Leo's Restaurant & Bar in Hackney - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

great daytime cafe, still need to get down for dinner but the food looks amazing

Great menu. Lovely setting. Superb staff.

This place is perfect. All aspects of the dining experience are well considered and food is great

Class light lunch, everything very tasty and reasonably priced.

Had a lovely dinner here - fun drinks, great service, lovely atmosphere. Thanks for looking after us.

Came for a drink and dessert. Lovely atmosphere and one of the best tiramisus around. But £11 for a very small, pre-mixed negroni? Disappointing.

Incredible little gem! Most wonderful food and the service is next to none. Love coming here with my fiancé for a special night out. Never disappoints!

My clearly pregnant friend ordered an omelette and once it arrived, after quite some time, it wasn't well cooked. The lasagna had peas in it which were not well cooked and it was very oily. Not a great choice in the menu no ingredients listed or attention to allergies from the waiter.

Beautiful place with good coffee and charming staff

As an Australian chef visiting London, I was pointed toward Leo's, and it absolutely delivered. The atmosphere is stylish and welcoming, and the food has that unique, high-quality flair that really makes it stand out. The service was friendly and on point, showing why this spot is so well-regarded. Nice place. Good job! I'll definitely be back next time I'm in town.

This was a highlight of my trip to London as I embarked on a food trail to get juiced up on my own hospitality journey! Where Sardinia meets Australia, Leo’s was a breath of fresh air, the service relaxed but professional. It is clear this young business is on the rise… a shooting star.. 💫 from a front of house point of view, I have come away very inspired.. from the wine presentation, to the table settings, Leo’s gave me a homely Italian feel with remarkable food presentation !! Inspired!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stumbling upon this gem during our visit from the USA was like discovering a hidden treasure in the heart of London. It started as a casual dinner and turned into the highlight of our trip. The food was absolutely exquisite, a masterclass in flavor - we found ourselves debating whether to extend our stay just for another meal. The selection of natural wines was a revelation, like being introduced to a secret society of vino enthusiasts. (I’m hooked on naturals now!). And the staff - warm, knowledgeable and attentive. We may have had a bit too much fun because the next morning getting out of bed… well let’s just say we missed another tourism appointment… But honestly, for a night this memorable, it was a price worth paying. If you're in London and you don't eat here, you're simply doing it wrong. Five stars aren't enough!

A Family catchup moment..a wonderful ambiance with intimacy that allowed such a joyous sharing of food and wine ..felt I was held in a bubble of delight ..European food flavours paired with natural wines was exceptional..highly recommend.

The most scrumptious food and delightful ambience I've found in London. Would highly recommend, and can't wait to visit again when I'm back in the area.

Amazing find, recommend to everyone. Excellent food, service, and atmosphere.

The staff was very friendly and smiling. And the food was good, the bad thing was that the portions are small and it seemed expensive for the amount of food they offered. Another aspect that we didn't like was that there is hardly any light in the place and we need cell phone flashlights even to read the menu. In addition, you often hear people speaking loudly and annoyingly trying to maintain a conversation.

Arrogance. The snobbery of this place and the way they speak to customers is unbelievable. Worst thing is scrolling through the reviews this has been happening from the start and things just don’t change here.

Super ambience with the perfect lighting, Food is delicious in its simplicity perfect for big groups but also for a date. My favorite dish was probably the fried skate with anchovy…still thinking about that. Also really interesting wine list.

One of our favourites in the area. The food never fails, always exciting and delicious and the service kind and helpful. It is not as overpriced as other bistros in the area and the interiors are very cosy! Highly recommend :)

Arrogant barely interested staff. The worst service I’ve experienced in a long time. It was a great local restaurant as Jim’s Cafe (and even previous incarnations) but having given this place three goes (in case we hit on an wrong day/eve) and willing it to do well as the new local I can categorically say I’m never going again due to absolutely awful waiting staff full of attitude and texpensive fairly mediocre food. Really don’t waste your money.

Not sure why they have so much arrogance here. Ordered coffees that took 20 minutes, no one came over to take a food order. We left. Don’t waste your time.

Great food and drink in the most stunning restaurant in London.

Everything was delicious, food, wine, atmosphere…. And the TIRAMISU!!!!!! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhgggggg 😩 it was so beautiful it hurts! Can’t wait to do it all over again.

The food was really underwhelming and very over priced

The food was great, overall experience was average. They could benefit from better a wine list that isn’t offensively expensive for what the restaurant is

Food was awful and they expect you to pay £20 a dish and not complain, v rude to us

Food was good but wasn’t outstanding. Very overpriced for what you get, but still decent if you looking to spend

The man who greeted us was lovely, our server was sweet, really accommodating and good at her job. But sadly everything went down hill from there. The mackerel and anchovies was so stingy, two half pieces of anchovy and 4 tiny bits of on the plate, it was a joke. We then had to sent a freezing cold slab of mozzarella back to the kitchen which was £12 🤣 the pasta that then came out was £20 and uncooked, like rock hard. We sent it back as well, explaining that the drinks and our server had been so nice, but we just couldn’t eat it. Woman who I presume was the owner or hostess then came over very annoyed with us asking to know why we sent the pasta back. Hostile service joke prices, don’t bother! She then made a comment that I wasn’t splitting the bill…. Seemed misogynistic. It was my partners birthday dinner! Horrific restaurant. Lots of posh idiots will eat here thinking it’s sick, avoid at all costs. Bad vibes

My chair was broken which made the hostess hate me for some reason lol, then we proceeded to have some pretty bad overpriced food. They knew it was my birthday dinner but weren’t bothered at all about how bad it all was for us, and didn’t do anything to remedy it, pretty horrendous all in all!

Very solid food. Great menu, great wine.

Cocktails, service and atmosphere were great. The food was, though, underwhelming and not very good value.

The food is good, BUT ! the service luck any kind of charm the price is very high and you leave quiet disappointed. It should be more easy going and for the price more generous, also not side dishes at all. The affogato with lemon sorbet is really a bad combination.

Very Good food but unfriendly staff with an attitude and slow service.

Pretentious, overpriced, horrible service attitude, mediocre taste. Everything that’s wrong with what was meant to be a local restaurant.

New favourite restaurant in London. The food was honestly faultless. My boyfriend is veggie and there were lots of options for him. The atmosphere was really romantic and the waiters were knowledgeable about the food. The aperitivo della casa was so interesting - a house fermented drink. The lasagne was seven layers with each layer being different. Highly recommend. The desserts were also delicious. We got the ricotta ice cream which was so tart and refreshing.

Found this little gem of a place whilst on a walk. The atmosphere, the cocktails, wine list and not forgetting the FOOD were up there with some of the best I’ve had this year, it was a joy seeing it cooked over the grill. Highlights were the mackerel, white asparagus, the quail, lamb and the ricotta with blood orange! We basically had a tasting menu of around 6-7 courses and every single one was on point, service was casual and lovely and it was ever so romantic. Delightful.

The vibes in Leo’s are great, the interiors and buzzy atmosphere make for a really nice date spot. The staff were friendly and helpful with the menu and they have a great wine list. However, the food itself was a let down. We felt each dish was quite nice but nothing special. We had the sausage and saffron pasta which was really not my taste at all and the rest of the dishes were just a bit bland… for the price, we left disappointed

Pretentious without substance. Stay away. The Sunday set menu is a joke - food is ok but the quantity is laughable, the mains for 3 looked like a starter for 1. You cannot pass a board of thinly sliced meat for Sunday roast. Tiramisu freshly made (hence still dry) with generic ganache. For £90/person bill we went out hungry and dug into the street food of Chatsworth - much needed.

Overcharged. Service not paying attention. Our table had to remind service we had not received one of the plates we ordered, this eventually did arrive. We then never received a second larger plate we had ordered. This was a fish dish so one of our pescatarian friends left hungry. After checking the bill the following day we noticed we were charged for a glass of wine we never ordered or received. Disappointing as the food we did receive was good and the dining room is nice.

This is a solid neighbourhood spot for a casual glass of wine and a bite to eat!

Really delicious food. Frustrating, chaotic service. Get the basics of service right and this would be an excellent place.

Good food and good wine selection. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the prices were also quite reasonable for the quality of the food. However, the only downside was one of the waitresses who assisted us. She displayed consistent rude and condescending behaviour towards us. Fortunately, the other staff members and the service manager were all great."

Great place. Amazing food. Worth the hype. Service expressively judged us for “only” ordering salads and dessert for a 12.5% service fee.

I have been to Leo’s twice and have been equally impressed both times. The service is great, and the food is incredible. My highlights were the truffle pasta and the mussels. Highly recommend!!

We came here for dinner and the space is beautiful and there was a nice atmosphere. Between the two of us, we shared the pickled mackerel and anchovy (not bad but it wasn't my favourite), riso al salto (this was a bit too rich for me), cornish mussels (one of my favourites of the night - the mussels were plump and the sauce was excellent), lasagne bianca, courtyard ragu (super tasty - nicely layered and balanced), grilled pork neck and belly (the pork was nicely cooked but it was slightly underseasoned), the tomato and onion salad and the olive oil fried chips (both went well with the pork) and the tiramisu (ratio wasn't right as there was too much cream so I'd give this a miss). The service was helpful but at times we had to flag the waiters down for attention.

Perhaps a little on the pricey side for lunch which we had the chickpea soup ( however it was tasty and authentic-tasting) The decor is lovely and so are the staff. We were told that there is a good tasting menu on Sundays and also we are definitely going to come back to try the dinner menu.

Beautiful interior and overall nice atmosphere. Unfortunately the vegetarian options are rather disappointing. I would not recommend going here if you’re expecting a nice vegetarian dinner.

We went recently for our valentines day date the atmosphere is wonderful. Beautiful decor, lighting and music which really makes a relaxing romantic vibe. The staff are wonderful and friendly, attentive but not buzzing around you. The food however, we felt was something of a let down. We ordered mainly sea food and one pork dish. The seafood while fresh, was over seasoned with salt and what I think was lemon grass. In contrast the pork and tomato salad were under seasoned. For small plates, we were expecting big, well constructed flavours, which just aren't there. The tiramisu however is delicious! For drinks we had a g&t, and red wine, hard to get wrong. A lovely time, but the food needs work.

Really nice experience overall. The place, staff, drinks and food were next level. Definitely worth a visit, as it might be one of the best gastronomical experiences to enjoy in London.

Great food here. V well thought! The meat was superb. V Italian indeed. The pasta and the tiramisu were also incredible! Highly recommended!

The ricotta lemon gelato will literally rock your world! No faults.

What a vibe. The food was dreamy and service was so friendly. Excited to come back.

Never eaten in the restaurant but had lunch in the cafe on multiple occasions. Great food, good service, a nice room. Actually nothing to fault. My only comment is that the coffee isn't Italian style dark roast, this might be good or bad depending on your preference.

Ate there 23rd December, the food was outstanding I cannot recommend this place highly enough. It's a very cool space and the staff were so friendly.

Beautiful interiors, and food was good but mains options for pescatarians were weak. I'd spoken with the staff in advance (phone and email) flagging my dietary restriction and to request the set menu substitutions. They didn't share details of the set menu beforehand and when we arrived I could clearly see the substitutions were an afterthought - initial suggestion I heard from a server was "probably some veggies" and after some back and forth what they suggested was to bring extra quantity of the additional plate I was already having (instead of a thought out pescatarian main), which for the price was disappointing. Service was spotty but friendly overall. In the end, for pescatarians and vegetarians this may not be the place for you, but my meat eating friends enjoyed their meal. I would have appreciated to have had the staff be upfront about it when I tried to discuss the menu prior to booking as we may have chosen another place to go on this occasion.

Overpriced, underwhelming, and staff nice on the surface but fundamentally unhelpful.

Disappointing experience with minimal service, and overpriced food. Maybe there was a special menu but we were not served that; I asked about a dish on the table next to us, the waiter told us it was the lamb, but when the lamb arrived it was something completely different to what I saw. Frustrating lack of communication on the sharing plate concept or any information about the menu. Small & hard-to-read font. Waited 20 mins for service, ignored by the waitress, and the waiter wasn't friendly in the back room. No explanations and the zero communication left us feeling disconnected from the dining experience.

Amazing restaurant. Great service, food and wine.

Particularly delicious primi and Catalunyan wine. Bizarre interaction with male waiter as we were being seated - undercut the whole meal for us (in a bad way). Could be more - and more interesting - vegetarian options. Hyper-local, but won't be returning anytime soon.

Great italian food, great ambience and well-priced.

Great Italian food! Great service! Great atmosphere! Great chefs! What do you need more for a great night? And great coffee too! What do you need more for a great morning breakfast? :-)

We arrived 10 minutes early for are reservation and got told to wait outside in 1•c weather. Staff very friendly but not the most convincing food or wine knowledge. Food not bad but Prices were really up there. Not good value for money. Average experience. would not recommend

Perfect neighbourhood restaurant. Lovely food and nice ambience

It was fine. For veggies, this is not the place to be. The salad was quite literally a bag of greens with a sprinkle of oil. Great atmos but for the price we were pretty underwhelmed. The cauliflower and the pasta dishes were really nice but other than that.. nothing to phone home about.

A little underwhelmed by Leo’s. Not a huge amount of gluten-free options & they’d run out of a few when we visited is made it even more limited. I wasn’t able to have the ragu but apparently it was delicious. I had the pork which was the standout of the bunch. Wine was great. Staff were a little slow to serve & take our orders - maybe they were understaffed.

A fab little place, great food.

Amazing food, great set up and awesome wine selection.

Do not waste your money and mood. Overpriced for no reason.

Beautiful, intelligent and delicious cooking in a stunning space with warm service that was professional and relaxed at the same time. Couldn’t recommend highly enough. Everything we ate was great, and the wine list is varied and interesting. The giardiniera pickles alone were the best pickles I’ve had in a very very long time.

Great vibe and great food! Would recommend, had both daytime and tried the menu in the evening and can say everything was amazing. Their pizettas are better than many I have had in Italy!

Excellent food and service, definitely worth a visit

Dropped in for lunch and experienced three very ordinary omelettes with courgettes (masquerading as frittatas) and tiny salads, and three beers, for £60 with perfunctory service - the most underwhelming restaurant experience I have had for a long time! Mike

Erm, there's a rather one-star review by a chap called Michael here (probs beneath mine) and I have to hold my hand up a bit here. I was on the table at lunch next to him & contributed to his terrible time. We took up a table for 3 when there were 2 of us and Michael and his two companions had to sit next to the door, and definitely gave me the deserved side eye. I'm all elbows and I think might have inadvertently elbowed him. I subsequently was tremendously loud and took up a disproportionate part of the staffs time. I apologise all round. That said he did seem a little bit impatient, loudly yelling that he hadn't got his bread around 2 minutes after ordering it whilst consuming his starter. Also the nerve on his temple was throbbing in an alarming manner. I took the cowards route out and exited at the shouty bread and throbbing temple moment but Michael, if you are ever in again and I'm here (I am the tall Sri Lankan gentleman), I'll buy you a drink. As for an actual review, Leo's is fabulous! as long as you don't sit next to me)

This place is worth the hype. The food is incredible. The only mark against this trip was the pre-made cocktail served at the bar. The service was perfect and friendly. Go for the food and the atmosphere. We’ll be back.

pickled mackerel is surreal 🤯 and also grilled sardines with the taste of sea yum!! potato tortelli 🤌🤌🤌 & the ambience!! feels like straight outta wes anderson movie set

We had a lovely meal here last week with friends, we shared several dishes - cockles, mackerel & anchovies, pickles, and two pasta dishes, all of which were delicious. The potato pecorino and saffron tortellini (pictured) was a standout. Great atmosphere, would be a great place for a date, lively yet still managed to feel intimate.

How lucky were we? There must have been a cancellation because we managed to get a table on a Sat evening at v short notice. Simple yet imaginative food done perfectly and so delicious. Friendly and efficient service. Cool ambience and casual vibe. We sat in the back room and enjoyed watching chef and his team. A pleasure from beginning to end.

I was only impressed, an interesting menu really lovely and genuine service, well made drinks and a tasteful setting. I'm not one to leave reviews, but I just felt the others I saw didn't stack up to my experience. Looking forward to coming back.

Humble in the front, elegant out the back. Lit by sunset skylights with the chefs plating behind us we quickly forgot we’re on Chatsworth road. 8 plates for 3 had us wiping the plate clean with bread, no man left behind 🫡 the lemon spaghetti had us giving each other the holy fk look being all our fav.

Food was delicious (the potato tortelloni, lemon bottarga spaghetti and the tomato salad in particular). But the service was pretty bad – took half an hour for our drinks to come and throughout the meal we had to ask multiple times for things the waiters kept forgetting to bring out. Would love to come back once the service has been ironed out.

This place is incredible!!! The atmosphere, the furniture, the attention to details is second to none in London for cafes with similar inspiration. It feels so authentic. The room at the back is stunning, I almost felt emotional as it really reminded me of a typical grandma kitchen/cooking outdoor area (pic posted). I only had breakfast but the frittata and coffee were delicious! I will come back for dinner and hopefully give a full 5 stars for a full food experience.

Very tasty Italian, with some nice drinks. Service very good, seats very uncomfortable

One of the best restaurant I have visited so far. Food was absolutely amazing and staff are super kind! Interior also very cure and its perfect for date as well. Definetely come back soon!

I booked for my best friends birthday and we had the most wonderful time… Interior is stunning, food delicious and service excellent !! Thank you for remembering and adding birthday candle to our tiramisu!!

Nice addition to the neighborhood but still a few things to work out. Menu is difficult to read, poor font choice. Crudites was disappointing as only radish and cucumber. Wine list starts at 70 which feels punchy for Hackney; even in Soho at a nice place you can get a good bottle for 40/50. Both pastas were the same color and very one note, if you're going to offer two pastas they should be more differentiated from each other. Tiramisu slayed.

Leo’s have a really good thing going. All dishes were absolutely delicious. The chef’s are geniuses and you will enjoy every mouthful. Excellent service and atmosphere in the back room.

A fairly underwhelming meal here after hearing positive reviews. Firstly, the restaurant recommends sharing plates, however, with the size of portions, I wouldn’t recommend doing that. The food is all over the place. The pasta dishes were delicious. However, other plates lacked flavour and others almost tasted of chemicals! It really was a disappointment. The lunch menu is always on display & I was mocked by a server for requesting one of the desserts on there. There was also no options of post meal teas. The servers seemed overwhelmed by the amount of tables and feels like they need more staff on the shift. I think the restaurant has a lot of opportunity for growth. But the menu needs curating so there aren’t too many dishes which have the same taste/texture. There also wasn’t a range of options for dietary requirements.

A nice atmosphere and some of the food was great. We really enjoyed both pasta options and the green bean starter, but regretted ordering the seafood carpaccio and the desserts. Our main server was lovely but seemed overwhelmed, although the restaurant is still quite new so they may be finding their feet. The wine recommendations were inconsistent, and the price for both food and drink felt far too high given the sharing plate concept.

We were a bit disappointed with Leo’s sadly. The food and service was ok, however none of the dishes were particularly special and given the price the food, our expectations weren’t met. We’re huge fans of Juliet’s, but Leo’s left us wanting.

Such a pity having a potential good Bar/Restaurant just around the corner from us but not able to go because they have such high prices. 1 frittata (a very small portion but delicious) £14 1 lasagna (small portion) £12 2 carafes (375 dl) of the very common Italian wine, the Verdicchio £44 When we got the bill (£78) we were stunned. We felt misled by the waitress, she should have told us that not even half liter of wine(375 dl) would have cost us £22 because this is not an ordinary price for some very basic wine. Unfortunately, we won't go again. Hopefully, they will realise that we are in Clapton not Mayfair

We did a walk in at about 1400 on a Sunday for a late birthday lunch. Firstly I want to say how amazing our waitress was who went out of her way to make the lunch special. Wish I took her name to give her a shout out. Thank you Shamefully I was on such a birthday high that I had forgotten many of the names of the excellent dishes. The lamb with sous vide tomato was on another level. Melt in the bloody mouth level and packed with so much flavour. Have never tasted tomato like that. My 2 boys had the lasagne and loved it. Beautiful. Wish I’d taken more photos of the food but I’m too greedy and impatient for all of that. Lunch ended with a wonderful and rich walnut ice cream topped with a lit candle- compliments of the chef. 🥹 big shout out to the chef from Sardinia who came by to our table to talk about some of the dishes. Passionate guy! I forgot to mention that the music is on fire. I must’ve Shazammed about 3/4 times. Summary: Would I have ever expected to eat that well, on Chats? No. Would I go back? Without a question, highly recommend.

Great food, great service. Accommodated my toddler with no issues. Beautiful meal chilled atmosphere.

Crazy prices. Obviously great aesthetic but after getting the bill I was shocked. Like yea the croissant was nice but not <£5 nice. Big fan of Juliet’s so left disappointed.

Had the most incredible lunch at Leo’s. Every dish was impeccable, the place is just gorgeous, and staff is lovely. Enjoyed it so much we booked another meal halfway through our meal.

Really great food, great interior & atmosphere

Amazing vibe, incredible staff! But a bit overpriced food -- small dishes and not so tasty.

Such a little gem with an amazing atmosphere. Went for dinner and tried most of the menu and everything tasted fantastic - all beautiful ingredients handled with a lot of respect. The desserts were also gorgeous. Great friendly service. Will definitely come back!

Great food but fully priced and terrible service...it's new so hopefully they'll figure it out?!

Went to try it out for Fathers day. Awful service waited 45 minutes just to get a drink. Ordered the fish on the menu which wss served half cooked and for.the first time in my life had to send the food back. Portions are also extremely small. A pasta main course which my daughter ordered looked like a starter portion of not more than 100g. Truly disappointing on all counts service food and price. I will not be visiting again. Its a shame as it is just round the corner for us

I have visited Leo’s 3 times now and am very happy about it opening so close to where I live. The food was superb as well as the service. First class hospitality!