Poparazzi’s Gourmet Popcorn

This place is um-​um GOOD!
I’m so happy for the success of this family-​owned business. I’ve been fortunate enough to be a steady customer who has seen it grow from this original storefront to multiple locations around the Houston-​area vicinity.
Popcorn — ⁵⁄₅ They have over 100 different flavors. Yes, you can mix and match too. My favorite mixture is the Stuffed Baked Potato — a blend of sour cream, cheese, bacon, and chives! The Buffalo wings and Blue Cheese is a close runner-​up. If you like the sweet stuff, Snickers (for chocolate lovers) or Iced Lemon Pound Cake are delicious. Simply put, this popcorn is finger-​licking good!
Value — ⁵⁄₅ Great pricing and good quantities make this a worthwhile snack.
Highlights — ⁵⁄₅ They are able to make custom orders with about 24 hours notice. No matter how large or small, Poparazzi’s can and will give you a great product!

Love their popcorn, however, their customer service could use improvement. Went to the Kirby location and the young lady with the glasses was rude to a customer in front of us and she ended up leaving. We did the same shortly after because the associate has little to no customer service skills. Ended up driving to the Galleria location and purchasing there; we returned the next week and the young man was really helpful and patient. Went back for a 3^rd time today and the original female associate was there. Again she has minimal patience and is not present nor pleasant enough to be in F2 °F customer service especially when people will be indecisive with so many options. Great popcorn though!

I was so pleasantly surprised by POParazzi! I’ve passed by this place every day for two years until one day one of my coworkers showed up with a bag of their ranch and and buffalo popcorn and it was absolutely delicious! I had to go in the next day and get a bag for myself. The girl at the counter was very sweet and helpful, and the store was cute and clean on the inside. This store could easily be in Rice Village and fit right in – don’t judge it by the neighborhood! It’s not your fresh out of the kettle type of popcorn but more of what you get out of a holiday popcorn tin — but MUCH more flavorful and unique. It’s definitely fresh, not stale at all, but they coat every piece of popcorn in a TON of flavor topping, which softens the popcorn just a bit and removes a bit of the crispness. But the amount of flavor on every bite makes in totally worth it. There are SO MANY delicious sounding flavors, it was a tough decision! The prices are a bit steeper for the sweet/​dessert flavors ($ 6+) but the savory flavors I got were $ 3.25 for the small bags, which I thought was a very fair price. I’ll definitely be back to try more!

I so love this place… I can easily drop about 30 $ in one visit. … I took my family from Oklahoma to this place and the fell in love with it and will be making me send them popcorn they get 2from me and my family

Went here for popcorn bags as party favors and really fell in love with this place. Jackie was so personable and friendly and the popcorn was simply amazing! It was a big hit at my daughter’s baby shower. I will definitely be using Poparazzi in the future. Great popcorn and awesome customer service!

Love this place! Patiently waiting the arrival of an Atlanta location and currently speaking it into existence. Until then, online ordering is available!
My favorite combo: buffalo sauce, dill pickle and ranch. Their flavors are amazing!!!

Saw this place on a local tv station and decided to try it. I tried the cookies and cream popcorn and the buttered pecan. Both were really good. I could only eat a little at a time because its very sweet.

This place has sooooooo many popcorn flavors. The people are friendly and the place is nicely decorated with almost every candy or sweet treat you can think of.

So so sooooo good! Wish they had a location in west memorial/​city center. For now, I’m content to make the occasional schlep to this yummy popcorn joint. Can’t wait to try some of their other flavors. I got a bag of strawberry shortcake & a bag of hot wings w/​ranch. LOL! They were awesome!

Staff is always nice. Popcorn is always delicious. Just wish they had more locations! I love this place.

*This review is based on the location in the galleria
I was very hooked on popcornopolis when I would go to Costco, but them seem to be out of stock now, so I looked for gourment popcorn in houston and this place popped up. I was having a major sweet tooth so I decided to try their cookies and cream + birthday cake (can’t say the same for the people in front of me. taking forever to decide if they wanted cheddar popcorn or jalapeño popcorn. like those flavors never existed before!!). The birthday cake tasted like coated lucky charm marshmallows (Not bad, but way too sweet. As a kid I would love it, but since I’am getting older I realized the oat pieces balance it out). But my fave was the cookies and cream! I would like to go back and try their other flavors!

ORIGINAL REVIEW (See update below): I ordered popcorn from Poparazzi on June 4, 2014 for a kindergarden graduation present. The reason I chose them over others is because I am originally from Texas and they came highly recommended.
Today the package arrived to my niece and I was appalled. The name on the box was not correct and did not match my invoice. There was a melted icepack with holes in it and goo coming out of it, sloppily wrapped in foil. As a result, the box was wet and the popcorn was completely melted. My niece was also bummed out and thought I spelled her name wrong.
I paid $ 11 for shipping, it took a week to arrive (no tracking/​shipping notification), and it was not at all presentable as a gift. I have ordered from other popcorn companies, paid less for shipping, received the order faster and more presentable. I would recommend only going to the shop in person and never ordering from them. I have brought this to their attention and will revise my review based on how they respond.
*** UPDATE ⁶⁄₁₇: After sharing my story above with the company, they apologized and went out of their way to resend a beautiful looking package to my niece. Truly impressed with their willingness to go above and beyond to make things right.

The flavors! Oh… my… the flavors! I suggest having your mind made up if you want something sweet, sour, or spicy. I am AMAZED of all the flavor creations Poparazzi’s has to offer. My personal favorite: Buffalo Wings & Ranch. I don’t know how they did it, but they nailed it!
Everything else about the place is what you come to expect. Paparazzi theme and the aromas of popped buttery goodness. Check ‘em out if you have a newly formed popcorn craving.

This place is AWESOME! The woman behind the counter was super nice and helpful and gave us many suggestions and offered us whatever samples we wanted to try !! She even spoke with my 4 yr old and gave her a sample of the «pink popcorn» and «purple popcorn» she said she wanted to try LOL. The popcorn was ALL so good which made it hard to decide what to get but we ended up with the Loaded Baked, Jalapeño cheese, Wings & Ranch, and Cinnamon Toast for my little one. We will definitely be back!

Love this place! Crazy friendly staff, swift service, an great popcorn. I’ll admit I haven’t tried all the flavors but the ones I’ve had are delicious. It’s too close to my house though, I can’t revisit stopping multiple times a week.

Despite my normally full reviews of different establishments. Poparazzi’s only needs three words. Wings… And…Ranch…
That is all. (bows out)

I love love looooove Paparazzi Popcorn, the popcorn is always fresh the customer service is amazing. I think I feel deeper in love this past Christmas I was looking for a flavor that they didn’t have but they combined a few other flavors and made the flavor I was looking for amazing!
Make sure you try the Hot Wing and Ranch and the Strawberry Cheesecake its awesome!!!

Let me start out explaining why I ONLY gave them 4 stars: they messed up my order, and I get pretty bummed out when that happens because I trust they did everything right so when I get home and realize it’s not… oh well.
Problem: I ordered several different flavors from mini to junior size because I love flavored popcorn. In my order I had asked for a bag of Mac’n’Cheese but I didn’t get it (nor was I charged for it, but that is beside the point). I also had asked for a bag of Puppy Chow, but what they gave me was Poppa’s Crunch (I did not want any chocolate caramel anything; TOO sweet).
Ok, so I sampled the Banana Pudding which I personally did not like; it is WAY too sweet for my personal liking; I also sampled the Parmesan Garlic which I ended up loving!
I ordered a mini bag of Fruit Loops because of all the reviews, but it was also WAY too sweet for my personal liking so I gave it to a coworker. OMG the Wings & Ranch totally rocked! Parmesan Garlic is AMAZING. Sweet Butter was totally perfect and even better than regular Kettle Corn. Lemon Pepper was lemony and perfect peppery bite. Salt & Vinegar… KNOCK your socks off vinegary! Poppa’s Crunch was TOO sweet for my liking as well. The Stuffed Jalapeño was ultra yummy and spicy.
I ordered quite a few bags because I don’t want to come over here a lot; I packed all my baggies into large ziploc bags which has kept them all perfectly well. I know that when I return, and yes I WILL return, I am taking a list with me so that I WILL get exactly what I ordered.
Oh yeah and Chris HAD to have rock candy and lemon heads AND was happy they even sell Mexican cokes here, lol.

Poparazzi is located in the same shopping center as a Subway near Reliant Stadium. I think I went on a bad day because the popcorn I ordered was stale. My friend said the popcorn was fresh when she went. I went on a Thursday afternoon so I would recommend going earlier in the week. I think they make the popcorn in bulk near the beginning of the week to sell throughout the week.
There are 250+ unique flavors to choose from. I chose 4 flavors I wanted to sample but they had a 2 flavor limit on samples so I chose Puppy Chow and Fruit Loops. I wasn’t a fan of either because they were too sweet so I got mini bags of the other 2 flavors I wanted to sample — Cheddar and Wings and Ranch. The Cheddar tasted good but it was stale and really greasy. The Wings and Ranch had a nice spicy flavor to it but it was stale as well.
There’s a location in the Galleria as well next to Macy’s if you want to give it a try! Again, I think I just went on an off day. Popcorn was my favorite food growing up and I know how quickly it can become stale. I would maybe ask which flavors were made the same day and order those. Popcorn is best when it is hot and fresh! I enjoyed the Cinammon Toast Crunch popcorn I had at Popcorn Bar more. I had to wait while it was being made but I didn’t mind because it was freshly popped and delicious.

Okay… I have a lot of friends from Chicago. There is a popcorn vendor up there, name withheld purposely, that has a cheddar and caramel mixture that is truly delicious. That was the introduction of me wanting flavored popcorn, yet, that unnamed proprietor set the standard for me. My boy from Chicago that now lives in the great state of Texas with me told me about a place here that is close to be as good as the Chicago counterpart. Coming from a Windy City Native, I knew I would have to make my way there.
Fast forward to today, and I just happen to be in the area, so let’s do it. First of all, there are SO MANY frickin’ flavors to whereas you can take a 15 minutes trying to wrap your head around what flavor to get! Clean store with good decorations, especially loving the LSU and Saints cans right by the door! Very friendly staff that I harassed about being short, and come to find out they all have a good sense of humor… even one of the owners who I was harassing! I definitely like owners who are not uppity, so this place is okay in my book.
Too many choices… too many choices… too many choices. Wait, there are at least 5 bag sizes to choose from as well?!? Dang. Too many choices… too many choices… too many choices. Pricing varies by flavor and bag size ordered. I am too indecisive so I ended up purchasing 8 flavors of various sizes:
Chicago style
Wings N Ranch
Stuffed potato
Denver style
Dallas style
Praline
Cinnamon Roll
Pizza
Okay, I am from New Orleans, so pecan candy, praline for you non-​native N.O. personnel, popcorn is going to be a hard sell for me. I did like the flavor of the popcorn, but having pecan candy being made in front of me, and tasting the best of the best, it is hard for me to convince myself to order this flavor again. Not bad, but I am from New Orleans! Speaking of that fact, they also sell snoballs! FYI, if you are looking for a New Orleans throw back in your mouth here with the snoball, don’t do it to yourself. It is decent to beat the heat, but the flavor is not there. That does not matter because they are a popcorn shop, not snoball stand!
Cinnamon Roll… I can see what they are doing there. Worth trying, but I will probably not purchase that again… but I rarely eat cinnamon rolls anyway, so that does not matter!
Pizza…okay…this is a winner! Get it, eat it, love it! Period! Great zing on this one.
Dallas style… not bad… worth eating again.
Denver style… not bad… worth eating again.
Chicago style… well, that is why I am here… and they did not fail to deliver. Great texture and taste with this one. Will be a staple when I go back.
Stuffed potato… wow…where did this come from? I am surprised how nice this one is on the tongue. Glad a choose this one from that 8 gazillion flavors they offer!
Wings N Ranch… okay…another great flavor! I love hot wings with ranch, so this was right up my alley! Flavor explosion non stop with this one. Do I have all my fingers? Great… they are all still there.
There are too many flavors here for me to give them 5 stars! I need time, upping my gym regiment and more time to do the research to make this a 5 star joint! From what I have experienced, they aren’t far from it already!