The Houston Inn in Renfrewshire

3 stars because staff were pleasant and attentive but if not for them this would be 1 star for food. I had a couple of small plates and while the clues in the name, for £7 you do expect a starter size portion. However this turned out to be a blessing. Dreadful, overcooked and any ready meal would have out shone them. Clearly not made from scratch and very very unpleasant.

Nice pub. Meals were disappointing and it's a nightmare to get a taxi from. Friendly staff were helpful though.

Had a lovely birthday dinner here. Couldn’t fault the service and Sunday dinner for only £10 was amazing. Everyone really enjoyed their meals, 4 of us and a bill of only around £80 for 2 courses and soft drinks.

Only had a meal, The service was very good And the food was delicious, Will definitely be back.

Fantastic meal with friendly staff.

Absolutely lovely food, service was fantastic. Great options for kids

We were there for a make up masterclass event. Service was excellent! Staff could not have been more attentive. We had a lovely afternoon and were very well looked after. Nice space for afternoon drinks in the sun too.

Had my retirement doo here.Service was fantastic, food brilliant ( thanks Chef ) . Friends commented on such a lovely pub and said they'd definitely return with family.

I called ahead to confirm a table for a meal, informing them we’d arrive in 20 minutes. They assured us it was no problem. However, when we arrived, we were told the chef had been sent home early, despite knowing we were coming. Extremely poor service.

Popped in here recently with my wife daughter and grandson for lunch . There is a car park just across the road from the pub entrance . The decor is good and the place is bigger than it looks . The young girl who served us ( blond hair ) was very friendly and welcoming . The food was good and the portions were large . Overall we had a nice lunch and we will be back .

Smoked Haddock Moray was lovely but the sweet was supposed to be Pavlova but more like a VERY small portion of Eton Mess for £6.95 (not worth the price). Disappointed as I’ve been there for lunch many times and recommended it to friends. Will think twice before ordering a sweet again

I visited here with family for the first time for a special occasion. A long wait at the door for a member of staff to come and greet us, so much so we just found our own table to sit at. We all had main meals, very bland and mediocre food, poor portion sizes, rubbish service. Music was far too loud we couldn't hear each other at the table so asked staff to turn down the music, it seemed they actually turned it up. After our unimpressed mains, we all had dessert. Most of the party had the pavlova, we all started laughing as soon as this came out, it was almost as if we ordered off the kids menu or this was actually made by a kid. The best part was there was a piece of macaroni in my dessert, how does that even happen! Seems all effort was put into the refurbishment/decor instead of good quality food and staff - avoid!

Had a wonderful meal on Sunday. The panko arancini was amazing and the red snapper melted in the mouth. They also do a Sunday roast which you can’t beat, the Yorkshire pudding is as good as my granny’s! The wine selection was small but perfect. We chose a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc which was excellent value for money. The restaurant is lovely but if you want a traditional pub feel you can sit in the bar area which has an open fire. Will definitely be back.

Sunday lunch is amazing.. great value, great service, lovely staff

I have to admit I've only started visiting the Houston Inn recently but I'm making up for lost time as its become a favourite. Being a breakfast fan, but not a morning fan, the fact their breakfast/brunch menu is served til 3pm is brilliant I've had the cooked breakfast several times now, and it's been delicious. Freshly cooked & piping hot. My Mum has had pancakes and they were lovely too, hot, fluffy & a generous portion Will definitely be trying more of the menu Staff are always cheery, friendly & helpful. Definitely worth a visit

Fantastic village bar and restaurant serving great food and an excellent selection of draught beers

Poor menu choices for lunch portions tiny Female waitress pleasant but other staff not so pleasant. This was our 2nd visit will be our last disgusting 🫣

Very friendly local pub and restaurant. We have been several times and each time both service and food have been excellent 👌

had my daughters baby shower today and well done to the amazing staff. they were very attentive and we had an afternoon tea and it was great...well done ✔️😀

Been in here a few times for food and it never disappoints. Menu isn’t extensive but less is more and has something for most tastes. The pub was busy with a large table of 14 in lounge but the staff made sure we were looked after despite how busy it was. Food was delicious. Service was excellent. Will defo return.

I've always been a big fan of the Houston Inn, unfortunately, it is now under new management and it's gone downhill. We have always had lovely meals there. I booked it today for my daughter and an elderly friend, who insisted she buy us Christmas lunch. But instead of a full menu, they offer more of a 'brunch'...ie cafe food. Drinks very limited. No nice wines offered. Just totally different experience and not one we would repeat. Not at this point. Although only about 3 tables being used, they also messed up the bill!! We did contact the duty manager, who was lovely and very apologetic. I had the fish and chips, which was tasty. So it wasn't a total disaster. They are going to have to work very hard at turning things around. It's a historic building, I would hate it to go under!

Nice traditional lunch beside roaring fire

Really disappointed 😞, invited friends out for dinner, as we have always loved the Houston Inn. Food very average almost feels like it's been bought over by a chain. Drinks selection also poor, no choice of different wines or price range. Staff seemed not to listen or maybe they couldn't here us because of the loud music. This was only at 7pm. Shame, won't be recomending or be back until things improve.

Great service and tasty food, well worth a visit.

This was our 3rd visit disappointed small portions, having to pay for a side dish that previously included on your main plate.

An excellent change from the US.

Visited on a quiet afternoon, nice little pub with great service. Staff went over and above to help.

Soleless place gone right downhill , Place used to be thriving now its just lost its magic, give it a miss for now

Would give a rating of less than one if it were possible. Waited 1.5 hours for food, when it arrived it became apparent we could have done better ourselves. Note to restaurant: sweet chilli dip is not salsa and guacamole ideally would have met an avocado in its life. Waiting staff were pleasant and did well despite the embarrassment they must feel when working with such a slow and incompetent kitchen.

We went with friends to celebrate the birth of their new granddaughter and had a table booked for 5pm.. We had our starters which were served fairly promptly and were good. We then sat for nearly an hour waiting for our mains before a young waitress came over to our table and said they there were having problems in the kitchen. There was a table of twelve people celebrating an anniversary and because three of them had ordered curries it seems they didn’t have any rice left for my husband’s curry!! After agreeing to have chips with his curry the waitress brought myself and my friend our pasta mains, which we had almost finished before our husbands got their mains; my husband’s curry was supposed to come with spicy onions but there were none on his plate, and the curry, costing nearly £16, had five smallish pieces of chicken in it. It was certainly not value for money. My friend’s husband had ordered a pizza for his main, apparently a house special, and it was the smallest pizza I have ever seen being served in a restaurant; it looked like a child’s pizza from a supermarket! We will definitely never ever be back. When considering where to go for the evening we thought we would stay local and support our local pub …how wrong were we? Lesson learned!! 😡

Food OK. Not great. Service mediocre.

We visited twice whilst up in Scotland and staying locally. A really nice pub with great service. The new menu is fantastic, good choice of food and very tasty. The staff are very welcoming and the beers are lovely. Shame it’s not my local! Highly recommend

Friends & I went here for lunch recently and arrived to find that the place was completely empty - not a good start. The experience did not get any better. Service was abominable - seemed to be very little staff - and the waiting time for drinks and food was ridiculous, especially since we were the only ones in the place! To add insult to injury, a table who had arrived a while after us were served before us! Also, the food was hardly worth waiting for - and the place didn't get any busier while we were there. Never again.

Lot of dishes not available, staff not interested, food was rank,

Shocker of a dinner we just had as a family. The service was terrible, and the food was worse, the laminated menu had the previous persons food stuck to it. (Great start) Kids meals came without vegetables. The fish and chips also minus the peas even though it states it on the menu. The Tartare sauce was a watery mess and the fish was overcooked to perfection! Not a good experience for a sunday dinner.

Visiting friends and was taken for lunch in this lovely wee pub. We had a few light bites and had a few drinks. The outside beer garden is lovely. Food tasty and plentiful . Was served by a lady ( sorry forgot her name) may have been the manager. She was very attentive and made us feel very welcome . The inside is a beautiful wee place and very comfortable. Why haven’t I been here before. ? I will most definitely be back with family and friend. Would definitely recommend.

Used to be a mainstay of Houston, now it's just the vehicle of one unhinged Karen to alienate the brand through her treatment of staff and patrons and her giant mouth on social media. Lara Brown is going to drive this place into the ground

The general manager of this establishment has a horrendous attitude and is not fit to work in a customer facing role. Terrible. Staff are underpaid.

Service deplorable, really cheeky manager, May have been called Laura? No interest in us. Waited for food. Service slow and food wasn't that great. Seemed more interested in regulars than my wife and I. Definitely don't recommend and won't be back.

Went for Sunday roast lunch at about 1pm. Only to find there was no Sunday roast lunch?

The food was delicious but the atmosphere was too noisy due to there being no real separation between the bar and restaurant. Also, it was a touch cold and smelly due to the doors to the outside smoking area being constantly open.

Great pub near Glasgow Airport. Food drinks Available.

Worst Sunday roast I've ever, not eaten. Frozen roasties, veg, and Yorkshire's. Couldn't eat the pork. Left our food and went to an excellent pub up the road. Wasn't even asked why the beer wasn't drunk, nor the food eaten. Maybe they're used to it. 🤷🏼

Greeted with stares from bar staff and servers as if we were aliens. Sunday roast was terrible. Pork was dry, instant gravy, frozen Yorkshire puddings and to top it off was served with chips not mash or roast potatoes. absolutely abismal will never be back.

Smashing food and a great wee pub in houston

Good staff good food and great atmosphere.very busy tonight 5/6/23

Staff were amazing, went with my Aunt and cousin,food was fantastic, presentation was outstanding, the Inn was so cosy,would highly recommend going

Staff were extremely efficient, helpful and very friendly.

Had lunch in the Houston Inn. Food was nicely presented and tasted good - looking forward to our next trip there.

The pub was exceptionally busy due to football & rugby being showing, but staff were still attentive & friendly... 3 of us had lunch which was absolutely delicious!! the sunday roast was amazing, roast potatoes,mash,veg selection,crispy yorkie & , the cauliflower cheese, OMG was absolutely sublime!! great portion size...and also the steak & sausage pie was cooked to perfection! Compliments to the chef, thumbs up all round! (y)

First time since it reopened, newly refurbished , beautiful inside and in the beer garden too. Menu good choice, I had fajitas and my hubby had the hot dog both really tasty and reasonable portions. Service very good and staff had no problem adjusting kids menu to suit my granddaughter. Spotless clean and felt covid safe , nice friendly atmosphere and suitable for families , will be back

Very busy but great staff and service

Great service and excellent food at a very reasonable price. Good live music at weekends too.

We had a meal and it was very good vale. Service.was good.

Went for a mid week family dinner, which is a rare treat these days. Unfortunately, while the service was good, the food was pretty grim; frozen pizzas with some extra toppings and cheap burgers. Really disappointing compared to previous menus. I would suggest you try Fox & Hounds across the road.

Had dinner for 2 and the food was excellent. 2 courses and 2 drinks for 2 people cost £45. Excellent value. Steak and ale pie was real quality with the beef being melt in the mouth. The fish and chips was superb and was a big portion. The churros were fresh and filled with caramel sauce and the chocolate cake was incredibly light. Will be back.

Menu is slimmed down from last time. Only 2 main courses and 2 types of pizza. Lots of loaded fries options, which I would recommend. New booths in the bar area and tables making a fresh change from the old furniture that was there before. Kitchen closes at 1930 which I wasn't advised of when booking a table for 1930..not ideal. Felt rushed over the limited menu choices. Food was excellent, appreciate time of year has maybe reduced the menu down. Hopefully it will return to normal in 2023.

Went for Christmas dinner; terrible experience. Vegetarian option was not worth the money paid. Said it was come with a marmalade but when asked I was told it was inside the wellington and it had clearly evaporated the whole thing was bland and very dry. Staff were not not interested in making sure you were ok, no one asked if we wanted drinks, we had to stop waiting staff and ask; they didn't even bother to make up a drinks list some story involving printers - I'm sure they could have knocked a couple up on the home printer. Quite happy to take your 70 p/head a month in advance. I thought it was short staffed but when I looked to the bar area I saw that they were just hanging out. It was an hour between courses. The ladies toilets were a joke they couldn't even be bothered putting toilet roll in a holder so they were all wet from falling on the floor . One toilet was useable the rest were disgusting. You should hang your head.

Very sad to write about our experience on Christmas Day, service was poor, sat at the table 15/20 mins and starter was served, no drinks order had been taken at this point, starters finish and finally the 1st round of drinks served, sat with dirty dishes between meals for a very long time, food in general very disappointing, mash lumpy and all in all very plain for Xmas day, veg wasn’t even seasoned and none of the courses were particularly warm. We asked when booking for a high chair, no high chair was provided I had to ask twice for 1 and was given a broken and very unsafe high chair, I complained, it was replaced by another broken high chair!! I then had to begin to feed my 7 month old in her buggy!! Eventually when another family left we were give a working safe high chair! The wait between mains and dessert was lllllllloooooooonnnnnnnng! And again when we were finished had to ask for teas and coffees we were never offered , staff appeared to struggle to smile, let alone get in the Christmas spirit! Such a disappointing experience from a lovely little pub/restaurant not worth £70 a head and to be honest I feel we die some kind of refund!!

Great venue to work at - Ellie the manager has a great set of staff

Went to Houston Inn for dinner last night (3/12). Very disappointed with food and service. Seems like it was thrown together prawn and chorizo was literally in boiled water and not a tomato sauce. Brushetta was on soft bread. Waitresses hadnt a clue what they were doing.Wouldn't go back.

Very good food and the staff were very pleasant .

Lovely old pub and much bigger than it first seems. A blazing fire and great staff too!

Only very basic lunch menu available at 1430 yesterday. Very minute scampi mostly breadcrumbs chips greasy you could smell the fat off them .. young female waitress very dour .. no one came round to offer sweets or tea/ coffee had to go looking for a member of staff to get the bill . Place was very cold had to eat with our coats on .. hundreds of logs but no fire !!!

Friendly modernised country pub with good range of food and drink options

Great food, quick friendly service.

Very friendly staff and excellent service. Food was fantastic. Couldn't find fault with anything. Dog friendly within the bar area also which was a bonus.

Lovely, but not alot on menu to chose from!

Great pub friendly staff and locals. We had lunch and a few pints good value for money. I would recommend this above the other pub in the village.

Great pub and restaurant fabulous food with fun friendly staff

The food was lovelystaff were vry friendly would go back again

Great venue and location with good food, would definitely recommend !

Very nice pub. Service was very good as was the food. Charming place with nice garden area.

Visited here for first time today and was very happy with the service of the staff and the food,will definitely be back

Decent pizza. It's out of town by a distance so a car is necessary. That's the only downside.

Excellent food. Very good portion size and very reasonable price. Quite when we went in on Tuesday evening at 5:30

Sat 27th March 2022, decided to try the new menu and was not disappointed, the king prawn linguine was outstanding as was the stroganoff and as always the staff are ever so friendly & accommodating, WE SHALL RETURN.

It's a bit of a distance when I was with my friend Billy and on the way back home 🏠 his car 🚗 broked down in a country road when it was dark

Good food. Minor grumble, room was cold although heating was on.

Called in for a snack. We both had loaded French fries. My partner had Mexican and I had Scottish. We were both pleasantly surprised with both the quality and quantity of the food.

Food was really nice and great service

Nice pub inside with friendly staff. Food is decent quality pub grub with quite an extensive menu offering a variety of cuisines. The prices are akin to a restaurant however and I didn't feel the quality of the food matches the prices they were charging. Dog and child friendly with clean toilets and good access throughout.

Great food, lovely staff and good atmosphere, a really nice place to go for dinner and drinks which is why we always go back, great value for money.

Slow service, sausage rolls not properly cooked & lukewarm not at proper temperature to be served. First batch of coffee was like tar .

Lovely warm quiet little place, will return

Friendly and attentive food was good and the sticky toffee pudding was heaven in a bowl. Soooo good.

Really good pub food favourites at decent prices. Nice, welcoming staff. Real fire. A proper village Inn.

Attended for lunch on Wednesday afternoon. Good selection on menu very attentive and pleasant staff, comfortable open fire in lounge area

First time id been here on saturday .lovely inside .staff were friendly and helpfull .would defo reccomend it

Friends and I had a nice lunch here recently. I'd not been for a long time and was impressed with the decor and ambience. Lunch was very tasty, service was good, and the staff were very pleasant. We're heading back soon.

Nice pub and was a good atmosphere for watching football

The Houston Inn as a building is first class. Excellent facilities. The staff are particularly pleasant, courteous and helpful. Sadly, the steak and ale pie was just warm when it arrived. It could have been fine but for that. By the time I was half way through eating, it had become a cool steak and ale pie. I have to say this dish was my second choice. I wanted haddock and chips. Alas, they serve chips with skin on. Now, boiled potatoes with skins are OK. Baked potatoes must be in the skin but, to me, fries with skins just strike me as cheapest possible on the plate. Advice to chefs everywhere - serve chips with skins on to folk who don't mind that but have fully prepared chips on offer for people who'd rather not have skins. My friends and I eat out every Friday. We look for new places to go. We won't be returning to Houston Inn very soon. Too bad!!

What do you do when you don’t want to cook, order take a way,,,,, no head to the Houston Inn, always a friendly face which includes the locals. Never have I had a bad serving here first class food and first class service.

Brilliant wee place with great service and great food...

Find was good, seevice was good.. not fir you if you're looking for ale though. It has been refurbished to a very high standard.

Great grub and wonderful service.

Steak pie had terrible smell so they removed it from menu. Daughters been put off steak pie for life unfortunately

We were celebrating my daughter's 40th. The staff were very curteous and helpful. The food was plentiful and very tasty. Will definitely be back.

Good menu. Good surroundings. Friendly staff.

Nice pub with modern decor. Outdoor area is covered and heated. Very busy, need to book at weekends