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    Leiah

    4.3 (45 reviews)
    Closed • 12:00 pm - 9:00 PM

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    Filet mignon
    Nicole N.

    We came for Magical Dining. Took the sun rail so we didn't have to worry about parking and it was a 5 min walk from the Lynx Station. Staff was very friendly and loved that the decor inside was fun and adorable to represent the Chef's daughter! I did the 5 course dining menu and my husband did the 3 course and picked the potato foam so we could try all the appetizers. I think that was my favorite one. The food was good and atmosphere charming. The alcohol menu only looked to be wines

    Lori J.

    Exceptional dinning experience! Jennifer does a fantastic job of describing every detail of the menu and the wine pairing recommendation is perfect! Chief Omar has curated an absolutely beautiful menu that is art to your palette. Our group enjoyed the 4 course dining menu and we were all so pleased with our selections. Friendly and personable service and wonderful food.

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    Joelle S.

    We came for the first time last night and did a four course tasting menu and some of us did the wine pairing. It's on the outskirts of downtowntown with poor parking and is a relatively small spot with an open kitchen concept. We made a reservation but it had plenty of capacity. The decor was cute and the chairs were comfortable. Our server was super knowledgeable and did a great job walking us through every dish and drink. The food was all beautifully presented and small portions with lots of flavor. The butterfly edible decoration used in two of the dishes was lovely and the wine pours were great even for the tasting and was a great deal. The tortellini (made in house) was probably my favorite dish of the night though the edges could have been cooked a bit longer. The dessert was everyone's least favorite.

    Men's Royal Toilet Room
    Joe S.

    This was more Jar Jar than Leia, if I'm being honest. We had high hopes in dining here, but it fell flat. The food was mostly good, but other than one lone dish, nothing had a wow factor... This will probably go the way of Alderaan! We arrived for an early dinner to an empty restaurant, and they sat us right by the window... in direct sunlight! It was uncomfortable AF so I asked if we could switch tables you would have thought I asked for Leiah's brother Lukeh to carve roast Taun-Taun table side or something. They did move us to a shady table after some huffing and puffing. Nice welcome! (eye roll) We decided on the 8 course tasting and it was a mixed bag for sure. The soup was good but very heavy on the butter and salt. The other courses had some pluses and minuses. The Waygu Potato was one of the better dishes, as was the steak dish. The star was Sea Bass which was absolutely gorgeous and delicious. It was a "tad" overdone and didn't completely melt in your mouth, but it was still 5 stars on its own. And there was plenty of food that even Jabba would have been satisfied (volume wise). The ambiance was completely ruined by a table of schlubs that waltzed in and sat at the table closest to us (of course right). They had shopping bags, were wearing t-shirts and sweatpants, and were loud and annoying. It just sucks if you try and go out for a nice dinner, you can't feel any sense of elegance when stuff like this happens. Maybe it was because it was during magical dining so people could get a cheap meal or something, but maybe they should skip that next year. I don't know if they have a dress code, and maybe I shouldn't complain, but it's something to think about. C'mon... sweatpants? We weren't at the Creature Cantina... It was a place that's "Fine Dining" (according to them, not me), no less. More Cloud F'ing City vibes, please!!! You could tell even the servers were peeved by this table, but kudos to them as they tended to us, talked about the wine pairings, and made the experience as good as it could be. They were Stormtroopers and kept up with the task, even as the restaurant filled up. Between us and the server, you could definitely see three PO'd people (C3PO was a stretch there, right?). Sadly, I don't think a return trip here is in the future. Unless I come back in short cut jean shorts with the pockets showing, my sleeveless flannel half-shirt, and untied black high-top Chuck Taylors watching questionable Tik-Tok videos with the sound at full volume. Let's see how far we can push the envelope, right? And let's smell like Chewbacca while we're at it. Oh, and the table where we sat originally... you know, the one in the direct blinding sunlight that would have free'd Han Solo's frozen Carbonite body... when we left, it was in the shade as the sun hid behind the downtown skyline... and was still empty as it was the entire time we were there!

    Menu 11/19/25
    Brooke T.

    I met an old friend for lunch at Leiah. It truly felt like an elevated experience that you don't find in downtown Orlando. It's the perfect place for business meetings to wine and dine clients. I had a great bread service -- more butter please! I opted for the homemade fettuccini pasta with a lemon cream sauce. Outstanding. I finished my lunch with a cappuccino. Yes I know it's after 10AM but I like what I like! Will come back. Would love to try their dinner menu.

    Seabass
    Jen N.

    Came in on a Tuesday night and we were the only diners for the entirety of our dinner. The host was our waiter and we had to ask for the regular menu because all he gave us was the chefs tasting. There are no cocktails so we decided no on wine and beer. Literally all we asked for was bread, 2 mains, and a side of their truffle fries. I asked for a steak knife for my duck and was told I should be able to use my butter knife... Seriously? Then we asked for our fries: their ONE chef for their ONE order hadnt made them so they had to make them while we ate our mains and they arrived after we finished eating. The food itself looks pretty but tastes unexciting and is average at best. Won't be back

    Beets+Bees
    Steve A.

    What a great addition this is to the downtown Orlando dining scene. Whether you're going for an à la carte meal or the excellent tasting menus available at both lunch and dinner, this is a refined and complex alternative to a lot of the more pedestrian food available downtown. The chef here has obviously put a lot of thought into the recipes, and quite a few things were standouts for their sophistication. - The shrimps ceviche starter was wonderfully balanced with great acidity and just the right amount of seasoning. - The beets + bees salad is a real standout with generous helpings of multicolored beets, feta cheese, and a delightful vinaigrette dressing. - The Parmesan pasta could have used a little more seasoning or complexity but was very good if you're a pasta lover. - My preference was the extraordinary Wagyu pastrami, which was just as good as it sounds. A spicy rhyme of peppery coating made it perhaps the best pastrami I've ever tasted, and since it was Wagyu, the meat itself was extraordinarily tender and flavorful without being fatty or overly rich. There's an extensive list of wines with quite a few of them available by the glass. Service was friendly, and I enjoyed talking with the chef after the meal to discover that it takes a week to make the pastrami and that their bread is delivered fresh every morning. A great experience that I'm sure will return. Note that Google has this location marked incorrectly on their map. It's not on the side street, it's right on Magnolia.

    Beet+Bees. Red beets, golden beets, goat cheese, mixed greens, radish, crushed pistachio, pollen. Very good
    Leyang Z.

    A newly opened fine dining restaurant in downtown Orlando. The restaurant is just next-door to my hotel so I went there for lunch. The lunch menu features some tapas, salad, sandwiches and pastas. Even though the dinner is pricy, the lunch is pretty affordable. I got the beet+bees salad and the wagyu pastrami sandwich. Both dishes were good. At $18, the salad was really generous in portion size, the beets were fresh, and I liked the ground pistachio+pollen, which added delightful flavors to it. However, it was served with mixed greens instead of kale and had no pickled onions, as what the menu described. Plus, they forgot to put the dressing on the side as I requested (they remade it after I pointed it out). The wagyu pastrami was great. The meat was smoky, tender, had balanced fat and lean, and the sourdough was chewy and crispy. However, they forgot to do without sauce as I requested. Plus, I waited for nearly 35min for the sandwich, not knowing that I must inform the server "I am ready for the sandwich" before the kitchen made it. At the end the restaurant took off the salad from my check. Overall, the food was good and deserve trying. I could see that my server was trying to do a good job and I appreciate her effort, but the service does have a lot to improve. Since this is a new restaurant I still give 5 stars. Hopefully they will do a better job next time I visit it.

    Mascarpone
    Ornella G.

    We had such a lovely date night at Leiah! Easily found street parking, but there is a parking lot right next door for convenience. The restaurant is on the smaller side, which we didn't mind and I enjoyed seeing the chefs work their magic. Every entree was served like art, the aesthetics are definitely there. The tomato bisque was one of the best we ever had! We enjoyed our sea bass and filet and ended the night with some perfectly light mascarpone and a fruity mango brûlée. For now they are wine only, had a great Pinot noir! Paul our server was excellent.

    Filet entree with parsnip puree - husband really liked it
    Angel I.

    Tried Leiah's magical dining menu. The restaurant has an elevated and warm vibe with it's small and dimly lit restaurant that has an open kitchen concept. The staff was warm with a very friendly host that greeted us. Our server and wait staff was nice, although our server seemed a bit stretched thin. The dishes are beautiful but I was just unfortunately hoping for more punch and complexity with the flavors. My husband and I noted that it was a bit underwhelming. For example, the fish entree was bland yet too fishy and paired with a carrot puree that didn't seem to match and the beet salad could have used a flaky salt. If you try Leiah though we highly recommend the filet and also the crème brûlée- they were the standouts.

    Christina S.

    Chef Omar did such a phenomenal job with this place! Everything was handpicked and chosen with his family in mind. The butterflies are for his daughter, Leiah. The food was absolutely amazing, and my favorite was the lobster bisque! It was salty and creamy and it was just an explosion of flavor on your palette. It was absolutely delectable. I requested an abnormal cook on my steak as I am super picky, and he executed it to perfection!! The dessert was a beautiful chocolate mousse with fruit inside, and it was very light to follow with the heavy meal. The restaurant is very beautiful and the service is wonderful. They currently are doing wine pairings and they have Coke, Diet Coke, as well as espresso. I wish him lots of luck in this new endeavor!

    Chicken sandwich
    Annie K.

    Great family restaurant. It is a small cozy area with everything hand made by a chef cooked organic and in wagyu flavor. I ordered off the lunch menu. All of the dishes listed were sandwiches with wagyu flavored fries. A little on oily side and did take awhile to make. The chicken was more of a flatbread with melted cheese and microgreens. This is a good date night place but not a quick bite to eat.

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    Aya R.

    TLDR: Major skimping on ingredients, some inedible items, very limited options for dietary needs, food not as described by the menu, but excellent pastrami. The order: Beets and bees salad, lunch special with wagyu pastrami, Leiah's greens, and mascarpone, pear salad with chicken, antipodes water The review: Welp, my favorite part of the meal was the antipodes sparkling water. After calling in advance and being assured of many gf lunch options, there actually were next to none. Upon entering, the place smells like a pungent cheese rind. When I tried to order different things, they told me that they were saving the food for dinner service, even though it was on the lunch menu. We ordered salads, and they did not have the components as described by the menu. The dressing on Leiah's greens was very astringent and thoroughly soaked into the greens to the point of being inedible, but the chef refused to adjust it in any way. The greens in the salads were old, and I had to remove the slimy bits. The chicken was rather dry, but I'll give them their flowers--the tiny bit of squash on the side, delectable. The mascarpone - yum. The pastrami - fantastic; I would get this and only this. (I stole some from my friend's plate). Upon attempting to communicate the issues, the server was very kind, but the worst part was that while we were the only ones in the restaurant, the owner/chef watched the whole debacle, and communicated with us via the poor server. Perhaps this can become a primarily pastrami-focused endeavor?

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