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Real dissappointment. Where do I start? We were celebrating our anniversary with another couple on Friday, 11/18. We arrived to be greeted by...no one! Waited 5 minutes to be seated by a waiter. After waiting 15 minutes for our drinks to be delivered, we had to ask for menus. Upon choosing our entrees we were informed that 2 of the menus were not current! After reordering from the correct menu, we waited at least 15 minutes between courses with no explanation for delays. The food was very good...service was atrocious. My friend's caeser salad was the only low point. It was far too salty and when she mentioned it to the waiter, nothing was done to exchange or comp it. We were there for 3 hours waiting to complete our meal. Unfortunately since there was not even a manager, much less owner there to speak with about the service or keep the staff accountable I need to vent my frustrations here. All 4 of us live in Clayton and eat out 2-3 week in the area. We will never frequent Chez Leon again. Why should we with all the other restaurants available that appreciate our patronage?…
Great Dinner/Great Service.
My wife and I celebrated our 33rd anniversary at Chez Leon's on Sat. evening. We arrived at 6:30 as per our reservations and were promptly seated. Our waiter introduced himself and then brought our
drinks. I had the lamb chops---which were a good deal at 39 because I saw the same chops at the global market on LIndbergh for 5 bucks a piece. There were four on my plate. They were done perfectly, with a ' to die for' sauce. My wife had the duck--also excellent. We also had the escargot and oysters rockefeller. Creame Brulle for dessert.
It was a "fine dining" experience. Exactly what we had hoped for. Yes, it's abit pricey ,but you get what you pay for.…
So Much for a Good Birthday.
Made a reservation for my 40th birthday 2 weeks before the date. Was very excited because I love French food and had eaten at Chez Leon when it was in the CWE. Decided to use my Groupon, and
called two days before my birthday to let the restaurant know that I would be using the Groupon. I am told that I cannot use it because they are having a special 3 items for whatever. When I made the reservation, there was no mention of a special...I received an email two days after I made the reservation that this special was being offered. I ask if my husband and I can order off the regular menu, and am told yes, and the person taking the reservation makes a note of this.
Fast forward to my birthday, we get seated right away, have drink orders taken, and our server brings out this "special" menu. When I let him know that we requested the regular menu, I am told that it is not available at all because they "have so many people in".
Upon looking at the menu, not one of the items I was looking forward to are on it.
I will not patronize Chez Leon again. Anyone want a Groupon?…
Avoid at all costs. There is a saying, "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me." This is exactly how I felt after dining at Chez Leon for the second time. Me and my girlfriend had a horrible experience the first time, but our server was so nice and accommodating that we decided to go back and try it again with a groupon that we had purchased a while back. The second time was slightly better, but not by much. We arrived at the restaurant around 6:00 and we were immediately sat at a nice cozy table in the back. We were waiting for probably around 5 minutes before a waiter comes from the front and asks "What can I get you to drink?" The way he said it was just very rude and condescending, as if we were inconveniencing him. We asked him about the wines by the glass and by the bottle, and he could not give us an informative answer about any of them. After a minute of him stumbling over the wines by the bottle, I ordered a martini and my girlfriend ordered a glass of champagne. After dropping off our drinks, our waiter brought menus and took our dinner orders. I ordered the duck breast medium temp, and my girlfriend ordered the strip steak medium rare. Then we waited. It took 35 minutes for our entrees to finally come out, and the restaurant had only two other tables sitting down! The entree dishes were awful. My girlfriends steak was medium well, was very thin and tough, and just tasted bland. The fries that came with the meal were soggy and had no flavor. My duck was rare, and the "orange sauce" did not taste like any orange sauce I have ever had. I did not even want to take anything home it was so awful. After "dinner" I asked for the check and saw the prices for our drinks. Sixteen dollars for a glass of champagne, 10 dollars for an extremely poor gin beefeater martini, and $15 for a glass of white wine which I just saw at whole foods for $18 a bottle. Bad food, bad service, and bad prices.…
Bad Experience, would not recommend. Chez Leon in Clayton was a huge disappointment. Before dining their I had read several reviews online raving about the great food and service. This past Saturday I dined at Chez Leon with my husband and it proved to be one of the most expensive mistakes we have ever made. We arrived at around 8:30 and sat in the foyer waiting to be sat for 5 minutes. The host, who smelled somewhat like mildew, came up to us from his SEAT in the dining room, and led us to a cramped table on the cafeteria style booths they have. We gave our drink orders to the host and then waited. We waited for 10 minutes till a waiter came up to us and asked us if we had been helped. We were then asked for a drink order again (apparently the host had forgotten about us). The server was nice, but seemed pre-occupied while he explained the 3 plat for 43. It seemed like a great deal at the time, but we were sadly mistaken. The escargot I got for first course tasted foul, but the rotten taste was almost covered up by the garlic fennel butter it was served with. My husbands foie gras was okay, but it was undercooked and a little slimey. The chicken, which the server said had a piece of foe gras in it, did not have any foie gras and was extremely dried out. It was topped with an extremely salty and heavy cream sauce that made my stomach hurt. My husband got the filet for dinner. Not only was it extremely tiny, but it was cooked to Medium Well when he order Medium Rare. For Dessert we split the Pomme A La Reine which was delicious but not enough to save the dinner. Drinks were too expensive, a glass of white wine is $15, a glass of champagne is $16, and my husbands Jack & Coke was $10. Save yourself and never come here.…
