Leona Art Restaurant

Taufiq Tomadan

Leona Art Restaurant has been getting buzz and website friends said it warrants my attention. So i visited with friends on our food trip at Maginhawa. It's an old house slash art place turned food hub. The owner, Leona herself was around but she wasn't friendly and accommodating as expected. She was aloof, good thing her son was around to give us attention. He says, we have this Php 199 pizza all you can and one customer was able to eat 6 whole pizzas. The dishes, mostly Italian in influence has its charm. We had two of their premium pizzas- both presented in thin crusts. The big plus was its crunch! The Good Morning was everyone's favorite. The egg, the spicy sausage, loads of mozzarella and a touch of basil went so well together. The Ratatouille on the other hand was flat, the veggies weren't seasoned so well. For the pasta, Chicken Pesto was too good! The taste was alive in every bite. Special mention to a hint of garlicky flavor. The Maria Shrimp was decent, I would suggest though less creamy and more shrimp presence to it. Their signature Roasted Chicken at Php 420 was simple yet delicious. The gravy does add more interest to it with its spices. I recommend this when in big groups. Hey they charge you to charge phones here. That's the bummer side. That was disappointing.

Van Andre Jariol Luzarraga

My friends and I planned a Maginhawa Food Trip and one pf the places we visited would be Leona's Art Restaurant. It's like a old classic house made to a restaurant PERFECT for romantic casual dates. I felt like i'm in a 60's or 70's classic restaurant kulang nalang I bring my lola's with me hahaha!Anyway, I ordered this TOMATO ESPRESSO for P70. SAUSAGE AND MUSHROOM PIZZA for P275. We ordered only a few since we're just starting to explore Maginhawa.What I really enjoyed in this place is the AMBIANCE talaga. It's so refreshing, since it's almost sunset the sun glares through the window then shines upon the food being served to us. WOW DIBA. It feels very nostalgic.The ventilation is not that good though. The place is not ideal for big groups as well since the seating capacity is just few and you cant be noisy here since some students spent their time studying here.Anyway back to the food, I LOVE IT. Medyo salty lang yung timpla ng mga food nila, napansin ko. Especially the Soup I ordered nasobrahan sa salt kaya dinagdagan ko pa ng hot water. For the Pizza naman, it's so FREAKIN CHEESY! Hahaha! Which I love. Will definitely come back here hoping I could try their other best seller.Will definitely come back and try their pastas!

Nadia Zefanya

Their Three Cheese pizza is quite delicious. The chicken pieces in their Chicken and Pesto pasta is a bit salty, but overall it is still good. Very affordable.