with a few Gulf Coast twists. In addition to escargot en vol au vent, expect crawfish sausage in Creole sauce and duck frites made with mango and green pepper." - brooke viggiano, gianni greene, chelsea thomas