first of all, i gave this restaurant 4 stars taking into consideration that the restaurant serves health-conscious food. it is excellent for “diet” food. almost everything on ziggy’s menu is guilt-free except for the deep fried fries, sweet potato fries, and onion rings. however, they are fried in canola oil. the onion rings are sliced really thin and battered and are excellent.

secondly, you can’t go wrong with a burger. served on whole wheat buns, my favorite are the black bean burger (very similar to beck’s veggie burger) and the spicy garlic turkey. as for entrees, i love the meatloaf — it is huge and the mashed potatoes with low-fat brown gravy is yummy. the tilapia and salmon are both very good and with steamed brown rice and veggies, it is also very filling.

perhaps, my favorite time to come to ziggy’s is for brunch. i almost always choose the santa fe breakfast burrito w/ egg whites, which is very large and is filled with scrambled egg whites, turkey sausage, black beans, rosemary potatoes, and assorted veggies. it is served with salsa, low fat queso, and fat free sour cream. or i opt for an egg white omelet.

i am very happy that houston has a health conscious restaurant (and now there is a second location on fairview and taft). it makes trying to live a healthy lifestyle so much easier. this is a very casual restaurant, you order at the counter, they give you a number and they bring your food to you. i would never come here for a dinner out with friends b/c we like to be waited on.

This place is FANTASTIC! Everything on the menu is healthy and everything I have had (which is a wide variety) is delicious. The bufallo burgers are great, the garlic turkey burger, spa salad…well everything. Ziggy’s has a great happy hour with pomegranate martinis and tasty margaritas. The brunch is a must…and I constantly crave the carrot cake cookie (which is lowfat and lowcal…how? I have no idea).