Houstonist: A look ahead at the ZaZa

Alex

Thu, 31 May 2007 01:45:32 -0600

I know a few people who applied to work at ZaZa who were treated poorly and were very upset about the opening dateing pushed back so much as well. I'm also interested to see how they score on preserving all of the cool old stuff that was there during the Warwick years.

jim

Wed, 30 May 2007 18:33:16 -0600

It does sound like a very Dallas kind of place.

hector

Wed, 30 May 2007 16:46:50 -0600

Alright, guys, enough ragging on the ZaZa hotel. At least it'll be an elegant, subtle, and not at all tacky addition to the Houston scene. WAIT A MINUTE...

jim

Wed, 30 May 2007 14:44:31 -0600

Peg, the "Houston, We Have a Problem" name might not be too far off the mark. Have you ever tried to stand up after being in an egg chair for a long time? That mod furniture can be tough.

Peg

Wed, 30 May 2007 13:13:59 -0600

Among the hotel's features will be themed suites — including... Houston, We Have a Problem (which involves space-age mod furniture) Why in the name of all that is good did they name a suite "Houston, We Have a Problem?"?????? Why not "Houston, We Are Go For Launch" or "Houston, The Eagle Has Landed" or any of the other FAR better things said from the moon relaying back to Houston's Mission Control? Who is going to stay in a suite IN Houston called "Houston We Have a Problem"? Talk about bad advertising.

'stina

Wed, 30 May 2007 11:26:17 -0600

One of the challenges facing the ZaZa is that it's kind of isolated. I think the major challenge that the ZaZa faces is that it's pissed off a lot of people before it even opened. Numerous weddings, conferences, and other events had to be cancelled because of the floating start date. I know of one organization that cancelled an event there in October 2006 because it was clear that the hotel wasn't going to be ready for customers. The opening date has been pushed back at least six times already. I don't know if they're going to be any good when they open, but certainly they have a lot of making up to do in this town. It's not a great way to start.