Check them out Be-wiched Bistro Hours: See Profile   1844 Westheimer Rd Houston TX 77098 713.520.5300 You might also be interested in these:     Sandwiches - Wraps    ZIP 77098 Profile Description: At Be-wiched Bistro, we offer handcrafted sandwiches and pizzas, innovative soups, salads and starters, and decadent desserts from our adjoining bakery, The Cookie Jar (named Houston's "Ultimate Sweet Shop" by the Houston Chronicle). An international selection of wine and beers will soon be available. We also have a special children's menu. The comfortable restaurant space, modeled after a 1920s Parisian bistro, features a striking copper bar and cozy walnut banquettes.   Add Review PROFILE     MY REVIEW: Great menu! Very inventive sandwiches and salads. Lots to try. The cuban sandwich was a great take on the "standard", the house salad is delicious. Service was a bit on the leisurely side, but that was fine for a Saturday lunch. If I had been on a lunch break, it might have been more problematic. The staff are really nice and I have great hopes for this place. NAME: BayouBuzzard SUBMITTED: 5/28/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: May 2008 FREQUENCY: Visited once MY REVIEW: I want so badly to love this place. I love the idea, It's the execution and consistency that needs a little help. The fist time I went I was so happy to find a place like this in the neighborhood, that I told many people about it. After my second and third visit... I'm not recommending it so much. The problem is with the attention in the kitchen. On my second trip I ordered the arugugla salad with the lobster soup and shared the pear and arugula pizza with my friends. The soup was decadent! The arugula was not. It had not been washed, so to avoid breaking our teeth on the grit, we had to send both the salad and the pizza back. The staff was very great about it, they even discounted our meal. They really are lovely people so, I decided to forgive this easily made mistake and try again. Today. Today I ordered the special salad with topped with steak , tiny shoestring potatoes and goat cheese. The potatoes were fun, they were yummy and really a nice touch. The rest of the salad was a bit of a let down, the steak was frigde cold making the fat/greasy portions waxy. It was a bit on the dry side, it was not dressed with anything...and after a few bites I realized that the cheese was not goat cheese but blue cheese which is a big no no for breastfeeding mom's (which I am). So, I had to send my food back once again. The replacement salad was much better. Though the steak was the same, the goat cheese was a much better match with it and this salad had the dressing that the first one was missing. Be-wiched has so much potential and I really hope that these "little details" can be worked out with time, because, aside from the ADD running rampant in the kitchen, this is a great little place. NAME: Neighbor SUBMITTED: 4/11/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 4/2008 FREQUENCY: Visited 2-3 times MY REVIEW: Very cute place. Loved the copper accents. Great ambience for lunch. Tea & water in pretty bottles added class! Service was fair, and slow. Not quick enough for lunch. Also toddlers were not served first. Remember waitstaff: moms want their children served first! This makes the wait time much more tolerable! The fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil sandwich was terrific. The lobster bisque was great, however was too salty. Too much salt will compete with the rich flavors of the bisque and is not needed. It could be excellent! Service was quite slow and took a while to get the bill. When we asked, they were a bit rude and even slower with getting it to us. Come on!.. we just want to pay before our kids have meltdowns! :) Thank you! NAME: bewichedonce SUBMITTED: 4/11/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: March/2008 FREQUENCY: Visited once MY REVIEW: Its a nice little place, not posh by no means but its nice and clean. Not too much was spent on decorations but hey give the folks credit, its clean, and the staff make it cheery. When I say staff, there is one waitress who seems always there. Not sure of her name but you will know her by her british accent and running all over the place trying to man(woman) a severly understaffed place. There is another waitress who is just as friendly. A huge plus is they hire some really nice waitresses. The negative is they do not hire enough. As the place becomes more popular, prepare to wait longer and longer. I have seen people walk out because 50 minutes wait for lunch is absurd. Ours was close, it was 45 min and we were close to going elsewhere. Its a sandwich for goodness sake, slap it together and move on. Food is good. Granted the bisque is excellent, so is the tomato soup. The sandwiches are good, the bread seems a little too tough which makes me wonder. Instead of bread they serve some pretzles and honey mustard dipping sauce. My sources discovered the sauce can be found at Central Market in the chip aisle -Raspberry Honey Mustard Pretzle Dipping Sauce. You can also go to the frozen section and pick up some microwavable pretzles. The pretzles they serve are inconsistant, some times they are perfectly warm and soft, sometimes they are hard as a rock. The problem is with the wait you would think they would bring you more that a 4-6. The tea is weak but it is served in a nice bottle. Now the fat elvis sandwich is something everyone should order for dessert. Is is not a bad interpretation of the fried peanut butter and bananna sandwich. Order one, cut it up and share. Unfortunatley, many sandwiches come off needing something. Sometimes they are bland, sometimes they need something. IE the cuban needs some sauce or something spicey. the sante fe needs perhaps some cilantro or something spicey. the PLT could use some HP sauce perhaps. Soups? do not change anything. In fact, if you change them, I probably would not come back - they are indeed excellent. Please guys, if you are reading this, hire more workers and cooks. I would like to have my lunch served in less than 20 min from ordering NAME: F.B. SUBMITTED: 3/24/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: March/2008 FREQUENCY: Visited 4-6 times MY REVIEW: I saw a good write-up in My Table magazine and saw the other reviews here, so I thought I’d try it – it’s not too far from me in Midtown. I LOVED the place. It’s charming and clean. As I had read – the pumpkin lobster bisque is terrific, and with a half sandwich (which is more than enough), it makes a great lunch for the price. I’m not sure I agree with ‘sweettooth’ on the lack of meat dishes – I saw a wide selection of sandwiches with roast beef and chicken and tuna, pizzas with pepperoni, and hangar steak and shortrib entrées too – so I think there’s manfood there. And you can bring wine – there’s a $5 corkage fee and it occurred to me that it would be a nice place to snack and drink a bottle of wine with my boyfriend - watching the river of people on Westheimer. NAME: ellen SUBMITTED: 2/16/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 2/2008 FREQUENCY: Visited once MY REVIEW: I went here recently for lunch with a friend and we both enjoyed the place very much. The setting is very cute and the food was good. They have a very unique menu selection but there seems to be a lack of meat dishes. Its a good place to have lunch with your girlfriends but definately not your significant other because of the food selection. The service was excellent. NAME: sweettooth SUBMITTED: 2/3/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: Jan 2008 FREQUENCY: Visited once MY REVIEW: The food is great. They have a pumpkin lobster bisque daily that is to die for. This is complemented by a rotating soup of the day (today was corn chowder). The menu includes interesting salads, pizzas (an "Aztec" with black beans, poblano pesto, jalapenos, bell peppers and provolone), quiche (my favorite is the bacon-onion-emmentaler), and paninis ("Mediterranean Melt" with olive tapinade, sun-dried tomatoes and artichoke hearts; or the Tuna Salad sandwich, with a delicious no-mayo tuna salad with a healthy dose of fresh lemons blended in). The desserts are, of course, to die for (today we split a chocolate peanut butter pie and a chocolate chip cloud pie). The ambience is simple, as is the decor; service is very good. The place is extremely clean, which is important to me, and there is decent people-watching along Westheimer. Prices are extremely reasonable given the quality of the food (Pizzas 8-10, Sandwiches 8-13, Quiches 8-10, Soup 4-5, Salads 8-12). Will definitely be back many times. NAME: houston_foodie SUBMITTED: 1/23/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: January 2008 FREQUENCY: Visited 2-3 times If you don't agree with these comments, agree with them or have additional comments, click here to Add Your Review. Restaurant Owners & Managers Curious about your Activity and Ranking on b4-u-eat? Want to Create or Update your Free Profile Page? Click here to Login. ©Copyright 1991 - 2008 B4-U-EAT.COM. All rights reserved. Design and database by B4-U-BUY