4 /5 Kelly Day: My friend and I visited Bloom & Bee for Houston Restaurant Weeks. Neither of us had eaten there before. It is located inside the Post Oak Hotel and overlooks the pool. The setting was beautiful and elegant. The service was very good. The food was just OK, in my opinion. We each started with the Summer garden salad, which was very good. For my entree, I chose the pan seared sea bass, which came with artichoke confit, heirloom tomato coulis, polenta and olive tapenade. The sea bass was fine but Ive had better. There was barely any polenta to speak of on the plate. My friend had the Oak wood grilled prime New York strip with mashed potatoes and smoked cipollini onions. Again, it was good but not exceptional. For dessert, I chose the sweet corn flan. It was interesting but I have decided I dont like the taste of corn in a flan. I dont think it works. My friend had the floating island dessert, which was a poached meringue floating in a creme anglaise with candied almonds. Her dessert was definitely better, but a little challenging to eat. I had a glass of wine and she had the Lilac Blossom cocktail, which was very good. Overall, we enjoyed our experience but I dont feel the need to go back.
