Your Guide to Houston That Doesn’t Suck

Sobchak_Security said:

Red line goes down to “Reliant Park,” which is the stadium. As you can see, only decent areas on the red line are downtown and Rice/Med Center. If you’re looking for things to do, downtown is a much easier place to get to and out of, with bar options, etc. Med Center/Rice U parking situation is much more difficult but it’s “prettier” to see and walk around in.

My preference is parking around UH Downtown. Easiest place to pick up the Red Line. Lots of street parking and cheap hotel valet.

Fuck yeah, that’s perfect.

Are there any highly recommended spots to pregame and get to the stadium easily enough from? Or should we bite the bullet and do the purple riegn tailgate

Postal91 said:

EsophagealFeces said:

Is renting a car a necessity? My buddies are planning on ubering everywhere, but that seems like it would get stupid expensive in a huge area like Houston. I can rent a full size car through Costco for like $250 for the 4 days I’ll be there. Seems like a no brainer

Is Costco the way to go with rentals?? Never checked there. May grab one

YES! No cancellation until day of rental plus they have awesome customer service if you get screwed (*cough* Avis, Budget) by not renting through Enterprise/National/Alamo, which you can through Costco, though may be slightly more expensive than the less reliable rental companies.

Purple_Pills said:

Postal91 said:

EsophagealFeces said:

Is renting a car a necessity? My buddies are planning on ubering everywhere, but that seems like it would get stupid expensive in a huge area like Houston. I can rent a full size car through Costco for like $250 for the 4 days I’ll be there. Seems like a no brainer

Is Costco the way to go with rentals?? Never checked there. May grab one

YES! No cancellation until day of rental plus they have awesome customer service if you get screwed (*cough* Avis, Budget) by not renting through Enterprise/National/Alamo, which you can through Costco, though may be slightly more expensive than the less reliable rental companies.

I just had someone push Turo to me. The AirBnB of car rentals. Looks like you just rent people's personal fleet cars and away you go. Intrigued by this, especially in avoiding lines.

Postal91 said:

Sobchak_Security said:

Woodlands is cool by the way. Cool little River Walk type scene and lively bars/restaurants. Probably cheaper hotels but you’ll obviously be 30 mins away from the action and Reliant is all the way South of downtown at the bottom of “The Loop.”

Looks like the place I booked at is just east of the Houston cemetery, south of Greens point Mall. If you say The woodlands is better I'll switch up

If you're staying outside of the Loop then stay in The Woodlands

Purple_Pills said:

Check out “Broken Obelisk” (1 of 4 of them worldwide) at the Rothko Chapel:

That looks photoshopped from Red Square.

Tequilla said:

For the Houston area peeps that have actually gone to Reliant ...

I'm assuming that if you're coming from the southern end of things (think Lake Jackson area) ... that just getting a parking pass is the way to go?

Probably…for the rodeo I usually park at the south end of the train line and take the train in but not sure how great that would be for this. Coming from the South side the 288 to 610 ramp is under construction and an absolute mess…avoid it if you can.

Couple more points on the original thread…most people love Ninfa’s but I’ve never been that fond of it. It’s been a while since I’ve had them so it may not be as good now but Villa Arcos down the street from there had the best breakfast tacos around. Papacitos is the standard upscale Tex Mex but the one next to NRG and the one attached to Hilton Americas aren’t my favorite. Do love Little Papacitos on Kirby/Richmond if you are in that neck of the woods. For you @Tequilla El Toro in the LJ area is probably your best bet…eaten there way too many times.

HoustonHusky said:

creepycoug said:

All needs to be verified by @HoustonHusky or I call bullshit.

Can’t argue with most of this…big fan of Pappa’s if you are looking for a good steak. One thing though…Woodlands is fucking far. It’s a shitty drive from downtown, so if you do stay up there (I wouldn’t) then make sure you take the Hardy Toll Road. I45 is awful.

I’m staying in The Woodlands because I live there but wouldn’t recommend it from a hotel perspective just for the distance. Hardy is much nicer than the mad max experience of 45 for sure.

I’m leaning towards Ubering to downtown to hang out then taking light rail in but someone in my group might drive too. I drove to both the Final 4 and the basketball natty and it was pretty easy parking in the blue lot just south of the stadium (I just don’t want to drive on Monday because alcohol). I took an Uber to the rodeo this year and trying to get one out of NRG was a completely terrible experience so I would definitely use the light rail to get away from the stadium.

rivercitybridie said:

I like to walk around university campuses and hit their bookstore but thinking maybe just hang at nice airport hotel for 2-3 days

Rice University campus is pretty close to downtown and also is near all the museums/zoo if that’s something you like to do.

Should I cancel my reservation at the Holiday Inn in Houston East? Booked it Monday night just to get something in place, but can cancel up til Saturday