Dining Guide
MAD
Neon lights, bold colors, and fantastical chandeliers mark this venture. Expect well-trained (though casual) servers, innovative food artfully plated, and Spanish flair for tapas, paella, and major steaks. We stuck with the modestly priced tapas. Oddly soggy, oily grilled shishitos proved the only downer. Fabulous indeed were the brioche con trufas, port-steamed little puffs of bread with truffle aioli and a shaved truffle crown, and the empanadillas de cochinillo, empanadas stuffed with suckling pig, potato, and onion with a mango-apricot chutney. But the MAD Tomato stole our hearts: an impossibly red, shiny gelatin “tomato” filled with Parmesan mousse and pesto and resting on pumpernickel crumbs!
Address: 4444 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX, 77027
Hours: D Tue–Sat.
Phone: 281-888-2770
Website: https://www.madhouston.com/
Last updated: August 6, 2019