Leelynn’s Dining Room & Lounge

Well, I was very excited to try this place as I saw it had very good reviews on Unilocal.Unfortunately, this was my first and last experience. I went for the crab soup mainly. I thought it was ok, not the best I’ve had. Too spicy and not enough lump crabmeat. Anyway, I also ordered a small chicken quesadilla. I couldn’t eat it since the soup was large. I took one bite and asked for a to go container. When I was placing my food in the to go box, I pushed the pico de gallo aside only to find a bug, dead and upside down on my plate. I asked for my check to be corrected since I was it going to pay for something I wouldn’t consume. I would recommend the place. Swim at your own risk– you are bound to go wrong with this one.

Friendly staff. Quite local place. The crab soup was fabulous! Tried the small plate short ribs, they were ok. The crab sandwich was pretty good. The crab dip was the bomb!

Went there on Monday night for crabcake — it was excellent! Better than G and M! Get there early as there might be a wait.

Steak salad was tasty. Great out door bar.

Stopped by for a quick lunch after a doctors visit. Beautiful day so we sat outside. Great waitress, good food (burger day) and reasonable priced. A very unusual location at the end of a road that first looked like a liquor store (its around the back) but well worth the hunt.

Went for lunch after hearing rave reviews for years. Girlfriend got the crab cake– it was tasty. I had cream of crab soup– it was very good. I ordered the roasted root vegetables too, which is why this review is three stars. It was so bad I could barely eat any– slightly warm, discolored vegetables that were barely colored at all by roasting. The very small dish was so drab and unappealing I regretted it the second I saw it coming– pale and covered with some kind of weird pink sauce. Not any better than what you’d get from a tray at a all-​you-​can-​eat cafeteria and certainly nothing like real roasted vegetables that anyone could make at home. Maybe I caught them on a bad day, and I can certainly recommend the crabby stuff we ate.

Best crab cakes and burgers in the area. Monday is crab cake day, with special pricing. One of my favorite restaurants, am a regular here. Like that it is Family owned and run. Service is great at the bar and in the restaurant. If it’s A warm and sunny day, try the outdoor seating.

Celebrated my birthday with family and friends, total party of 12. Owner provided a special menu including lamb lollipops as an appetizer. The lamb lollipops were outstanding, everyone ended up ordering these as an appetizer after the first round of three. Recommend adding the lamb lollipops to the menu! Outstanding service — thank you Alyssa! Also recommend the crab cake!

Great food — excellent crab cakes, salads, burgers, apps. This is our go to spot in HoCo — especially love the outdoor dining because they allow dogs. PLEASE NOTE THEY CLOSE ON SUNDAYS HALF OF HE YEAR BUT Unilocal AND GOOGLE ALWAYS LIE TO US AND SAY ITS OPEN!!! So disappointing! Please update the time in the off season we’ve wasted a lot of gas on going to a closed Leelynns. Haha

This meal was mixed: some good points, some disappointment. The menu itself was really annoying; small print, poorly organized, hard to read, & too many rules at the bottom of the pages. And, too many things are «market price» or «daily»; if you can’t print everything the customer needs to know on the permanent menu, then a printed insert with the daily specials & prices would be nice.
A small glass of Prova Cega red wine was OK @ $ 8, but it would have been nice if the server had told us that Menage a Trois was the weekly featured wine. The Caesar salad was excellent, with great dressing & good cheese (shaved & shredded). The meat loaf was a huge slice of coarsely ground beef & beef chunks, moist & flavorful, served with perfect mashed potatoes & fresh green beans. However, what tasted like concentrated soy sauce had been poured on top of the meatloaf; I quickly scraped it off.
The mahi mahi fish tacos were good, with nice fish & a great mix of textures. But, one of the ingredients had been over salted, so parts of the tacos tasted better than others.

Giving 4 stars because the food is well prepared. Service can be slow, but this isn’t a fast food place. Take your time and enjoy the outdoor dining.
The leelynn burger and wings — great!

I enjoy Leelynn’s. The atmosphere is casual but nice, and the menu has some good offerings and is reasonably priced. There aren’t a lot of vegetarian selections, but otherwise, I tend to enjoy their sandwich selections most of all. The crab cake entrée or sandwich and chicken pasta are good too. Service is generally attentive and I’ve enjoyed my experiences here.

I tried Leelyn’s for the first time this past Saturday and I have to say I was not disappointed. My friend and I sat outside in the courtyard/​patio area and it was so nice and quaint. We had the crab dip, which was amazing and I got the quesadilla, which was also very good and she got the Leelyn’s burger and that was good also. For dessert we shared the heath bar bread pudding, which is to die for. We also tried the orange crush cocktail, which was delish. Everything that we ate and drank at this place was so good. My only complaint is that the hostesses seemed a little unorganized and took to long to seat patrons even though there was plenty of seating available. However, the food was worth it and our server was great. Will definitely go back!

I’ve been a longtime fan of Leelynn and have enjoyed a wide variety of foods here. I have had some good things, and some not so good things, but the majority of the food items have been very good.
One of my favorite items is their cream of crab soup. It’s one of the best I’ve ever had. It’s a nice creamy, crabby, but flavorful soup that I just suck right down. It has a nice hint of sherry, which really highlights the crab and the cream. It also has the right consistency, which many places sometimes fail to provide.
I also enjoy their burgers, especially the Leelynn’s burger. It’s a nice big slab of meat that is cooked perfectly to your request (I prefer mine medium rare) and has a lovely set of toppings. I particularly like the onion straws and the sauce that goes on the burger. Their fried green tomatoes are to die for! I just love the goat cheese that is crumbled on top and in between the tomatoes. It’s just heaven.
Now I did mention that there have been some things that I didn’t like there. I had their fish tacos and while the fish itself was prepared nicely, I didn’t like the toppings put on it. They were just bland and not very flavorful.
I don’t know if they still have it, but at one time they had a delicious brownie sandwich that had mint chocolate chip ice cream in it. I haven’t looked at their dessert menu in a while, so they might not have it any more, but it was so good! (Leelynn’s owner/​manager, if you see this and the mint chocolate chip ice cream brownie thing is not on the menu, please bring it back.) It is that good!
I really enjoy the outside eating area of Leelynn’s. It’s such a nice little patio that isn’t too overpowered by 108 just a couple hundred feet away.

Left church hungry for some «real food» (no Outback or Friday’s, ya know?) and Unilocal came to the rescue! The pictures looked legit so we gave it a whirl. I don’t know why this place doesn’t have five stars.
First off, don’t let the location or exterior throw you. Once you walk in, the outdoor patio is awesome! Next, the food was amazing. The crab cake was super lumpy and full of flavor. The cream of crab soup was just as delicious.
Our server was friendly and attentive. We’ll probably be back every Sunday!

This location was a welcome surprise during my long stay in Columbia. Located just off of Columbia Road and Old Annapolis, its a hidden gem that you have to sort of either look hard for or accidentally discover. In my case, it was the latter.
Parking at night can be sort of cumbersome. Although the lot is large, it is quite dark in some areas. I parked closer to the restaurant in a space at an awkward angle. Entering into the restaurant during the evening hours can be slightly confusing, considering that you don’t know if there is a hostess area or not. Since I was dining alone, it wasn’t hard for me to figure out where the bar area was.
The customer service at the bar area was stellar! The draft selection was hoppy, and the pasta entrée was exceptional. One of the best that I’ve ever had in Maryland, and was cooked thoroughly and served promptly. Kind of saddened that I discovered this location on my final night in the Columbia area. Otherwise, I would have been here more often.

Decided to meet my boyfriend for a drink before we took his sister to dinner in Columbia. This place sounded nice and reasonable.
The door is really hard to find if you’re walking from the parking lot. I was confused but someone at an outside table pointed me in the right direction. I was seated at the bar by a female greeter that clearly did not want to be there. I grabbed the corner seat knowing my boyfriend was coming, plus there were either people sitting or staking their claim on most other seats.
I ordered a margarita just before happy hour ended. It was very good. While I sat and waited another man sat with me and we got chatting, as he was waiting on his friend as well. A few minutes later my boyfriend arrived and grabbed the seat to my left. Our new friend stepped to the restroom. His drink was in plain view and everything, however the hostess told this couple that that seat as well as the one next to it were open. I ended up standing in order for this guy to have a seat when he came back. The attention to detail was lacking but I guess she didn’t care.
The place was a lot louder than I expected. There was a guy on the guitar, the bartenders were too busy meaning they needed help, it was eclectic for sure. It wasn’t what I was looking for originally but it did the trick. It was near impossible to get the bartenders’ attention to order another drink or get the check.
We get the check and they put our tab together with the tab of the guy and his friend. It took almost 15 minutes to get their attention and get it sorted out.
The menu looked good, with a lot of gluten free options, and the drink was good but I think the service could be better.

Cuts corners, feeds you frozen & overpriced.
Truly a disappointment. I started my meal off with their crab soup — lacking any depth, a bag of frozen veggies, the juice of canned tomatoes, the barest hint of spice and not Old Bay, topped with a clump of appealing, lump crabmeat; the star of this appetizer. Pork Schnitzel, at $ 11, arrived as three (varying in size, from small to smaller) barely there thin slices of a fried hard, crusted pork, served atop mushy, sickening sweet cabbage and tiny bits of apple. At about this time, I was thinking that a McDonald’s cheese burger would taste real good right now. The homemade chips on the hubby’s plate, were hard, crunchy& tasteless, curvy cardboard chips.
This meal left me feeling gipped.

Leelynn’s is a beautiful little out of the place with great patio seating. It is elegantly decorated and intimate. We started with a hummus platter which came with pita, and generous helpings of kalamata olives, roasted red pepper and cucumber. I got the daily soup, a smoky tomato abd basil soup and wow! It had a great smoky flavor. My fiancée got their burger with bacon and I had a bite. It was so delicious. I couldn’t tell at first which layer was bacon and which was burger there was so much bacon. Their homemade chips were super crunchy-​that elusive burnt chip you dig for in the store bought brands. They weren’t very salty, which I suppose can go either way, good or bad. I enjoyed them. I had their power house with avocado. It was very well made, every thing was balanced. I really enjoyed the side salad it came with. It was fresh and not just an obligatory side.

To be completely honest I only come here for the LeeLyns’s burger but it’s good enough to be the only reason.
The burger comes with house made chips that are equally as yummy.
In the spring and summer the outdoor patio is a perfect little spot with the exception of rt 108, just ignore it, there are no cozier options in Columbia.
Burger and a beer are a safe and delicious bet here.