Lava Lounge Houston

Lava has great interior and a lot of seating both indoors and a small space outdoors. We tried some of their food, and we liked their Arabian champagne, chicken sliders, lemon pepper corn, and their sampler board. Their Arabian champagne was one of my favorite mocktails in awhile, and the lemon pepper corn was really fresh and tasty. I'd definitely go again to try their other drinks and appetizers. @dfweatshalal

This place has amazing food. The falafel, spicy hummus, lamb chops, salmon, spicy fries, lemon pepper corn, the berry refresher, champagne spritzer and espresso martini was alll 10/10. The sauce that comes on the lemon pepper corn was chef kiss . Gamze is the waitress that you should get, she will give you all the best recommendations. She is great!

To start off with, just pay the vallet to park your car. Otherwise, because the lounge is next to Bennihana, you're out of luck when it comes to finishing a close parking spot. The vibe of the restaurant is absolutely beautiful. We had a reservation so we were sat immediately. We were a bit confused with the waitress situation because there isn't one waitress assigned to a certain section, so you can place orders with any of the waitresses. We opted to eat outdoors which was a bad decision because it was pretty chilly and they didn't have their heaters evenly spread out so we were shivering the entire time. They have a playground for kids but with hookah and hot coals all around it kids running back and forth I'm surprised there haven't been anyaccidents. The service was pretty fast considering how busy it was. However the food was pretty mediocre. We ordered their corn, spicy fries, and hummus which were all just okay. My friends and I ordered variations of their chicken, lamb, and shrimp. I can only speak to my food but the chicken was very dry and the rice wasn't the type of rice I was expecting. We had lava cakes and ice cream for dessert which were very decadent. Overall, I would probably sit inside to avoid the kids and probably just order hookah and appetizers.

I liked the vibe of Lava Lounge. You don't have to valet if you don't want to & it's tips only. I went during Ramadan and since I don't observe I didn't feel like I should partake in iftar. Because of the buffet, they weren't serving food so I'll have to come back another time for their full menu. Ordered tea and the kettle didn't stay hot very long--they also gave us plastic straws instead of a spoon or stirring stick. But hookah and service were pretty good. Will add to my rotation of hookah chill spots.

Lava lounge was a great place to celebrate my parent's anniversary! The food was amazing and cooked fresh for us. The service was fast. The only reason why I gave it a 4 instead of 5/5 stars was because the amount of food we got for the price we paid was small. It didn't feel completely justified. Otherwise, this is a great new spot to try in Houston and would recommend to any newcomers!

The vibe of the place and decor was great! Food was wonderful, I ordered the Chicken Shawarma with the mango salad and rice. I also got a pina colada cocktail. Would definitely recommend and visit again!

Come here for the **vibez**. It's a cute place, very aesthetic and insta worthy. The skylight made it feel like an airport, large and airy. We stopped in for a quick lunch during a work day, which I actually prefer because it wasn't busy. I don't do hookah and actually am kind of bothered by it, so thankfully we were able to sit a little further away from it. It's not like la pasha or other places where you have to sit outside to be far from the smoke. Although I will say it was a plus that they had a little playground outside for the kids. I don't know why they didn't put the turf on the whole area and only did a little patch, but we used it for a bit before leaving and it was fun enough nevertheless. The chairs and outside area is really nice. The food was good, but not going to lie- there's better in the area. I wouldn't get a shawarma again, but I would get the grilled plate again- it's hard to mess up unless you over cook the meat. They had apple 3 horses which I was happy about because it's my favorite, and tasted the virgin Pina colada and it was really good. The service was really good and made up for the small portions of food. Overall would come again! Parking was free during the day.

I went with my friends for the first time today and it was superb! The food was great we went for the Ramadan buffet and there were couple of options from appetizers, to entrees, dessert, and drinks. The ambiance was excellent great vibes and the decor was so relevant with the Ramadan theme. There are different options to sit we chose the patio and it was wonderful! The service was amazing too overall 10/10 experience and I'm definitely going again with my husband. There's valet parking so there's no trouble parking too!

The Ramadan Buffet was wonderful today! Definitely will be coming back since the customer service was phenomenal! Can't wait for the next time I'm there:)

Honest review: I tried for the first time Lava 3 years ago. It was awful. Today January 13th, we order hummus (really bad) costco hummus is miles better. Pita bread horrible. (See picture) we have to order 4 times pita bread to complete eating the awful hummus. We waited 10 minutes for the first time to get a server. We decided to just pay and leave straight to La Pasha. The ambient is great, the restaurant is so so nice but food is awful. If you want real mediterranean food go to La Pasha. . .