Américas - The Original

Americas Restaurant can be found at Post Oak Blvd 1800. The following is offered: Restaurants: Caribbean. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Houston there are 8 other Restaurants: Caribbean . An overview can be found here.

The intriguing downstairs bar area offers fine Chilean wines and traditional South American cocktails.

Tapas are served Monday through Friday from 4pm to 7pm and are both fast and memorable.

A colorful mosaic-tiled, multistoried room delivers outstanding New World cuisine that includes roasted pork filet mignon with grilled shrimp and lump crabmeat and the crowd-favorite Encamisado, a chicken breast crusted with plantains and Chontaleno cheese over black-bean sauce. The executive lunch, available weekdays, is just $15.95 and includes a signature entrée and dessert, plus your choice...

For sheer drama, it's hard to top this jewel in chef Michael Cordúa's restaurant empire. Handsome as the high-ceilinged, rock-walled first floor bar may be, nothing in it prepares you for the dining room above, which includes realistic representations of Incan stonework and way-out light fixtures in wild colors. As the name suggests, influences from North, South and Central America converge...

Americas is New World cuisine that is a mixture of flavors from North, South, and Central America. The inside of this restaurant is a great contrast from the enclosing barren mall going through a facelift. The décor resembles a mysterious rainforest with the glass light fixtures and black mosaics resembling trees. Monthly wine multi-course dinners feature tender proteins paired with...

This is a different sort of place to dine. From the over-the-top decor to the menu of dishes loosely inspired by the national cuisines of the New World, there is nothing ho-hum about dining here. On my first visit, I was a bit overwhelmed, but on subsequent visits I've gotten quite comfortable with the place. When crowded, it's noisy, but the furniture is comfortable, and there are several...

Americas offers an adventurous menu of Latin American cuisine and traditional dishes of Latin America that have been influenced by European and Asian foods and techniques. From the dazzling ceviches to the long-time favorites like the Marineros, corn-smoked crab fingers; Angel Wings, frenched chicken wings served with a Bosque bleu cheese; Picapiedras, slow-cooked Berkshire pork aribpopsa...