Samis Bar & Grill - (Near , South East)

5 /5 Amybelle: This place is so underestimated! An absolute gem of Leytonstone. From the outside, you might just walk past but once you’re inside you are instantly impressed with wonderful friendly service, outstanding food and delicious wine. The chef here is brilliant! Every single dish we had was absolutely delicious. Our party of four shared the prawn and saffron risotto, Mediterranean sea bass, sticky steak salad and prawn in white wine sauce and we were absolutely bowled over by how delicious they were! Highly recommended

5 /5 Gino Torales: The food is spectacular, even the rice is delicious, as is the salad, with an Italian touch. The service is outstanding; they make you feel very comfortable. The atmosphere is lovely, and the interior design is a real plus—a very nice place. One of my favorites.

5 /5 Shisha Spots: Frozen Blueberry £23 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So having asked you guys to recommend a lounge to review I decided to go visit Leo’s Bar and Grill. This new lounge is located right next to Leytonstone station and just 2 doors away from E11 Lounge. Well it’s not a lounge more of an Italian cafe but they have a shisha lounge at the back which is small and cosy. As we walked in we mentioned we are here for shisha so we were taken to the back where the lounge is and weee seated. We had a member of staff come to take our order but then I requested the shisha and drinks menu so we can see what’s on offer. They are still on a soft launch phase where a full menu hasn’t been made but checking out what’s on offer and with the communication issues with our waiter we let him choose the flavour. Out came the shisha after 10 minutes with 4 lit coals and looking at the bill we were smoking frozen blueberry. We were smoking a Wenge Shisha from @oasistobacco wood series, a solid performer with plenty of clouds. Smoke lasted around 50 minutes before dying down, it began quite strong but died down quickly which was my only gripe. The lounge itself is quite small but very nice and cosy. The decor is on par with the new lounges popping up recently. Service was brilliant we had around 6 coal changes in an hour without asking once which was good. Vibe was nice and chilled with a mixture of customers either here to eat, smoke or drink. Prices were fair starting from £20-23 max, you do get a premium shisha and brilliant service to match. Parking free on residential roads after 2pm and in the nearby car park after 5pm. Cash and cards both accepted.

4 /5 S: Great service albeit slightly slow (45 mins or more wait for food on a not so busy day). The waitress was very professional throughout the day/eve. All the other staff showed care and consideration and I felt very welcomed during my time at Leo’s. Music to begin with was terrible however that’s my personal preference, I don’t like trance music but this changed as the eve went on. I would recommend going to Leo’s as the food was great .. but please bring back your lamb chops!