Chef Bryan Caswell, late of Bank at the Hotel Icon, re-emerges at Midtown's bustling Reef, a loud, showy seafood house packed to the gills with movers and shakers and their friends. Although the food is often a mixed bag, when it's good, it's great. Shrimp wrapped with bacon and stuffed with avocado; crispy-skin Gulf Coast snapper; and the jumbo crab cake served with taqueria-style pickled...
When a restaurant is lauded in the foodie press as one of the best in the country, it better have the chops to back it up on a consistent basis, but Reef continues to wow diners with inventive seafood dishes and top-notch service. Chef Bryan Caswell's kitchen turns out delectable dishes like slow-baked salmon with lemon risotto, grilled scallops with truffle polenta, and tempura-battered...
REEF Restaurant Review:
Chef/co-owner Bryan Caswell knows his fish. Coupled with partner Bill Floyd’s wine expertise, these two Jean-Georges Vongerichten restaurant alumni have created one of the best seafood establishments in Texas. The décor is sleek and minimal, with only a few swaths of foam green and soft blue as tip-offs to the fresh and inventive seafood on the menu. A towering glass wine wall, offering more...