Can I share my product here without asking first?
No. Limited self promotion is allowed within reason, but if what you are promoting is an app, website, or similar business, you need approval before you post.
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r/HoustonFood rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/HoustonFood: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
- Members
- 42,867
- Community age
- Created Jul 2013, 13 years
- To post
- No minimum in the rules
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Allowed with conditionsLimited self promotion is allowed within reason, but apps, websites, and similar businesses need prior approval.
- Links
- Not mentioned in the rules
- Promo risk
- HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts
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Rule summary
- No low effort posts. If you're looking for recommendations, be specific.: Best *food type* in Houston, or other generic post types are not allowed if you have not searched the sub first
- Posts must be related to Houston Food.: Posts must somehow be related to the Houston food and beverage scene
- No spam, and only limited promotion: Reposting previously posted content as your own is not allowed and repetitive posts will be removed. Limited self promotion is allowed within reason. No self advertising for apps, websites, and other similar businesses without approval.
- Please be patient and kind: Treat other members with respect and kindness. Bullying, and rude comments will be removed.
Works well
- A specific, well researched question about one dish or one corner of the Houston food scene, posted only after searching the sub first.
- A writeup of your own experience with a Houston restaurant, food event, or neighborhood food trend that gives the community something to discuss.
- A useful contribution to the Houston food and beverage scene, like a roundup or insight built from your own local experience, with any self promotion kept limited and in reason.
- A question about your own food related product or service framed as a genuine local question, sent to the moderators for approval first if it involves an app, website, or similar business.
- A comment-first approach, where you answer other people's specific food questions kindly and build a track record before ever posting anything about yourself.
Avoid
- Posting a generic 'best tacos in Houston' style question without searching the sub first, which breaks “No low effort posts. If you're looking for recommendations, be specific.”
- Dropping your app or website link without asking the moderators first, which breaks “No spam, and only limited promotion”.
- Promoting something with no connection to the Houston food scene, which breaks “Posts must be related to Houston Food.”.
- Reposting content that already appeared on the sub and presenting it as your own.
- Posting the same promotion repeatedly, since repetitive posts will be removed.
- Getting snippy with commenters who give you a cold or critical answer, since rude comments get removed under “Please be patient and kind”.
What r/HoustonFood Is For
This is a community for discussing food and food related topics in Houston and its suburbs. The people here care about the Houston food and beverage scene, so the posts that fit are ones with a clear local connection. The rules make it clear this is not a free for all. If you ask for recommendations, you need to be specific and search the subreddit first. If you want to promote something, especially an app or a website, you need moderator approval first. It reads like a local food community that is friendly but watchful, the kind of place where people share and argue about what to eat and where, and the moderators keep it that way.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
Three rules decide whether a marketing-adjacent post survives here. “No low effort posts. If you're looking for recommendations, be specific.” kills generic questions, so a broad best food in Houston style post will be removed unless you have searched the subreddit first and can still add something specific. “Posts must be related to Houston Food.” keeps everything tied to the Houston food and beverage scene, so a post about your product with no Houston food angle has no path to staying up. “No spam, and only limited promotion.” is the one founders need to read twice: limited self promotion is allowed within reason, but self advertising for apps, websites, and other similar businesses is not allowed without approval. “Please be patient and kind.” also matters if you plan to stick around in the comments, because rude replies get removed.
What To Post
A good post here has two things: a specific Houston food connection and some real effort behind it. If you are a founder, the honest path is to lead with local value. Share something useful about the Houston food scene that happens to relate to what you do, and keep any self promotion limited and reasonable. If your product is an app or a website, message the moderators for approval before you post anything, because the rules say that kind of self advertising is not allowed without it. Recommendation posts can work if you have already searched the subreddit and your question is genuinely specific, not a broad best of ask. Whatever you post, make it about Houston food and beverage first and your project second, if at all.
What To Avoid
Generic recommendation posts are the most common way to get removed here, especially ones that look like the example in the rules, a broad best food type question that the subreddit has probably answered many times. Off topic posts get removed, so anything not tied to the Houston food and beverage scene is dead on arrival. Unapproved self advertising for apps, websites, and similar businesses gets removed, and reposting someone else's content as your own is not allowed. Repetitive posts get removed too, so posting the same promotion again and again will catch up with you. Finally, bullying and rude comments are removed, so if your post draws criticism, respond with patience or not at all.
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Common questions about r/HoustonFood
How do I get approval?
The rules do not say. They only state that approval is needed, so reaching out to the moderators before posting is the safe move.
Can I post about my own Houston restaurant?
Yes, if it is specific, genuinely connected to the Houston food and beverage scene, and not a repetitive ad. Limited self promotion is allowed within reason.
Can I ask for food recommendations?
Not if it is generic. The rule requires you to search the subreddit first, and vague posts like best food type in Houston are not allowed.
Can I post about a food event in a suburb?
Only if the post somehow relates to the Houston food and beverage scene. Anything off topic gets removed.
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