Restaurants in Greatwood

A pair of plastic lemon trees heavy with bright yellow fruit greets customers as they enter The Lemon Tree Restaurant. Inside, chefs pay tribute to Peru’s lengthy coastline with a menu of seafood specialties including ceviche and seafood paella. Other popular dishes include The Tacu Tacu Lemon Tree–sautéed strips of beef, rice, and beans topped with two fried eggs.

Serving savory subs since 1956, the friendly bread bookenders at Jersey Mike’s employ fresh ingredients to gift diners with an extensive menu of handheld eats assembled directly before eager mouths. Sink your ivories into cold subs such as the Jersey Shore's Favorite, where generous slices of provolone, ham, and cappacuolo arrive layered with onions, lettuce, tomatoes, vinegar, and a sprinkling of oil and spices ($4.29–$8.95, depending on size). Chilly diners dissatisfied with standard whole-wheat sleeping bags can warm up next to hot subs such as the Big Kahuna Cheese Steak ($6.95/reg, $10.75/giant) or the chicken parm's infusion of melted provolone, tomato sauce, and parmesan ($6.25/reg, $9.95/giant). Diners seeking munchables as light as a CGI feather can sample the fresh-tossed salad ($3.99) or tuna salad ($6.25). The friendly sandwich sculptors will also happily customize any 'wich to your whims, offering a host of vegetarian options or the utensil-friendly Sub in a Tub, which mixes the ingredients in a bowl sans bread.

In the past, healthy eating often meant lettuce without dressing and rice cakes dry enough to double as drink coasters. EatFitters shatters that stereotype with its lengthy menu of hearty, ready-to-heat Mexican, Italian, Mediterranean, and Asian cuisine. Each selection arrives in individually packaged, nutritionally balanced portions and contains low-sodium ingredients that haven’t been processed. EatFitters' in-house nutritionist can supplement meal selections with expert advice on eating and lifestyle habits that affect health, and the company’s On the Right Track plan provides a 21-day road map to weight loss through prepared meals and inflatable emergency packs of tofu. Serving Houstonians since April 2010, EatFitters was previously known as EatFit for Life.

Though the imperial Doric columns inside Cafe Piquet aren't indicative of the cuisine's origins, the pictures and artifacts on the walls—which range from movie-star portraits to framed bills of currency—all pay homage to Cuba. The authentic decor echoes the traditional recipes in the family-owned kitchen. There, chefs layer swiss cheese, ham, pork, and mustard onto cuban sandwiches that helped the restaurant win the 2009 Houston Press award for Best Cuban Restaurant. The paper deemed the sandwiches "easily the best in the city," and commented on the menu’s knack for drawing crowds of native Cubans with its recipes.

Those recipes include plates of grilled red snapper, pork chops, and sirloin steak that arrive with sides of plantains and yucca, imbued with flavor from garlic and creole sauces. After devouring the dishes, full visitors who have become sleepy can conclude meals with cups of cuban coffee.

An air of mystery, scented with garlic and herbs, fills Fuad's Restaurant, where head chef Joseph conjures recipes that are never listed on a menu. Instead, diners simply request the dishes they desire, such as Fuad's house specialties of lamb and duck, or recipes such as stuffed chicken breasts and fish fillets topped with crabmeat. Beneath twinkling chandeliers, Brenda, the head bartender, shakes cocktails or plumbs the vast wine cellar for bottles to match any entrée or diner's outfit—so long as that outfit is red, white, or aged in a barrel.

Café Byblos pays tribute to its namesake, a 7,000-year-old Lebanese coastal town, with a menu of traditional Middle Eastern dishes. Chefs prepare a variety of items, from flaky pastries filled with aged goat cheese to delicately spiced ground meats covered in pine nuts and tahini sauce. The eatery’s ties to Middle Eastern culture go beyond just the culinary realm, too: In the evening, belly dancers shimmy to the beat of live music, winding through the dining room to remind diners to put napkins in their laps. You can also light up hookah coals on Café Byblos’s outdoor patio.:m]]