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Mother's Day Brunch and Dining Specials

Bring on the mimosas.

By Houstonia Staff April 28, 2023

Tony's goes full-on fancy for Mother's Day with a special caviar and spritz menu.

Image: Becca Wright

Every Mother's Day is a chance to not only shower the moms in our lives with gifts and appreciation but also mimosas, crab cakes, fried oysters ... you get the idea. Word of advice: If the menu offers a caviar add-on, always say yes. Mom deserves it.

Hungry's

Rice Village, Memorial

A brunch on any given weekend might still include classics like crab cake eggs benedict, piping-hot skillets, and croissant french toast. Brunch at Hungry's on Mother's Day weekend means a complimentary mimosa for all the mamas, too.

The Warwick

Tanglewood

Skip basic and go straight for over the top. At the Warwick, where (yes) there is a dress code, Mother's Day brunch includes a mimosa and a rose on the house for all mothers in attendance. There's also shrimp and grits, fried chicken and waffles, and something called a martini tree, with lemondrop cocktails available to order in quantities of six or 12.

Brunch at the Warwick means a martini tree with your choice of six or 12 smoking lemondrops.

Image: Brandon Holmes

Local Table

Garden Oaks/Oak Forest

Live music, a free mimosa for mothers, a sunny patio, and straight-up-good brunch favorites like migas and smoked salmon avocado toast. What else could a mama ask for?

Carrabba's Italian Grill

Multiple Locations

Skip brunch and go straight for the carb-loaded good stuff. Carrabba's doles out a trio of special menu items just for those celebrating mom. Choose from chicken three ways, Italian pasta stalwarts, and, of course, wine pairings.

Truluck's

Uptown

Miso-glazed sea bass, South African lobster tail, barrel-cut filet—what better way to celebrate mom than with special occasion fare that she can pair with seasonal cocktails or a whole menu of sparklers? Bonus: Mother's Day includes a "young adults" menu featuring mac and cheese, fried shrimp, and chicken tenders for any kiddos in tow.

Truluck's miso-glazed seabass is a welcome new Mother's Day tradition.

Image: Courtesy Truluck's

Ouisie's Table

River Oaks

The special Mother's Day a la carte menu at Ouisie's certainly has range, from blueberry pancakes served with warm maple syrup all the way to a surf-and-turf duo of beef tenderloin and bacon-wrapped scallops. Perfect for the mom who can never quite decide.

Tony's

Greenway/Upper Kirby

If the special three-course prix fixe menu ($80 for adults; $30 for children 12 and younger) isn't quite enough, spring for Tony's caviar and spritz menu, which runs all the way up to $300 for the Petrossian Beluga. Get your caviar on classic blinis or perhaps served with sea urchin butter on brioche—paired with any of four bubbly beverages.

Traveler's Table

Montrose

Moms with international palates may appreciate the variety in Traveler's Table's special brunch menu. Panko-crusted fried oysters come with a housemade tartar sauce, while the lobster eggs benedict does it hearty on a buttermilk biscuit with butter-poached lobster and lobster bisque.

At Traveler's Table, Mother's Day brunch includes flavors from around the world, like these Japanese-inspired fried oysters.

Image: Becca Wright

Frank's Americana Revival

River Oaks

Steaks, chops, chicken fried steak, and shrimp and grits. It doesn't get any more classic than Frank's, where on Mother's Day a special dinner menu stars a roasted rack of lamb and seafood puttanesca.

Guard and Grace

Downtown

When mom chooses a steak house to celebrate Mother's Day, the question isn't whether she'll enjoy it. It's what she'll enjoy more: the tres leches french toast drizzled with milk jam and fresh berries or the filet flight of prime, wagyu, and angus steaks?

Se7en

Greenway/Upper Kirby

DJs spin here by night, but on Mother's Day, Se7en transforms into an elegant brunch scene. A five-course prix fixe menu ($120) kicks off with sushi and appetizers before rolling into options like a marinated chicken-thigh bento or salmon with lemon cream orzo.

Perry's Steakhouse and Grille

Multiple Locations

Brunch cocktails, a mountain of a pork chop, and a stuffed filet in a truffle merlot demi-glace. Mother's Day at Perry's most certainly means well-fed.

Brennan's

Midtown

Jazz and Creole specialties like gumbo, crawfish cakes, and bananas foster, which comes flambéed tableside, set a convivial atmosphere, perfect for toasting all the mother figures in attendance.

Phat Eatery

Katy

James Beard Award semifinalist Alex Au-Yeung knows how to honor every ibu ("mom" in Malaysian) out there. On Mother's Day, mamas receive an entree for free and a complimentary glass of wine with the purchase of an entree like Au-Yeung's lobster mee or award-winning beef rendang.

Phat Eatery's mee goreng, a stir-fried mix of egg noodles, chicken, and shrimp, is a perennial favorite.

Image: Dragana Harris

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