San Diego Reader

• Restaurant

Leroy’s Kitchen + Lounge

• 1015 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA 92118 | Directions
• 619-437-6087

Leroy’s was opened in July by the team that owns Mootime Creamery, Village Pizzeria, and Lil’ Piggy’s BBQ. The restaurant’s decor resembles a miniature Cucina Italiana — lots of warm-hued wood, wine bottles along the back wall, and a spangly-looking bar with muted TVs playing sports. But the dining-room banquette seating is comfortable, with a convivial noise level, including padded chairs facing the banquettes and spacious tables. (Groups of five to seven have to eat at high tables and stools in the noisier bar area — what I’d call an example of restaurant sadism, since the dining room is smallish but not minuscule. I guess it works to segregate uproarious large parties from other diners, but if your knees are getting creaky, drop one friend or find some more, and reserve two ground-level four-tops.) Service choreography seems already…serviceable.... +more