Restaurant: El Patio

2416 Brazos
Houston, TX 77006


I will probably never ever go back to El Patio ever again. Unless, friends just simply insist on going there. But you know. I've got great power of persuasion. We started off trying to meet some friends for brunch at Cyclone Anaya. Even at 2:30pm on a Sunday, Cyclone Anaya was still facing hour long waits. Argh. Seriously? Big poppa and I had parked several blocks away and noticed that El Patio seemed liked a cool place to go so we suggested everyone meet there instead since there was also no wait. We ended up seating ourselves cos there was no host/hostess. After a century had passed, we had only received the complimentary chips and salsa. They were obviously short staffed and the few staff that were there were not capable of juggling multiple tables at once. I can talk the talk cos I've waited tables before. But MAN. We weren't aware of the time that had passed cos we were enjoying the chit chat but then thirst and hunger sets in and we wanted to order NOW. Still, no one came. Another annoying thing is that they had this DJ upstairs that was BLASTING music extremely loud. Are we that old that we wished they would turn the volume down just a tad? By the time someone had come, we decided to leave and go back to Cyclone Anaya. Our friend who was there first had put his name down and by the time we had made the walk back, our name was being called. Perfecto!