LEON — Restaurant in Jakarta

The long thread of comments here are worth reading as they reflect our experience pretty well. A promising place, yet your experience will depend on the day, the hour of day and the waiter who serves you. The latter will welcome you with a smile or wish you to go away as if you're a cockroach. All this of course indicates poor general management of the place. Moreover, the airco and fans do blow so hard you will get very cold if you're dressed lightly and - most importantly - the classic cocktails are very so-so. For instance, the old-fashioned is over-bittered you can't taste any bourbon in it, and the lychee martini is so sweet you wonder where's the alcohol at all. Because of that, the place does feel very obnoxious and ultimately may be a flash in the pan, until the next new 'happening place' pops up in southern Jakarta. The afternoons already...

The place is nice. Great ambience. The live music and DJ sound was too big couldnt communicate at all even by talking mouth-to-ear. Ordered tenderloin on medium rare, and i can teel that this is the best steak i ever taste. The crisp of the outer layer and softness for inner layer makes eating it need no effor to bite at all. My gf ordered seafood fetuccine and it taste under the standart fettucine. the soup is quite fishy (seafood taste and smell are...

Live band, DJ, punky music, dancing, smoking, drinking and beautiful ladies are Leon is all about. Whiskey is very much dominated by Singleton, not so great of a whiskey. Every sunday is fully packed, very unusual scene but unique especially when people have to wake up early the next day. Number of crowd hits the roof at midnight. Ventilation has to be improved greatly as most people...