Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza

Leo’s offers an extensive Italian menu. But they are known for their pizzas. But what I like most about Leo’s is the live music. This takes place on the outdoor patio which also is a great venue for sporting events that are shown on TV. They have 2 bars outside serving local craft beer and a ton of outdoor furniture. It’s all covered with fans to help cool you down during the summer months and heaters to help keep you warm during the winter months. This area is also pet friendly. Leo’s also usually participates in the local bar crawls serving specials throughout the night.
Enjoy!

I’ve been to Leo’s on two separate occasions and had two different experiences. Once was on a early Friday and it was kind of dead. I’m sure some of that had to do with the weather, it’s was storming out. My husband and I split a pizza and a caprese salad. The caprese salad was ok, it’s not made with fresh water mozzarella and the cheese tastes different. not bad different, just not what we’re used to. Service was steady and the décor was unique.
They have a bunch of thinned crust pizzas named after celebrities, which is neat.
The second time we went was on a Friday night and we sat outside. There was about 15 of us and 1 waitress. I feel like she did the best she could but she was struggling. Parts of the pizzas were burnt so that was def a turn off. There was also a live band, which is coo but if you’re trying to hold a conversation, you might want to sit inside.
There’s a bar outside which was nice! I do not remember which young lady served me but she was tall and blonde and has connections to California. She has a heavy hand so you would want to be nice to her.

We love Leo’s! It was our favorite place to hang out and have some drinks. They have a great ambiance as well as a great champagne pour as well! Their pizza is delicious. We love the mozzarella sticks, seafood dip and the meatballs are the best I have ever had. That compliment goes a long way!!! Unfortunately along with this good review comes some negatives. The only issue we have had is one male waiter/​bartender there is very rude and sarcastic. He thinks he is funny but he is insulting and miserable. Also either the manager/​owner is always drunk at the bar. Besides that, we love coming there! It had built some amazing memories for my friends and family. We love Sam!

Great pizza joint and good amount of beers on draft. They name their pizzas after celebrities which is pretty cool. My favorite pizza is the Audrey Hepburn. The service is decent and if I remember correctly, they have bingo nights on Wednesdays.

So much potential but such terrible service. The simple menu should be easy to deliver yet falls short of excellent. We tried wings at lunch (50 cent wing day) and agreed that they were ok. We came back for dinner, enticed by the live music on the patio. The service was beyond bad and the pizza just ok. The band took a 45 minute break at what should have been prime dinner time. Feels like a cheap college hangout with mediocre food/​service with the potential to be a great destination.
Also, while the covered patio is a great amenity, it is basically an outdoor room. Allowing smoking means you are sitting in an ashtray.

Good selection of wines, drafts and personal pizzas. Live music in the outdoor patio makes it a fun place to meat friends in the summer.

Usually a good place but the pizza was off this time around. It was soggy and cold! But I like their pizza so I’ll definitely be coming back

I have a hate/​love relationship with Leo’s.
I love the environment. The outside patio is great and the live music is usually really good. I live downtown and a lot of my friends like to go here at some point during the night so I usually go with.
I hate this restaurant for the service and the employees. The past 3 times I’ve been here, drinks I did not order have been added to my tab or the bartenders add more money to their own tip. There’s not a whole lot you can do to fight this (and I’ve tried) so from now on, it’s just cash here or I’ll meet my friends at another bar.
The pizza is good. If I was choosing the restaurant, I wouldn’t choose this one for pizza but I would go here with a group.

Very bad.
Can’t bring myself to eat at Leo’s after seeing the local Health Department report about their REPEATED «C» rating. Multiple serious violations including having bugs, rodents and animals! I don’t know about you but personally I don’t want «extra protein» on my pizza!
When we used to go (back when we didn’t know about their awful health rating), we found their food to be average at best and the atmosphere generally bad. Loud, dirty, inconsistent service, many obnoxious drunken people.
It’s a pain trying to find a safe parking spot, because people park on both sides of the street there and some of them are intoxicated/​not fully paying attention so you have to be extra careful there.
I love wood fired pizzas but I would never eat here. It’s bad enough to get a «C» but doing it again and again? That tells me one thing: they just don’t care. Just… bad.

Pepperoni, eggplant fries, beer selection, outstanding patio, dog friendly, great service, and bomboloni dessert!

A hidden gem! I stumbled upon this place thanks to Unilocal,and loved it. The weather was perfect for outdoor seating and there was live music as I enjoyed my pizza.

Went in at around 11:30a.
2 employees, one cleaning the oven, the other sitting off to the side with headphones in her ears on the phone.
I waited at the door for a minute, no one even looked at me or acknowledged my existence.
So I walked out. That is absolutely awful service. I don’t care how good the food is, I’ll never be going back to find out.

Wow! Wow! This place is a joke!!! So rude!!! We got kicked out!!! Still not sure why!!! Selena said we had too many people (8) at our table!?! Something about fire code but they didn’t try to move us or ask us to stand or wait!!! Btw the other waitress put us at this table!!! Crazy night and it was early! Only 7:30!!! We took our party of 8 to a bigger table down the street to the government st. grocery! Lots of fun!
So one week later we came back! Party of two! And Selena– Sophia (I had her name wrong) came up and apologized to me. She was so sweet! We both just had a bad day on our last visit! I Thought it was something that she remembered me and came to me to apologize!

My husband and I came to Ocean Springs for a fishing trip. We came to Leo’s on a Saturday night and it was absolutely awesome! We were sat quickly. We choose to sit inside where it was very nice. They had a live band on the patio so we thought it’d be really loud but inside it was perfect.
The service was impeccable. Everything came out very quickly, but we never felt rushed. We had a beer mozzarella sticks and pizza, all were perfect. Our waiter was AMAZING couldn’t have asked for anything better! :-) will definitely return next time we are in Ocean Springs!

I live in Memphis, but often travel to Ocean Springs for extended weekends and vacations. Part of that trip always includes a trip to Leo’s for The Clark Gable. It has sautéed shrimp, mushrooms, ms roasted red peppers. I don’t care for peppers, so I usually ask them to swap those and add crawfish. SO DELICIOUS!!! I’ve had other pizza places closer to home make me a Clark Gable, but it’s never the same. :-(
Be sure and get some Catalina dressing to dip the pizza in. Nice added twangy touch. Don’t miss it!

Leo’s has a open dining area with vintage photos on the wall, not fancy, but ok. They do have a nice outdoor patio with live music and bar that has a better ambiance. My son and I ordered a half Hawaiian, half cheese pizza. I thought it was marginally ok. The middle if the pizza dough seemed soggy, there was hardly any sauce and what was there was watery, not thick. The crust was difficult to cut with a knife and did not have much flavor. Service was friendly and we were served quickly. I would say this is more if a bar/​hangout than someplace to go for the food. Tonys in Gulfport is much better for WFP, . The pizza, a tea and lemonade ran $ 20

About 6 months ago I found out I’m gluten intolerant and have been dying for pizza ever since. We just happened here today and I was set to order my regular salad when I saw gluten free pizza on the menu! Our waitress said I could order any pizza off the menu with the gluten free crust so I got my fave, the Jimi Hendrix. It takes a little longer than normal because they cook it separately in the back instead of in the pizza oven to keep contamination separate, which was great. The pizza was so worth the wait!

Really good food with inside and outside seating. Multiple heaters hanging outside make dining in cooler temps no problem. The calamari is the best I’ve had in Mississippi. I was with a party of five and sampled everyone’s pizzas. They were all different and very tasty. Best recommendation for Leo’s.

We stopped in to Leo’s on A Friday night to check out the live music. The band was set up out on the patio, and were playing some popular cover tunes. The crowd seemed to be mostly locals, with some tourists like us mixed in. It was nice friendly bunch here. The bar service was very good. The Pizza looked good, but we did not try any.

Hubs and I drove into Ocean Springs around 7:00 on a Thursday night, both with a craving for pizza. We got to Leo’s and not a soul was inside but the patio was rockin!
We did wait a few min for our server to come out, but once she did service was better than expected, given how many tables she was dealing with.
I ordered a Tin Roof Watermelon Wheat, which was a well balanced beer. I recommend giving it a try. We skipped the apps– nothing really seemed to jump off the page at me.
We decided to get two pizzas so we could take back to hotel for the weekend. We chose Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe. The Hendrix was my favorite– cream cheese, slices of fiery jalapeño, and tender chunks of chicken. A drizzle of tomato sauce in the middle. I’m a huge fan of cream cheese so this worked for me. It cuts the heat of the jalapeños. The Monroe was a chicken-​bacon-​ranch pizza. Was good, but not spectacular. I wanted more bacon (don’t we all?) I think big pieces of bacon scattered about the top just before serving would’ve helped, along with a sprinkling of a chopped fresh herb– like chives. All in all, the pizzas were really good. The crust was absolutely delicious. Don’t waste your time putting that crappy canned «Parmesan» on this food. It’s better without it (can you tell I’m anti crappy canned Parmesan?)
I can’t finish my rec without saying how awesome the live music was. The guy was really talented on acoustic guitar and we stayed longer just to hear him play. In fact, I had time to order one of my favorite beers– Crooked Letter Brewing Company’s Mystery Romp. Lemme say that at this point in time, this is the best beer being brewed in this beautiful state! And Mississippi has really stepped up her brewing game. And hey– Mystery Romp is brewed right here in Ocean Springs!
So if you find yourself on the coast, go see Paul and Wanda at Crooked Letter, take a tour, then go have pizza at Leo’s. You’ll not regret it a bit!