Finally there is a real SPORT BAR in town.
I dropped in during the game, boy! What the exciting place. I began to like this place very much so I brought in a few friends who were sport fanatics and reserved a private booth for just our group. It was the best and exciting day for all of us.
Food, service, and a sport package environment were astounding.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Home plate is one of the best places to eat in the Downtown area of Houston. I have been here several times for lunch as it is near my workplace. The food I found to be terrific, fresh made and was on time. The food was prepared exactly to my specifications and a super location, just across the street from the ball park. Good lunch specials, nice atmosphere and great place to watch sports - at least 20 TV screens. A great place to go if you're a sports fan. Service is very fast even on the game days. Very comfortable seating and clean. The beer and drinks are served in an efficient fashion. Also the side dishes are great. Most of what I tried was good - the burger, sand witches etc. Also the live music is a wonderful edition. I really enjoy this place and stop in for happy hour at least one or twice a week.

The food at this establishment, is under established. Home Plate needs an overhaul on all of their products. Most of the food that I have expierenced at Home Plate is extremely over cooked, and lacks quality. I would strongly recommend eating before Home Plate, or spending the extra dollar, and eat at the game! If getting through the bland chicken tenders, while painfully sipping on a plastic bottle of miller lite, was not enough, then we had to deal with the miserable service of the untrained, unskilled , and unfriendly waitstaff. And that is on a game day. Overall, I'd recommend Lucky's or Minutemaid Park service over this lousy place!

I have visited this place several times before for a variety of events at Minute Maid Park, and have always had a great time. Its really nice to have somewhere air -conditioned so close to the ball park, especially during the summer. It's definately a fast and furious rush before and after Astros games, but that is to be expected being one of the only restaurants that close to the stadium. Recently my wife and I reserved their party room for our company outing and I must admit they really bent over backwards to make sure our experience went perfectly. The bartender was friendly and helpfull, and the food was on time and prepared exactly to our specifications. I have read some previous reviews of this place and am a lilttle suspicious of what they were expecting in a sports bar setting, especially on a gameday. I would think it must be pretty hectic and crazy due to the size and timeliness of the crowds from Minute Maid. I just wanted to put my two-cents in, and I definately plan on going back in the future.

I went there after an Astros game tonight ahead of my friends and was looking for a table down stairs and did not find an open one so I went to the second floor where they had open seats and menus on tables. I waited for about 20 minutes and nobody came up so I went downstairs to order at the bar, but there was a sign that said "no food at bar"...so I'm wondering what's going on and ask this waiter (let's call him D because I'm not going to do the manager's job for him by telling him exactly who this is) If I can order food and a drink upstairs...he says something about how on game days they keep up there closed (even though it was half full already), but he would bring me my food up...just not tell anybody. oooooK....somehow the owner must not like a profit. whatever. I ordered. My friends came and all of a sudden I see another server up there...let's call him T. T was helpful and took their order for drinks. When my food finally came 45 minutes later by D, my group asked D if they could order and he said in a really bad tone "no more orders" and gave me my check and wanted his money right there...he even left without taking his tip. needless to say, we were angry so we asked T over and asked whether the kitchen was closed and he said no and took our order. So what was D's problem? we saw him slapping the table and getting all angry for no reason a few tables ago too. By the way, the food was really bad too. Wings were soggy and unedible. The burger was cold as were the fries. If I cared about this business I would have told the manager right there, but I'd rather the lose business instead. This place would not survive for a month if it weren't across from minute maid park.