Scott's Guidebook

Scott
Scott's Guidebook

Local Restaurants we Love

These are all local restaurants you can walk to in Rice Village or a short drive for a great meal and good vibes.
Short drive to the Montrose area or you can order online for delivery. Excellent vegan options, soups, dumplings, and a gluten free menu. Best Vietnamese restaurant in the area if you’re a pho or noodle fan. They offer curbside, UberEats, Grubhub, DoorDash.
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Jenni's Noodle House
602 E 20th St
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Short drive to the Montrose area or you can order online for delivery. Excellent vegan options, soups, dumplings, and a gluten free menu. Best Vietnamese restaurant in the area if you’re a pho or noodle fan. They offer curbside, UberEats, Grubhub, DoorDash.
Waking distance from the units on Dryden road, thru Rice Village. Benjy Levit is the owner of Local Foods and a market next door and a new French restaurant upstairs. Amazing sandwiches, salads and a spicy vegan pozole. Browse his market next door for the best selected sauces, meats, breads and don’t miss the cookies or cupcakes.
Local Foods - Rice Village
Waking distance from the units on Dryden road, thru Rice Village. Benjy Levit is the owner of Local Foods and a market next door and a new French restaurant upstairs. Amazing sandwiches, salads and a spicy vegan pozole. Browse his market next door for the best selected sauces, meats, breads and don’t miss the cookies or cupcakes.
This is a new Israeli owned bakery a few blocks from Dryden road properties in Rice Village. Excellent coffee & espresso options for the caffeine junkie. This bakery really shines with its unique sweet baked items and large selection of breads, muffins, & croissants.
Badolina Bakery & Cafe
5555 Morningside Dr
This is a new Israeli owned bakery a few blocks from Dryden road properties in Rice Village. Excellent coffee & espresso options for the caffeine junkie. This bakery really shines with its unique sweet baked items and large selection of breads, muffins, & croissants.
My family has been going to the original Kasra Persian Grill location in west Houston for over 20 years. It’s an amazing Iranian restaurant with the most incredible hot bread and garlic hummus in the city. They specialize in grilled meat & vegetables over Persian long grain rice. They do have stews, soups and some incredible Persian salads and my favorite is an eggplant appetizer with the hot bread. They recently opened a new location in Rice Village so our guests will be able to easily walk over for lunch or dinner.
Kasra Persian Grill
My family has been going to the original Kasra Persian Grill location in west Houston for over 20 years. It’s an amazing Iranian restaurant with the most incredible hot bread and garlic hummus in the city. They specialize in grilled meat & vegetables over Persian long grain rice. They do have stews, soups and some incredible Persian salads and my favorite is an eggplant appetizer with the hot bread. They recently opened a new location in Rice Village so our guests will be able to easily walk over for lunch or dinner.
Unique French bistro a few blocks over in Rice Village. This is a perfect little restaurant and it’s charming. We love the warm bread, soft salty butter and the mussels. They really have excellent salads, soups, sandwiches and some upscale options like fish and steak. If you love a glass of wine with lunch or dinner this is the perfect spot.
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Café Rabelais
2442 Times Blvd
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Unique French bistro a few blocks over in Rice Village. This is a perfect little restaurant and it’s charming. We love the warm bread, soft salty butter and the mussels. They really have excellent salads, soups, sandwiches and some upscale options like fish and steak. If you love a glass of wine with lunch or dinner this is the perfect spot.
This is a cafe inside the new Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. It’s got amazing pizza slices, deserts, sandwich and salads and gelato. This new museum is amazing and I just can not emphasize how memorable a trip to the museum and cafe leonelli is, do yourself a favor and go asap.
Cafe Leonelli
This is a cafe inside the new Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. It’s got amazing pizza slices, deserts, sandwich and salads and gelato. This new museum is amazing and I just can not emphasize how memorable a trip to the museum and cafe leonelli is, do yourself a favor and go asap.
If you love bbq and want to try the best Texas bbq then this is the spot for you. Get there early because they sell out of popular items like brisket daily. Also do no miss the cakes, they have a killer selection of cobblers, cakes, & pies.
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Truth BBQ
110 S Heights Blvd
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If you love bbq and want to try the best Texas bbq then this is the spot for you. Get there early because they sell out of popular items like brisket daily. Also do no miss the cakes, they have a killer selection of cobblers, cakes, & pies.

Amazing Attractions Nearby

We are lucky that we live in a neighborhood that has some excellent walkability. Go shopping in Rice Village, feed the ducks in Herman Park, go for a run on the 3 mile picturesque Rice Running trail, & be left speechless exploring the different buildings at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. These are a few places you can walk to nearby that are definitely worth checking out.
Rice university is a two block walk from the Dryden Rd., Airbnb properties. The Rice campus is full of amazing architecture, incredible art, a fantastic Café, and picturesque sidewalks. There is a piece of the old Berlin Wall on exhibit outside that I discovered one day while riding bikes thru the campus with my son. It’s a beautiful historic tree lined campus and great place to go for a walk.
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Rice University
6100 Main St
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Rice university is a two block walk from the Dryden Rd., Airbnb properties. The Rice campus is full of amazing architecture, incredible art, a fantastic Café, and picturesque sidewalks. There is a piece of the old Berlin Wall on exhibit outside that I discovered one day while riding bikes thru the campus with my son. It’s a beautiful historic tree lined campus and great place to go for a walk.
The MFAH campus is actually 3 buildings that are all connected by James Turrell lighted underground tunnels. The original building was added onto in the 60s and that was designed by Mies van der Rohe, in the 80s they built the back building next-door and they connected it with an underground tunnel, in the last few years, they opened a new building, called the kinder building, and it is an incredible addition to the museum complex. The collection of art that is owned & on display by our museum is is mind blowing they have ancient Egyptian artifacts. They have all the masters, painting, masters you know Vincent van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol, Kandinsky, Rembrandt, Matisse, etc. my favorites painting is the Elder Sister in the Beck building and the Carlos Cruz Diez line geometric painting in the Kinder Building. The collection is vast and includes outdoor sculpture gardens, movies, interactive exhibits and traditional galleries. You will love it!! Local tip grab slice of focaccia pizza & gelato from the café inside the new Kinder building on the first floor.
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Beck Building
1001 Bissonnet St
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The MFAH campus is actually 3 buildings that are all connected by James Turrell lighted underground tunnels. The original building was added onto in the 60s and that was designed by Mies van der Rohe, in the 80s they built the back building next-door and they connected it with an underground tunnel, in the last few years, they opened a new building, called the kinder building, and it is an incredible addition to the museum complex. The collection of art that is owned & on display by our museum is is mind blowing they have ancient Egyptian artifacts. They have all the masters, painting, masters you know Vincent van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol, Kandinsky, Rembrandt, Matisse, etc. my favorites painting is the Elder Sister in the Beck building and the Carlos Cruz Diez line geometric painting in the Kinder Building. The collection is vast and includes outdoor sculpture gardens, movies, interactive exhibits and traditional galleries. You will love it!! Local tip grab slice of focaccia pizza & gelato from the café inside the new Kinder building on the first floor.
Hermann Park is just on the other side of rice university and it’s nestled up next to the Texas Medical Center. This park has a lot to offer Houstonians and visitors. The park has a historic theater called the Miller outdoor theater and they have free shows there year round. There is a zoo located in the park. There are playgrounds there are walking trails. There’s a golf course & they have botanical gardens. There is an incredible Japanese garden on the northwest side of the park. There’s a small train the children love that you can get on near the zoo at the train depot it’s like a toy train that goes around the park. It’s incredible experience for young children under the age of 12. It’s about a 20 minute walk to the park or a 7 minute bike ride.
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Hermann Park
6001 Fannin St
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Hermann Park is just on the other side of rice university and it’s nestled up next to the Texas Medical Center. This park has a lot to offer Houstonians and visitors. The park has a historic theater called the Miller outdoor theater and they have free shows there year round. There is a zoo located in the park. There are playgrounds there are walking trails. There’s a golf course & they have botanical gardens. There is an incredible Japanese garden on the northwest side of the park. There’s a small train the children love that you can get on near the zoo at the train depot it’s like a toy train that goes around the park. It’s incredible experience for young children under the age of 12. It’s about a 20 minute walk to the park or a 7 minute bike ride.
Go for a walk in the nearby neighborhood, Broadacres, gorgeous tree lined streets of North and South Blvd. Excellent location for picture taking and was referred to as “the most walkable street in America” in The NY Times a few years ago.
Broadacres
Go for a walk in the nearby neighborhood, Broadacres, gorgeous tree lined streets of North and South Blvd. Excellent location for picture taking and was referred to as “the most walkable street in America” in The NY Times a few years ago.

Shopping

These are a few stores within walking distance in Rice Village or a short drive for gifts for yourself or a splurge. We have a few large shopping malls like Galleria and Highland Village a few miles from the Airbnb properties but we tend to shop at the local boutiques.
Lily Rain is a small locally owned boutique, this was the first location of a chain of probably 30 stores now. It’s a great place for jewelry, accessories, unique womens clothing, gifts, candles, and much more. It’s a short three block walk from the properties, so definitely check it out when you’re in town.
Lily Rain
Lily Rain is a small locally owned boutique, this was the first location of a chain of probably 30 stores now. It’s a great place for jewelry, accessories, unique womens clothing, gifts, candles, and much more. It’s a short three block walk from the properties, so definitely check it out when you’re in town.
This is a unique small western store with a lot of hunting and fishing accessories. So if you’re visiting Houston this is a cool store to check out. It’s got a lot of unique little things and it’s very close to the Airbnb properties
Duck Camp
This is a unique small western store with a lot of hunting and fishing accessories. So if you’re visiting Houston this is a cool store to check out. It’s got a lot of unique little things and it’s very close to the Airbnb properties
This is one of my wife’s favorite stores. I do everything I can to keep her out of the store. Jay has a lot of really nice jewelry, small chains, very unique items, diamonds, and amazing gifts.
J. Landa Jewelry
This is one of my wife’s favorite stores. I do everything I can to keep her out of the store. Jay has a lot of really nice jewelry, small chains, very unique items, diamonds, and amazing gifts.
A really nice boutique that’s been open for over 25 years located in the nearby River Oaks neighborhood. A wonderful store to find unique gifts, greeting cards, jewelry, music, books, candles and the finest designer fashions.
Sloan/Hall
A really nice boutique that’s been open for over 25 years located in the nearby River Oaks neighborhood. A wonderful store to find unique gifts, greeting cards, jewelry, music, books, candles and the finest designer fashions.
Very nice women’s clothing boutique with a large variety of fashionable and reasonably priced clothing. Easy walk from the Dryden Road properties.
Altar'd State Rice Village
Very nice women’s clothing boutique with a large variety of fashionable and reasonably priced clothing. Easy walk from the Dryden Road properties.