Tiny Boxwoods
Coffee · Houston, TX
About
"You are in an Ivy-covered stuccoed French Bistro playing Piaf, under beautiful canvas umbrellas, in front of a golf-course putting-green quality lawn surrounded by lush flowers." That's one reviewer's description of Tiny Boxwoods, a cafe hidden within the Thompson & Hanson Nursery in Uptown Houston. The menu offers dishes like buffalo hamburger with seasoned fries, mushroom-artichoke quiche, and a goat cheese & honey crusted baguette salad with blueberries. Sunday brunch brings brick-oven pizzas and endless mimosas.
It's not overtly a gay venue, but the adjacent nursery's staff and clientele are largely gay, giving it a welcoming vibe. The setting feels straight out of a design magazine, making it a good spot for a semi-luxurious lunch. Just note that the food can sometimes be heavy on salt.
Features
- ✓Sunday brunch with endless mimosas
- ✓Buffalo hamburger with seasoned fries
- ✓Secluded garden setting inside a nursery
Cuisine
Good for
What people say
Rated from 1,621 reviews. 8 community ratings. View this venue on Yelp
From the community
“The Gay Restaurant of Our Imagination”
The setting is an ivy-covered stucco French bistro playing Edith Piaf, with canvas umbrellas and a lawn that looks like a golf course putting green, surrounded by flowers. The food includes a buffalo burger with well-seasoned fries, mushroom artichoke quiche, or a goat cheese and honey crusted baguette salad with blueberries and truffled herb dressing. Sunday brunch offers the same options plus endless mimosas and German style bacon and egg pizzas from a brick oven. It's not overtly gay, but the adjacent antiques and nursery shop seems to have gay men working there. For a luxurious special lunch for two in a setting from a design magazine, with perfectly prepared and inventive food, this is the place. It's worth a detour, though they sometimes oversalt the food.
A visitor · Over a year ago
Frequently Asked Questions
What type of cuisine does Tiny Boxwoods serve? +
They offer New American dishes like buffalo hamburger, quiche, and salads.
Are there vegetarian options at Tiny Boxwoods? +
Yes, the mushroom-artichoke quiche and goat cheese salad are vegetarian-friendly.
What are the hours at Tiny Boxwoods? +
They are open Tue-Thu 8am-9pm, Fri 8am-10pm, Sat 9am-10pm, and Sun 9am-2pm. Closed Mondays.
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