Credence Menu — Cooked Over an Open Flame
Chef Levi Goode’s first fine-dining room: a South Texas, ranch-inspired kitchen where nearly everything meets mesquite and post oak. Here’s the full menu with current prices.
Look to the flame to guide the meal — that’s not a slogan here, it’s the floor plan.
Credence is the inaugural fine-dining concept from Levi Goode, the fifth-generation Texan and two-time James Beard-nominated chef behind Houston’s beloved Goode Company restaurants. Where those are casual and family-run, this is the step up — luxury, refinement, and a custom live-fire hearth at the center of a large, airy room.
The cooking is South Texas ranch-inspired: mesquite and post oak, Texas producers named on the menu, and a deep bench of regional seafood. Steaks are grilled to order over open flame, and the raw bar runs from Gulf shrimp to caviar service with heirloom-grain cornbread.
It has earned a spot in the Michelin Guide, and the dining room is anchored by an open kitchen you can watch work. Next door sits Sidebar, the restaurant’s cocktail lounge, which takes its own separate reservation.
The menu evolves with the seasons and the ranches, so the list below is a current snapshot of dinner — dish by dish, with prices, the way the kitchen writes it.
Compose your evening
Build a balanced meal before you sit down: pick one dish from each course and watch your table’s running total add up in real time.
Start
Pasta
From the Fire
A Side
Something Sweet
Your evening at Credence
Weekend brunch highlights
Saturday and Sunday, Credence adds a brunch service. A few of the standouts:
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Credence is an upscale, South Texas ranch-inspired restaurant built around live-fire cooking over mesquite and post oak. It’s the first fine-dining concept from chef Levi Goode of Houston’s Goode Company family, it opened in 2024, and it’s recommended in the Michelin Guide.
It’s in West Houston at 9757 Katy Freeway, Suite 170 (77024), inside The McKinley at Memorial City. Its cocktail lounge, Sidebar, is right next door and takes a separate reservation.
Start with the Deviled Crabs in smoky tomato butter and the Monkey Bread to soak it up. From the hearth, the Dry Aged Prime Ribeye and Akaushi Flat Iron are the headliners, with the Branzino whole fish and Wild Gulf Snapper leading the seafood.
It’s fine dining. Appetizers and salads run about $11–$36, house pasta $31–$44, and live-fire signatures from around $39 for the half-chicken up to $82 for the 16oz dry-aged prime ribeye. Sides are $13.50–$24 and desserts around $15–$18. Use the planner above to total a full order.
Yes. There’s a weekend brunch on Saturday and Sunday and a weekday lunch with a two- or three-course option. Dinner service begins at 5 pm on weekdays and 4 pm on weekends. Credence doesn’t run a happy hour, but the lunch prix-fixe offers a house martini.
Reservations are handled through OpenTable via the restaurant’s website, and Credence also hosts private events. A table at the sister lounge, Sidebar, is booked separately.
Find it at Memorial City
Credence sits on the Katy Freeway in West Houston, inside The McKinley at Memorial City. Reservations are recommended, and the Sidebar lounge next door is worth building into the night.