Reviews for Leon's in Charleston, SC
One of our favorite places from our visit to Charleston. Frozen gin and tonic is great. Fried shrimp is the best we’ve ever... had. Fried chicken is amazing! Get the scallop potatoes and cole slaw you won’t be disappointed. Staff is very friendly andpersonable. Read more
Came in for a snack (oysters & a two piece fried chicken) and our bill was as much as all of our full dinner meals during the... trip. Oysters were good and fresh and the flavor of the fried chicken was incredible. Drinks were surprisingly small which was alet down. Overall a positive Charleston experience and glad to have tried it! Read more
My group loved this place! Everything was fresh. The oysters & fish dip started us off, we well as a frozen gin & tonic. We had... the fried chicken & fried catfish… for the sides we had scallop potatoes, hands down the best we have ever had. We also hadthe cucumber salad & the pea salad, both amazing! Our service was great, Tom took great care of us! Highly recommend this spot! Read more
We went to Leon’s for a Private event. The back patio has a great mix of indoor/outdoor feel. There’s a fireplace and grill... outside. It was a great way to entertain and celebrate. We had some great food for our party of 44. The fried chicken wasabsolutely amazing. It was incredibly crispy and had a refreshing, spicy kick to it. The fried chicken was accompanied by acitrus salad, some pinto beans and a wonderful layered potato casserole dish. I would definitely recommend all the above. We hada large oyster bar outside and from what I overheard, the oysters were fresh and tasted great. There were some fried hushpuppies which were crispy and delicious as well. The weather was mild, and provided a great atmosphere for the event. We had agreat time and would recommend Leon’s again to host private events. The staff was great - accommodating and helpful the wholenight. Read more
This is easily a 5-star restaurant and was one of the best meals I have had in a LONG time. Everything, from the service to the... atmosphere to the cocktails and the food was incredible. We started with a yummy tequila cocktail and then sampled lots ofthings across the menu. I am not typically a fried chicken person, but this fried chicken was amazing. Not too breaded andperfectly crispy! Read more
Went on the suggestion of several people and looking at several "best of" lists for restaurants in Charleston. We got there... right at 11am for opening as we had a large group of 10. Wait staff excellent. By the time we left about 75 minutes later, theplace was pretty packed. All the food was AMAZING. the fried chicken is great as well as the sandwiches. The Brussel Sprouts areflavorful as are both the hush puppies and scalloped potatoes. Oysters were great. You can order them chargrilled and they aregreat as well. The atmosphere is great and worth a return visit. Read more
We had lunch on Saturday before Thanksgiving. Arrived at 11:40a and sat at the bar at 12. Bartender was friendly and took our... drink order and served us right away. We ordered the fried fish sampler with catfish, shrimp, clam strips, and the black-eyedpea salad on the side, plus two pieces of fried chicken to try. The food arrived quickly and super hot. Our food was alldelicious. I'd rank the shrimp first, followed closely by the catfish nuggets, then the chicken and clam. I especially liked thepea salad. We can't wait to come back. Read more
Came here for an early dinner on a Tuesday with the family. Parking is a little confusing but luckily there were free street... parking available right across the street. We were seated immediately with kid seats readily available. The mens bathroom wasflashback to the past and unexpectedly clean. We ordered a couple cocktails which was delicious. My wife and I ordered charbroiled oysters, scalloped potato, hush puppies, and four pieces of dark meat chicken wings. While our kids just shared a shrimproll. The chicken was cooked perfectly, nice crisp skin and juicy meat—adding the spicy honey is a must! I wanted to dislikethe scalloped potato but it was also great, flavor was tasty and the crisp too was delicious. My kids really enjoyed the shrimproll, we’re glad we skipped on the kids menu. Im not really a fan of hush puppies but they’re well cooked here and they areserved with this very tasty sweet butter that I kept wanting more of. The charbroiled oysters were also very tasty but the onlycomplaint I have is the size of the oysters, I felt like they were really small oysters. Overall, you definitely get more bangfor your buck here and less of a crowd than going to somewhere like 167 Raw (we also like 167, but just saying). We willdefinitely come back here the next time we’re in town. Read more