13 Cafés in Houston, TX that earn more on your cards

Houston, TX has 13 Cafés in our listings: 13 take a dining program and none has a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: University Place (2), Alief (1), and Briar Forest (1).

13 restaurants

  • American · $$ · Rice Military

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more
  • Café · $ · Briar Forest

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more
  • American · $$ · Deco

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • American · $$ · University Place

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • Bubble/Boba Tea · $$ · Alief

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • Juices/Smoothies · $ · Northshore

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • American · $$ · First Montrose Commons

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • Café · $ · University Place

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x
Restaurants
13
Neighborhoods
12
Cuisines
5
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
0

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Houston

Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. Bilt Dining (8 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (7) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 13 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

  • American Express Gold Card

    American Express Gold Card

    $325 annual fee

    ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner

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  • Chase Sapphire Reserve

    Chase Sapphire Reserve

    $795 annual fee

    ≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner

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  • Chase Sapphire Preferred Card

    Chase Sapphire Preferred Card

    $95 annual fee

    ≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner

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14 dining programs that pay in Houston

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

4 cuisines in Houston

Café in 12 Houston neighborhoods

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