Leatherby's Cafe Rouge

As is tradition, we had an excellent meal prior to going to the Segerstrom theater across the way.My wife enjoyed the Hamachi appetizer this time. I felt it had a bit too much citrus.The Tomato Soup and the Giant Prawn and Crabcake appetizers were great as always.The Little Gem salad was great with a decent amount of flavorful dressing. The Filet Mignon was amazing as usual. Unfortunately their cocktails are not sweet enough. I tried both the Passion Fruit Martini and the Bee's Harvest margarita. My wife enjoyed the Wairau River Sauvignon Blanc wine.

Only ordered appetizers as my friend was late and we only have an hour left before our show. I ordered the tomato bisque and prawn and crab cake. My friend ordered a salad. It still took a good 25 minutes for the food to arrive. The bisque was flavorful with some hint of cheese within the soup. The prawn was cooked perfectly. The crab cake was moist and had a little bit of heat.They have a 3 course meal for $65 and I would like to try it the next time around. 3 appetizers with 2 wines totaled $120 with tip.

Beautiful location next to Segerstrom on Avenue of the Arts. The inside has unique lighting, dimmer, intimate and very quiet.Limited menu for food and wine. The service is impeccable and as such, combined with locale and ambiance it earns four stars. The filet (see picture) was a decent size, cooked perfectly but lacked seasoning and minimal of the advertised peppercorn flavor. Food wasn't better than three stars. For one, wine and a steak came to $60ish. It was enjoyable but I'll go elsewhere the next time I'm here for a play.

I had not eaten all day and was looking forward to dinner and Annie. Valet pointed us to the area for sandwiches and burgers and fries and such. Walked to open air bar and bartender was clueless so guy in back came out and validated my asking if the place I was pointing at was where we go for the restaurant. Leatherby's is the restaurant. The menu is small and more fine dining food like steaks and salmon. I told the waiter I wanted something more like a sandwich and he just continued doing pouring us water. Why didn't he tell us the open air bar serves the food we were asking for?! Every time we asked for water, pepper, drinks, or the bill, we got a flat toned "of coarse". Either he hates his job or having a bad day, but it affected our meal. We ended up with corn chowder that was flavorless and very few pieces of corn in it, but 7 strings of silk. Horrible. The bread was so hard I was scared I was going crack a tooth. My mother in law also ordered the wedge which she said was horrible too. She loves tomatoes and couldn't eat them bec they were MUSHY! We would not have eaten here if we would have known it was not our only choice. We would never eat here again. And with bad service and bad food we would highly recommend you don't eat here.

My second time here and it did not disappoint! It was my birthday dinner before seeing a show with my son. Terrific food, drinks, service, location and ambiance! Make a reservation on Open Table if you're seeing a show. We had 6pm reservations for a 7:30 show and had plenty of time for drinks, appetizers, meal and desserts.

Michael our server was excellent in customer service and spot on in his recommendations. He was attentive and friendly and made the night a success. The food is delicious! Flavorful and filling and plated beautifully. It was a perfect choice for a celebratory dinner. The place empties out when the show begins in the adjacent Segerstrom Center of the Arts. It felt like we had the entire restaurant to ourselves. The staff were respectful and did not rush us out. Do not skip out on dessert! I highly recommend the key lime!

The food is across the board excellent. They have an interesting wine menu with some older vintages that aren't outrageous. The room is lovely.The one mark against them is service which is not as professional as a place like this should have. This may be because this place is basically open only when the center has a performance. I suspect there is a lot of fill in staff here.

Wonderful service and delightful experience. We dined for a romantic dinner before watching the Lion King and it was perfect for our little date night. Our server Michael was very sweet and lovely. We had the butternut squash soup and steak tartar for starters which were both delicious. Then we had poached lobster and osso buco which Michael recommended for my hungry man husband and it did not disappoint. Our meals were so good I forgot to take pictures so I only captured dessert which was key lime pie with chantilly cream and a chocolate cake which were divine! I highly recommend to treat yourself to this fabulous dinner

Always delicious before a show-- we appreciate the vegetarian option and the excellent service. It's a relaxing, quiet restaurant with a view of the plaza and the offerings change with the seasons. I always look forward to a meal here!

We looked up the menu on their website, unfortunately the menu they gave us wasn't what was online. Choices were narrow. They can't make substitutions, even for guests with food allergies. We ordered the filet mignon. The meat was fine, very tender. But it was served on potatoes which were gluey. And the vegetable side was onions- burnt onions. Since when are onions a good side dish?This place is trying too hard to be fancy instead of focusing on being good. And at the prices they charge, they need to be good.We won't be back.