leon's restaurant, London

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Open daily till 10/11PM

Address: 3 Spitalfields, 3 Crispin Place, London E1 5DW

Tel: +44 207 2474369

Website: www.leonrestaurants.co.uk/

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Compliment ellieglot (02-07-2008) •••••

Leons are rapidly popping up all over the shop and that can only be a good thing. Where else can you get affordable free-range chicken, wholemeal rice and mayonnaise-free coleslaw to take out? The idea is that you can eat well and still get fast food, so the emphasis is on fresh, organic, local and nutritious and it tastes really good too.

I’d reccomend the superfood salad and the sweet potato falafel wrap. Mmmmmm… and to drink you don’t get a better thirst beater than a lemon mint and ginger ‘quencher’.

The atmosphere is generally upbeat but somehow really cosy, although I went in on a Saturday and it was clear the staff were having trouble keeping up with the fast food pace - there were a load of cardboard boxes and cups stacked up and paper all over the floor.

It’s becoming a favourite with yummy mummies so there were plenty of babies in the (homely, wooden) highchairs, throwing salsa verde across the restaurant and rubbing chocolate brownies into the (homely, colourful) toys and books. So its best to go in during the week when the market and accompanying carnage isn’t on.

It’s a shame the whole menu isn’t organic and local, but maybe that’s not compatible with the pretty reasonable prices.

The only real down side is that i noticed when you ask for a smoothie or juice, they pour it for you ready-made out of a plastic cup and then chuck that cup away - seems a bit wasteful and not in keeping with the caring ethos they purport to hold dear.

Generally though, yum yum yum.

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Compliment JujWaller (21-06-2008) ••••

A really great place for lunch - fresh and delicious sandwiches, wraps and salads - and they advertise it as what fast food really should be. it’s a little pricey, but i guess you’re payig for the quality of the ingredients.

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Compliment swampy (09-05-2008) ••••

Loved the healthy simple tasty food. Great desserts, nice wine Excellent service. Good price £40 for 2 people with a bottle of £15 wine. It’s one of my new favourites. Oh and the service was fab.

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Compliment Dana_S (02-01-2008) ••••

A great place for cheap and heathy fast food if you're in hurry...I particularly like the sweet potato humous and berry smoothie. The spitalfields restaurant has a great atmosphere in the evenings with a variety of lighting, innovative seating (cushioned paint cans) and menus (modified children's story books) - a real haven away from the hustle and bustle of Liverpool street.

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Compliment LondonElle (12-12-2007) •••••

Although this branch has seating it never seems that inviting so I tend to get take-away. The food is as you expect, wholesome, nutritious but still tastes good, and the I like the take-away boxes. The staff are friendly and efficient, meaning you never have to wait long in the queue. Although I’m a fan of Leon as a concept (healthy fast food), with the choice of other fantastic food stalls in the close vicinity, it never top of my list to visit when I’m at Spitalfields Market for lunch.

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Compliment stardust (21-11-2007) ••••

I ate the salsa chicken along with blackcurrant thirst quencher, the bill cameupto £8.00 ( give or take abit ). The main meal was good as they are served with unpolished rice with home made coleslaw. I have never encounter anything as healthy as this in London ( food wise ). They had contemporary decorall over the place which makes it homely and chic at the same time.

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Compliment alexisaxe (11-11-2007) •••••

Leon is a small chain of healthy fast food restaurant.
Delicious dishes: curries, falafels, humous, wraps, salads, soups, fruit and cakes.
Sweet potato falafels were very tasty. The humous was delicate and moreish.
They have a great selection of freshly squeeze juices and smoothies.
Cakes are fantastic and don't contain refined sugar (some of them don't even contain white flour - for the carbs conscious- but grounded almonds instead)
Fantastic place, cheap prices.

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