Diva Dining I

Felix 55

Felix 55 is located in Rice Village right next to Baker Street Pub.  We all agreed that the interior was fun with great diva chair fabrics and chandelier lights.  Unfortunately, we came on a night when there was a party of 25 so we got shafted and placed in seats in the very back corner.  We requested a more "scenic" location however they were unable to accommodate our request. My two fellow divas were sitting in the booth seat while I sat in the regular black snake skin covered chair.  My seat was quite comfortable, but unfortunately for Divas Phalangie and Special K the booth seating sank down quite a bit so they had to request booster seats. 


We had a diva waiter too; we will call him "Eskimo".  Eskimo expressed great interest in Diva Special K because she apparently resembles Miss Missouri from the Miss USA pageant back in 2010.  Eskimo did exemplify great knowledge about pageant gown making and Miss USA pageants, but unfortunately for Diva Dining he did not know answers to simple questions about the wine menu and inaccurately informed us about what food was available for the evening.  

Also, the atmosphere at least on the Saturday night we went was not as upbeat as we hoped.  They did not have any background music on and it was very quiet, again this could have just been the night we were there. The food was about 6 out of 10.  The menu was a bit limited but  not bare, which was a nice change.  At most restaurants you have a hundred items to choose from.  We had gnocchi for our appetizer, which was good but not great we did not eat it all.    Divas Special K and Phalangie both ordered the steak with mustard mashed potatoes for their main course. They both really enjoyed the steak; I however thought it tasted a bit, well, strong I think is the word.  We all thought the mustard mashed potatoes were very tasty.  I ordered the duck with fig sauce.  The duck was fairly good as well and the fig sauce was very delicious.  Also, the prices were pretty reasonable.  We had a nice bottle of pinot noir from Oregon, an appetizer, and 3 entrees split between 3 divas for $30.   


The Divas would agree that Felix 55 was fun to try but I think our overall score on a scale from 1-10 would be a 5.5.

Saint Genevieve

After dinner the Divas weren’t ready to go home so we decided to end the night at Saint Genevieve, located at Kirby and Westheimer. Saint Genevieve is a posh place with a great crowd around the ages 25-40.  The décor was modern and elegant but not over the top.  The cocktails were delicious, especially the Audrey.  It was busy but not so crowded that we were uncomfortably shoulder to shoulder.  The service was great, for example we were standing at one of the tables when a well dressed man brought two extra chairs for us all to sit.  While researching the web for pictures I discovered that man was Darren Van Delden (pictured below), the owner of Saint Genevieve. Our waitress and bartenders prepared our drinks in a timely fashion and our waitress was polite when we jokingly asked if they offered free refills.   The music was not too loud so the Divas were able to converse without screaming to hear one another.  Also, the lighting was nice and not overly dark so you could check out all the eye candy without trouble.  Overall the divas gave this spot an A+ and will definitely be back.  Saint Genevieve has a Sunday brunch, so the divas will have to check that out!