The Raven Tower

Haven't been to Raven Tower in so long! But it's a cool place to chill and they have a fire escape now so you can access the top of the tower. It wasn't busy when we went on a Sunday afternoon. Tons of tables on the outdoor patio for pets and social distancing

On September 29th 2022 at around 9:20pm I walked into the "Raven Tower" bar,I walked towards the water cooler to pour my self some water in a cup. As I approached the bar the bartender a blonde white female was looking at me in disdain. She made some odd facial expressions to which I asked "why the expressions?" She then proceeded to ask me "WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO BE??!" I was taking back by such a rude question. I was wearing a sports coat sunglasses and a fedora, I'm not sure what she meant by that as I can not speak for her. All I can say on my end is it was very rude, condesending and quite frankly as a local Hispanic born and raised in North Central Houston,I was offended at such behavior. I felt insulted by her actions and will consult with my lawyer as to what I should do. I suggest proper training on customer service with the people who represent your business. As a patron who spends my hard earned money at your Business I expect not to be insulted when I deal with your staff

I too came here before a show at White Oak on a Saturday night so if you're not coming here during show times, this may not be a very useful review for you. Anyway, it's an open patio bar not unlike a lot of other places in Houston now days. The staff was courteous, the bathrooms were clean, and the prices and selection reasonable. They do have the tower but it was closed and honestly, if it wasn't for the show next door and the tower closed, I probably wouldn't come out of my way to come here but as long as you're waiting for a show or just want to hear a show without paying for it, this is your spot!

I finally visited Raven Tower before the Young the Giant concert at WOMH yesterday. My friends suggested getting there early and eating dinner there at the food truck La Macro. I'm glad we did because the show was sold out and there were so many people in line two hours or so before the show started. I thought Raven would be crowded but it actually wasn't. They have a great craft beer selection as well as a cocktail menu. I was hoping to try one of the cucumber cocktails but it looks like they just changed their cocktail menu for the fall season. I opted for beer and had the 8th Wonder Intelluctuale (one of my faves). The patio is dog friendly. They have games and lots of picnic tables for plenty of seating. This is a great place to people watch. I had pork tacos from La Macro and they were really good. They have other menu items besides Tex-Mex. The menu is on the Raven Tower website. For a food truck, the prices are actually reasonable. They charge $2 for tacos. You could hear the opening band (Joywave). I didn't think we would be able to hear much because Raven sits behind the stage, but you could. They also had the music turned down so I think that helped. The tower is still being renovated, but it's apparently supposed to reopen this fall. I definitely want to check it out once it does open back up. Because of the concert, we weren't able to park in lot A between Raven and White Oak. Prices for lots were $15-25 which is pretty steep. Get there early for street parking on nights when there is a show out on the lawn.

The Raven Tower is a cool venue. It's located on the same street as White Oak music hall. The downside is it's not in the best area and it's not within walking distance of others bars and restaurants so if you're going to bar hop, you're going to have to Uber or drive. The tower itself is currently being renovated so I can't comment on that. It does look pretty awesome from the outside, though. There's an indoor bar area as well as a spacious patio with picnic tables. It was chilly out when we were there, but they had several heaters out there. They also had a food truck, La Macro, on the patio. The Mexican food truck had tacos, quesadillas, burgers, etc. The Raven Tower had 10 or so craft cocktails. A lot of the cocktails either use Red Bull or lavender. I tried three off the list. Their version of a Long Island Ice Tea which is your typical Long Island plus Red Bull. A ginger mint mojito that uses Kracken rum. And the Blueberry Yum Yum, respect for the Ludacris shout out. All of the cocktails were solid!

Went with a small group of friends yesterday. Had been hearing about this place for a couple weeks now. Definitely was a very unique and different vibe for Houston night-life. It has a lot of potential to be something more with some minor adjustments to their bar service and music upstairs to match the vibe on the ground floor. They had a great DJ for Friday night and the rooftop views definitely are probably the best for the bar scene. Very chill and relaxed!

The upstairs ("tower") isn't open. They don't serve food. The service was fantastic but they don't have top shelf alcohol. It's a bit of a dirty place but the atmosphere with tables outside isn't too bad. Probably won't go back.

The Raven Tower's tower is under construction so there's really not much to do here. There's a bar and patio downstairs but it's too far out of the way to be full/Poppin. Call ahead and see if the tower is open otherwise don't bother, not much to do here.

Everyone comes for the view. If they let you up, of course. The bar and tower were both closed by 11, which is weird for a bar especially considering most people want to come here after a concert. If you can catch them when they're opened, it's decent, despite somewhat rude workers.

What happened to this place? They almost never had the "tower" area open but the ground level patio overlooking the bayou was always packed before a show at WOMH. Went the other night and they no longer have any tap beer?! It was a ghost town too. Do yourself a favor and head a block in the opposite direction and grab a pre-concert drink at H-Town Brewing instead of stopping in here.