Léon de Bruxelles

Overpriced, rude staff, noisy.
The fish and chips came with nothing on the side, and cost 17 euros.

PAY HERE IN EXACT CASH OR ELSE!!!
I am a tourist from the USA and I traveled here with my sister who is also from the USA and in her mid-20’s. This place was recommended to me by my boyfriend whose brother lives in Paris.
Our server was a young thin bald black man who spoke enough English as this place is common for tourists. It has an English menu. We ordered the mussels marinares. Our food came out quickly, but the mussels were smaller than what we were used to in the USA and not as flavorful. We ordered rose wine which was good.
At the end of the meal our bill came to 41 euros and some change. We gave him exactly 51 and the change, expecting 10 euros back. We told him in the French we knew and English as well that we wanted 10 euros back (as you do not tip in Paris). He nodded, but did not return. After we watched him fold menus and reset tables for a few minutes, we called him over. We asked for our change. He came back with the coins, but no 10 euros. We told him that he owed us 10 euros still. He said no, and pulled out two twenties and said that we gave him that. We shook our heads no and told him to give us the 10. It got so bad that our neighbor who spoke French and saw what was happening translated in French to him the problem and he still refused. My sister had to get the other man in charge to have the problem addressed. He first pulled 5 euros out to give to my sister and we were both outraged. Finally, he gave us our rightful 10 euros and we left. What a tourist scam! Food is par, but the service is poor!!! Beware fellow travelers!!!

Deliciosa opção de almoço.
Frutos do mar com fritas?! Tem sim senhor!
Opções de cervejas e vinhos não deixam a desejar.
O famoso marisco com fritas é imperdível.
Há opção de carne também.
Localização privilegiada com mesas na calçada e salão.
Atendimento muito bom.

Restaurant dont le rapport qualité prix est vraiment médiocre. c’est sur les Champs, d’accord. mais ça n’explique pas tout. j’ai pris le plat de base moules marinières, frites à 19 €: ce n’était vraiment pas goutu. Les frites semblaient décongelées et les moules n’avaient aucun intérêt.
Service un peu long, et on a même droit a une remarque sur le fait qu’on choisisse une carafe d’eau pour limiter les frais.
Décevant. À éviter.

As we were strolling down Champs-​Élysées, I got this sudden craving for mussels, so we decided to take a break from shopping here.
We had mussels and chips plus a glass of beer. The food was average but the service could have been better. If there were other choices on Champs-​Élysées, I probably wouldn’t stop in here again.

Busy time during a Sunday evening during Christmas week. Great area for shopping and convenient for an after shopping lunch/​dinner spot. Wait staff are friendly and Speak English.

As expected the place is very touristic and service was not good at all. It took almost 10 minutes for someone to finally find us a table + another 15 to have a server. We had a fried sea food which was cold. It seemed like it was already cooked for hours waiting for someone to order it. The mussels were good. The entire place feels like a sea food fast food. The ambiance is loud and busy.

A delightful restaurant! Eating mussels in Brussels was a long ago experience. This restaurant was a short walk from our Paris hotel. The outdoor atmosphere was relaxing on a warm night. And the food was generous and affordable

Been here many, many times over the past 20+ years. Usually, Leon provides a good overall dining experience for a tourist Champs d’ ellyses restaurant.
Not this visit. Although a busy Saturday early evening, the wait was short. However, afterwards the service was very sub-​par.
Waiting 15 minutes for our waiter. Not a good start. Then we ordered received our bottled water, opened, but not poured and we waited. Our beer and wine were nowhere to be found.
After another 15 minutes our food order arrived, brought by another waiter even though our waiter was still at work.
We asked him about our drink order and were surprised when he didn’t understand why we hadn’t received it. He went ho our waiter who then went to the bar, got our drinks and served us.
What about mustard which is normally provided at time of service? Had to request.
What about bread, also normally provided at time of service? Ask again.
What about checking to see if the waste plate for shells, we had mussels as usual, needs to be emptied? Again, you had to request.
Finally, we asked for our check, which again took 10 minutes to arrive.
All this service was provided without a smile as someone, our waiter, most likely didn’t want to be working that day.
We paid. Unfortunately in France tipping is not the norm not required. There is s 13% charge from the bill that is for service.
This was unfortunate as it prevented me from expressing my disappointment for the service.

Good service, nice place, a little bit noisy but over all, they serve a quality food, they should make the outdoor area bigger, but whenever you come, 90% you will have a table.

We came here for the first time, in our visit from the usa.
I think we found the one server who didn’t like americans, as he was very late in taking order, didn’t offer to refill drinks, nor did he help with ordering.
I ordered the steak, half was grissle, and tough, and i ended up with stomach cramps and loose stool that next day. My wife ordered a shrimp dish, it was un cleaned shrimp and very bland, not worth the euros.
I would not eat here again.

I’m a regular at Leon’s, and always order the curry mussels. Never disappoints. However, I did learn that the outlet on the Champs-​Élysées charges about 10 Euros more than the other Leon restaurants in Paris. I understand that rent is probably a bit higher on the Champs, but the McDonalds nearby charges the same prices as their other stores.

Maybe one should have ordered the mussels, but if that’s the only thing that’s good, why have so many other things on the menu?
We attempted ordering the three set lunch menu on display outside, but were told that it was «not available». Well… why is the sign outside then? At this point, we already felt kind of cheated. Oh well, we weren’t that hungry anyway, so we just ordered a main course.
We both ordered the hamburger as we felt like eating something ordinary with a twist (potato patties instead of bread). This was a mistake.
First of, the old waitress seemed really impatient, horrible at English and managed to screw up our simple order. We waited for around 45 minutes until I received my burger and my girlfriend received an ugly looking tartar with a sallad as a side order. I have no idea how this happened.
We explained the mistake, and were told we would get a new burger. This took around 30 minutes. Further, the sallad side-​dish (just leaves in some horrible dressing with way too much mustard) was not replaced with fries and at this point we were too tired to even bother.
We felt horrible having to pay for this lousy food and lousy service. I think this place only survives due to its location.
In conclusion, horrible service from horrible staff. Terrible inedible food (dry burger, and ultra-​mustard stenched cheap sallad leaves with one tomato slice). Way to expensive for what was provided.
Avoid at all cost! Trust me, you’d rather starve.

If you’re looking for some mussels with unlimited frites this is the place to be. It epitomizes touristy and honestly the food is decent, not the best dining experience you’ll have in Paris so missing out on this chain is not the worst thing. I really would only come here if there’s nothing else open nearby and you just want to eat something.

MUSSELS MUSSELS MUSSELS … It comes with fries and absolutely delicious … Sure maybe you will have to chase your waiter down for the bill but overall pretty damn good … Enjoy

Like others who have reviewed this place, I sheepishly admit to having gone here, been REALLY put off by the whole TGI Friday’s type-​thing going on inside, but actually did enjoy my mussels. The fries weren’t so great, they were fine, but nothing to rave about. But it was surprisingly good especially given the chain-​y type feel, and I was impressed by the fact that they didn’t serve me a single dead/​unopened mussel.
For sure not an upscale experience, but if you’ve got a hankering for mussels while you’re in the city of lights, you can easily find one of these places and know you’ll get a good, not great, meal.

I’m a little embarrassed to admit we ate at this touristy place on the Champs Elysees. And I’m even more embarrassed to admit that we enjoyed it. We went for lunch on a cold rainy Sunday, when almost everything in Paris is closed. By the time we left there was a line out the door, and door good reason! The mussels were on point! So were the fries. Great service, TGI Fridays sort of atmosphere, and really quality mussels. Not every meal can be 3 courses and heavy French food. This was a much needed change of pace.

Service pitoyable, presque 20mn avant que quelqu’un daigne prendre notre commande. 45minutes après toujours rien, nous avons dut rappeler plusieurs fois aux serveurs que nous attendions. La terrasse est malheureusement envahit de pigeon par moment ce qui est fort désagréable. Les plats auraient pût être bon si ils n’avaient pas été servies casiment glacés. C’est en me rendant a l’intérieur que j’ai découvert a ma grande surprise que la salle était casiment vide, je me demande a quoi peut bien ressembler leur services pendant un coup de feu.

Decided to have dinner at Leon du Bruxelles while shopping at Champs Élysées. I always enjoy their Moules Mariniére which comes with frites. They usually serve sliced baguette with it, but the server didn’t bring any this time around. But since I was trying to eat less carbs, that was ok.
The mussels were good as usual and so were the fries.
All in all, it was as expected and the service was fine.

Visited this past September 2013. After a LONG day of site seeing and being tourists, we were starving, it was raining, and this was the closest restaurant in site.
The restaurant was really busy and service was lacking. When we were seated, I skimmed through and picked smoked salmon with salad, pasta, and mussels. My two companions ordered pots of mussels with sides of fries. We waited around 30 minutes for the food.
My meal was alright, the whole dish was cold– good portion size, but lacking in flavor. On the other hand, the mussel pots my companions ordered were both delicious! There was more than enough food. Our only mistake was we somehow ended up with bottled water instead of plain ice water (failed communication) and paid nearly 6 euros for the 1 bottle.
Overall, it was pricey, my food tasted ok, and service was not the best.

After shopping in champs elysee my husband and I were searching for a place to eat. We knew all the restaurants on this strip would probably be tourist traps (considering most places we saw were pizza, pasta joints/​laduree etc). We walked past this restaurant and the menu outside caught our eyes as we are both seafood lovers.
This place is huge once you walked in, it definitely is a tourist spot with no local eating there at all. They even offer cocktail and martini (real french restaurants would serve wine only). They specialize in mussels with different types of broth for you to choose from. We ordered mussels in curry sauce and in garlic white wine sauce and both are very good with very generous amount of mussels. They also offer all you can eat fries!!!
We saw people ordered waffles for dessert and they look really good, too bad we were too full to try. In terms of service, the servers got their job done efficiently however i must point out that they all look really miserable, like they truly hate working there!!! I guess who can blame them when they have to serve tourists all day!
Overall, for a chain that mainly serves tourists, this place is still 100 times better than any chain restaurant in the states. I realize it is really hard to find bad food in paris :)

Oh my just order the most popular dish which are mussels in whatever sauce of your choice. You get such a huge portion of mussels. Along side that you get a basket of fries.
The restaurant looks very small from the outside but it is huge! I guess they need to accommodate all the patrons. The staff was very nice and prompt with our order. I guess all the other reviewers went on a bad day or off time for the staff.

Pas de surprise c’est Léon sans plus. Seul endroit ou on peut manger des moules. Très touristiques, bien place

En ballade sur les champs, on décide de s’y arrêter pour manger une gaufre avec une boule de glacé, il est 17h la salle est à moitié vide, et pourtant le serveur nous refuse l’entrée sous le prétexte que c’est n’est pas possible juste pour une gaufre !!!
j’en suis encore sur le C.

A revoir
Accueil froid, beaucoup trop de monde, service trop long, mais serveur très sympathique, bon ce sont les Champ Elysée. Mais dans l’ensemble repas très correct, à quand une ouverture sur Marseille?

Assez moyen, le point positif est de pouvoir manger sur les champs. Sinon, c’est bondé donc très bruyant, vous faites la queue lonnnnngtemps et c. est pire si vous souhaitez manger en extérieur (pour l’attente, pas pour le bruit).
Les moules sont justes bonnes et le prix pour pour une moule frite n’est pas donné Mais vous êtes à Paris et qui plus est sur les champs Élysée donc
Service ‘industriel’, on vous place, on vous sert, on vous donne la note et au revoir.

Très bruyante, propreté très douteuse, service a revoirdéçue par ce Leon de Bruxelles placé sur une des plus belles avenues du monde

Unos lo recomiendan altamente y otros lo critican negativamente a lo más bajo, no puedo opinar porque no he entrado. El que lo critica con recomendación a lo mejor es que en ese momento tendría el personal un buén día. En que quedamos, bueno, malo, regular?.

S’est nettement degrade:
— service minable
— ultra bruyant
— tres cher pour ce que c’est

Bruyant, lent et cuisine très moyenne.
Propreté douteuse (on a renvoyé les verres) .
Profiter des vacances pour manger des moules aux bord de la mer, ici c est pire qu a la cantine !!!

Pas de surprise au niveau de la carte. Les moules restes toujours aussi bonnes, notemment les moules gratinnées au beurre d’escargots. L’accompagnement en frites pourrait être plus conséquent. Le service est rapide. La terrasse au beaux jours sur les Champs est des plus agréables. Un point négatif concerne cependant les prix qui me semblent un peu élevés, mais c’est l’effet Champs Elysées…

Etant un inconditionnel des «moules frites» j’ai toujours plaisir à aller dans un restaurant Léon Bruxelles car ce sont les spécialistes en la matière. Ce restaurant est situé sur la plus belle avenue du monde et propose de très bons plats de moules pour tous les goûts.
Points positifs et négatifs:
— les différentes recettes de moule frite, notamment les moules au roquefort, c’est mon plat préféré !
— le fait que ce Léon soit situé sur les champs élysées, cela permet de se restaurer avant ou après une séance de cinéma
— l’attente pour avoir une place à certaines heures d’affluence
— certains serveurs né sont vraiment pas sympathiques
— les prix plus élevés que dans les autres Léon de la capitale

MOULES
That is what you get here. Nothing else. They specialize in mussels in all kind of sauces, and made all different ways. You can get them marinated in crème sauce, fried, or baked.
I got the pre fixe meal with an entrée, plat, and dessert…
SALMON FUME
Starter dish. Light smoked salmon. Nothing to rave about, but it was good. Two slices of smoked salmon with bread and butter.
MOULES ORIGINALE LEON ET FRITES
The coquotte of moules a la crème and fries were the plate. The mussels were tender, no sand, and the crème sauce is fantastic. The pot is quite big, and I was full from it!
CREME BRULEE
Semi sweeter than what I usually get. Good and light.
WAFFLE AVEC ANANAS ET CREME FRAICHE
yummmy. Just yummy. The waffle was light and crispy. Topped with coconut ice cream and whipped cream. Also comes with a small side of raspberry sauce. I liked that they did not pour the sauce all over my waffle, so i can control the amount of sweetness.
SERVICE
Exellente. Try to get a seat in the back. The seats in the front by the door gets cold and the huge line of people standing in line waiting to be seated can get very crowded. Your chair will likely be jostled from the sheer amounts of people in line for lunch/​dinner.

Nachdem ich 1999 das letzte Mal in einem kleinen, romantischen Léon de Bruxelles erstklassig Muscheln gegessen hatte, ging es nun auf die Champs Elysées zu Léon de Bruxelles.
Hätte es nicht geregnet und wären wir nicht hungrig gewesen, wären wir umgekehrt und hätten ein anderes Restaurant ausgesucht. Diese Léon de Bruxelles-​Filiale erinnert an eine Universitäts-​Mensa oder eine Firmenkantine vom Charme. Weiss gefliester, akustisch miserabler und lauter Ess-​Saal für Touristen, insbesondere Chinesen… Wir mussten am Eingang lange in der Schlange stehen um cirka 21.30 Uhr und wunderten uns, nach welchen Kriterien die Tische verteilt wurden. Nachdem uns ein wackliger Tisch in einer Ecke des Lokals zugewiesen wurde, bediente uns ein zuverlässiger, freundlicher Kellner. Die Moules schmeckten wie immer erstklassig, ebenso die Vorspeise. Der absolute Ablöscher aber sind die Bierpreise in Paris allgemein: EUR 9.70 für 50cl Bier sind einfach Abzockerei. Ich würde wieder zu Léon gehen, aber bestimmt in einer kleineren «Filiale» und nie wieder auf den Champs Elysées.

bonne presentation des plats, prix abordable, moules marinieres c’etait les meilleures que j’ai mangé…service compris dans la note… personnel a l’ecoute des clients, restaurant bien décoré, salle assez grande… service rapide je le conseille

Léon de Bruxelles, c’est le roi des «moules frites». Cette chaine de restaurants belges s’est installée un peu partout dans la capitale. Et selon les quartiers, la qualité varie… de très bon à médiocre. Le restaurant des Champs-​Elysées, même s’il se dédie aux touristes, propose des produits en général de bonne qualité. Je pense notamment aux cocottes de moules ou aux moules à la plancha qui sont assez bonnes. Mais, en déjeunant ou dinant sur «la plus belle avenue du monde», envahie par les touristes en balade, il né faut pas s’attendre à un service au top. Les quelques-​fois où j’y suis allée, je me suis demandée si le serveur né se foutait pas de nous. Dommage… L’espace est assez accueillant et ce Léon-​là peut se vanter d’avoir même sa terrasse sur les Champs. Je né vous recommande pas forcément d’y aller, les moules sont plus chères que dans certaines petites tavernes parisiennes et moins bonnes, mais si vous faites du tourisme en famille, pourquoi pas?

Correct pour les champs
Léon de Bruxelles sur les champs fut comme prévu: certes on nous porte relativement peu d’attention, quoi que sur ce point, les serveurs ont été vraiment présents et bien sûr c’est cher (on est sur les champs aussi). J’ai pris le tartare et, mis à part la portion servie, relativement petite, j’ai apprécié le repas. Les frites étaient plutôt bonnes donc rien à dire sur ça. Allez-​y mais sans plus.

Léon de Bruxelles
Inconditionnel de moules, début janvier, j’ai invité mon amie à partager un caquelon de moules avec moi… Quelle idée… Nous avons été reçus comme un cheveu sur la soupe, nous avions l’impression de déranger, les moules étaient sèches, les frites trop grasses et à la demande d’un peu de mayonnaise pour les frites, nous avons dû attendre près de 20 minutes ! Inacceptable, j’ai tout de même eu droit à un merci au moment de l’addition, mais quelle addition !