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    Leisure Cafe

    2.9 (568 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed
    Outdoor seating

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    Baked Chicken Steak with Rice
    Jia M.

    Second time writing a review for this place! Got the Hong Kong Style Toast this time and it was delicious! It is served warm with syrup and butter on the side! This is a great appetizer/dessert to share! The Baked Chicken with Red Sauce was delicious as well! I always prefer getting the red sauce over the white sauce at this Hong Kong cafe.

    Barry C.

    very diverse menu, friendly staff, great food. fyi, all entree's are huge. enough for 2-2.5 people so be prepared to take some home. lemon tea is solid curry brisket over flat wide rice noodles solid. tasted better the next day as left overs as well.

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    Michael L.

    I went to Leisure Cafe for the first time today and was impressed overall by the food. It was delicious, comfort food at an affordable price. So the ordering system is a QR Code on the table. Scan it, put entrees in the cart and submit order. The food comes to the table very quickly. I ordered: XO Roll Noodles: these were delicious. Some of the best I've had. Savory and tasty morsels of noodle rolls. Curry Chow Fun: I don't think I've ever seen this combo before but it was good. If you like curry and you like chow fun, it's a match made in heaven. The curry is flavorful. They said it was spicy but I didn't taste much spiciness. Spare ribs over rice with egg: the runny yoke going over the meat and rice was a nice blend of flavors. It's a nice hearty entree of spare ribs. Baked Pork Chops: I wouldn't have minded this being a little less sweet and more savory. But it was a tasty meal and enough to share with another person. Cheesy, tomato-y, dish. Service was ok. Nothing to write home about. The decor is simple, casual, and clean. Pretty good Hong Kong Cafe in San Leandro.

    Braised Beef Curry How Fun
    Janelle N.

    If you're looking to enjoy Hong Kong comfort food this is the spot! I've been coming here for several years now, and I've always enjoyed their entree and dessert variety. The service is average, but the ipad ordering system speeds things up a bit. I ordered the Braised Beef Curry How Fun. The beef was perfectly tender and paired well with the mild curry. The portion was so large that it could serve 3 people. Looking forward to visiting again!

    Tony L.

    A surprising gem in San Leandro. This reminded me of the cha chan taangs of Hong Kong. The smell alone was enough to confirm how good the food was. In my short time in the area, I came here twice - the first for the baked minced beef with rice (a rice dish with tender beef slices in a yummy tomatoe sauce with an egg in the middle; it was a bit different than I expected - usually it comes with cheese - but the flavour was good) and the second was the beef chow hor fun, a classic Cantonese dish (this was done well, but I wish the noodles were a bit more fresh). This is a must try if you're in the area. I would give it a 5 but can't comment on the service while dining in.

    Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings
    Scott L.

    Acceptable Cantonese cafe that serves the mainstays of chow fun, chow mien, chow fan, Jook (but no Chinese donuts?!?), chicken wings, spare ribs, rice bowls,... yeah you get the drift..it's a cafe. Also has Chinese desserts. The service is uneven, one lady says use the QR code on the table with your phone, the other more helpful lady comes over with the IPAD and asks what do we want from looking at the online menu. We tell her and she pops it in the IPAD for us. We have been there numerous times and have ordered on the IPAD on our own after requesting the IPAD... such inconsistent procedures. We've had: Salted Fish Diced Chicken Fried Rice (decent with good amount of salted fish), Beef Chow Fun (man the beef is chewy?!?), Curry Beef Stew Chow Fun (spicy), Honey Glazed Pork Ribs (fried and then honey glazed - messy and meat can get tough), Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings (Korean FC Wings are better), Salted Pork and Century Egg Jook (Good but no doughnut available), Ong Choy (why are greens so expensive?), .... Overall, food is decent, service is inconsistent, bathrooms are worn and dirty, while dining area is bright and clean.

    Baked Mushroom Seafood White Sauce/白汁海鲜蘑菇焗
    Crissy G.

    This is my first time here and I loved all the food selections we ordered! They have an extensive menu and it's just great! It's a kid friendly place! My kids loved the food! I loved the food! The service was great! Everything was really good! My favorite was the tom yum soup and also all the desserts we had! We tried the mango mochi and it was nice and fresh! I also loved the mango sago! My kids loved the fruit with rice balls and fruit! It was just delightful! Will be back when we are around here!

    Kaelin N.

    Stopped by on a Thursday and it was pretty crowded inside at 8pm. They were closing early at 8:30pm this night, but we only came for dessert. The dessert menu isn't on their online QR code so we had to flag someone down for the menu. Then we had to flag someone down again to get tea, as we weren't served tea like the other patrons. Dessert itself is okay. It's in the area so it's convenient. I'm a huge fan of the black sesame balls in the ginger soup, and sheeessh it was super spicy! I think more sugar could be added, it's it's fine. The red bean tofu was silky and not too sweet.

    Hong Kong Style Toast
    Fiona C.

    Been here twice so far, a very authentic Hong Kong-style restaurant. There's a QR code on the table for ordering. *Hong Kong Style Toast This is the classic French toast you would typically find in Hong Kong. It's my favorite dish out of the three we tried today. The butter and syrup are individually wrapped and placed on the side. It's absolutely delicious, but there isn't much peanut butter filling between the slices of bread. Adding a bit more would enhance the layers and elevate the flavor of the entire dish. *Hot Milk Tea It comes with sugar, and tastes great. I would definitely order it again next time. *Shrimp Wonton Soup The wonton filling is fantastic, and the size is just right! *Baked Steak with Black Pepper Sauce and Rice Unfortunately, I'm not a huge fan of this dish. The beef steak is flavorless and relies entirely on the black pepper sauce over the rice. The beef tastes like it's been defrosted from the freezer, and the sauce seems to be missing something to make it more complete. Overall, a great and solid spot!

    Citronella chicken steak and black pepper/red wine chicken steak
    Jon H.

    The citronella chicken steak and black pepper/red wine chicken steak were both delicious, as well as the sesame soup and peach gum soup! The attentive and polite service is another reason I keep coming back.

    Egg puffs, peach gum desserts, black sesame pudding with mochi, shaved ice with mixed fruits and jelly
    Tiffany C.

    Friends and I came in for desserts after having dinner nearby. We ordered egg puffs, sesame pudding with mochi, mango sago with ice cream, peach gum dessert, and mixed fruit with jelly and shave iced. Portion seems a lot smaller since the last time I was there. Overall it's still good but lack of portion size and not sweet enough.

    Baked Pork Chop over Rice
    Emily D.

    Leisure Cafe was not our first time, but this time, the restaurant was packed and very busy. There were 6 of us and we had to wait for a table. Then a table opened and we squeezed in but the waitress asked us to move by putting 2 tables together. We were never given tea, plates nor a iPad menu. We ordered through the QR scan from the table. We sat there and had to ask for tea a couple of times before we got a pot of tea. Then we asked for plates/cups/utensils a few times, and finally waitress placed a stack at the end corner of our table and we had to self set our own place settings. The food came since we ordered by QR code; waitress just dropped it on the table. Throughout our lunch we had NO service and we had to ask several times again for refill of our tea pot. At the end of our lunch, we felt we didn't want to tip for services because we never received any service! As the last person in our party was walking out, the waitress stopped him and said we didn't pay enough. He did not know what was going on so he paid some more money to the waitress. So bottom line, they never gave us any service without us asking multiple times, but they could stop one of our people to get more money because they were not tipped for not giving service.? Not going to be back any time soon! Although the food was good.

    Hainan chicken with rice
    Christine D.

    Pretty slow paced, clean space to eat your lunch in peace. You can place your order through a QR code attached to the table, or the staff will hand you a device. The staff will leave you alone unless you call for them. Overall pretty solid spot for a sit down meal

    XO sauce rice rolls , Baked steak spaghetti with black pepper sauce , Baked pork chop spaghetti with red sauce

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    First time eating here, convenient location, good food and nice people, I will go back again.

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    They gave you a lot of food not like other places. Specially Chow fun is yummy! Also dessert is good.

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    Food were great. Nice hang out place for lunch and dinner. Waitresses are very nice too.

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    Great quality Hong Kong style Cafe food with large portions. I enjoyed the baked pork chop with rice and beef chow fun.

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    Dine in reopen yet?

    Yes!

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    Yes! They are open for indoor dinning.

    Is this place still open?! Their phone has been busy for a long long time?!

    They're still open some time hard to get thru the phone they are always busy during peak hours

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    Fusion Delight

    2.9(1.1k reviews)
    2.6 mi
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    2.7 mi
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    3.7(391 reviews)
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    Good food and friendly service! We ordered whole bunch of food and will be coming back soonread more

    Open on Christmas Day. One of the few places open that takes reservations for large parties. We had…read morea party of 17 and wasn't sure where we were going to eat. It was so nice to eat locally and have a good meal with great parking. They are in the Safeway shopping center and share a lot with them. The place is clean and bright, very inviting. Most of the party arrived before us so we were able to easily find our table. We were set next to the fish take, by the kitchen. It was a good arrangement. We had 2 tables with identical entrees. We ordered: Green Beans, Salt and pepper chicken wings, shrimp fried rice (Everyone's least favorite dish), Chow Fun, duck, and probably some other dishes. The green beans were the best dish. The chicken wings were good, but not as flavorful as people hoped, they probably won't be ordered again. The fired rice was a big disappointed, it had shrimp in it, but it lacked flavor. We didn't get a soup. We also had a steamed fish which was really good, coming from a not big fish fan. It was seasoned with soy sauce and was a big hit with the table. Even my picky nephew ate some. We also had calamari, it wasn't a big hit, we didn't even take it home with the leftovers. We all got tea and we asked for ice water for everyone which was drank along with the tea. If you request it they will bring out forks, my brother in law made the request. I was impressed even the kids used chopsticks. I definitely reccomend this restaurant. Especially for large groups. It's set up for banquets. I can't comment on the bathroom, because we didn't use it.

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    3.8(995 reviews)
    5.8 mi
    $$

    Although it's a little old and not in the best atmosphere of the facility I brought many different…read moregroups to this place after first experience of this place 3 or 4 years ago. Since my parents live in Hayward I bring my family here very often as well. Hard to find a good HongKong style restaurants unless I go to San Francisco or Oakland but in Hayward area this is it. Food has been consistently good and dimsum is offered in their entire opening hours. I wish they open more than just Thursdays through Sundays.

    My family celebrated my dad's 87th birthday here. When we arrived, the restaurant was busy, but…read morethere were still seats available. My sister had reserved our tables a few days in advance. The staff told her we wouldn't be seated unless our entire party was present. About 4 people were late, but they still seated us. The restaurant kind of felt old and somewhat dirty. But hey, it was my dad's birthday. I wasn't paying for lunch. We occupied three tables and ordered from both the lunch and dim sum menus. I enjoyed dishes like shiu mai, pork buns, walnut shrimp, fried rice, fish, and fried noodles. The sesame balls were tasty, but the service was slow, and I had to follow up on our order. I didn't care for the bun with the hot dog or the other noodle dish. Later that day, my daughter mentioned she had found hair in a pork bun and that her cousin had eaten it. She also said every item he picked up had hair on it, which was disappointing. I didn't confirm this with my cousin, but it would have been helpful to have someone inform the staff. Fortunately, no one at our table found hair in their food, which was a relief. Overall, the food that I ate was fine, but I wouldn't make a special trip from San Jose to visit again...unless it's a fambam family treat.

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