Red Cat Jazz Cafe

11/05/09

It Was Once A Great Place

by KM83 at Citysearch

Red Cat has totally taken a turn. I took my parents there a few years back and it was an awesome experience - great music, ambiance, food and service, however I revisited a couple months ago and it was a big disappointment. The service was way too slow, despite there being very few customers. We were charged a fee at the door, which was not worth it - depending on how much you paid determined where you could sit, but it was once open seating. The band was decent but definitely ruined by the acoustics and host which were both way too loud and overbearing, and the waitress was inexperienced and had no clue how to serve. A big waste of money in such a short period of time; we couldn't wait to finish our food and drinks so we could leave and never return. The food was decent and very affordable, but all other factors of the experience outweighed this positive. Red Cat was once a good place... not sure who's managing now, but they're doing a terrible job... so sad to see a place I once loved and recommended to all my friends and Houston visitors become such a disappointment.

• Pros: Decent affordable food
• Cons: Terrible everything else

10/27/09

Horrible Service, Food, Drinks

by ybfly2001 at Citysearch

My girlfriend and I went on last Saturday to receive a drunk radio personality talking way tooo long and a late musician. We paid 20.00 to get in and they didn't have any pineapple juice, I ordered a seafool platter that didn't have any shrimp on it, but they substituted with wings. HORRIBLE. If you want to listen to jazz visit Joe Carmouche Jazz Cafe, not the Red Catt, Horrible experience every time I go and its getting worse.

10/26/09

Terrible service, second rate food

by truffles86 at Citysearch

We went there on a Sunday when no band was playing yet and they still tried to charge us $10 to get in. Although we were the only people there who were eating it still took us 30min to get our food. To top it all off the server brought us our appetizers and entrees out at the same time!!! The counter top was sticky and gray with some kind of residue. Right within my line of vision I had a great view of what must have been the service entrance which for some unfathomable reason they had propped open with a trash can. I could see gross mop buckets, dirty floor and disgusting aprons while I was eating. Plus the drinks were way overpriced $14 for a captain and coke. Don't expect the bartender to know how to prepare any complicated drink either. I don't know what he thinks a long island is but it wasn't the crap he tried to give me. All in all it was a TERRIBLE experience, and I would not recommend this place to my worst enemy.

• Pros: non
• Cons: service, food