Charleston, South Carolina
In The Oyster Shed at Leon's,
We invite you to enjoy a different event experience: a less formal, more relaxed gathering; kick back, laugh loudly, and enjoy your celebration.
Within a historic Charleston home, our space takes cues from much of the reclaimed, comfortable charm that makes LEON’S so inviting.
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275 customer reviews
Dana Seblonka
It’s a great place. The food,service and atmosphere can’t be beat.
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Tracy Hagedorn
Relaxed indoor and outdoor eating. Friendly attentive waitress. Delicious fried chicken, black eyed peas, oysters and beer! Can’t wait to return!!!
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Johnny Chood
Fantastic Service and even better food! They even accommodated our little 8 mo old child in stroller perfectly. Kudos, and we will be back!!!
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Janine Schafer
We had our dream wedding at Leon's Oyster Shed! We and all of our guests are still dreaming of the amazing food we had! I wished I could relive it (maybe we'll plan another event here in the future :))! Nothing could have been better! The staff is amazing too!! Thank you so much! More...
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Greg Miller
nice but not fancy. reasonable prices. good waitstaff. please replace all the beer glasses with pint glasses. portions could be larger, but we'll be back.
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Donna Marie Barbato
Great atmosphere! Great food and vibes
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Michael P Militello
A must every time we visit from Cleveland! Best fried chicken ever!!!
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Julia Covert
Cool little joint, good music, stiff drinks, friendly service.
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Jennifer LaFleur
AMAZING OYSTERS!!! Great tuna poke! Great ambiance. Terrific service. Our server Kit was the best. Totally enjoyed our visit. A must when in Charleston!
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Harold Tysver
Good food, good service but Charleston pricey. We would go back!
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John Ward
This was a deliciously outstanding recommendation by our kids.
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Christina Wiegand Majernik
Great frozen gin and tonics. Best fried chicken. Try the Mahi sandwich.
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Bob Secreto
the mahi dip was awesome. cool unique cocktails. friendly staff
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Dan Anderson
Great chicken as well. Oysters were great.
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Graham Gott
Awesome food, beer and ambiance. Oysters and Old Bay shrimp are on point, as is the music selection. We'll be back...
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Freddie Brown
Great atmosphere! Enjoyed the food. Service was first class.
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Jerry Beamer
Slushy Gin & Tonic set us right from the start. The oysters, hushpuppies, and sides are fabulous. Great vibes and vittles!
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Michael Kuhn
GreAt food and service def would go back
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Bo Ellis
Eccletic atmosphere in a converted auto body shop. Fresh oysters from around the east coast cooked and raw. I had the grilled. Perfect! Also the cocktails are delicious. More...
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Devin Takacs
Awesome food, great staff. Bar tender was super knowledgeable about oysters and helped find something close to what we are used to up North.
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Mary Ocelik Ley
The Oysters and the Bloody Mary.
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Chris Stout
Pricey but good. Atmosphere was good. Plenty of people in the joint.
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Molly Conn Vietmeyer
Love the Siam salad w shrimp - delicious!!!
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Richard Greenway
Best place in Charleston!
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Jonathan Kharfen
Great food, drinks and atmosphere. I’d definitely go back.
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Susan Adams Cunard
Love Leon’s Absolutely THE best place for fried chicken and my favorite ‘oysters’ on the half shell! So grateful that both my adult children love oysters on the half shell as much ad I do!
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Renee English
We are visiting from Indiana. Leon’s came highly recommended. And!! The place did NOT disappoint! Great oysters & drinks. Staff extremely helpful, attentive & friendly . Thank you Will! We will come back on our next trip to Charleston. More...
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Lynn Cross-Trois
Char broiled oysters and scalloped potato side were awesome!
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Bob Wing
really cool joint. good food.
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Nick Jacobs
great seafood, service, and atmosphere!
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SQ Willis Jr.
Great food great atmosphere has a very local feel
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Tim Kurtin
Great food, customer service, and drinks. Atmosphere was great too. I thought the Japanese-style restrooms were unique and the funnel sconce shades too. The fried chicken, oysters, black-eyed pea salad and hush puppies were tasty. More...
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Allison LaRue Dudycha
Frozen G&T’s, amazing chargrilled oysters and easily the best fried chicken I have ever put in my mouth!
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Chris Owens
Probably our favorite dining experience in Charleston ever. Service was great, food was spectacular and the surroundings were perfect!
Thank You!
The Clam Wrap is great beyond words.
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Robby Comer
I sat at the bar, had a few IPA's, the roasted oysters, the shrimp roll and a side. Very well prepared with thoughtful ingredients. Love this place.
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Sarah Fountain Worel
I am always impressed with every visit. The food is amazing! The staff is friendly and they make each visit memorable. Have the mahi sandwich and brussel sprouts for the table.
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Thomas P O'Brien Jr.
It's not too often you can say that everything you ate was amazing, but at Leon's it was! Fried chicken, oysters, black eyed pea salad, fried brussel sprouts, all absolutely delicious!
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Michael Davis
Very surprised with the first visit. The fried chicken was excellent and surprisingly a flavor profile I never had before. The shrimp roll was good too. Our table of 6 devoured their meals. Will visit when I return again into two weeks! More...
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Mary Jane Horton Smart
This place was fantastic!!! I love how they bring out your water in a wine bottle for your table...very nice touch! I had a white wine spritzer. ..very light and refreshing. I had fried clam wraps-EXCELLENT!!!!! As my side I got scallop potatoes can I just say they are the best I’ve ever eaten...better than my own!!!!! Great service...cute place!!! My husband loved his dish. He got mixed fried seafood and loved it. The pea salad was very good. We will definitely go back and tell our friends about it! More...
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James Voorheis
My guests loved their seafood dishes which were peel and eat shrimp and the fried oyster plate. I thought the fried chicken sandwich was a bit above average, minus the (asian I think) cucumber salad on the side which was a total mismatch.
I’d make the drive there anytime for the fried Brussels Sprouts!!!
Atmosphere was a 11 out of 10 and the waitress couldn’t have been friendlier. The entire staff was, incidentally, very easy on the eyes which indicated to me that the management/ownership placed a high priority on making good impressions!
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Liz Ciardi
We loved it! We had the oysters, so good.
The cucumber salad, side of corn and hush puppies were wonderful!
The have an excellent po boy, normally with fried oysters but we asked for fried shrimp and the accommodated .
Excellent will go there again.
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Jeremy McKinney
Started out with a dozen char grilled oysters; delicious and only lightly cooked. We all then chowed down on fried shrimp, fish and oysters and shared sides of their brussel sprouts and potatoes. Service was great. Leon’s knocked it out of the park. More...
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Larry Debevec
Our party of four had the grilled oysters and the peel & eats as an appetizer. For dinner we all had the two piece chicken with sides of hush puppies, scalloped potatoes and the brussels sprouts. All of the food was awesome, as usual and the service was outstanding. Leon's continues to be one of our favorites. More...
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Joe Schumaker
Simply a great experience. Staff was awesome, polite, attentive, made spot-on recommendations. Which includes fried chicken sandwich. Combination of batter, pickles and slaw make it the best. Hushpuppie so good it should be illegal. Scalloped potatoes. So good, I have no words. Thank you Katie, Cassie, Edison and Lauren for a great experience. More...
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Frances Broadfoot Warner
BEST FOOD EVER!!! We had hushpuppies (the best I have ever eaten), their fried chicken (amazing), and some kind of salad that was soooogood I won't mention how any helpings I had! ! We will be back. If you miss this restaurant while in Charleston......then go back! It is worth it! More...
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Michele Steele Dickerson
Fun one-off atmosphere- casual and welcoming. Great food- we did not try the oysters this time, but everything we ordered was good!
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Jennifer Ellen Jenkins
Whole grilled snapper w/charred lemons.... sublime
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Mikkel A Petersen
Good food, good company and good service
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Juan Carlos Fernandez
Great oysters and best hush puppies
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Pam Greco
Great oysters! Pleasant staff
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What’s your signature dish?
Fried Chicken, Oysters, Whole Grilled Fish, Oyster Roasts, Low Country Boil
How do you go about creating the perfect menu for your clients?
We have a wonderfully crafted Banquet Package that provides guests with lot's of various options to choose from. Group dining packages and A La Carte options are available to customize your menu to anything you would like!