Leyla Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was phenomenal. Kind waitstaff."
• "Service was fast and the overall atmosphere of the restaurant was great."
• "The staff here do a remarkable job of making sure you are having a pleasant dining experience."
• "Amazing service and atmosphere."
• "The service was excellent."
• "The wait staff and hostess are very cordial and extremely nice."
• "Friendly and attentive staff."

Cons:

• "With so many servers, service was scant."
• "However, bartender was very rude."
• "Not a single server walked by our table the entire time so not the best."
• "Service was kind of slow but wasn’t a problem since it was Friday night when it’s always busy at restaurants."
• "The service however was horrendous. We ordered our food straight away and found ourselves waiting for almost an hour for our food to come."
• "It's always frustrating to have to wait a long time to be acknowledged by a server."
• "The service is actually pretty slow and bad."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything we ordered was delicious."
• "3 cheese pide was outstanding. Mains were delicious too."
• "Our Greek salad was so fresh and vibrant, octopus was the perfect texture, and the grilled branzino was so flavorful!"
• "The food was fantastic, as were the cocktails."
• "The food is delicious, the service was excellent."
• "The meat was heavenly soft and tasty."
• "The food was delicious."

Cons:

• "The zucchini salad was as bland as can be."
• "the chicken was dry and not tasty."
• "The meze trio was lackluster."
• "The vegetarian dumplings where a little disgusting."
• "The koftra was not edible."
• "Shank is cooked tender and fall off the bone, but lacks seasoning."
• "The only dish we didn’t care for was the falafel, which we found to be extremely dry and lacking flavor."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere lovely; so many nice touches that made it feel warm and homelike including beautiful ceramic dishware."
• "The restaurant is very cosy."
• "Pretty much the local place that you can’t find anymore in NYC where you feel you have a great price quality place."
• "The ambiance was good."
• "The restaurant is spacious and comfortable yet still has an intimate feel."
• "Ambiance incredibly charming."
• "A really lovely space."

Cons:

• "Had a rat that caused us extreme emotional distress."
• "But it's gonna be a long time before I'm ready to come back here."
• "The back garden was an awesome place to sit for a while and felt like being out of the city."
• "Make sure you have a reservation because the outdoor is inadequately heated."

Pricing

Pros:

• "Prices were extremely reasonable."
• "For NYC, the prices are great!"
• "Also really reasonably priced!!"
• "Prices were extremely reasonable in this day and age for food this quality."
• "The food is delicious, fresh, and reasonably priced."
• "Everything was excellent and very reasonably priced!"
• "Good sized portions, enough to eat for dinner! 50 dollars in total prior to tip."

Cons:

• "I wouldn't have cared if the dishes weren't priced so high."
• "The only problem is the price for the food was way out of proportion for what you got."
• "Please listen to the reviews that say that this place is just okay, because you can get 'okay' anywhere for less $$."
• "For takeout that cost close to $100, this was about as bad as it gets."
• "Even though we are aware that they are highly over priced for their portions."
• "Overall, pretty alright food but I probably won't be coming back again just due to how expensive it was."
• "Prices are a little high and serving size is small."