Someone call Robert Irvine. Quickly.
I don't know what the design was aiming at, but they missed. If it was a Southwest theme they need to spin again. It was dark and dirty. Perhaps my mistake was dropping in when the sun was still out. That accentuates the scary.
There is a solid layer of dust on the speakers that hang on the ceiling above the tables. Cleaning is easy but they have skipped it for some time.
The food? I had the "baked pasta bolognese". The title was so misleading that the dish could run in next week's election. What was brought out was a dish of overcooked macaroni in some type of grim tomatoish "sauce" accompanied with hamburger meat that did not appear at all excited to be part of this dish. The entire dish was covered in melted mystery cheese.
No one can credibly claim this as pasta or bolognese. It appeared to have spent time in an oven so I will concede that it was baked. Never order it and think twice about even going to Houston's.