MF Lobster & Ceviche

MF Lobster & Ceviche is a seafood restaurant in Autry Park by Chris "Magic Fingers" Kinjo, chef and owner of the Museum District's acclaimed MF Sushi, and his longtime collaborator chef Miguel Alvarez. The restaurant itself was designed by the Michael Hsu Office of Architecture (behind Uchi, Da Gama, il Bracco, etc.), and the 2,200-square-foot space is touted as Houston's only completely round restaurant. It seats 65 people inside with room for an additional 60 on a dog-friendly patio. They offer valet parking for $8 (plus tip).[COCKTAILS]+Old Fashioned Cocktail (bourbon, bitters, demerara, and orange) for $16 - This was a perfect Old Fashioned. From the quality of this cocktail, I would come back and try others. - 5/5[OYSTER/CLAM]+Dress Oysters (6) for $21 - You can get the same oysters naked and dress them yourselves, but why bother? These were also amazing. - 5/5[LOBSTER]+Lobster Ceviche for $21 - 5/5+Lobster Roll with Butter Chives for $36 - 5/5+Brown Butter Lobster Bao (3) for $32 - The brown butter made this item taste a bit weird. I personally don't think brown butter mixes well with lobster, but that could be just me. Personally, I wouldn't get this item again. - 3/5Overall, MF Lobster & Ceviche was an incredible dining experience from the circular restaurant, amazing cocktails, and a variety of lobster dishes. I brought my 9-week-old son, and I also saw other children dining with their parents. I would highly recommend checking this place out; although everything is high-quality, the atmosphere is chill, and you can go for a walk after in Autry Park!

We celebrated our anniversary here and I have never had a more attentive, kind, and knowledgeable waiter. They even gave us some champagne to toast to our seven years. All of the food was delicious along with the cocktails and wine selection. Their entire restaurant was remarkable from the floors to the curtains.

The two dishes we tried were delicious. I can't wait to go back for more!The service was attentive, agreeable and not intrusive.The decor is clean, sharp, bright, modern and trendy. We'll go back!

We went to MF lobster & ceviche 2 days after the grand opening. I think the restaurant has potential on being amazing but needs a little work. The service took 45 minutes to get seated and then 1.5 hours to get Mac n cheese/ lobster bisque and lobster tacos. They were very apologetic and comped us on drinks so it made us feel better about the wait. As far as the food, we felt like the lobster was lost in all of the dishes. The Mac n cheese was our favorite but the cheese had over powered the lobster. The lobster bisque needed more flavor, it reminded me of chicken broth. Then the lobster tacos were good but had too much tomatillo sauce. I think over time, these dishes can be stellar, just right now needs some work. We will try again in the future! Again, nice staff but needs a little time to perfect.

We had a lovely dinner at MF! Their lychee martinis are on point. Decor is minimalist, clean and modern. Service is excellent! We had clam chowder, yellowtail crudo, lobster tempura and a whole steamed lobster. I would say the crudo was good, but quite a small dish for the price. The soup is plentiful! They know how to prepare lobster, ours was lovely.

We had a good dinner at MF Lobster & Ceviche. Our group tried a bunch of items:-Clam chowder: I haven't eaten clam chowder in ages, and this one was very good--I enjoyed it, and it was big enough for two of us to share (though I guess it may be a bit odd to share soup?).-Lobster roll with butter: I love lobster rolls, and this one was yummy--I also liked the chips that came with it.-Ceviche: The ceviche was super fresh and tasty. (Sorry, I can't remember which one we had! There are a few options.)-Grilled whole lobster: One of our friends is from the east coast (aka lobster expert), and he said this lobster was perfectly fine on east coast standards but likely one of the best in Houston.Service was just OK. While our server seemed nice, she wanted to immediately take our order, and, when we asked for a little more time, she was gone for a really long time. We also asked her to pace out our food, but a bunch of our entrees came out at the same time, and before the entrees. Service needs some work to meet up with those price tags.Even though the restaurant's website states that it doesn't take reservations and only has walk-ins and a waitlist, I was able to make a reservation on OpenTable. But if the restaurant takes away the option for reservations, I won't be frequenting MF Lobster & Ceviche--it's too hard planning a dinner with friends without a reservation.

on the whim, we so happen to stop by on their first night of opening. we ended up being sat outside due to us having our pet with us. they graciously accommodated us with heaters as it was chilly that evening. -we ordered a bunch of crudo dishes. presentation is beautiful but they are all garnished the same-the lobster tacos were very mediocre. not much flavor and all we tasted was the shell of the tacos-lobster roll was decent but nothing spectacular. -mussels were the best thing we all enjoyed-lobster mac and cheese was very dry with barely any lobster in it-bisque took forever to come out. they kindly gave us 2 extra ones bc of the wait. the bisque was soooo watery, it did not taste like a bisque at allfood took extremely long to come out. i'm not sure if it's because we were sitting outside. I did not go inside the restaurant to see how busy they were. I believe we were one of the last ones to arrive or they were either really slow bc we had to ask if they were open. our tab was nearly $700 and everyone left hungry. for the price, we were all expecting to be full but instead we went back to a friends place and ordered pizza.

Beautiful space and great concept. We ordered lobster ceviche (5/5), clam chowder (4.5/5, there is a kick of spice)), naked oysters (4.5/5, very fresh), tempura lobster bao (5/5) and lobster linguine (5/5)! Service was very on point! We will return

this sounds so silly but its absolutely pretty much only lobster and ceviche at this restaurant lol!!! definitely make sure your entire party likes to eat one of those things or else they won't have much to eat on. I really enjoyed their clam chowder alot and the space indoors is beaaaaaaaaautiful. service was really nice and fast and you can see the chef walked around to ask everyone how everything was. besides the clam chowder and a linguine dish (i believe the tomato based sauce was the stand out) we got most of the rest of the menu and it was okay. we ordered a whole lobster and surprisingly for such a nice restaurant and ambiance we had to open it ourselves with our hands and crackers. i would expect that at like joe's crab shack or red lobster but not at a steakhouse or someplace of this caliber. not to mention it was brought out at the end so we ended our meal with lobster juice up to our wrists and the table was a mess. it was very weird lol.another down is that there's only one restroom, albeit beautiful. there's also patio dining as well so when the weather is nice this would be a nice brunch occasion spot. if i was craving seafood i'd probably stay going to MF sushi unless i was specifically craving a lobster roll. the lobster roll wasn't bad either, but i expected a little more.

Gorgeous ambiance, friendly staff and fantastic food!My top 3 favorite things were the clam chowder (must try), dressed oysters and the lobster roll. *chef's kiss