Top 10 Restaurants in Katy, TX

Spectators Bar & Grill — Katy is a family-friendly sports bar and restaurant on Kingsland Blvd near Katy Mills. The restaurant spans about 6,500 square feet with 45 TVs, and the patio has its own 19-seat bar.

The menu covers the Prime Beef Cheeseburger, Hot Honey Crispy Chicken Sandwich, wings, Philly cheesesteak, and Southwest chicken egg rolls, with more than 60 house cocktails. Happy hour runs daily, and weekend brunch is served Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 1pm.

Phat Eatery serves Malaysian and Southeast Asian street food in Katy Asian Town. The late chef Alex Au-Yeung opened it in 2018, and his cooking earned him a James Beard Award semifinalist nod.

Dishes on the menu include roti canai with chicken curry, nasi lemak with beef rendang, Hainan chicken, curry laksa and a dim sum platter.

Hong Kong Food Street was a longtime Bellaire restaurant that closed in 2020 and later reopened in Katy Asian Town. Johnny Cheung now runs it, taking over from his parents.

The Cantonese menu includes Hong Kong-style barbecue such as char siu and roast duck, wonton egg noodle soup, congee, Peking duck and beef chow fun. Eater notes the large dining room works well for groups.

Tobiuo Sushi & Bar is at LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch. It serves sushi, sashimi, Japanese-inspired dishes and craft cocktails, plus a rotating omakase that uses select fish from Japan's Toyosu Market.

Along with creative maki rolls, the menu has hot plates like a 72-hour sous vide short rib, and there is a nine-course tasting menu.

Ephesus Mediterranean Grill is a family-owned Turkish restaurant on Mason Road. It serves kebabs, mezze and mixed grills.

Dishes include hummus, baba ghanoush, Iskender kebab, kofte and cabbage rolls. Desserts include kunefe, keskul and sutlac. The restaurant also offers catering and takes reservations.

Snappy's Cafe & Grill is a casual American diner in Old Town Katy that serves breakfast and lunch every day. Eater calls it a community hub of nearly 25 years and says the new owners who took over in 2021 kept the menu the same.

Popular plates include the namesake breakfast special of eggs, pancakes and bacon or sausage, plus lunch dishes like Southern fried chicken and smothered hamburger steak.

Pearl & Vine is a New American restaurant just off I-10. Its patio faces a park with a water fountain. The menu focuses on wood-fired steak and seafood, an oyster bar and handcrafted pizza.

Steaks include RC Ranch Texas wagyu cuts grilled over post oak. Other dishes include mussels, bacon-wrapped quail and blackened redfish. The restaurant runs a daily happy hour and Saturday brunch.

Little Italy is a family-owned Italian restaurant on the Katy Freeway. Husband-and-wife Christina and Alfredo Mojica, who also own Amore in Montrose, opened it in late 2024.

The menu includes handmade pastas, wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, steaks and seafood. Cacio e pepe is finished tableside in a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano.

Aunt Bill's Soul Food Cafe serves homemade Southern cooking in north Katy. It was founded by Willie Mae Reed, known as Aunt Bill.

The menu includes smothered oxtails, fried chicken, BBQ ribs, turkey wings, baked macaroni and cheese, candied yams and peach cobbler, along with vegan soul food options.

El Kourmet is a family business that started as a food truck in Katy in 2015 and now runs restaurants in Cinco Ranch and north Katy. It serves Venezuelan street food from breakfast through dinner.

The menu includes arepas, patacones (fried plantains), cachapas (corn pancakes) and guava-and-cheese tequeños.