Food was so delicious nice size portions as well very happy I was afraid of the bad reviews took a chance and we'll be back for sure !

I am impressed, Leo's Casa Calamari was great. Clean and cute atmosphere. The menu is really great, so many good choices, I had to go with Focaccia Di Nonna Grandma's Pizza, and it was amazing. The crew is very friendly. I really liked that. We will certainly be going back here. read more

Wow, Leo's Casa Calamari was truly brilliant. The menu is pretty extensive so will probably be back to try some of the other items. Leo's Casa Calamari had just absolutely incredible food. I had 3 Eggplant Rollatini and really liked it. The crew was really friendly and service is amazing. Definitely recommended. read more

Great portion for the food but most of their food lacked in flavor. Prices could be pricey as well. read more

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I love that you give food discounter late at night instead of throwing it out.. it has helped me give food to so many families and homeless in need and I will share app for others can use.. love your food and order often love that you also have give backs to the community.. great place and amazing people read more

I meant to leave this review after Christmas but it has actually taken me this long to compose my thoughts. To make Christmas Eve easier for both myself and my parents, who usually do most of the cooking, I decided to order our seven fish dinner with Casa Calamari. Since my guests are early eaters I asked them to have the food delivered around 4 pm, which I thought was the best time to not hit the evening's rush. BOY WAS I WRONG! When 5 PM rolled around and they had not arrived I gave them a call and they told me a half hour which I found acceptable. At 6 pm I called again and got the same half hour remark when at 7 they STILL haven't arrived I was beyond livid because I had hungry guests and we didn't want to spoil our dinner by snacking on stuff. At 8 PM I told them to cancel the order and was about to order pizza when miraculously they were on the way. FOUR HOURS LATE! I was mortified. They're excuse was that the kitchen doesn't open up until 4 pm....a) why take an order for 4 PM when you have no intention on being on time and it's Christmas Eve, the biggest fish night....how are you not prepared?!?! NEVER AGAIN!!! read more

Best grandma slice in Brooklyn! Every time I get a quick slice it's always hot, fresh, and delicious! The Caesar salad with grilled chicken never disappoints either. It's a great family style environment so if you want to dine in you can too! The calamari is mouthwatering (obviously), mussels in marinara, and linguini with oil are some of my favorites on the menu. Definitely one of my neighborhood favorites! read more

Good place good location dine in or take out. Good menu fair pricing. Calamari and fried shrimp are my favorite.

This was awful. They said they had fresh mushrooms but I don't think these were fresh. The spinach didn't seem fresh either. The white pizza I had was salty, greasy and disgusting. 52 dollars later and I had to throw it out. read more

Leo's is the best hang out spot with tremendous food and amazing workers. Might not look like much but it is the best pizza place in bay ridge. read more

This is the spot to go to on the weekend if you want to hang out with the low lives of brooklyn who cram this joint on the outside sidewalk, making noise, playing loud music, drinking booze and having fist fights and the police coming all the time. Can't wait until the cold weather sets in so these creeps will go away. The food is also dreadful, I had the worst chicken parmigiana sandwich ever, you could have bounced it on the sidewalk and it would have gotten up and walked away. avoid this place at all costs. read more

Leo's is stable of the neighborhood and it always satisfies and never disappoints. Prices are good, the staff is friendly and Leo's is the salt of the earth. read more

Their chicken francese is the bomb. Love it. Delivery is always on time, friendly delivery people and great food. I always have some left over for the next day. read more

They weren't making pizza yet when I arrived so I was a little put off in the beginning, but they redeemed themselves. You are a pizza joint and I see you getting ready to prep your pies, but I don't understand why they couldn't make a pizza for me. By the time I left the restaurant I saw several pizzas staring back at me from the window. You tricked me to eat your pasta and calamari, but I forgive you because it was good. If the food wasn't good, we would've had some serious problems. The rigatoni with marinara sauce was delicious and I think it was the best sauce I've tasted in a while. It was sweet and it hit a lot of notes in terms of flavor. The pasta was cooked perfectly and it tasted great. The calamari was huge and it was also a hit at the table. I was expecting bite-sized bites, but the calamari was a great big portion. The calamari also comes with the same sauce, but it was good too. I guess the key here is the marinara sauce. I think this calamari was better than Rocco's. The service was good and the place had the JETS game on and they were winning, so another great plus that the establishment is a Jets fan. The place started to get crowded after I arrived, so I know it has good food. I will definitely be back to try the pizza next time, so I hope they will have it ready by then. read more

Omg. Leo's crew catered my party at Bench. The meatballs were on point which u can't say about many places. Leo even joined us! The buffalo wings were spicy n just right. The baked ziti- yum. I'm drunk so forgive me. Omg this food rocks. read more

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This review is for the Calamari I purchased on 8.19.20. I would give zero stars and I am so annoyed that this appetizer was tough, rubbery and tasted DISGUSTING!. THE COOK USED OLD OIL! I WILL NOT BUY FROM THEM AGAIN! read more

3.5 stars. Due to the uber-convenient location to my humble abode in Bay Ridge. I'll refer to this place as the "Lenten Special," because recently I've frequented this establishment on Friday nights. My normal routine includes placing and order (while still in Manhattan), getting off the train an hour later, picking up my hot pizza, and devouring it after the two block walk. Now repeat that four times. To date I've eaten: Grandma's pizza Regular large pizzas Penne w/ olive oil and garlic They are all decent to good, but the grandma's pizza I'd argue is best. The prices are fair - $14 for a large cheese. This is the type of place that I wish was around in my hood during high school, it's the place that I would have taken a girl for decent homemade Italian food. The quintessential "jack-of-all-trades, but-perfected-none" of the Italian cuisine in Bay Ridge. *Note they do offer wine and beer & during the summer there is outdoor seating so you can inhale smoot as you eat a piece of calamari. read more

A Bay Ridge institution! Great pizza and the best host around. Leo has been in the pizza game for a long time and his new spot is perfection. read more

When I lived in Brooklyn this was my go to spot. From the calamari to the chicken parm to the pizza, I never ate a bad meal there. You really need to try them. They are a staple in the community! read more

I've made the executive decision to start ordering take-out from restaurants other than the places I normally order from and last night I tried Casa Calamari. I've had it before, but a long, long time ago and remembered liking it..so yeah, I ordered it. I ordered the Antipasto, which is amazing and large and interesting as it is has portobello mushrooms, eggplant, tortellini, onions, mozzarella balls and tons more stuff. The best part? It's DELICIOUS. I also ordered spaghetti and meatballs and that was good too! Sometime meatballs are gross balls of gross and these weren't! These were good! read more

Start with the food. The calamari was top notch. A cut above the rest. The food was what you would expect from a pizzeria take out in an aluminum container but at restaurant prices unfortunately. If you're drunk enough from its full bar maybe it would be been cool. Service was great when we ordered but as the night progressed and less customers around somehow it went downhill. Waited a long time for the check to come and forgotten our doggy bag. We were the only customers leaving with 3 other occupied tables. read more

The boneless buffalo wings we're swimming in oil and the celery was warm so not crispy that it came with also I got a bow tie pasta dish with prosciutto and mushrooms and the mushrooms have no flavoring on them and they had a weird consistency. The delivery was very quick though and the delivery guy was very nice. The bread that came with the pasta however was very delicious super soft and fresh whatever Bakery they're using is awesome read more

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Overall, I enjoyed my meal here. The chicken Parmesan was decent, and the calamari was good. Prices were reasonable, but not dirt cheap. The service was a bit inattentive but really not bad. I probably would have rated this restaurant higher, but I have been to Rocco's Calamari on Fort Hamilton. Based on price and quality, they are hands down the winners in the battle for calamari supremacy. The best movie analogy I can give for this would be Casa Calamari as the Illusionist and Rocco's Calamari as The Prestige. While Casa rates a solid 3 stars, there is a better option close by. read more

By the slice, some of the best pizza you will find ANYWHERE in Brooklyn. There are 3 places I get amazing slices in Bay Ridge, and this is always in the running for the best. Cool little atmosphere, and quaint bar too. Most warm weather days, the windows are open, on this somewhat busy corner. Nice family oriented place. read more

Pretty good place. I've been ordering for a few years, haven't been disappointed. Penne vodka is amazing! There's mushrooms in it which I loved!! Garlic bread is great. Good service. I've had a few of their pasta dishes and they're all good. read more

We tried them on the evening of summer stroll on third. I will keep this straight forward. The food was mediocre, not worth the wait. One guy, at least, gave us heads up that it will take longer but it was our choice to wait. The other servers were rude and disinterested, Never bothered to check if we needed something else like water, Stood in one corner chatting and sniggering. One server got pissed because a guy with 4 kids next to our table grew restless while waiting longer than 40minutes. Good service can make up for the average food, but not vice versa. read more

Ok,I think this place was recently hit by lightening ala Israel. There was a fire and the interior was gutted and transformed into the airport food court it is now. There is a Pizzeria in the front with a bar and dining area behind the frosted glass and wood partition.. This is where the fleecing is done. It has miss-matched furniture of all shapes and sizes. My favorites are the brushed aluminum new age McDonald's chairs. You know, the ones that hurt your bum. Alot of "Thoughts" were put into this place..( like those screaming ones in your head that tell you to do bad things). I get the feeling that people were trying to satisfy alot of peoples different takes on what the place should be. Enough on the Gaudy decor. ....The food..... I like Pizza. Who doesn't? This place makes decent pizza. Its great if you are NOT in the mood for sweet sauce. I enjoy both salty and sweet with immense pleasure. trust me this review is unbiased. Yeah decent pizza. That's about it. The Sicilian is the best IMO. The calamari is delicious and i have never had it overcooked or rubbery. DO NOT GET IT FOR TAKE OUT! It will steam itself into a soggy mess when you finally get it. Only for dine in. Trust me. Ive heard tale they make a good chicken parm. I can neither confirm or deny this. I recently went here with my wife. I ordered hot wings. (suicidal sauce) They were cooked crispy to my liking. Unfortunately, the sauce apparently killed itself on the way to my table. It was more oil than anything. It had no substance and didn't even stick to the wings. Why would I go to a pizzeria/ Italian (Greek?) restaurante and order hot wings? Well, they had them on the menu and they were obviously proud of them judging by the price.. I thought Id give them a chance. Luck was not a lady tonight. We had a waiter of sorts. Young kid, nice kid. Hard worker I'm sure, but they need to show him how to serve wine. I'm not talking about pretentious sommeliers stuff here. Just bring clean glasses to the table. I also ordered the 16 oz Rib eye. It was on the specials list. The waiter didn't ask me how I wanted it cooked. (Another thing they should tell him). It came medium rare. It was a little chewy. I ate the squashed potato Croquette and left the colorless boiled vegetables to the abyss. They did not look appetizing at all. My wife got a stuffed artichoke that was served in a giant bowl of what looked like dish water. It was smothered in tasteless bread crumbs and a couple of roasted peppers. A wine or butter sauce would have been nice for a broth. She ordered some kind of broccoli Rabe pasta dish. Whatever.... Ok This place is trying alot of things all at once. A fancy restaurant, It is not. If you think I was a little hard on the waiter, Here is why... Our bill was 100 dollars. No lie. We could have gone to Ponte Vecchio and sat with Linen on our laps for a few quid more.. Dined like human beings. The bill was just the followup punch to the gut shot. I would give this place 3-4 stars if it were just a pizza joint operating out of a hole in the wall, but I feel that that rating would be misleading if you were new to the neighborhood. If you want pizza to order and Ninos is closed, Calamaris is way better than pizza wagon. Do not drop the sack of loot here for these Italianesque entrees when Ponte Vecchio Is just over on 4th. read more

4.5 stars. I'm a definite fan of Casa Calamari. Their pizza is delicious. Their spinach rolls are delicious. Their ceasar salads and baked ziti are both delicious. The only slight qualm I have is their penne with vodka sauce. It's normally served with prosciutto mixed in, but considering I don't eat meat, I opted out of that option. I'm not sure if the prosciutto really makes that much difference in the flavor, but something definitely felt lacking. It's a fairly solid penne, don't get me wrong, just tasted slightly lackluster. Also, someone wrote a review stating that the pasta dishes are "huge". I wouldn't say that at all. Granted I usually do take out (though that shouldn't really matter), the size of their pasta orders are average at best. Random side note: The workers here are incredibly friendly. read more

Great Calamari, pizza, pasta, chicken rolls, chicken parmigiana heroes. Staff is very Friendly .

One of my favorite places to go to in bayridge.. every thing is always delicious .. staff is super attentive and me and my family love casa calamari read more

Just go you will thank me later. Everything is delicious. Love the squares!!! Pastas are delicious and of course the calamad

Came here and got pasta and lasagna. Lasagne was good but pasta was a little bit lacking of flavor. Service was very good. Came here again because it's really great to sit outside and watch as people walk etc and their pizza is excellent. Greek salad good but small. Soup was also good. Chicken parm a little rubbery. Tell them to cook it well if you want to order it. Service always good. read more

If the prices seem a little bit high at first, wait til you see the huge portions. Good red sauce. Service seemed a little puzzled to see a face they didn't recognize, but holy smokes do they love their many regular customers. read more

I went here with a group of friends for my sisters birthday a few weeks ago. It was a Friday night, so it was packed out and very busy. But EVERYONE raves about the fried calamari, so we waited. They really don't have enough space, but it's Brooklyn, so what do you expect. We sat at the bar and waited for a table. I'm not sure if it was the owner, but the host checked on us every few minutes and told us he would have a table for us soon. It was longer than they said it would be, but we honestly didn't mind. Also, the bartender was a doll. She asked all about us and gave great recommendations on the food and drinks. I had lobster ravioli. Yes. Delicious. My boyfriend had the fried shrimp and calamari. It was alright. I'm also not big into fried food though. Overall, delicious, fun atmosphere, and great location. I will be going back to try more of the menu. read more

Had to make an airport run out to JFK and we swung into Brooklyn for a quick lunch. I had two of the best slices of pizza I've ever eaten. The crust was perfect, the sauce was the real thing and it was cooked perfectly. This is not a review full meal review, but if you want an excellent pizza this place is the real deal. read more

The reviews mislead me. I was disappointed. At one time, this was really good. maybe new people?? Not sure. Anyway, it was lousy. 1) Spaghetti Carbonara....TERRIBLE.. The color, (too many eggs) no taste, awful 2) Fr. Zucc. It was too well done. looked like out of the bag style instead of fresh.. The waiteress was clueless....nice, eager to please, but maybe just new & lacked training. I usually like to find things positive...oh yeah...no heat, so we also froze!! Would not recommend / will not go back. Definitly better had past this place. read more

Great service !!! 15 for 30 groupon is a steal !!! Great location !! Private yet they have the windows open for a nice breeze !! Get the calamari super fresh ! read more

Leo's Casa Calamari - Amazing food !!! Get the groupon its a steal 15 for 30 !!! Great service nice and private also they open the doors on a nice day - Italian Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

This place is just ok. I live right around the corner so it's convenient to go to, but I probably won't go back. There's nothing fancy about any of the dishes on the menu, you can probably cook them all at home. Seems to always have a crowd every time I walk by though. I went on a snowy saturday night and was seated right away. The waitress was very nice and attentive. But the food was just mediocre, we didn't order appetizers even though I wanted fried calamari. My bf told me he heard from numerous people that it isn't good though, which sadden me. I order eggplant parm which was horrible but it was covered in tomato sauce and had barely any cheese. My bf ordered some chicken dish I don't remember what it was but he wasn't to thrilled about it either. I gave there pizza a try another time and was disappointed with that as well. read more

Once upon a time I used to live in this building. Whether it was a late dinner after work or quick outing with company, this place was always clutch. It should be noted the owner is an overall great guy and an asset to the community. read more

Feels weird to give 5 stars, but here I am! Only eaten in once, and taken out once, but both experiences were great and all my friends say the same thing. Calamari both fried and not, was good, eggplant parm was soft and gooey, eggplant rollatini were good and not too heavy, and the cold antipasti appetizer was still good after a 30 minute trip home. Plus, in the summer, the windows/doors are open and it is great dining like that. read more