Recently, I had heard a lot of people talking about a new
restaurant in the Lido area, called Leeno’s. It opened on July 14th and in the
space of 2 months had gone to number one on Trip Advisor, beating well know
favourites such as The Fort and The Vine. Intrigued, I decided to try it out
and went along with a couple of friends so that we could try different things
on the menu. The food was good with a good choice on the menu and very well
presented, steak on the stone seemed very popular with plenty coming from the kitchen and sizzling as it passed, the staff are very friendly and service was great They were really busy with people waiting outside for a table to come free and this was a Monday night. They also do
snacks and you must try the club sandwich. The restaurant is open from early in the morning till late at night, and you will always be greeted with a smile from Lino or Lee. The prices are very good for
being in the popular tourist area of Funchal, and with this I can see why they
are doing so well. I had a brief chat with Lino Abreu as he was very busy. The
restaurant was completely full, and they do two sittings, so as you can imagine
he was run off his feet! Lino owns the restaurant with his brother, his father,
and Lee da Silva. Lino and Lee are front of house and dad and brother are the
chefs. Mum sometimes gets involved in the kitchen too so it really is a family
run business. There are a couple of
other staff, Dinarte and Nuno but Leeno’s is mainly known for Lino and Lee.
When I asked Lino about Trip Advisor, he told me that they were happy but very
surprised by such a fast and positive reaction.
He said that in all honesty, they were not aiming for that in
particular, in fact, they hadn’t even thought about it. He said ‘I don’t come
to work to earn points on Trip Advisor, I do the long hours because I truly
love my job’. You can see this in the
customer service, which was excellent. I have been there in the morning at
coffee time, lunchtime and in the evenings and both Lino and Lee are there from
early morning until they close, usually around midnight or sometimes later and
they are consistently polite, hardworking, pleasant with genuine smiles on
their faces. Leeno’s is situated just below the Melia Mare Hotel and is well
worth a visit or 3! Book in advance though as they are really popular. All in
all, it is good value for money, not expensive and we thoroughly enjoyed
ourselves. We will definitely be going back soon!
You can visit the website here www.leenos.pt
Hope you enjoy your visit as much as I did.
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