Toca Madera Restaurant

Toca Madera’s new Houston location offers a modern Mexican steakhouse experience with immersive design by Monochrome, featuring unique architectural elements and a biophilic aesthetic for a multi-sensory dining atmosphere.

Firm
  • area / size 14,000 sqft
  • Year 2024
  • Type Restaurant,
  • Modern Mexican steakhouse, Toca Madera, an immersive dining experience featuring high touch design, operated by global hospitality group Noble 33, made its Houston, Texas debut this summer. The popular restaurant has existing locations in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale. This marks Noble 33’s first Texas location.

    Toca Madera Houston spans nearly 14,000 square feet with a 317-seat count. The restaurant features an outdoor dining patio overlooking Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park, along with two full-service bars, a lounge, a private member’s speakeasy, and a private dining room paired with an elevated, high-energy atmosphere and nightly live entertainment and nightly.

    The signature design by award-winning Monochrome is inspired by the restaurant’s Mexican cuisine reimagined into a modern, organic aesthetic. Bold architectural elements combined with warm luxurious finishes of handcrafted custom woodwork, plush velvet upholsteries, intimate lighting, and biophilic design create a transcending multi-sensory dining experience. Distinct highlights include the ‘The Bird’s Nest’, an immersive art piece that encapsulates the lounge area in an incredible nest-like structure featuring a lush greenscape in addition to one-of-a-kind art pieces and a sweeping undulated wood slat ceiling.

    Design: Monochrome
    Photography: Connie Anderson