Leña Pizza + Bagels — Restaurant in Cleveland

After years of missing opening days, my brothers and I finally had a chance to try Leña. Since we are only in the area when visiting our parents, the stars just never aligned.

We are SO impressed with the quality and taste. The pizzas, bagels AND dessert are all incredible. As someone who travels frequently, this is some of the best pizza I've had. The family's favorite was the Stracciatella special and the Meat Lovers. We did try and enjoy the Prosciutto Arugula, Margherita, and the Mushroom Truffle as well.

The Coconut Lime Cheesecake was AMAZING. I'm not a fan of citrus flavors in my cakes and cookies, but WOW. The Nutella Calzone, however, was not very good. It was probably the only thing the family disliked.

The same morning, we also dined in for breakfast. Great bagels, but nothing like their pizzas. Bagels are worth a try, but you won't be missing out on much. The pizza? MUST try.

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A must try if you're ever in town or even driving by. A local person recommend this place and it did not disappoint. We were able to place our order as soon as we walked in on a Friday night. They had three available tables so we got lucky. If you are a bigger party seating may be an issue. The pizza came out quicker then I expected and was delicious. Easily sharable their smaller sized pizza was enough for each of us to get 3 pretty decent slices. Not your typical chain pizza taste which was good since we wanted to try a local place that was different. The service was exceptional, as soon as they saw we were finished a waitress came to clear our table so we can just have our drinks and take time to catch up. Did not feel rushed at all since their was not another party waiting to be seated. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Would...

Do not miss out on this one, the food & service are excellent! We drove to Cleveland from Memphis just to eat here, we made it early Saturday in time for bagels, which were better than all the bagels I've had in NYC, truly wonderful. We came back at night for pizza, which was perfection, truly Neapolitan, few places I've had pizza in the south can touch this. I had their veggie special and my partner had pepperoni, we also had a delicious Italian Cab Franc to go with it, their wine list is small but mighty. They happen to have tiramisu on the menu, which we were lucky enough to get before it sold out, and it was amazing. On top of such incredible food, the service was impeccable, everyone was so friendly and super attentive! I will definitely make the drive again, it was...