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Leoni's
Restaurante Latino - reader comments | | "Leoni's is a great little restaurant, hidden in a side street and downstairs. It is ideally located in the centre of Manchester for Albert Square and The Royal Exchange Theatre. The restaurant is nice, with a good atmosphere and very pleasant staff. The food would have been absolutely lovely, fresh food cooked to perfection, but everything was just far too salty. There is seasoning... and then there is spoiling the food with over salting! Our waiter (the manager we think) tasted our bruschetta and did agree that it was too salty and apparently told the chef but our mains were also salty. This was the only complaint as it was a really nice visit. We will go again and would recommend it (after confiscating the salt off the chef!)" - nath, manchester - member since Jan'09 - (13/9/09 visited on a saturday evening) |
|  "My husband and I visited Leoni s on a Thursday evening. The restaurant was quiet and they had a Bosa Nova guitarist/singer on who was just fabulous, so good in fact that we thought it was a CD playing in the background at first. According to the manager, the live music is on every Thursday evening. Leonis has a very nice atmosphere and the decor fits in really well with the Meditteranean theme. You have a choice of two menus with the main being Italian food or a smaller tapas menu. We went with the tapas and thought it was very good, especially the meatballs and the chorizo. The house red, that in most places you can rely on, was not a great wine and the the rest of the wine list was quite expensive. The staff were polite and liked to have a chat and this made you feel welcome. I would go again and next time try the reasonably priced Italian menu" - michelle knowles, rochdale - TRUSTED REVIEWER - (4/6/09 visited on a thursday evening) |
| | "Leoni's is an excellent restaurant, nicely hidden out of the way. Great atmosphere and good service. We even got free Ouzo at the end of the meal! Well recommended." - simon, ipswich 27/4/09 (visited on a Sat evening) |
| | "If you like Italian, Leoni's is a good choice for a well balanced meal at a reasonable price. The premises look the part and the staff contribute to the overall experience. Good wine list but not cheap." - barney clegg, bothel, cumbria 20/7/08 (visited on a Sat evening) |
| | "Leoni's Italian restaurant has always been popular with business clients and was famed as being the favourite haunt of Luciano Pavarotti when he was in town (there's still plenty of photos on the wall of the operatic legend when he dined here). The current owners (who also own El Rancho in Heywood) have allowed their Chilean roots to complement their many years of working in Italian restaurants and have created an eclectic menu which should appeal to the establishment's existing customer base as well as those seeking specialities from Latin America and Spain. The food is honest and flavoursome and prices are as welcoming as the friendly staff. The Pizza Calzone (£7.50), was excellent and highlighted why the new owners are reluctant to drop the Italian influence from the menu, whilst the Sword Fish (£8.95) was huge and cooked in true Latin American style, lightly buttered and grilled in an olive oil, lemon juice and parsley sauce. Whilst it wouldn't win any awards for presentation, it certainly gets a thumbs up for taste. To wash down the mains, the wine list of Italian and New World wines is impressive - arguably one of the cheapest in town - and an excellent bottle of Casa Vinicola Scanavino Barolo sells at a staggeringly low price of £30. Leoni's is popular with celebrations and the party menu is also worthy of mention at just £20 for 3 courses. It's the ideal place to celebrate with a large group of friends or, if you're dining as a more intimate party, simply looking for homely South American or Italian cooking!" - restaurants of manchester 15/4/08 (visited on a wednesday lunchtime) |
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