Leons 33 Villiers Street

I visited this eatery on Friday 11 January after doing an assessment nearby. 

 

I have to say I was somewhat underwhelmed.  This place did after all win a runners up award in the radio 4 Food Programme awards held recently. 

 

I had Chicken Nuggets to start with.  This was just pieces of grilled chicken with a few bits of vegetable.  There was only 3 small bits of chicken and
there was no batter or spicy coating so to me they were not in fact chicken nuggets.  I expected good quality chicken in a batter that is as healthy as
batter gets anyway! 

 

For main course I had a vegetable curry and Basmati rice.  This was actually quite pleasant and was sort of a cross between a thai curry and a south indian
vegetable curry.  not particularly hot but then they do have to cater for a wide variety of tastes. 

 

I then had a drink consisting of fresh ginger, lemon and mint.  this worked surprisingly well.  As I still felt a little humgry I had a home made ginger
beer and a falafel wrap. 

 

Falafel is supposed to be served in balls.  That is how I have always had it and internet reading also suggests this is how it should be served.  This stuff
was like a thick paste and the wrap was not that filling.  I would rather the falafel wrap you get from Pret A Manger. 

 

So the starter and wrap were a bit disapointing.  the total for that lot came to about £14 and, considering it came in a take away box with
plastic knife and fork, even though I ate in, I thought this was a lot to pay.  Admittedly this is not one of the main Leons restaurants where the food is actually made but even
so for me this was not award winning food.