Agnes and Sherman
Nick Wong's cheeseburger fried rice carries shredded iceberg and two slices of American cheese, and Bon Appetit put the Heights diner on its 2026 best-new list for it.
Why go
Wong and Lisa Lee opened in April 2025.2 Wong named the room for his parents: if all I want to do is tell my story, then that story is ultimately about them.
3 The format is an American diner and the cooking comes out of what MICHELIN's inspectors call their third-culture upbringing, so the wedge salad arrives with youtiao croutons, lap cheong and a ginger-scallion ranch.12 Egg foo young comes as a crawfish-studded omelet under a gumbo-style gravy, which is the Gulf Coast doing the same job.1 MICHELIN put it in the 2025 Texas selection six months after the doors opened.4
Order this / avoid
- Order: the cheeseburger fried rice, shredded iceberg, two slices of American cheese, sauce and sesame seeds.2
- Order: the egg foo young.1
- Order: shrimp toast and the scallion waffle with sambal honey butter to start.1
- Order: the chilled noodles with vegetables and yuba if the table wants something cold.1
What locals & experts say
- Bon Appetit, Best New Restaurants 2026, Kate Kassin, on the cheeseburger fried rice:
It's a mishmash of two iconic dishes in their own genres but, together, something wholly emblematic of the food that owners Nick Wong and Lisa Lee are putting forth.
2 - MICHELIN Guide Texas (2025), Recommended:
it's an Asian American-inspired diner with a casual and cool vibe. It's just right for meeting a friend, dining solo or taking a date.
1 - Also on the shelf: Texas Monthly's best new restaurant of 2026 and a James Beard Award nomination for Best New Restaurant, both reported by CultureMap Houston.2
Good to know
- Where it is: 250 W 19th Street, Suite A, in the Heights.1
- Booking: the house prints
WALK-INS WELCOME!
on its own front page, and MICHELIN's listing also carries a reservation link.31 - Hours: Wednesday to Sunday. Lunch 10:30am to 2pm midweek, brunch from 10am at the weekend, dinner from 5pm.3
- Who it suits: MICHELIN's inspectors put it at meeting a friend, eating alone or a date.1
Verdict
should-visit — Four bodies recognized this room inside sixteen months of opening, and the two read closest to source are the ones carrying the rung: MICHELIN's 2025 Texas selection and Bon Appetit's 2026 best-new list. Both landed on the same move, an American diner dish rebuilt out of what Nick Wong and Lisa Lee grew up eating, and MICHELIN's inspectors picked the egg foo young, a crawfish omelet under gumbo gravy. It stops short of the top rung on evidence: two of those four are carried secondhand here, and no Houston critic's scored review was read this pass.