Leo's Restaurant — Restaurant in Southbury

We always enjoy our breakfasts at Leo's .. they have an extensive menu of unique and homemade items .. This time my daughter and I were both feeling the need for potatoes .. so she went with potato pancakes and I definitely needed a knish .. lol .. **for anyone from the tri-state area around NYC, you may not realize how lucky we are to have many great 'Diner' options or how many people have never even heard of a potato pancake or a knish (auto-correct keeps trying to tell me that I want a "knight" lol) Anyway .. the potato pancakes come on the breakfast menu with scrambled eggs .. always a good option, and always made well .. but that would be too normal on this day .. On the other hand, I simply wanted their knish with mushrooms, bacon and Swiss .. the only potential issue was that it was a lunch menu item and it was only 8:30am .. lol As has happened many times in the past, when the chef(s) were asked, they said they could do it, including my addition of poached eggs and a side of hollandaise .. see, I did turn it into breakfast 😋 .. lol When the food was delivered and I saw that my daughter had also gone with poached eggs, added a side of ham and a side of hollandaise, I realized that we basically both were on the same food jag that day .. different variations of a Benedict theme .. lol Now, do I suggest that you go into any restaurant and twist things around and order things that technically are unavailable (?) NO! .. Absolutely Not ! Anyone who has ever been in the business or who eats out on a regular basis knows that this is not something that you should do as a customer .. if you don't want what a restaurant serves, you can go to another restaurant. But on this day, in this restaurant, the staff at Leo's showed me once again why it's top-notch on all levels .. They have an extensive menu of options and they do them all well! Their wait staff is friendly, fast and efficient! Their chefs are very good at what they do and the food arrives very quickly! AND.. they will do their best to accommodate special requests whenever possible .. Last but not least .. for anyone who has previously read any of my 'Diner' reviews, you know that I think coffee service can make or break a Diner .. They do it right at Leo's .. Coffee is Hot and Fresh and Very Drinkable !!! AND .. the staff is always there to replenish your cup before you even know you need more! So basically, whenever you are looking for a great meal you should head straight to Leo's, where the food and...

Loved the menu! Such great offerings. We stopped while traveling for lunch, my husband loved the pastrami Reuben sandwich which came with fries, I ordered the raspberry turkey sandwich which came with lettuce, tomato, raspberry sauce, sliced turkey on raspberry bread and upgraded from chips to sweet potato fries. We shared a chocolate milkshake which was huge and absolutely delicious. We did enjoy our lunch, I wasn't impressed with the raspberry bread, it looked like white bread that had been colored with food coloring. The sliced turkey was the equivalent of sliced lunchmeat turkey, there was plenty of it in the sandwich, I guess I was expecting pieces of roasted turkey. I had mayo and the raspberry sauce on the side, it really added a nice touch to the sandwich. I was a little surprised that it came with chips, when other sandwiches came with fries, but was happy I could upgrade to the sweet potato fries. The breakfast menu looked wonderful, they even had a huge breakfast that included so many different things it was priced for 2 people to order it. I really was pleased with finding this restaurant while traveling for a lunch stop and definitely would recommend it to anyone. We ate everything! I just usually try to stay away from luncheon meats, and didn't see what the big deal was with the pink colored bread, but we definitely did enjoy the food and what the menu offered. I definitely would go back, I just don't think what I ordered was quite what I expected, it was good, I would try something else our...

I was a regular of Leo’s for a long time, but my experience with the owner my last visit was unpleasant. The servers were clearly overwhelmed and our order was forgotten a few times. I am in the industry as well and am quite patient when these things happen. When I checked to ensure that our order was still coming out, they again asked for my order. The owner had an unpleasant attitude. When the food did finally come out forty five minutes later, it was the wrong order. She proceeded to imply that it was my fault and that I had told her the wrong order. I assumed that because I had said my order three times it would have come out correctly. Again, as I work in the industry I understand there are off days. All I was looking for was a genuine apology. When my food came out there will still items missing (things we asked for multiple times). Then when we received the check everything was still on the order even though they stated something would be comped. They did take the items that were extremely late off without complaint.

In sum, the servers 90% of the time are extremely friendly and we receive good service. It was just the unpleasant owner that will make this my last trip to Leo’s at...